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‎Versuch über die Bedingung und die Folgen der Volksvermehrung, aus dem Englischen von Dr. F.H. Hegewisch. 2 vols. - [DECREASING POPULATION GROWTH]‎

‎Altona, J.F. Hammerich, 1807. 8vo. 2 volumes both uncut in the original blank wrappers. Wear to extremities, front wrapper on vol. 1 detached and with tear. Missing ab. half of the paper on spines. Internally fine and clean. XVI, 368" VIII, 358, (1) pp.‎

‎Rare first German edition of this political and economic classic, which constitutes Malthus' first major publication and his main work, because of which he is considered the father of demography and one of the main sources of inspiration for Darwin and Wallace. It is the first translation of the ""Principle on Population"" into any language, and it influenced German politics tremendously.The first edition was printed anonymously in London in 1798, and in 1803 the second edition, which, also according to Malthus himself, can be said to constitute a new work, appeared"" -the great quarto edition from 1803 is thoroughly revised and much enlarged, the title has been changed and Malthus' name appears on the title-page for the first time, it is on this edition that all the preceding editions are based, and in consequence also the early translations. All the later editions were minor revisions of the second one. In 1806 the third edition appeared, and as soon as 1807 the first German one, which is translated from the revised third edition (""Die gegenwärtige Uebersetzung ist nach der dritten Ausgabe, Oktav, London 1806. Die Quartausgabe ist minder vollständig"", Vorwort, p. V). New revisions of the text kept appearing till the sixth edition in 1826. The book, then as now, is considered highly controversial, and it has influenced all demographers ever since, as well as being of immense importance to the study of economic theory and genetic inheritance. ""The ""Essay"" was highly influential in the progress of thought in the early nineteenth-century Europe.... ""Parson"" Malthus, as Cobbett dubbed him, was for many, a monster and his views were often grossly misinterpreted.... But his influence on social policy, whether for good or evil, was considerable. The Malthusian theory of population came at the right time to harden the existing feeling against the Poor Laws and Malthus was a leading spirit behind the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834."" (PMM 251).Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834), called the ""enfant terrible"" of the economists, was an English demographer, statistician and political economist, who is best known for his groundbreaking views on population growth, presented in his ""Essays on the Principle of Population"", which is based on his own prediction that population would outrun food supply, causing poverty and starvation. Among other things this caused the legislation, which lowered the population of the poor in England. Malthus actually turned political, economic and social thought upside down with this work, which has caused him to be considered one of the 100 most influential persons in history (Hart, The 100: A Ranking of the most Influential Persons in History, 1978). Of course, he was condemned by Marx and Engels, and opposed by the socialists universally, but the work was of immense impact on not only politics, economics, social sciences etc, but also on natural sciences. ""Later in the ""Origin of Species"" he [Darwin] wrote that the struggle for existence ""is the doctrine of Malthus applied with manifold force to the whole animal and vegetable kingdoms"" for in this case there can be no artificial increase of food, and no prudential restraint from marriage"" [p. 63]. Alfred Russel Wallace, who arrived at a worked-out formulation of the theory of evolution at almost precisely the same time as Darwin, acknowledged that ""perhaps the most important book I read was Malthus's ""Principles of Population"" (My Life, p. 232). Although there were four decennial censuses before Malthus' death, he did not himself analyze the data, although he did influence Lambert Quetelet and Pierre Verhulst, who made precise statistical studies on growth of populations in developed countries and showed how the early exponential growth changed to an S curve."" (DSB, IX, p. 69). As Malthus realized that his theories were not satisfactorily presented or sufficiently demonstrated in the first edition from 1798, he travelled for three years through Europe gleaning statistics, and then published the second edition in 1803. Among other places he travelled through Northern Germany, and his detailed diaries of these journeys provided him with some of the evidence necessary for the development of his theory on population growth. The observational information that he gathered on his travels in Europe were crucial to the development of his theories, which also means that the work is of great interest for other European countries, and not only Britain. ""In 1819 the Royal Society elected Malthus to a fellowship. He was also a member of the French Institute and the Berlin Academy, and a founding member of the Statistical Society (1834)."" (DSB, IX, p. 67). Printing and the Mind of Man 251 (first edition).‎

