Natural and political observations mentioned in a following index, and made upon the Bills of mortality / By Capt. John Graunt, fellow of the Royal society. With reference to the government, religion, trade, growth, air, diseases, and the several changes of the said city [London] [Sometimes ascribed to Sir W. Petty].

  • Graunt, John, 1620-1674.
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Natural and political observations mentioned in a following index, and made upon the Bills of mortality / By Capt. John Graunt, fellow of the Royal society. With reference to the government, religion, trade, growth, air, diseases, and the several changes of the said city [London] [Sometimes ascribed to Sir W. Petty]. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London : Printed by John Martyn, Printer to the Royal Society at the Sign of the Bell in St. Paul's church-yard, 1676.

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20 unnumbered leaves, 150 pages, 1 unnumbered bl. leaves : 2 folded tables ; (8vo)

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5th ed. much enl.

References note

Wing G1602
Keynes (Petty) 73
ESTC R37403
Goldsmiths', 2156
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), G1602

Notes

By some authorities the authorship has been attributed to Sir William Petty. For a full account of the editions and the arguments for and against Graunt's authorship see Dr. C.H. Hull's introduction to his edition of The economic writings of Sir William Petty, Cambridge, 1899.

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