Calculations, with the principles and data On which they are instituted: Relative to a late Act of Parliament, intituled, An Act for raising and establishing a Fund for a Provision for the Widows and Children of the Minister of the Church, and of the Heads, Principals, and Masters of the Universities of Scotland. Shewing The Rise and Progress of the fund. Published by Order of the Trustees nominated in the said Act of Parliament

Edité par Printed by Thomas Lumisden and Company, and sold at their Printing-house in the Fish-market, and by the Booksellers in Town, Edinburgh, 1748

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[10], 5-45pp, [1]. With half-title. Later library buckram, lettered in gilt to spine; with the bookplate, ink- and associated withdrawal-stamps of the Institute of Actuaries to front endpapers. A little rubbed and marked. Large vertical tear to the first leaf of introduction neatly (and expertly) repaired; inked addition to title, some pagination to blanks also added in manuscript. A generously-margined copy of the detailed calculations for, and defence of, the pioneering actuarial scheme for the Widows and Children of Ministers of the Church of Scotland established by Alexander Webster (1707-1784), Scottish writer and Minister, which was not only the first formal widow's pension fund, but also the basis of longevity calculations for life insurance purposes until the late nineteenth-century. It was a testament to the mathematical bases of the scheme - from work by the demographer Robert Wallace (1697-1771), and the mathematician Colin Maclaurin (1698-1746) - which had been set up by private act of Parliament in 1743, that the fund lasted until 1983, during which time it had been extended to university professors in Scotland. Based on annual contributions (original subscriber's paid 5 guineas, but later entrants were able to modify contributions positively or negatively), the fund provided annuities of £20 to widow claimants. Rare; outside of the UK, ESTC locates just four copies (APS, Harvard, Michigan and UCLA). Size: Folio.…

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Calculations, with the principles and data On which they are instituted: Relative to a late Act of Parliament, intituled, An Act for raising and establishing a Fund for a Provision for the Widows and Children of the Minister of the Church, and of the Heads, Principals, and Masters of the Universities of Scotland. Shewing The Rise and Progress of the fund. Published by Order of the Trustees nominated in the said Act of Parliament
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[WEBSTER, Alexander]
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Printed by Thomas Lumisden and Company, and sold at their Printing-house in the Fish-market, and by the Booksellers in Town, Edinburgh
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1748
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Established 2007, Antiquates Ltd is an Antiquarian bookseller with a large, custom built shop in the heart of the Dorset countryside. We sell fine and rare books from our Wareham shop, in catalogues, and via our website (www.antiquates.co.uk). Specialising in early printed books both English and Continental, fine English Literature, and books by, for, and about Women and Children, we nevertheless stock a wide range of works on paper from 1500-present - including modern first editions. Our bias is towards the unusual, the interesting and the important - and always have a good stock of rare books by local authors such as T.E. Lawrence and Thomas Hardy; we are just the place if you're looking for an extra-special gift for a wedding, birthday, anniversary or graduation. (Open Wednesday - Saturday, 10am-4pm)…

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