‎Versuch über die Bedingung und die Folgen der Volksvermehrung, aus dem Englischen von Dr. F.H. Hegewisch. 2 Tle. - [DECREASING POPULATION GROWTH]‎

‎Altona, J.F. Hammerich, 1807. 8vo. Bound in the two orig. blue cardboardbindings. The backs have been professionally restored, preserving the orig. printed paper title-labels and cont. paper library-labels at lower backs. Occasional brownspotting due to the paper-quality, but all in all a very nice and attractive copy. XVI, (4), 368" VIII, 358, (1) pp. Some of the first leaves of the ""Erstes Buch"" in the first volume have been misbound, but are all present.‎

‎Rare first German edition of this political and economic classic, which constitutes Malthus' first major publication and his main work, because of which he is considered the father of demography and one of the main sources of inspiration for Darwin and Wallace. It is the first translation of the ""Principle on Population"" into any language, and it influenced German politics tremendously.The first edition was printed anonymously in London in 1798, and in 1803 the second edition, which, also according to Malthus himself, can be said to constitute a new work, appeared"" -the great quarto edition from 1803 is thoroughly revised and much enlarged, the title has been changed and Malthus' name appears on the title-page for the first time, it is on this edition that all the preceding editions are based, and in consequence also the early translations. All the later editions were minor revisions of the second one. In 1806 the third edition appeared, and as soon as 1807 the first German one, which is translated from the revised third edition (""Die gegenwärtige Uebersetzung ist nach der dritten Ausgabe, Oktav, London 1806. Die Quartausgabe ist minder vollständig"", Vorwort, p. V). New revisions of the text kept appearing till the sixth edition in 1826. The book, then as now, is considered highly controversial, and it has influenced all demographers ever since, as well as being of immense importance to the study of economic theory and genetic inheritance. ""The ""Essay"" was highly influential in the progress of thought in the early nineteenth-century Europe.... ""Parson"" Malthus, as Cobbett dubbed him, was for many, a monster and his views were often grossly misinterpreted.... But his influence on social policy, whether for good or evil, was considerable. The Malthusian theory of population came at the right time to harden the existing feeling against the Poor Laws and Malthus was a leading spirit behind the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834."" (PMM 251).Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834), called the ""enfant terrible"" of the economists, was an English demographer, statistician and political economist, who is best known for his groundbreaking views on population growth, presented in his ""Essays on the Principle of Population"", which is based on his own prediction that population would outrun food supply, causing poverty and starvation. Among other things this caused the legislation, which lowered the population of the poor in England. Malthus actually turned political, economic and social thought upside down with this work, which has caused him to be considered one of the 100 most influential persons in history (Hart, The 100: A Ranking of the most Influential Persons in History, 1978). Of course, he was condemned by Marx and Engels, and opposed by the socialists universally, but the work was of immense impact on not only politics, economics, social sciences etc, but also on natural sciences. ""Later in the ""Origin of Species"" he [Darwin] wrote that the struggle for existence ""is the doctrine of Malthus applied with manifold force to the whole animal and vegetable kingdoms"" for in this case there can be no artificial increase of food, and no prudential restraint from marriage"" [p. 63]. Alfred Russel Wallace, who arrived at a worked-out formulation of the theory of evolution at almost precisely the same time as Darwin, acknowledged that ""perhaps the most important book I read was Malthus's ""Principles of Population"" (My Life, p. 232). Although there were four decennial censuses before Malthus' death, he did not himself analyze the data, although he did influence Lambert Quetelet and Pierre Verhulst, who made precise statistical studies on growth of populations in developed countries and showed how the early exponential growth changed to an S curve."" (DSB, IX, p. 69). As Malthus realized that his theories were not satisfactorily presented or sufficiently demonstrated in the first edition from 1798, he travelled for three years through Europe gleaning statistics, and then published the second edition in 1803. Among other places he travelled through Northern Germany, and his detailed diaries of these journeys provided him with some of the evidence necessary for the development of his theory on population growth. The observational information that he gathered on his travels in Europe were crucial to the development of his theories, which also means that the work is of great interest for other European countries, and not only Britain. ""In 1819 the Royal Society elected Malthus to a fellowship. He was also a member of the French Institute and the Berlin Academy, and a founding member of the Statistical Society (1834)."" (DSB, IX, p. 67). Printing and the Mind of Man 251 (first edition). ‎

