malthus rev thomas robert (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Ninth edition, a good tight copy, some wear at top & base of spine, slight fading to same, boards are fresh & clean, internally the text block is tight & square with age spotting affecting preliminary pages & endpapers, free from pencil markings/annotations etc.

[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 volumes to a front, blank leaf. Toning to corners of all endpapers. Marbled boards rubbed, some wear to calf spines and extremities. Very good. Rev. Thomas Robert Malthus, FRS (1766-1834), known as Thomas Malthus or Robert Malthus (his preference), was an English demographer and political economist. He is best known for his pessimistic but highly influential views on population growth. In 'An Essay on the Principle of Population' (1798) Malthus made the famous prediction that population would outrun food supply, leading to a decrease in food per person.