A SHORT STATEMENT OF VARIOUS MEASURES, CALCULATED FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE COUNTY OF CAITHNESS, carrying on in the course of the year 1802.
Pp. [ii]+8; later qr. maroon morocco, spine lettered in gilt, marbled papered boards, edges slightly rubbed; a little light foxing and soiling; printed by David Willison, Edinburgh, 1802. First edition. *Scottish politician Sir John Sinclair (1754-1835) is believed to be the first person to use the word statistics in the..... More