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Natural and political observations mentioned in a following index, and made upon the bills of mortality : with reference to the government, religion, trade, growth, ayre, diseases, and the several changes of the said city

Archive Print Item: Economics B-2.121/GRA

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Type of record: Book

Title: Natural and political observations mentioned in a following index, and made upon the bills of mortality : with reference to the government, religion, trade, growth, ayre, diseases, and the several changes of the said city

Level: Item

Classmark: Economics B-2.121/GRA

Creator(s): Graunt, John (1620-1674)

Additional creator(s): Petty, Sir William (1623-1687) (Other)

Related people: Petty, William

Publisher: Printed by Tho. Roycroft, for John Martin, James Allestry, and Tho. Dicas

Publication city: London

Date(s): 1662

Language: English

Size and medium: [16], 85, [3] p., [2] folded leaves of plates

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/186658

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991008560719705181

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On title page, other title information follows author's name.


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 C.H. Hull's introduction to his edition of "The economic writings of Sir William Petty", Cambridge, 1899.


Indexed in: Wing G-1599.

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