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WILLIAM PETTY Five Essays in Political Arithmetick London, Henry Mortlock 1687 Small octavo, antique style calf, (4) + 52 leaves, text in English and French on opposite pages, with the two title pages in English and French within double ruled borders. First edition. The Five Essays is a continuation of Petty's Two Essays, in that they are chiefly concerned with refuting Auzout's objections by evidence founded on numerical facts. It includes "A comparison between London and Paris in 14 particulars…An estimate of the people in London, Paris, Amsterdam, Venice, Rome, Dublin, Bristoll, and Rouen, with several observations upon the same…" The Five Essays are printed in English and French on opposite pages, each version having its own pagination. Keynes, no.31. Wing, 1924. Kress 1664. Goldsmith 2652. £4,500 |
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