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

by Thomas Malthus

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First edition

Fourth edition. 2 vols. 8vo. Contemporary mottled calf, marbled edges. Rebacked in gilt calf, one hinge tender. PMM 251 first edition ; Kress 5219. Item #314917 Malthus is as controversial as he is influential. The central idea of the essay ... was a simple one. The population of a community ... increases geometrically, while food supplies increase only arithmetically. If the natural increase in population

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