‎Essai sur le principe de population, ou Exposé des effets passés at présens de l'action de cette cause sur le bonheur du genre humain suivi de quelques recherches relatives à l'espérance de guérir ou d'adoucir les maux qu'elle entraîne. Traduit ... - [ESTABLISHING DEMOGRAPHY]‎

‎Paris & Genève, Chez J.J. Paschoud, 1809. 8vo. Bound in three nice uniform cont. hcalfbdgs. w. gilt backs, red leather title-labels w. gilt lettering and gilt round green tome-labels on backs. Capitals w. a bit of wear. Internally nice and clean. W. half-titles in all three volumes and advertisement-leaf in vol. one. XIII, (1), 424, (5) (6), 395, (1) (4), 392 pp.‎

‎First French edition of this political and economic classic, which constitutes Malthus' first major publication and his main work, because of which he is considered the father of demography and the main source of inspiration of Darwin and Wallace.The first edition was printed anonymously in London in 1798, and in 1803 the second edition, which also according to Malthus himself can be said to constitute a new work, appeared" -the great quarto edition from 1803 is thoroughly revised and much enlarged, the title has been changed and Malthus' name appears on the title-page, it is on this edition that all the preceding editions are based, and in consequence also the early translations. All the later editions were minor revisions of the second one. In 1807 the fourth edition appeared, and in 1809 the first French one, which is translated from the revised fourth edition (""A la suite de cette préface on trouve dans la 4.e édition, sur laquelle je traduis, une notice de tous les changements que la 3.e édition a apportés à la 2.e. Le plus considérable est celui qui a rapport à l'estimation de la fécondité des mariages. Il est absolument inutile pour les lecteurs francois de connoître le détail minutieux des autres changemens, qui ne peuvent intéresser que les acquéreurs des précédentes éditions. P.P.p"", Préface, p. xxiij). New revisions of the text kept appearing till the sixth edition in 1826.The book, then as now, is considered highly controversial, and it has influenced all demographers ever since, as well as being of immense importance to the study of economic theory and genetic inheritance. ""The ""Essay"" was highly influential in the progress of thought in the early nineteenth-century Europe.... ""Parson"" Malthus, as Cobbett dubbed him, was for many, a monster and his views were often grossly misinterpreted.... But his influence on social policy, whether for good or evil, was considerable. The Malthusian theory of population came at the right time to harden the existing feeling against the Poor Laws and Malthus was a leading spirit behind the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834."" (PMM 251).Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834), called the ""enfant terrible"" of the economists, was an English demographer, statistician and political economist, who is best known for his groundbreaking views on population growth, presented in his ""Essays on the Principle of Population"", which is based on his own prediction that population would outrun food supply, causing poverty and starvation. Among other things this caused the legislation, which lowered the population of the poor in England. Malthus actually turned political, economic and social thought upside down with this work, which has caused him to be considered one of the 100 most influential persons in history (Hart, The 100: A Ranking of the most Influential Persons in History, 1978). Of course, he was condemned by Marx and Engels, and opposed by the socialists universally, but the work was of immense impact on not only politics, economics, social sciences etc, but also on natural sciences. ""Later in the ""Origin of Species"" he [Darwin] wrote that the struggle for existence ""is the doctrine of Malthus applied with manifold force to the whole animal and vegetable kingdoms"" for in this case there can be no artificial increase of food, and no prudential restraint from marriage"" [p. 63]. Alfred Russel Wallace, who arrived at a worked-out formulation of the theory of evolution at almost precisely the same time as Darwin, acknowledged that ""perhaps the most important book I read was Malthus's ""Principles of Population"" (My Life, p. 232). Although there were four decennial censuses before Malthus' death, he did not himself analyze the data, although he did influence Lambert Quetelet and Pierre Verhulst, who made precise statistical studies on growth of populations in developed countries and showed how the early exponential growth changed to an S curve."" (DSB, IX, p. 69).As Malthus realized that his theories were not satisfactorily presented or sufficiently demonstrated in the first edition from 1798, he travelled for three years through Europe gleaning statistics, and then published the second edition in 1803. Among other places he travelled through France and Switzerland in 1802, and his detailed diaries of these journeys provided him with some of the evidence necessary for the development of his theory on population growth. The observational information that he gathered on his travels in Europe were crucial to the development of his theories, which also means that the work is of great interest for other European countries, and not only Britain. ""In 1819 the Royal Society elected Malthus to a fellowship. He was also a member of the French Institute and the Berlin Academy, and a founding member of the Statistical Society (1834)."" (DSB, IX, p. 67). Printing and the Mind of Man 251 ‎

