[Rarebooks] fa: SAMUEL PEGGE - CURIALIA re. THE ROYAL HOUSEHOLD 1782-84 - 2 parts in 1

[Ardwight Chamberlain]

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Samuel Pegge: Curialia: or An Historical Account of Some Branches of the Royal Houshold[sic], &c. &c. Part I. Consisting of Two Dissertations addressed to the President of the Society of Antiquaries, London. Viz. I. On the Obsolete Office of the Esquires of the King's Body. II. On the Original Natural Duty, &c. of the Gentlemen of the King's most Honourable Privy Chamber. [AND:] Part II. A Memoir, addressed to the Society of Antiquaries, London; Regarding the King's Honourable Board of Gentlemen Pensioners, from its Establishment to the Present Time. London: Printed by J. Nichols, Printer to the Society of Antiquaries; and Sold by T. White and Son [et al], 1782, 1784. FIRST EDITION; 4to (27 cm), in early/period leather-backed marbled boards; vi, [7]-78; vii, [1], 126 pp.

Binding darkened, rubbed and worn, front joint cracked with the front board nearly detached, held by the cords; first title-page a little browned, damp-stain to upper margin of ca. 4 leaves, toning to the contents with occasional small spots; one fold-out leaf with neat marginalia in an early owner's hand. Front paste-down with the engraved armorial bookplate of Simon Stephenson F.L.S.