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PETTY, William (1623-1687). Political Arithmetick; or A Discourse concerning the extent and value of lands, people, buildings .... London: Robert Clavel and Henry Mortlock, 1691. Small 8° (173 x 102mm). Double-ruled title border. (First quire short at upper margin.) Contemporary speckled calf (old repairs, label chipped).
Second edition. Written in 1671-76, this work was widely circulated in manuscript but not printed during the author's lifetime. It examines the wealth of England using what he calls 'Observations or Positions expressed by Number, Weight and Measure' -- in other words his own invention of statistics. Keynes Petty 35: 'one of his most important works'; Goldsmiths' 2869; Kress 1770; Wing P-1933.
Second edition. Written in 1671-76, this work was widely circulated in manuscript but not printed during the author's lifetime. It examines the wealth of England using what he calls 'Observations or Positions expressed by Number, Weight and Measure' -- in other words his own invention of statistics. Keynes Petty 35: 'one of his most important works'; Goldsmiths' 2869; Kress 1770; Wing P-1933.