A bibliography of Sir William Petty F.R.S. and of Observations on the bills of mortality by John Graunt F.R.S., de Keynes, Geoffrey - 1971-01-01

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1971. 1st ed. . Green Cloth. Fine/VG. 19.5 Cms x 25.5 Cms. f/piece+xvii+103, 10 facsimiles of t.p.s, all in text bar one facing p.1; a virtually pristine copy in near similar jacket, but this affected by sun-fading to all edges except the bottom. Will add protective sleeve when ordered.

Clarendon Press, Oxford, first edition, 1971. Cloth, 4to,. xiii, 103 pp, plates. An excellent bibliography of the man described as "the father of modern economics" but who "also appears as cabin boy on an English merchantman, as pedlar of sham jewellery in France, as naval cadet, as medical student in the Netherlands and in Paris, as reader of music at Gresham College, as Professor of Anatomy at Oxford, as Fellow of the Royal Society, as educationist, inventor, Latin versifier, and ship builder, as physician to Cromwell's army in Ireland, as surveyor and cartographer of Ireland, and in the midst of all this as a man becoming ever more involved in administration, finance and politics." - Preface. The bibliography appends Aubrey's and Evelyn's accounts of Petty, and Aubrey's account of Graunt. Very Good in a used, sunned and slightly torn dustwrapper.

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Clarendon Press, Oxford, first edition, 1971. Cloth, 4to,. xiii, 103 pp, plates. An excellent bibliography of the man described as "the father of modern economics" but who "also appears as cabin boy on an English merchantman, as pedlar of sham jewellery in France, as naval cadet, as medical student in the Netherlands and in Paris, as reader of music at Gresham College, as Professor of Anatomy at Oxford, as Fellow of the Royal Society, as educationist, inventor, Latin versifier, and ship builder, as physician to Cromwell's army in Ireland, as surveyor and cartographer of Ireland, and in the midst of all this as a man becoming ever more involved in administration, finance and politics." - Preface. The bibliography appends Aubrey's and Evelyn's accounts of Petty, and Aubrey's account of Graunt. Fine in sunned dustwrapper with a small tear to the rear panel.