A series of dissertations on some elegant and very valuable Anglo-Saxon remains... : also the coins engraved on a copper-plate. With a preface wherein the question, Whether the Saxons coined any gold or not, is candidly debated with Mr. North
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Type of record: Book
Title: A series of dissertations on some elegant and very valuable Anglo-Saxon remains... : also the coins engraved on a copper-plate. With a preface wherein the question, Whether the Saxons coined any gold or not, is candidly debated with Mr. North
Classmark: BC Gen q/PEG
Related people: North, George, 1710-1772
Publisher: Printed for J. Whiston and B. White
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1756
Language: English
Size and medium: [2], xi, [12]-42 p., [1] leaf of plates
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/280380
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991001170829705181
Additional description
Bound with sixteen other publications by Pegge in a volume lettered Dr. Pegge's antiquarian works . Volume contents: 1. The roman roads, 1784. -- 2. Extracts from the black book of Warwick, 1783. -- 3. An historical account of that venerable monument of antiquity, the Textus Roffensis, 1784. -- 4. Sketch of the history of Bolsover and Peak Castles, 1785, -- 5. An historical account of Beauchief Abbey, 1801. -- 6. A series of dissertations on some elegant and very valuable Anglo-Saxon remains, 1756. -- 7. An essay on the coins of Cunobelin, 1766. -- 8. The penny with the name of Rodbertus IV, [1768]. -- 9. Memoir concerning the Sac-Friars, [1776?]. -- 10. An important historical passage of Gildas amended and explained, [1778]. -- 11. An inscription in honour of Serapis, [1776?] -- 12. Observations on a seal of Thomas, [1785]. -- 13. A circumstantial detail of the battle of Lincoln, [1786]. -- 14. Derbeiesseira Romana, [1789]. -- 15. Mr. Pegge's remarks on the bones of fowls, [1776]. --
16. Some observations on the paintings in the window of Brereton Church, 1792. -- 17. Observations on the chariots of the antient Britains, [1785?]. Made-up set (one of 2 vols.), assembled for Pegge's grandson Sir Christopher Pegge by the publisher and antiquary John Nichols. A letter from Nichols to Sir Christopher Pegge, dated March 18th, 1808, is tipped in at the front of the first volume, and supplies information on the collection a fire at Nichols's warehouse apparently destroyed all the remaining stock of Pegge's works, some of the items in these 2 volumes being therefore the sole survivors (unfortunately not indentified by Nichols)
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