The economic writings of Sir William Petty
Subtitle: together with the Observations upon the bills of mortality, more probably by Captain John Graunt
By: edited by Charles Henry Hull, Ph.D. Cornell University ; vol. I[-II]
Contributors: Graunt, John, 1620-1674, attributed name; Hull, Charles Henry, b. 1864, ed; Cambridge University Press
Publisher: At the University Press
Published: 1899
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Subjects: Early works to 1800; Economics
Other titles: Observations upon the bills of mortality; Accompts of the houses, hearths, baptisms, and burials in that city; Quantulumcunque concerning money
Notes: Half-title in each vol.: "The economic writings of Sir William Petty".

Colophon in v.2 and imprint on title-leaf verso in each vol.: "Cambridge : Printed by J. and C.F. Clay, at the University Press."

Pagination: v.1: xci, [1], 313 p., [1] leaf of plates -- v.2: [9], 318-700 p., [3] leaves of plates (1 folded).

Frontispieces (facsimiles, plates); folding table in vol. 2 (plate); printed marginal notes.

Includes index.

Hollander 153: Bindings: Publisher's original quarter black buckram over blue cloth; gold lettering on spines.
Table of contents: title: Petty's life --; title: Graunt's life --; title: Authorship of the "Observations upon the bills of mortality" --; title: Petty's letters and other manuscripts --; title: Petty's economic writings --; title: Graunt and the science of statistics --; title: On the bills of mortality --; title: Treatise of taxes and contributions --; title: Verbum sapienti --; title: Political anatomy of Ireland --; title: Political arithmetick --; title: Natural and political observations upon the bills of mortality  -- by Capt. John Graunt; title: Sir William Petty's Quantulumcunque concerning money --; title: Another essay in political arithmetick concerning the growth of the city of London --; title: Observations upon the Dublin-bills of mortality, 1681, and the state of that city --; title: Further observations upon the Dublin-bills, or, Accompts of the houses, hearths, baptisms, and burials in that city --; title: Two essays in political arithmetick, concerning the people, housing, hospitals, &c. of London and Paris --; title: Observations upon the cities of London and Rome --; title: Five essays in political arithmetick --; title: Treatise of Ireland --; title: Appendix --; title: Bibliography of the printed writings of Sir William Petty --; title: Supplement to the bibliography of Petty's works --; title: Bibliography of the natural and political observations --; title: List of books and manuscripts used --; title: Index.