Economics & Social Sciences
[LEE, Wayman].
An essay to ascertain the value of leases and annuities for years and lives, and to estimate the chances of the duration of lives. Wherein are many observations on bills of mortality, on the state of the coin, the interest of money, and the price of things, in different ages ...
London, printed for S. Birt ... D.Browne ... and J.Shuckburgh. 1737. . First edition. 8vo (13 x 20cm) xix,[1],470,[6]pp., an excellent, handsome copy in contemporary calf, boards gilt-bordered, spine gilt in compartments with red morocco label, the Macclesfield copy with bookplate and discreet pressure-stamp.
A guide to calculating the value of leases and annuities over long periods, so that "persons who have occasion to transact those affairs, either to buy, or to sell, or to renew ... may know whether the bargain they make is an even and fair one". Hanson 5013, Kress 4343.
Price: £ 1400
US Dollar Price: $ 2110
Stock Number: 58948