MALTHUS

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. London, J Johnson, 1806. Third edition, two volumes, 8vo, half-titles, a good copy in later 19th century half calf. This is the first 8vo edition and the first revision following the 1803 4to version, of one of the most important and influential books in the history of economics (2)