Search results for: 'DARWIN, Charles'
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MALTHUS, Thomas Robert. An Essay on the Principle of Population;
London : 1817
First three-volume edition, the fifth overall, with extensive additions compared to the previous editions. Malthus contributed a new preface, rewrote chapters 8 to 13, and provided new chapters on France, England, and the Poor Laws. The additions were so substantial that Malthus also published them in a separate volume, for those who owned earlier editions.... Learn More£1,500.00Stock Code: 128931
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MALTHUS, Thomas Robert. Essai sur le principe de population.
Paris : 1809
First French edition, translated by Pierre Prévost. First published in English in 1798, it was perhaps the most influential work of its era on population, arguing that the growth of a population would always outrun its ability to feed itself. The first edition was so successful that Malthus soon elaborated on it under his real name, culminating in... Learn MoreSpecial Price £2,062.50 Regular Price £2,750.00Stock Code: 93446
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MALTHUS, Thomas Robert. An Essay on the Principle of Population;
London : 1806
Third edition, in an extraordinarily fresh contemporary binding, the first edition to be published in two octavo volumes, the format which was to remain the standard in Malthus's lifetime.
This third edition has important alterations and additions, particularly the appendix, in which Malthus replied to some of his many critics; it follows the... Learn More£7,000.00Stock Code: 142661