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337 - Economics and Political Science
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Economics and Political Science 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. The fourth edition. 2 volumes. London, printed for J. Johnson at St Paul’s Church Yard, by T. Bensley, 1807. XVI, 580, VII 484 pages, 30 leaves. Index. Marbled. Leather bindings with rich gilt spines (slightly rubbed, joints scuffed and partly cracked, headbands of Vol. 1 slightly scraped). Cf. Einaudi 3669, Kress B 5067 and Goldsmiths 19210 – An early edition of this influential classic, a milestone in modern economics. The first empirically grounded treatise on population growth and its social and economic consequences, and the first work to explicitly describe the dangers of exponential growth – of great influence on subsequent thinkers such as John Stuart Mill, Karl Marx and Charles Darwin. The 4th edition is based on the revised third edition, which includes an appendix by Malthus in response to objections to his earlier conclusions. – Bookplate on the inside cover; endpapers slightly stained. An early edition of this influential classic, a milestone in modern economics. The first empirically grounded treatise on population growth and its social and economic consequences, and the first work to explicitly describe the dangers of exponential growth – it had a profound influence on subsequent thinkers such as John Stuart Mill, Karl Marx and Charles Darwin. The 4th edition is based on the revised third edition, which includes an appendix by Malthus in response to objections to his earlier conclusions. This lot is subject to standard tax. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is payable on the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints, photographs) is payable on the final invoice amount within the European Union. This lot is subject to the standard tax regime. A 24.95% buyer’s premium applies to the hammer price, and 7% (books and art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints and photographs) applies to the final invoice amount within the European Union.
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