MALTHUS, Thomas Robert.

An Essay on the Principle of Population;

      Publisher: London: for J. Johnson, by T. Bensley, 1806 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 two volumes. The third edition. 2 volumes, 8vo. Contemporary half calf, rebacked to style, marbled sides, endpapers and edges. Bookplates. Sides rubbed, corners a little worn, an occasional sprinkle of foxing, but a very good set, internally clean and fresh. Third edition, following the extensively revised “Great Quarto” of 1803, and the first in two octavo volumes, the format which was to remain the standard in Malthus’s lifetime for the most widely-discussed economic tract of its era. This third edition has important alterations and additions, particularly the appendix, in which Malthus replied to some of his many critics. Kress B.5067; Goldsmiths 19210; Einaudi 3669.