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

by Thomas Robert Malthus

$1,950 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

Contemporary tree calf, skilfully rebacked. Spines gilt ruled forming six compartments, lettering pieces in the second compartmenrs Provenance: Possibly John Barclay 1749-1824 , former Mayor of Philadelphia from 1791 to 1793 First American edition of a fundamental text of Modern Economics. Thomas Robert Malthus was an English economist, cleric, and scholar influential in the fields of political economy and demography. Malthus came to prominence for his

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