Published by London: Printed for J. Hodges at the Looking Glass on London Bridge, 1748
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Add to basketix + 62 + Errata, untrimmed, disbound. with. BRISTOL ANNALS. Title, Errata, Dedication iv-viii + 56pp, untrimmed, disbound. These 2 parts collate as in Hyett and Bazeley's Manual of Gloucestershire Literature, vol. 3 page 56. The 'Dissertation' was to be followed by 2 parts of the the Annals but only a portion of Part I, of the Annals was issued. The Dissertation was also issued separately in the same year. Hooke was descended from a wealthy Bristol family. 'Through unfortunate speculations' (see Latimer's Annals) he was sent to prison. This may explain why the above work was never finished. --- Please e-mail for one of my FREE CATALOGUES which include BRISTOL - ( History - Topography - Genealogy - Natural History - Biography - Mining - Dialect - Language - etc. ).