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MALTHUS, Thomas Robert.
An essay on the principle of population; or, a view of its past and present effects on human happiness; with an inquiry into our prospects respecting the future removal or mitigation of the evils which it occasions … In three volumes. London, Murray, 1817.
3 vols, 8vo, pp. xvi, 496; iv, 506, [1]; iv, 500, [2, advertisements]; extremities dusty, a few leaves of vol. III rather foxed, front free endpaper of vol. I loose, still a good copy and a pleasing set in contemporary green half cloth and marbled boards, slightly rubbed, corners bumped, spine gilt, chipped at head of vol. II; lower joint of vol. I cracked but holding firm; sprinkled edges; bookplates and shelfmark label of William John Matheson.
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An essay on the principle of population; or, a view of its past and present effects on human happiness; with an inquiry into our prospects respecting the future removal or mitigation of the evils which it occasions … In three volumes.
Fifth edition, ‘with important additions’. This is a significant edition, containing the new chapters that had appeared in the Additions of the same year. These included those on the Poor Laws, which were revised after 1815, and the harsh but prescient critique of Robert Owen’s utopian community at New Lanark. It also adds an appendix in which Malthus takes on his detractors and revisits his influences; Godwin remains ‘irresistible’ while Mandeville is ‘refuted utterly’. Goldsmiths’ 21761; Einaudi 3670.