Item 3 - ‘Verbum Sapienti’, by Sir William Petty

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Sraffa MS/A/3

Title

‘Verbum Sapienti’, by Sir William Petty

Date(s)

  • 1665? (Creation)

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(‘In Petty's list of his own writings … the entry “Verbum Sapienti, and the value of People” stands opposite the year 1665, and the internal evidence makes it probable that the booklet was written in the latter part of that year.’ (The Economic Writingsread more

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Publication note

First printed in The Political Anatomy of Ireland (1691).

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