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Lewis,G.C.
A treatise on the methods of observations and reasoning in politics. 2 Bde. London, Parker 1852. XI, 479; XI, 475 S. Hldrbde. d. Zt. (Gelenke tls. eingerissen u. beschabt, Kap. mit Fehlstellen, tls. fleckig u. beschabt).
Erste Ausgabe. - First Edition of this important work proposing a scientific method for the study of politics. "If an organon, or instrumental art of reasoning, could be constructed for the use of the political inquirer, by a proper adaptation of the logical processes recognised as sound in other departments of knowledge, it might give him important assistance in his researches, and often furnish a thread in the intricate labyrinth of politics" (preface). - Tls. stockfleckig, vereinzelt fingerfleckig.