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BABBAGE, Charles. A comparative view of the various institutions for the assurance of lives. London: printed for J. Mawman and sold by J. Booth, 1826.
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BABBAGE, Charles. A comparative view of the various institutions for the assurance of lives. London: printed for J. Mawman and sold by J. Booth, 1826.
8o. Folding table. Contemporary diced calf, rebacked.
FIRST EDITION OF BABBAGE'S FIRST SUBSTANTIAL PUBLISHED WORK, a comparison of Britain's various life insurance institutions, grew out of an offer he had received in 1824 to organize and provide actuarial tables for a new life insurance company. The company was never established, but Babbage put the experience to good use in his Comparative View, in which he provided a simple guide to the quantitative basis of life insurance and fulminated against "the disgraceful practices which prevail at some assurance offices" (p. ix), such as allowing lawyers and other interested parties to sell policies on commission. Babbage's book was translated into German in 1827, and formed the basis for the Life Assurance Bank of Gotha, which also adopted Babbage's actuarial tables. Van Sinderen 1980, no. 26. OOC 36.
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FIRST EDITION OF BABBAGE'S FIRST SUBSTANTIAL PUBLISHED WORK, a comparison of Britain's various life insurance institutions, grew out of an offer he had received in 1824 to organize and provide actuarial tables for a new life insurance company. The company was never established, but Babbage put the experience to good use in his Comparative View, in which he provided a simple guide to the quantitative basis of life insurance and fulminated against "the disgraceful practices which prevail at some assurance offices" (p. ix), such as allowing lawyers and other interested parties to sell policies on commission. Babbage's book was translated into German in 1827, and formed the basis for the Life Assurance Bank of Gotha, which also adopted Babbage's actuarial tables. Van Sinderen 1980, no. 26. OOC 36.
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