Sir William Petty, 1674 : letters to John Aubrey / edited by Thomas E. Jordan.
This book gives a fictional-style voice to the entrepreneur William Petty (1623-1687) who provided information about his life ad hoc to John Aubrey. The letters are dated back to 1674, a time when Petty was on good terms with the Stuart brothers and the cognoscenti of the era, such as examples are I...
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| Language: | English |
| Published: | Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2010. |
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