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BIRCH, Thomas, ed. (1705-1766). A Collection of the Yearly Bills of Mortality from 1657 to 1758 inclusive. Together with several other bills of an earlier date. London: A. Millar, 1759. 4° (257 x 200mm). 7 folding letterpress tables. (Title with show-through from stamp on verso, small losses in top margin of title.) Contemporary calf (small chip to spine head, front joint just starting at head, extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: British Museum (duplicate stamp).
FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, BL DUPLICATE. The first yearly bill of mortality for the city of London was published in 1582, but the yearly bills were only published on a regular basis from 1657, and are here first collected together with some earlier statistics dating from 1593. The Collection also includes four important essays on population growth by John Graunt, William Petty, Corbyn Morris, and John Postlethwayt. Goldsmiths' 9460; Kress 5773: 'very valuable bibliography in the notes'.
FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, BL DUPLICATE. The first yearly bill of mortality for the city of London was published in 1582, but the yearly bills were only published on a regular basis from 1657, and are here first collected together with some earlier statistics dating from 1593. The Collection also includes four important essays on population growth by John Graunt, William Petty, Corbyn Morris, and John Postlethwayt. Goldsmiths' 9460; Kress 5773: 'very valuable bibliography in the notes'.