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71831E-090. Very Good. Hardcover. Leather. 8vo. Printed for J. Johnson by T. Bensley London UK. 1806. Two Volumes xvi 505 pgs; vii 559 pgs. Third Edition. Bound in gilt ruled fine calf leather with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities boards are lightly rubbed and worn. Previous owner's bookplate present to the front pastedown. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Third edition the first to be published in 2 volumes and the first published after the Great Quarto edition of 1803 of one of the most important and influential books in the history of economic thought. The third edition contained numerous revisions among which was a text entitled A Reply to the Chief Objections which have been urged against the Essay on the Principle of Population which was also published separately so that it might be bound with earlier ones. As the world's population continues to grow at a frighteningly rapid rate Malthus's classic warning against overpopulation gains increasing importance. An Essay on the Principle of Population examines the tendency of human numbers to outstrip their resources and argues that checks in the form of poverty disease and starvation are necessary to keep societies from moving beyond their means of subsistence. Malthus's simple but powerful argument was controversial in his time; today his name has become a byword for active concern about humankind's demographic and ecological prospects. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . hardcover
180752022<p>HANDSOME COPY IN CONTEMPORARY BOLDLY SPECKLED CALF<br />2 vols. tall 8vo. iii-xvi 580; iii-viii 484 58 indexpp. contemporary boldly speckled calf smooth spines richly decorated in gilt in panels using two different designs black lettering and russet numbering labels gilt board edges gilt rolled spines a trifle chaffed at headbands some cracking at ends of some joints but overall a very nice copy.<br />Near contemporary pencilled shelf number "D198" of Lord Dunraven of Adare Manor Co. Limerick on endpaper.<br /><br />KRESS B5219<br />This is edition incorporates the substantial revisions and additions which Malthus had made for his third edition of 1806. They are listed and described in full in his preliminary 'Advertisement' to that edition also printed here. The most substantial of the changes made was that "The chapters which were the fourth and sixth of the second book are nearly rewritten on account of an error into which the author had fallen in an attempt to estimate the fruitfulness of marriages and the number born living to be married from the data in registers" 'Advertisement'. Furthermore he added as an appendix here vol.2 p.429-484 his important Reply to the Chief Objections to the second edition of 1803. This appendix he had also published separately in quarto "for the accomodation of the purchasers of the former edition" 'Advertisement'.Malthus recommends that "those who have not the leisure or inclination to read the entire work will find in the appendix such notice of its most prominent arguments as will give them a good general idea of the aim and bent of the whole". In it he writes "My object is to correct some of the misrepresentations which have gone abroad respecting two or three of the most important points of the Essay. . The first grand objection that has been made to my principles is that they contradict the original command of the Creator to increase and multiply and replenish the earth . The next grand objection which has been urged against me is my denial of the right of the poor to support. . and lastly and rather a matter of feeling than of argument. Many persons have accused him of excessive pessimism in throwing a darker shade over our views of human nature and tending particularly to narrow our prospects of future improvement". All of these objections he attempts to refute.<br />From the library of Edwin R. W. Wyndham-Quin Viscount Adare F.R.S. of Adare Manor Co. Limerick.</p> Printed for J. Johnson .. by T. Bensley hardcover
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
163234728Paris Pierre Gvillemot 1632. 8vo. Cont. full limp vellum remains of ties. Titlelabel in red leather on back this with a small nick. Top of spine strenghtened with a strip of vellum. Engraved title with Neptun & Mars. 627710 pp. 28 half-page textengravings and 15 large wood-cut illustrations. A few scattered brownspots. A good copy. <br/><br/><em> Second enlaged edition of this scarce treatise of fireworks for war and recreation. The work is divided in five sections: the first 56 pp. to war pp. 57-146 to 'recreation' and pp. 147-277 to sundials fortification geometry and arithmetics. Of the English edition of 1629 Cockle says "This work though in advance of anything so far written on the subject in English does not attain to the standard of Thibourel and Appier. Yet it is with foreign treatises it must be weighed for Malthus received his training in pyrotechnics abroad.It was Malthus who about the year 1634 introduced the mortar into the French service." - Klaus Jordan: 2328 ed. 1629 - Chris Philip: M 040.3 - Cockle Nos 118 a. 939. </em> hardcover
163234728Paris, Pierre Gvillemot, 1632. 8vo. Cont. full limp vellum, remains of ties. Titlelabel in red leather on back, this with a small nick. Top of spine strenghtened with a strip of vellum. Engraved title with Neptun & Mars. (6),277,(10) pp., 28 half-page textengravings and 15 large wood-cut illustrations. A few scattered brownspots. A good copy.
