Bentham sir samuel (3 Ergebnisse)

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First edition, presentation copy, with a cropped "from the author" inscription on the title page, possibly in a secretarial hand. In his treatise On Financial Reform (1830), the Whig politician Henry Parnell (1776-1842) outlines a programme of fiscal and financial policy which would subsequently be implemented by Peel and Gladstone. Samuel Bentham (1757-1831), the only surviving sibling of Jeremy and an engineer by profession, takes issue with some of Parnell's analysis and advocates for a stronger competition system for government contracts. Kress C. 2447. Octavo (197 x 126 mm), pp. (iv), iv, 82, (4). Disbound. Light foxing and finger-soiling: a very good copy.…

Unbound. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. The very scarce first edition of Samuel Bentham's broadsheet, based on the 1694 work 'What a Compleat Treatise of Navigation Should Contain' by Sir William Petty. This work outlines a comprehensive syllabus for naval knowledge, covering construction, equipment, and navigation.Adapted by Samuel Bentham from Petty's earlier ideas regarding naval philosophy and education, this was designed as a system for instructing personnel in the "business of the Marine Department".Samuel Bentham was an English mechanical engineer and naval architect credited with numerous innovations. He was the brother of philosopher Jeremy Bentham.With the 1880 stamp of the Anderson Free Library to the reverse. Unbound, a single sheet. Small closed tears to perimeters around folds, with instances of spotting and the odd handling mark. Library stamp to reverse. Very Good. None (illustrator). book. …