‎Versuch über die Bedingung und die Folgen der Volksvermehrung, aus dem Englischen von Dr. F.H. Hegewisch. 2 Tle. - [DECREASING POPULATION GROWTH]‎

‎Altona, J.F. Hammerich, 1807. 8vo. Bound in the two nice cont. uniform cardboardbindings w. marbled paper. Gilt lines and gilt title-labels to spines. Some wear w. minor loss of paper to capitals, hinges and corners. Small hole to paper as well as to leather title-label of spine of volume two. Some brownspotting, but overall a nice and atrractive copy. Lacking the half-tilte for the first book (merely stating ""Erstes Buch""). XVI, 368"" VIII, 358, (1) pp.‎

‎Rare first German edition of this political and economic classic, which constitutes Malthus' first major publication and his main work, because of which he is considered the father of demography and one of the main sources of inspiration for Darwin and Wallace. It is the first translation of the ""Principle on Population"" into any language, and it influenced German politics tremendously.The first edition was printed anonymously in London in 1798, and in 1803 the second edition, which, also according to Malthus himself, can be said to constitute a new work, appeared"" -the great quarto edition from 1803 is thoroughly revised and much enlarged, the title has been changed and Malthus' name appears on the title-page for the first time, it is on this edition that all the preceding editions are based, and in consequence also the early translations. All the later editions were minor revisions of the second one. In 1806 the third edition appeared, and as soon as 1807 the first German one, which is translated from the revised third edition (""Die gegenwärtige Uebersetzung ist nach der dritten Ausgabe, Oktav, London 1806. Die Quartausgabe ist minder vollständig"", Vorwort, p. V). New revisions of the text kept appearing till the sixth edition in 1826. The book, then as now, is considered highly controversial, and it has influenced all demographers ever since, as well as being of immense importance to the study of economic theory and genetic inheritance. ""The ""Essay"" was highly influential in the progress of thought in the early nineteenth-century Europe.... ""Parson"" Malthus, as Cobbett dubbed him, was for many, a monster and his views were often grossly misinterpreted.... But his influence on social policy, whether for good or evil, was considerable. The Malthusian theory of population came at the right time to harden the existing feeling against the Poor Laws and Malthus was a leading spirit behind the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834."" (PMM 251).Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834), called the ""enfant terrible"" of the economists, was an English demographer, statistician and political economist, who is best known for his groundbreaking views on population growth, presented in his ""Essays on the Principle of Population"", which is based on his own prediction that population would outrun food supply, causing poverty and starvation. Among other things this caused the legislation, which lowered the population of the poor in England. Malthus actually turned political, economic and social thought upside down with this work, which has caused him to be considered one of the 100 most influential persons in history (Hart, The 100: A Ranking of the most Influential Persons in History, 1978). Of course, he was condemned by Marx and Engels, and opposed by the socialists universally, but the work was of immense impact on not only politics, economics, social sciences etc, but also on natural sciences. ""Later in the ""Origin of Species"" he [Darwin] wrote that the struggle for existence ""is the doctrine of Malthus applied with manifold force to the whole animal and vegetable kingdoms"" for in this case there can be no artificial increase of food, and no prudential restraint from marriage"" [p. 63]. Alfred Russel Wallace, who arrived at a worked-out formulation of the theory of evolution at almost precisely the same time as Darwin, acknowledged that ""perhaps the most important book I read was Malthus's ""Principles of Population"" (My Life, p. 232). Although there were four decennial censuses before Malthus' death, he did not himself analyze the data, although he did influence Lambert Quetelet and Pierre Verhulst, who made precise statistical studies on growth of populations in developed countries and showed how the early exponential growth changed to an S curve."" (DSB, IX, p. 69). As Malthus realized that his theories were not satisfactorily presented or sufficiently demonstrated in the first edition from 1798, he travelled for three years through Europe gleaning statistics, and then published the second edition in 1803. Among other places he travelled through Northern Germany, and his detailed diaries of these journeys provided him with some of the evidence necessary for the development of his theory on population growth. The observational information that he gathered on his travels in Europe were crucial to the development of his theories, which also means that the work is of great interest for other European countries, and not only Britain. ""In 1819 the Royal Society elected Malthus to a fellowship. He was also a member of the French Institute and the Berlin Academy, and a founding member of the Statistical Society (1834)."" (DSB, IX, p. 67). Printing and the Mind of Man 251 (first edition). ‎

