Sir William Petty, 1674 Letters to John Aubrey - Jordan, Thomas E. (Edwin Mellen Press, 2009)
SIR WILLIAM PETTY, 1674: Letters to John Aubrey; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; List of Figures; Introduction; Chapter One: Early Days; Chapter Two: The Continent; Chapter Three: England; Chapter Four: The Resurrectionist; Chapter Five: Ireland; Chapter Six: The Times; Notes; Appendices; Appendix I: General References; Appendix II: Biographies; Index
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 Isaac Newton, Robert Hooke and Christopher Wren
Includes bibliographical references and index