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Abhandlung über Leibrenten. Nach der dritten Auflage von 1756 ins deutsche übertragen und mit Anmerkungen versehen von Emanuel Czuber.
Wien, Franz Deuticke, 1906. Cont. hcloth. VIII,88 pp. Small stamp on title. (Sonderheft der ""Versicherungswissenschaftlichen Mitteilungen"").
First German edition of Moivre's famous work ""Evaluation of Annuities on Lives"" (first published 1723), but this translation is from the most elaborate version of ""Annuities"" which appeared together with the third edition of the authors ""The Doctine of Changes"" from 1756. The work is considered as the foundation of life-insurance mathematics.
The Doctrine of Chances: or, A Method of Calculating the Probability of Events in Play.
London, 1718. (1987). 4to. Full cloth. (4),XIV,175 pp.
(A Xerox-copy made from the master copy of the original book. U.M.I. Out of Print Books on demand).
The Doctrine of Changes, or, A Method of Calculating the Probabilities of Events in Play.
London, Frank Cass & Co., 1967. Small 4to. Orig. full cloth. XXVI,256,(1) pp.
(A reprint of the second edition from 1738).
The Doctrine of Changes: or, A Method of Calculating the probabilities of Events in Play. The Third Edition. Fuller, Clearer, and more Correct than the Former.
London, A. Millar, 1756. (Reprint N.Y., Chelsea, 1967). Orig. full cloth. XII,368 pp. A few pencil-undrlinings.