1820158341London: John Murray 1820. From the library of a neo-Malthusian First edition with the stamp on the title page of Carel Victor Gerritsen 1850-1905 the radical Dutch politican who founded the Nieuw-Malthusiaansche Bond Neo-Malthusian League in 1881; like Malthus Gerritsen deemed unchecked population growth the root of society's ills and proposed - unlike Malthus - the use of contraception to restrain it. Principles of Political Economy was conceived as a series of tracts rather than a comprehensive and systematic treatise. Malthus published it to establish his own position against that of Ricardo with whom he had been having an ongoing debate about the nature of labour demand and profit. Unlike Ricardo Malthus supported the active encouragement of demand and in so doing was seen by John Maynard Keynes as a forerunner of his own thought. "Malthus was proposing investment in public work and private luxury as a means of increasing effective demand and hence as a palliative to economic distress. The nation he thought must balance the power to produce and the will to consume" DSB. "The Principles had only a limited impact at the time and was severely criticized by J. R. McCulloch and Ricardo; the latter prepared extensive critical notes. But more recently it has received greater recognition largely as a result of the comments by J. M. Keynes in the 1930s. Keynes argued that Malthus's theory of effective demand provided a scientific explanation of unemployment and that the hundred-year domination of Ricardo over Malthus had been a disaster for the progress of economics. Keynes believed that if economics had followed Malthus instead of being constrained by Ricardo in an artificial groove the world would be a much wiser and richer place" ODNB. Octavo 215 x 132 mm. Recent brown morocco red morocco label marbled endpapers. Neat ink ownership signature to front free endpaper. Sporadic light foxing short closed tear not affecting text at head of L2. A very good copy. Goldsmiths' 22767; Kress C.577. unknown
1815172737London: Printed for John Murray and J. Johnson and Co. 1815. Malthusian economics stress-tested First edition presentation copy inscribed in a secretarial hand "From the Author" at the head of the title page. The Grounds of an Opinion is a rare Malthusian argument in favour of economic interventionism supporting the restrictions imposed by the Corn Laws on foreign grain. In his wider work on population and poverty Malthus promoted an essentially laissez-faire approach to political economy. In the Essay on the Principles of Population 1798 for example he rejected poor relief and centralized intervention as fatally detrimental to the work ethic of the poor. The Grounds of an Opinion therefore shocked his circle of Whiggish friends but Malthus justified his deviation on grounds of national security: encouraging domestic production was the only way to ensure self-sufficiency in food within a fickle and changeable continent. Malthus's presentation may have been less effective than he hoped. A leaf of contemporary manuscript notes tipped in after p. 4 records considerable dissatisfaction with Malthus's "most extraordinary assertion". Octavo 208 x 128 mm pp. ii 48; lacking terminal advertisement leaf. Recent brown quarter calf grey paper-covered boards. Infrequent 20th-century pencil annotations to contents. Light foxing vertical tear to title page neatly repaired and upper inner corner replaced: a very good copy. Einaudi 3672; Goldsmiths' 2177; Kress B6535; Mattioli 2214; Sraffa 3690. hardcover
64429London: for J. Johnson St. Paul's Church-Yard By T. Bensley 1806. Demography FIRST TWO VOLUME EDITION. Octavos 22 x 14 x 8cm pp.xvi; 505; 63 pp.viii; 559; 1. Brown half calf marbled paper over boards. Gilt ruling and red labels containing gilt titles to spines. All edges speckled blue. Interior relatively bright and clean a few leaves spotted/marked. Infrequent pencil annotations throughout each volume. Small ownership inscription in both volumes to a front blank leaf. Toning to corners of all endpapers. Marbled boards rubbed some wear to calf spines and extremities. Very good. Rev. Thomas Robert Malthus FRS 1766-1834 known as Thomas Malthus or Robert Malthus his preference was an English demographer and political economist. He is best known for his pessimistic but highly influential views on population growth. In 'An Essay on the Principle of Population' 1798 Malthus made the famous prediction that population would outrun food supply leading to a decrease in food per person. London: for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church-Yard, By T. Bensley, 1806 unknown
