Scottish minister and economist (1697-1771)

A dissertation on the numbers of mankind in antient and modern times: in which the superior populousness of antiquity is maintained ... With an appendix, containing additional observations on the same subject, and some remarks on Mr. Hume's political discourse, of the populousness of antient nations / [Anon].

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