‎Versuch über die Bedingung und die Folgen der Volksvermehrung, aus dem Englischen von Dr. F.H. Hegewisch. 2 Theile.‎

‎Altona, J.F. Hammerich, 1807. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine, titlelabel in leather (letters worn). Light wear to top of spine and corners. Spine rubbed. Some wear to edges of covers. A stamp on title-page. XVI, 368" VIII, 358, (2) pp. A few leaves in the first quire disbound. Scattered brownspots and a few marginal underlinings on the first 20 leaves.‎

‎Rare first German edition of this political and economic classic, which constitutes Malthus' first major publication and his main work, because of which he is considered the father of demography and one of the main sources of inspiration for Darwin and Wallace. It is the first translation of the ""Principle on Population"" into any language, and it influenced German politics tremendously.The first edition was printed anonymously in London in 1798, and in 1803 the second edition, which, also according to Malthus himself, can be said to constitute a new work, appeared"" -the great quarto edition from 1803 is thoroughly revised and much enlarged, the title has been changed and Malthus' name appears on the title-page for the first time, it is on this edition that all the preceding editions are based, and in consequence also the early translations. All the later editions were minor revisions of the second one. In 1806 the third edition appeared, and as soon as 1807 the first German one, which is translated from the revised third edition (""Die gegenwärtige Uebersetzung ist nach der dritten Ausgabe, Oktav, London 1806. Die Quartausgabe ist minder vollständig"", Vorwort, p. V). New revisions of the text kept appearing till the sixth edition in 1826. The book, then as now, is considered highly controversial, and it has influenced all demographers ever since, as well as being of immense importance to the study of economic theory and genetic inheritance. ""The ""Essay"" was highly influential in the progress of thought in the early nineteenth-century Europe.... ""Parson"" Malthus, as Cobbett dubbed him, was for many, a monster and his views were often grossly misinterpreted.... But his influence on social policy, whether for good or evil, was considerable. The Malthusian theory of population came at the right time to harden the existing feeling against the Poor Laws and Malthus was a leading spirit behind the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834."" (PMM 251).Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834), called the ""enfant terrible"" of the economists, was an English demographer, statistician and political economist, who is best known for his groundbreaking views on population growth, presented in his ""Essays on the Principle of Population"", which is based on his own prediction that population would outrun food supply, causing poverty and starvation. Among other things this caused the legislation, which lowered the population of the poor in England. Malthus actually turned political, economic and social thought upside down with this work, which has caused him to be considered one of the 100 most influential persons in history (Hart, The 100: A Ranking of the most Influential Persons in History, 1978). Of course, he was condemned by Marx and Engels, and opposed by the socialists universally, but the work was of immense impact on not only politics, economics, social sciences etc, but also on natural sciences. ""Later in the ""Origin of Species"" he [Darwin] wrote that the struggle for existence ""is the doctrine of Malthus applied with manifold force to the whole animal and vegetable kingdoms"" for in this case there can be no artificial increase of food, and no prudential restraint from marriage"" [p. 63]. Alfred Russel Wallace, who arrived at a worked-out formulation of the theory of evolution at almost precisely the same time as Darwin, acknowledged that ""perhaps the most important book I read was Malthus's ""Principles of Population"" (My Life, p. 232). Although there were four decennial censuses before Malthus' death, he did not himself analyze the data, although he did influence Lambert Quetelet and Pierre Verhulst, who made precise statistical studies on growth of populations in developed countries and showed how the early exponential growth changed to an S curve."" (DSB, IX, p. 69). As Malthus realized that his theories were not satisfactorily presented or sufficiently demonstrated in the first edition from 1798, he travelled for three years through Europe gleaning statistics, and then published the second edition in 1803. Among other places he travelled through Northern Germany, and his detailed diaries of these journeys provided him with some of the evidence necessary for the development of his theory on population growth. The observational information that he gathered on his travels in Europe were crucial to the development of his theories, which also means that the work is of great interest for other European countries, and not only Britain. ""In 1819 the Royal Society elected Malthus to a fellowship. He was also a member of the French Institute and the Berlin Academy, and a founding member of the Statistical Society (1834)."" (DSB, IX, p. 67). Printing and the Mind of Man 251 (first edition).‎