180955964Washington City: Printed and published by Roger Chew Weightman another issue of the same printing was published at Georgetown by J. Milligan 1809. First American from the third London edition. 8vo. 2 volumes: xvi 510 xxxiv; vii 542 pp. Half-title to each volume present. Here Malthus "laid down his famous principle that population increases in a geometrical and subsistence only in an arithmetical ratio and argued that population is necessarily limited by the 'checks' of vice and misery" DNB. PMM 251 for the first edition published London 1798. American Imprints 17975. Recent quarter-calf and marbled boards new leather spine labels. Persistent light foxing but a very good copy in an attractive new binding. 2458. <br/><br/> Printed and published by Roger Chew Weightman (another issue of the same printing was published at Georgetown by J. Milligan) hardcover books
elala6131Washington City: Roger Chew Weightman 1809. First American Edition based on the revised and enlarged third London edition of 1806 of one of the most important and influential works in the history of economic and social thought. “’Malthus’s law’ that population increases at a greater rate than the means of subsistence was one of the first and is still one of the most widely debated of modern economic theories. The work aroused a storm of controversy since Malthus held that checks on the growth of population would be necessary a theory which is still not finally extinguished. Malthus has exercised a strong influence not merely in economics but in the whole realm of social theory.†PMM Goldsmiths’ 19819. Kress B.5542. Palgrave II pp. 668-677. Shaw & Shoemaker 17975. cfNCBEL III 1294. cfGarrison & Morton 1693. cfPrinting and the Mind of Man. 251. 2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xvi 510 xxxivindex; vii 1 542. complete with half-titles. contemporary tree calf rebacked several small library rubberstamps some foxing & browning throughout as usual – more extensive on outer leaves. elala6131 Washington City: Roger Chew Weightman, 1809 unknown
95379Altona I. F. Hammerich 1807. . First German edition 2 vols 8vo 20 x 12.5 cm. pp. xvi 368; pp. vii 358; very slight spotting to vol. 1. Contemporary half-brown leather binding; flat spine gilt bands separating compartments compartments 1 3 5 and 6 contain gilt floral decoration compartments 2 and 4 contain gilt lettering including translator's name and title gilt library stamp to both upper boards library stamps to verso of both upper boards and title pages pencil markings to verso of upper boards and endpapers; rubbed water or possibly glue marks to verso of upper boards and endpapers.<br /> Rare first German edition and first translation into a foreign language of this important work by the father of Malthusianism.<br /><br />Malthus' original work written in English was first published anonymously in 1798. It discusses the problem of the gap between population growth which is potentially exponential and the growth of food supply which is not. The work arose from a discussion between Malthus and his father about the possibility of a better society and went on to have an enormous impact on social policy. Ultimately Malthus believed population growth would always outrun food supply and therefore the betterment of society was impossible without stern limits on reproduction. For this reason he is often associated with Darwin. His views became popular again in the XX century largely due to the work of John Maynard Keynes. <br /><br />'The essay exercised a strong influence on European intellectual development at the beginning of the nineteenth century. the Socialists fought him unanimously. and the Conservatives were happy that somebody was fighting against the spread of revolutionary ideas from the continent.' Carter/Muir.<br /><br />Thomas Malthus 1766 - 1834 was born into a family of intellectuals and his father was a great friend of the philosopher David Hume. He took holy orders in 1797 but in 1805 decided to become a professor teaching history and the relatively new subject of political economy at the East India Company college in Haileybury. He was elected a member of the Royal Society in 1819 and in 1834 founded the Statistical Society of London.<br /> Altona, I. F. Hammerich, 1807. hardcover
180775775hLondon: Printed for R. Johnson in St. Paul's Church-Yard by T. Bensley Bolt Court Fleet Street 1807. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Two-volume set in full tree-calf with gilt spines. Professionally re-backed with original spines relaid. Moderate handling and bumping to covers. Edges and endpapers toned. Armorial bookplate of Sir Edward Strachey Baronet Sutton Court Somerset inside front covers; early owner's name in ink to free endpapers. Otherwise clean tight and unmarked -- no foxing or staining to text. Very neat -- a sound and handsome set. Half-titles present; extensive index. xvi580viii48460indexpp. Printed for R. Johnson in St. Paul's Church-Yard, by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, Fleet Street Hardcover
