First Essay on Population: A Reprint in Facsimile of an Essay on the Principle of Population, as it Affects the Future Improvement of Society, 1798.

Thomas Robert Malthus

Published by Macmillan, London, 1966

About this Item

An excellent, facsimile edition of Thomas Robert Malthus's eighteenth-century essay on population, with the publisher's dust wrapper. A reprint in facsimile of Thomas Robert Malthus' 'An Essay on the Principle of Population'. Bound in the publisher's cloth with the original, price-clipped dust wrapper. Originally published in 1798, this work was written by English economist, scholar and cleric, Thomas Robert Malthus. In 'An Essay on the Principle of Population' Malthus proposed that an increase in a nation's food production would lead to population growth, meaning the initial benefits would only be temporary. With notes by Scottish historian and economist, James Bonar, to the rear of the work. Bound in the publisher's cloth with the original, price-clipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with minor shelf wear only. Dust wrapper is also excellent, with light edge wear and a touch of sunning to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine.

Seller Inventory # 948Q29

Bibliographic Details

• Title: First Essay on Population: A Reprint in Facsimile of an Essay on the Principle of Population, as it Affects the Future Improvement of Society, 1798.
• Publisher: Macmillan, London
• Publication Date: 1966
• Binding: Cloth
• Illustrator: None
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Book Type: book
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  • Philosophy