An Essay on the Principle of Population;
or, A View of Its Past and Present Effects on Human Happiness; with an Inquiry into Our Prospects Respecting the Future Removal or Mitigation of the Evils Which It Occasions. In Two Volumes. The Third Edition.
London: for J. Johnson by T. Bensley, 1806 Stock Code: 74871
Third edition, following the extensively revised "Great Quarto" of 1803, and the first in two octavo volumes, the format which was to remain the standard in Malthus's lifetime for the most widely-discussed economic tract of its era. This third edition has important alterations and additions, particularly the appendix, in which Malthus replied to some of his many critics.
Description
2 volumes, tall octavo. Original green paper backed blue boards, printed paper labels to spines.
Condition
Reference library bookplates to front pastedowns. Boards rubbed, wear to extremities, professional repairs to joints and ends of spines, occasional light spotting to contents. A very good set.
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