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Michael S Teitelbaum, Princeton Legacy Library, Office of Population ResearchBiblio.com

MALTHUS, TR - DECREASING POPULATION GROWTH T RBiblio.com

Versuch über die Bedingung und die Folgen der Volksvermehrung aus dem Englischen von Dr. F.H. Hegewisch. 2 Theile.

180752195Altona J.F. Hammerich 1807. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine titlelabel in leather letters worn. Light wear to top of spine and corners. Spine rubbed. Some wear to edges of covers. A stamp on title-page. XVI 368; VIII 358 2 pp. A few leaves in the first quire disbound. Scattered brownspots and a few marginal underlinings on the first 20 leaves. Rare first German edition of this political and economic classic which constitutes Malthus' first major publication and his main work because of which he is considered the father of demography and one of the main sources of inspiration for Darwin and Wallace. It is the first translation of the "Principle on Population" into any language and it influenced German politics tremendously.The first edition was printed anonymously in London in 1798 and in 1803 the second edition which also according to Malthus himself can be said to constitute a new work appeared; -the great quarto edition from 1803 is thoroughly revised and much enlarged the title has been changed and Malthus' name appears on the title-page for the first time it is on this edition that all the preceding editions are based and in consequence also the early translations. All the later editions were minor revisions of the second one. In 1806 the third edition appeared and as soon as 1807 the first German one which is translated from the revised third edition "Die gegenwärtige Uebersetzung ist nach der dritten Ausgabe Oktav London 1806. Die Quartausgabe ist minder vollständig" Vorwort p. V. New revisions of the text kept appearing till the sixth edition in 1826. The book then as now is considered highly controversial and it has influenced all demographers ever since as well as being of immense importance to the study of economic theory and genetic inheritance. "The "Essay" was highly influential in the progress of thought in the early nineteenth-century Europe. "Parson" Malthus as Cobbett dubbed him was for many a monster and his views were often grossly misinterpreted. But his influence on social policy whether for good or evil was considerable. The Malthusian theory of population came at the right time to harden the existing feeling against the Poor Laws and Malthus was a leading spirit behind the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834." PMM 251.Thomas Robert Malthus 1766-1834 called the "enfant terrible" of the economists was an English demographer statistician and political economist who is best known for his groundbreaking views on population growth presented in his "Essays on the Principle of Population" which is based on his own prediction that population would outrun food supply causing poverty and starvation. Among other things this caused the legislation which lowered the population of the poor in England. Malthus actually turned political economic and social thought upside down with this work which has caused him to be considered one of the 100 most influential persons in history Hart The 100: A Ranking of the most Influential Persons in History 1978. Of course he was condemned by Marx and Engels and opposed by the socialists universally but the work was of immense impact on not only politics economics social sciences etc but also on natural sciences. "Later in the "Origin of Species" he Darwin wrote that the struggle for existence "is the doctrine of Malthus applied with manifold force to the whole animal and vegetable kingdoms; for in this case there can be no artificial increase of food and no prudential restraint from marriage" p. 63. Alfred Russel Wallace who arrived at a worked-out formulation of the theory of evolution at almost precisely the same time as Darwin acknowledged that "perhaps the most important book I read was Malthus's "Principles of Population" My Life p. 232. Although there were four decennial censuses before Malthus' death he did not himself analyze the data although he did influence Lambert Quetelet and Pierre Verhulst who made precise statistical studies on growth of populations in developed countries and showed how the early exponential growth changed to an S curve." DSB IX p. 69. As Malthus realized that his theories were not satisfactorily presented or sufficiently demonstrated in the first edition from 1798 he travelled for three years through Europe gleaning statistics and then published the second edition in 1803. Among other places he travelled through Northern Germany and his detailed diaries of these journeys provided him with some of the evidence necessary for the development of his theory on population growth. The observational information that he gathered on his travels in Europe were crucial to the development of his theories which also means that the work is of great interest for other European countries and not only Britain. "In 1819 the Royal Society elected Malthus to a fellowship. He was also a member of the French Institute and the Berlin Academy and a founding member of the Statistical Society 1834." DSB IX p. 67. Printing and the Mind of Man 251 first edition. hardcover

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Johannes Martinus Poblacion (c1486–1557)Biblio.com

De usu astrolabi compendium schematibus commodissimis illustratum

1546MS002165 pages with Illustrated throughout with woodcuts and woodcut initials. Small octavo 6 3/4" x 4 1/4" bound in 19th-century vellum with morocco gilt spine label. Palau 156391; Gunther Astrolabes P. 570 & 591; USTC 149570. Early edition first published in 1519. The only book printed by Jean Barbé who is commonly thought to have also illustrated the book.A famous treatise on the use of the astrolabe by a lecturer in the Collège Royale first printed in Paris in 1519 by Henri Estienne and reprinted there at least seven times the last in 1557. RARE: According to online records only one complete copy of this work to sell at auction to appear since 1964. Johannes Martinus Población was a prominent Spanish physician mathematician and astronomer from Valencia who achieved great fame in 16th-century European humanist circles. His most celebrated work is De usu astrolabi compendium A Compendium on the Use of the Astrolabe first published in Paris around 1519. The book served as a highly practical best-selling 16th-century manual. The first part carefully describes the astronomy tool. The second part details its application in solving real-world problems regarding topography geometry seamanship and geography.An astrolabe is an astronomical instrument dating to ancient times. It serves as a star chart and physical model of the visible half-dome of the sky. Its various functions also make it an elaborate inclinometer and an analog calculation device capable of working out several kinds of problems in astronomy. In its simplest form it is a metal disc with a pattern of wires cutouts and perforations that allows a user to calculate astronomical positions precisely. It is able to measure the altitude above the horizon of a celestial body day or night; it can be used to identify stars or planets to determine local latitude given local time and vice versa to survey or to triangulate. It was used in classical antiquity the Byzantine Empire the Islamic Golden Age the European Middle Ages and the Age of Discovery for all these purposes.The astrolabe which is a precursor to the sextant is effective for determining latitude on land or calm seas. Although it is less reliable on the heaving deck of a ship in rough seas the mariner's astrolabe was developed to solve that problem.Condition: Some minor staining; covers bowed binding lightly soiled else very good. Jean Barbé for Jacques Gazeau hardcover

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