[Economics] Jevons, William Stanley (1835-1882) The Theory of Political Economy.
London: Macmillan & Co., 1879.
Second expanded edition with an added forty-seven page preface, octavo; ex libris Paisley Free Library & Museum, with bookplates; bound in publisher's red pebbled cloth, black coated endleaves, somewhat shaken, corners bumped; half-title present, with thirty-two pages of publisher's ads dated March 1879 bound after the second appendix, 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.
In addition to his work in economics, Jevons also contributed to the history of mechanical computation, the logical abacus, or "Logic Piano," a mechanical computer that he designed and built in 1866.
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