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MALTHUS, THOMAS ROBERT. 1766-1834.

11 June 2008, 13:00 EDT
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MALTHUS, THOMAS ROBERT. 1766-1834.

An Essay on the Principle of Population…. London: for J. Johnson, 1807. 2 volumes. xvi, 580; vii, [1], 484, [60] pp. 8vo (221 x 137 mm). * With: Additions to the Fourth and Former Editions of an Essay on the Principle of Population, &c. &c. London: John Murray, 1817. iv, 327, [1] pp. 8vo (225 x 141 mm). Both titles uncut and bound in original paper-backed boards, paper labels to spines. First title with endpapers toned, second title with some light foxing predominately to preliminary and final leaves, covers with general shelfwear, spines soiled and rubbed.

Fourth edition of the first title, and first edition of the second title. “The Population of a community, Malthus suggested, increases geometrically, while food supplies increase only arithmetically. If the natural increase in population occurs the food supply becomes insufficient and the size of the population is checked by ‘misery’ –that is the poorest sections of the community suffer disease and famine (PMM 251).” Malthus’s work was highly influential, but also opposed by the Marxists, and never fully accepted by the conservatives, so he made several revisions to defend his views. Printing and the Mind of Man 251.
Provenance: Bookplate of A. Leonard Fuller to front pastedown of each volume.

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