An Essay on the Principle of Population or, a View of its Past and Present Effects on Human Happiness Three Volumes

by Thomas R. Malthus

$1,250 · Offered by Burnside Rare Books · No longer available

London: John Murray, 1817. xvi, 496 p; iv, 507 p; 500 p. The fifth edition with important additions. Complete and unrestored in three volumes. Original boards with orginal paper spines, most of which are, not surprisingly, gone given their fragility. In protective mylar wraps. Very Good condition overall: bindings degraded over time but completely unrestored and text in very nice shape. Clean pages-- no marks-- generally

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