An Essay On The Principle Of Population Or A View Of Its Past And Present Effects On Human Happiness

by Rev Thomas Robert Malthus

£1,850 · Offered by Adrian Harrington Rare Books

London: for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church-Yard, By T. Bensley, 1806. Demography FIRST TWO VOLUME EDITION. Octavos 22 x 14 x 8cm , pp.xvi; 505; 63 , pp.viii; 559; 1 . Brown half calf, marbled paper over boards. Gilt ruling and red labels containing gilt titles to spines. All edges speckled blue. Interior relatively bright and clean, a few leaves spotted/marked. Infrequent pencil annotations throughout each volume. Small ownership inscription in both

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