A collection of the yearly bills of mortality, from 1657 to 1758 inclusive. : Together with several other bills of an earlier date. To which are subjoined: I. Natural and political observations on the bills of mortality: by Capt. John Graunt, F.R.S. reprinted from the sixth edition, in 1676. II. Another essay in political arithmetic, concerning the growth of the city of London ; with the measures, periods, causes, and consequences thereof. By Sir William Petty, Kt. F.R.S. reprinted from the edition printed at London in 1683. III. Observations on the past growth and present state of the city of London ; reprinted from the edition printed at London in 1751 ; with a continuation of the tables to the end of the year 1757. By Corbyn Morris, Esq; F.R.S. IV. A comparative view of the diseases and ages, and a table of the probabilities of life, for the last thirty years. By J.P. Esq; F.R.S. [i.e. James Postlethwayt].
- Date:
- MDCCLIX. [1759]
- Books
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Also known as
Bills of mortality
Publication/Creation
London : Printed for A. Millar in the Strand, MDCCLIX. [1759]
Physical description
15 pages, 237 unnumbered pages, 151 pages, 7 unnumbered folded leaves : illustrations ; 4to (27 cm)
Contributors
- Birch, Thomas, 1705-1766.
- Graunt, John, 1620-1674. Natural and political observations mentioned in a following index and made upon the bills of mortality.
- Petty, William, Sir, 1623-1687. Another essay in political arithmetick, concerning the growth of the city of London.
- Morris, Corbyn, 1710-1779. Observations on the past growth and present state of the city of London.
- Postlethwayt, James, -1761. Comparative view of the diseases and ages, and a table of the probabilities of life, for the last thirty years.
Notes
Edited by Thomas Birch.
Copy 1. Supplier/Donor: Med. Soc. Lond. Incomplete: lacks all after p. 118 (i.e. lacks Petty's Another essay, Morris's Observations, and Postlethwayt's Comparative view) ; lacks all folded leaves but one. Bound with: A general bill of all the christnings and burials. [1759-1799].
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ESTC (RLIN) T128462
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Location Status Access Closed storesEPB/C/65977