1820BB0781London: John Murray Albermarle-Street 1820. First Edition. Paper-covered Boards. First Edition with the rare 4-page publisher's catalog dated April 1820 of this classic of economic theory. 8vo: vi601 1pp. "London: Printed by C. Roworth Bell-yard Temple-bar." on colophon and title-page verso as called for. Uncut in the original publisher's drab blue paper-covered boards largely unopened with brown paper spine and remnants of original printed label. Internally fresh and bright with only occasionally spotting original spine largely perished but restored sensitively by an expert conservationist the boards somewhat stained and bumped but thoroughly original hinges reinforced. Small owner's book label probably contemporary partly effaced reading T Cobb. Clamshell case with leather spine label gilt. An unsophisticated copy of a truly scarce in publisher's binding important and desirable book a cornerstone of economic thought and a major influence on other scientific endeavors including the principles of evolution developed by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russell Wallace. Goldsmiths'-Kress 22767. Kress C577. Lowndes 1459. The title of Malthus's final major work is "something of a misnomer as the book was conceived as a series of tracts rather than a comprehensive and systematic treatise. . . . The Principles had only a limited impact at the time and was severely criticized by J. R. McCulloch and David Ricardo; the latter prepared extensive critical notes. But more recently it has received greater recognition largely as a result of the comments by John Maynard Keynes in the 1930s. Keynes argued that Malthus's theory of effective demand provided a scientific explanation of unemployment and that the hundred-year domination of Ricardo over Malthus had been a disaster for the progress of economics. Keynes believed that if economics had followed Malthus instead of being constrained by Ricardo in an artificial groove the world would be a much wiser and richer place." ODNB N. B. With few exceptions always identified we only stock books in exceptional condition carefully preserved in archival removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association and we subscribe to its codes of ethics. John Murray, Albermarle-Street unknown
1868178<p><strong>Scarce first Russian edition of a major landmark of economic literature the <em>Essay on the Principle of Population</em></strong> first published in English in 1798.</p><p><strong>With much added material.</strong> The translator P. A. Bibikov was a historian philosopher and literary critic who had already translated Smith's Wealth of Nations in 1866. With this background he added a wealth of material to this edition making it more than just a translation but also an a posteriori analysis. Next to the 80 pages on Malthus' life and works Bibikov added in a rich appendix translations of foreign commentators as well as his own footnotes relating to Russia. Very interestingly he updated and commented the many pages Malthus had already devoted to the Russian case. The appendix includes texts by Townsend Garnier Chernyshevskiy and Prudhon as well as a convenient 20-pp. alphabetical index.</p><p>"The central idea of the essay - and hub of the Malthusian theory - was a simple one. 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. Malthus recognises two other possible checks to population expansion: first 'vice' - that is homosexuality prostitution and abortion all totally unacceptable to Malthus; and second 'moral restraint' - the voluntary limitation of the product of children by the postponement of marriage." PMM.</p><p>Provenance: Unidentified symbolistic booklabel to upper endpapers; small Baltic bookseller's stamps to lower endpapers.</p><p>Physical description:Two volumes 8vo. 476 pp. incl. half-title title and table of contents at end; 468 pp. incl. table of contents. Later plain brown cloth author titled in ink on the spines.</p><p>Condition:Very occasional light spotting.</p> Glazunov, Skt. Peterburg, hardcover
1809CLL-280Genève, J.-J. Paschoud, 1809 3 tomes en un volume in-8 de XXIII, (1), 424, (6) - (4), 395, (3) - (4), 392 pp., 16 pp. de catalogue d'éditeur, demi-veau havane, dos lisse orné de filets, roulettes et palettes dorés, tranches paille (reliure de l'époque).
