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PETTY, Sir William (1623-1687). Several essays in political arithmetick. London: Robert Clavel and Henry Mortlock, 1699.
8o (193 x 111 mm). (Occasional spotting; titlepage and contents pages browned). Contemporary panelled calf, gilt spine, red leather label (front cover almost detached; corners and edges worn). Provenance: ownership inscription of J.S.Ingell on title; ownership inscription of J. Duncan on front free endpaper; bookplate of The Scottish Farm Servants Union.
FIRST COLLECTED EDITION OF SIX WORKS ON DEMOGRAPHY AND ECONOMICS: An essay concerning the multiplication of mankind: together with another essay in Political Arithmetick concerning the growth of the City of London; Further observations upon the Dublin Bills (1698); Two essays in political arithmetick concerning the people, housing, hospitals etc of London and Paris; Observations upon the cities of London and Rome; Five essays in political arithmetick (printed both in French and English, on facing pages); Political arithmetick, or a discourse concerning the extent and value of lands .... Petty invented the term "political arithmetick" for the application of statistics to economics. His works were important in the development of applied statistics. Garrison-Morton 1688; Wing P-1937; Norman 1688.
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FIRST COLLECTED EDITION OF SIX WORKS ON DEMOGRAPHY AND ECONOMICS: An essay concerning the multiplication of mankind: together with another essay in Political Arithmetick concerning the growth of the City of London; Further observations upon the Dublin Bills (1698); Two essays in political arithmetick concerning the people, housing, hospitals etc of London and Paris; Observations upon the cities of London and Rome; Five essays in political arithmetick (printed both in French and English, on facing pages); Political arithmetick, or a discourse concerning the extent and value of lands .... Petty invented the term "political arithmetick" for the application of statistics to economics. His works were important in the development of applied statistics. Garrison-Morton 1688; Wing P-1937; Norman 1688.