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One of the founders of the Astronomy Society on annuities and assurances

BAILY, Francis.
Théorie des Annuités Viagères et des Assurances sur la Vie, suivie d'une Collection de Tables relatives a ces Matières; Traduit de l'Anglais par A. de Courcy, et publié par la Compagnie d'Assurances Générales sur la Vie.

With numerous tables in text.

With numerous tables in text.

With numerous tables in text.



Paris, Bachelier, 1836. 2 vols. Modern black half cloth, spine gilt. With numerous tables in text. XI, (1), 326; (4), 293, (1 blank) pp.

First French edition of a famous work on annuities and assurances by Francis Baily (1774-1844). Baily apprenticed in a London mercantile house, and from 1795 to 1798 he travelled in America. In 1799 he entered into partnership with a London stockbroker and published some highly successful works on assurances, of which the present was his most important, first published at London in 1810-1813. In the 1830's the work was also translated into French and German. But then Francis Baily had already turned his attention to astronomy. In 1820 he was one of the founders of the Astronomy Society, and he then also published some very successful works on astronomy, greatly advancing astronomic science by his revision of the star catalogues.

Fine set.- (Some sl. foxing).
Cat. Bibl. Comp. d'Assurances sur la Vie "Utrecht", p. 498; no French ed. in Kress.

Related Subjects: Bookkeeping  French 

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