(GEN) Accession no. 349: contemporary reader has annotated with a verse 'To Mr. Hayley on his Essay ...' on the verso of the half-title in Volume I. The author is presumably Dorothy Gell of Hopton, as the verse was written before the binding was put on the book and the outer edge of the half-title has been left untrimmed to preserve it. An ink signature, 'Hopton, Dec. 15, 1785,' appears on the title page of the third volume.||(CON) Vol I: [-]2, a8, B-R8, S3, Contents. [-]1r Half-title, verso blank; [-]2r Title, verso blank; a1r-a2r Dedication, a2v blank; a3r-a4v Contents; a5r-a8r Introduction, a8v blank; B1r-S3r Text, S3v blank.Vol II: [A]2, B-Q8, R6, Contents. [A]1r Half-title, verso blank; [A]2r Title, verso blank; B1r-R5v Text, R6 blank.Vol III: [A]2, B-R8, Contents. [A]1r Half-title, verso blank; [A]2r Title, verso blank; B1r-I7r Text, I7v blank; I8r-R1r Text, R1v blank; R2r-R8r Postscript, R8v blank.||(REF) Halkett & Laing IV, 336; CBEL II, 364; ESTC lists forty-seven copies||(PHY) Accession no. 349: bound in a characteristic Hopton binding; contemporary half red calf, marbled boards, spine gilt-ruled and lettered; the marbled paper of all three volumes is covered with typed text.