1809103515A Paris et à Genève, chez J.J. Pashoud, 1809, in-8, 3 vol. de I : 424-[6] pp. + II: [4]-395-[3] pp. + III : [6]-392-[5] pp, Demi-veau de l'époque, dos lisses filetés ornés en doré de roulettes et fers rocaille, Première traduction française, très augmentée par Pierre Prévost, pour qui l'ouvrage magistral de Malthus "a pour objet principal de diriger la bienveillance, vertu familière". Thomas-Robert Malthus (1766-1834) avec un siècle d'avance annonçait le principe qui sera repris par Keynes, de la demande effective opposée à la loi des débouchés. Publié originellement en anglais de façon anonyme en 1798, cet essai phare de la pensée économique et démographique du XIXe siècle instaure une réflexion sur le rapport entre le développement de la population et celui des subsistances qui amène à la conclusion que ce sont les salaires qui déterminent le chiffre de la population. Le second thème essentiel de la pensée malthusienne est sa critique du système anglais de lois sur les pauvres (Poor Laws) qui, selon lui, amplifie la pauvreté de manière générale. Excellent exemplaire en jolie reliure de l'époque, dos très légèrement frottés, petit accroc en tête d'une coiffe. Couverture rigide
1827122073London: John Murray 1827. First Edition. hardcover. near fine. viii 261pp. 8vo rebound in 3/4 red leather gilt-lettered spine; half-title expertly repaired otherwise fine. London: John Murray 1827. First Edition. Near fine.<br/><br/> A critique of the terms used by French economists Adam Smith Jean-Baptiste Say James Mill David Ricardo J.R. McCulloch and Samuel Bailey followed by the author's classification. Kress C. 1924. NCBEL III 1294. Palgrave II p.677.<br/><br/> John Murray unknown books
1650WB15505Paris 1650. Hardcover. Near Fine. Second edition. 4to. Engraved title 2 plates 28 illustrations 27 of which are full page. Bound in contemporary mottled calf. A very nice copy. Malthus was an Englishman employed in France. This work similar to others he published consists of five treatises: the first on artillery in general; the second on bombs and mortars; the third on "artificial fire"; the fourth on the mining and undermining of walls; the fifth concerns fireworks. <br/><br/> hardcover
1827122073London: John Murray 1827. First Edition. hardcover. near fine. viii 261pp. 8vo rebound in 3/4 red leather gilt-lettered spine; half-title expertly repaired otherwise fine. London: John Murray 1827. First Edition. Near fine.<br/> <br/> A critique of the terms used by French economists Adam Smith Jean-Baptiste Say James Mill David Ricardo J.R. McCulloch and Samuel Bailey followed by the author's classification. Kress C. 1924. NCBEL III 1294. Palgrave II p.677.<br/> <br/> John Murray unknown
1817157003London: John Murray 1817. The foundation text of modern demography Fourth edition of Malthus's Essay first published in 1798 one of the most important and influential works in the history of economic thought and the foundation text of modern demography. 2 vols octavo 203 x 126 mm. With half-titles. Contemporary calf spines lettered in gilt. Contemporary ownership signature to title pages bookplate of one C. W. Clementine dated 1901 to front pastedowns. Slight scratch to rear cover of vol. I endpapers toned and a little soiled slight worming in fore margin of vol. II not affecting text an excellent copy in a well-preserved contemporary binding. unknown
18208125London: John Murray 1820. 1820 vi 601 1 p. First edition. It has a good quality mid-twentieth century binding with a polished morocco spine marbled boards and vellum corners. The spine with gold lines and a contrasting label. Minor rubs to the spine ends otherwise in very good condition. There is an undated pencil note on the title page '£45 Repair'. The text with a few signs of use and some pale paper toning. IMPORTANT COOPERATIVE MOVEMENT PROVENANCE: The title page is inscribed at the head 'Society for promoting Working Men's Assocns / 34 Castle Place -- Oxford Street with a shelfmark R31'. The Society was founded in 1849 by the Christian Socialists in an attempt to found self governing workshops. Lower down the title page is the oval stamp of Ormond Street Working Mens College which still exists in Camden. Founded in 1854 by Frederick Denison Maurice Wiki describes it as 'The Working Men's College is among the earliest adult education institutions established in the United Kingdom and Europe's oldest extant centre for adult education. Founded by Christian socialists at its inception it was at the forefront of liberal education philosophy.' At different times its teachers included Thomas Hughes whose latin lectures were apparently not so popular as his boxing club F.J. Furnival and E.M. Forster. London: John Murray, hardcover
