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AN Essay on the Principle of Population Pelican Classics Ac18

MALTHUS, Thomas RobertBiblio.com

An Essay on the Principle of Population; or A View of Its Past and Present Effects on Human Happiness;

1806156997London: for J. Johnson by T. Bensley 1806. The foundation text of modern demography Third edition 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 first edition of 1798 in a single octavo volume and the expanded second edition in quarto in 1803. Malthus's treatise on population is one of the most important and influential works in the history of economic thought and the foundation text of modern demography. "For today's readers living in a post-Malthus era the world's population problems are well known and serious but no longer sensational. It is difficult therefore to appreciate the radical and controversial impact made by the Essay at the time of publication. It challenged the conventional notion that population growth is an unmixed blessing. It discussed prostitution contraception and other sexual matters. And it gave vivid descriptions of the horrendous consequences of overpopulation and of the brutal means by which populations are checked" ODNB. Despite its unpopularity with liberal critics Malthus's principle of population became accepted as a central tenet of classical political economy and Charles Darwin acknowledged Malthus's influence in the development of his theory of natural selection. 2 vols octavo 209 x 128 mm. Bound without half-titles. Recent half calf red morocco label marbled sides. A few contemporary annotations in vol. II. Repairs to closed tears at head of A7 and A8 into text without loss slight sporadic spotting light dampstaining at lower outer corner of vol. II towards rear. A very good copy. Einaudi 3689; Goldsmiths' 19210; Kress B5067. unknown

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MALTHUS, Thomas RobertBiblio.com

An Essay on the Principle of Population; or a View of its Past and Present Effects on Human Happiness;

1803156812London: printed for J. Johnson by T. Bensley 1803. A classic of economic thought significantly expanded The Great Quarto edition notionally the second edition of the Essay on Population published in 1798 but so substantially enlarged rewritten and re-titled as to be a new book. "In 1803 Malthus published a greatly expanded second edition of the Essay incorporating details of the population checks that had been in operation in many different countries and periods. Although nominally a second edition it was regarded by Malthus as a substantially new work. He did not claim originality for the idea that population tends to outrun the food supply. In the preface to the second edition he stated that in writing the first edition he had deduced the principle of population from the writings of David Hume Robert Wallace Adam Smith and Richard Price but that in the intervening period he had become aware that much more had been published on the subject. He nevertheless believed that even more remained to be done especially in describing the means by which populations are checked and in drawing out the practical implications of the principle of population. In the second edition he made clear what was only implicit in the first that prudential restraint should if humanly possible be 'moral restraint' - that is delayed marriage accompanied by strictly moral pre-marital behaviour although he admitted that moral restraint would not be easy and that there would be occasional failures. Whereas in the first edition he had said that all the checks to population would involve either misery or vice in the second edition he attempted to lighten this 'melancholy hue' Essay on the Principle of Population 1st edition 1798 p. iv and 'to soften some of the harshest conclusions of the first essay' 2nd edition 1803 p. vii by arguing that moral restraint if supported by an education emphasizing the immorality of bringing children into the world without the means of supporting them would tend to increase rather than diminish individual happiness" ODNB. Quarto. Uncut in the original boards manuscript lettering to spine. Housed in a custom solander box with red label. Neat 20th-century ownership label to front pastedown. Joints and corners worn some expert reconsolidation to binding horizontal tear to head of title neatly repaired without loss and short vertical tear to lower margin of the same; a very good copy. Einaudi 3668; Goldsmiths' 18640; Kress B.4701. hardcover

Peter Harrington · Royaume-Uni5 750,00 £GB≈ 6 565,35 €

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