A Londres, | Chés B.G., et se vendent par François Vaillant, | Marchand Libraire demeurand dans le Strand, vis à vis | l'Église Francoise de la Savoye. 1686.
Title, 1 l., dedication, 1 l., pp. 1—6, 4°. This version of the Two Essays, said to be a translation from the English edition licensed 26 August, 1686 (cf. p. 502), appears to have been published before the English orginal.
[18 b.]Two | essays | in | Political Arithmetick, | Concerning the | People, Housing, Hospitals, &c | of | London and Paris. | By Sir William Petty, | Fellow of the Royal Society. |—Qui sciret Regibus uti | Fastidiret olus—
London, | Printed for J. Lloyd in the Middle Exchange | next Salisbury-House in the Strand. 1687.
1 l., recto blank, verso imprimatur, title, 1 l., epistle dedicatory, 1 l., pp. 1—21, memorandum, 1 l., 8°.
[18 c-h.]See 26 a—e and 27. In the Philosophical Transactions for the Years 1686 and 1687, Vol. xvi. no. 183, p. 152, July, August and September, 1686, there is An Extract of two Essays in Political Arithmetick concerning the comparative Magnitudes, &c. of London and Pans by Sr William Petty, Knight, R.R.S. This is printed on p. 513.
[19.]A further Assertion of the Propositions concerning the | Magnitude, &c. of London, contained in two Essays | in Political Arithmetick; mentioned in Philos. Trans-|act Numb. 183; together with a Vindication of the | said Essays from the Objections of some Learned Persons | of the French Nation, by Sr. W. Petty Knt. R.S.S.
Caption as above, followed by text, pp. 1—4, 4°. Reprinted from Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Vol. xvi. no. 185, pp. 237—240, Nov. & Dec., 1686. The reprint is repaged, but without title-page, & retains the original signatures, Gg and Gg 2.
[20 a.]Further | observation | upon the | Dublin-Bills: | or, | accompts | of the | Houses, Hearths, Baptisms, | And Burials in that | city. The Second Edition, Corrected and Enlarg'd. | By Sir William Petty, | Fellow of the Royal Society.
Lonon [ sic ]: | Printed for Mark Pardoe, at the Sign of | the Black Raven, over-against Bed-|ford-House in the Strand. 1686.
Title, verso, the stationer to the reader, 1 l., pp. 1—6, followed by Observations upon the Dublin-Bills of Mortality, 1681, as described above, no. 12 a, 8°.
[20 b—g.]See 26 a—e and 27.