1718149970London: John Murray Eden: London J. Wright 1817 Eden: 1800. An excellent copy in contemporary calf Fourth edition of Malthus's Essay first published in 1798 one of the most important and influential works in the history of economic thought and the foundation text of modern demography. The second volume is appended with the first edition of Frederick Morton Eden's An Estimate of the Number of Inhabitants in Great Britain an appropriate pairing by the contemporary owner - Eden's population census preceded the first national decennial population census by a year but undershot the official figure by five million. It nonetheless marks like Malthus's Essay an important milestone in the study of population. Two works bound in 2 vols octavo 210 x 128 mm. Bound without half-titles. Contemporary sprinkled calf orange and dark green morocco labels gilt in compartments gilt roll border to covers blind serrated turn-ins marbled endpapers brown speckled edges. Contemporary ownership signature of Thomas Entwisle to title pages later small ink notation to front free endpapers versos. Minor patch of abrasion to rear cover of vol. I joints just beginning to split but holding firm light browning to Eden else contents fresh. An excellent copy. unknown
123522London John Murray 1820. . First edition; 8vo 21 x 13.5 cm; moderate spotting front free endpaper just starting to become loose at head of gutter margin remains of a library label to front pastedown; contemporary half calf marbled paper boards spine lettered in gilt dulled; vi 601 1pp.<br /> The first edition of Malthus' treatise on political economy.<br /><br />The book was conceived as a series of tracts rather than a comprehensive and systematic treatise though Malthus published it to establish his own position against that of Ricardo with whom he had been having an ongoing debate about the nature of labour demand and profit. 'In his 'Principles of Political Economy' Malthus was proposing investment in public work and private luxury as a means of increasing effective demand and hence as a palliative to economic distress. The nation he thought must balance the power to produce and the will to consume' DSB.<br /><br />'The Principles had only a limited impact at the time and was severely criticized by J. R. McCulloch and Ricardo; the latter prepared extensive critical notes. More recently it has received greater recognition largely as a result of the comments by J. M. Keynes in the 1930s. Keynes argued that Malthus's theory of effective demand provided a scientific explanation of unemployment and that the hundred-year domination of Ricardo over Malthus had been a disaster for the progress of economics. Keynes believed that if economics had followed Malthus instead of being constrained by Ricardo in an artificial groove the world would be a much wiser and richer place.' ODNB.<br /> Goldsmiths' 22767; Kress C.577. London, John Murray, 1820. hardcover
1820242928London: John Murray 1820. First edition. vi 601 pp. 1 vols. 8vo 219 x 132 mm. Bound in later half cloth and marbled boards paper label. Very good. First edition. vi 601 pp. 1 vols. 8vo 219 x 132 mm. First edition of this important classic of economic theory. "There can be no doubt that Malthus' importance for economists today rests mainly on his Principles of Political Economy. It was because of this latter work that J. M. Keynes 1933 reinstated Malthus as a major figure in modern economic thought" New Palgrave. "One of the founders of modern economics" Malthus was credited by Keynes with framing the theory "that a lack of effective demand can cause economic crises" PMM 251. "In his Principles of Political Economy Malthus was proposing investment in public works and private luxury as a means of increasing effective demand and hence as a palliative to economic distress. The nation he thought must balance the power to produce and the will to consume" DSB IX:70. Goldsmith 22767; Lowndes 1459; Kress C577 John Murray unknown books
180993446Paris: J. J. Paschoud 1809. The most influential work of its era on population in a contemporary binding 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 the sixth edition of 1826 which was a scholarly expansion of the first. A political economist who occupies a hallowed place in the history of biology Malthus was acknowledged by both Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace as a key influence in developing the theory of natural selection. 3 vols octavo. Contemporary quarter calf marbled boards brown morocco labels spines lettered in gilt with gilt and black motifs edges uncut. Board edges slightly faded and a little scuffed joints tender tips bumped and lightly rubbed. A very good set. Carpenter XXXII 7; Kress B.5591. hardcover