‎An Essay on the Principle of Population or, a View of its Past and Present Effects on Human Happiness. 3 vols. - [FIFTH EDITION OF ""AN ESSAY ON THE PRINCIPLE OF POPULATION""]‎

‎London, John Murray, 1817. 8vo. Bound in three nice uniform contemporary half calf with five raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. Spines with wear. Front board and spine detached from book-block on volume 1. Ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front free end-paper on all three volumes. A fine set.‎

‎The fifth edition of this political and economic classic, which constitutes Malthus' first major publication and his main work, because of which he is considered the father of demography and one of the main sources of inspiration for Darwin and Wallace.This present fifth edition contain several important additions (price of grain) and the third chapter of Book III was completely rewritten. The book, then as now, is considered highly controversial, and it has influenced all demographers ever since, as well as being of immense importance to the study of economic theory and genetic inheritance. ""The ""Essay"" was highly influential in the progress of thought in the early nineteenth-century Europe.... ""Parson"" Malthus, as Cobbett dubbed him, was for many, a monster and his views were often grossly misinterpreted.... But his influence on social policy, whether for good or evil, was considerable. The Malthusian theory of population came at the right time to harden the existing feeling against the Poor Laws and Malthus was a leading spirit behind the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834."" (PMM 251).Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834), called the ""enfant terrible"" of the economists, was an English demographer, statistician and political economist, who is best known for his groundbreaking views on population growth, presented in his ""Essays on the Principle of Population"", which is based on his own prediction that population would outrun food supply, causing poverty and starvation. Among other things this caused the legislation, which lowered the population of the poor in England. Malthus actually turned political, economic and social thought upside down with this work, which has caused him to be considered one of the 100 most influential persons in history (Hart, The 100: A Ranking of the most Influential Persons in History, 1978). Of course, he was condemned by Marx and Engels, and opposed by the socialists universally, but the work was of immense impact on not only politics, economics, social sciences etc, but also on natural sciences. ""Later in the ""Origin of Species"" he [Darwin] wrote that the struggle for existence ""is the doctrine of Malthus applied with manifold force to the whole animal and vegetable kingdoms"" for in this case there can be no artificial increase of food, and no prudential restraint from marriage"" [p. 63]. Alfred Russel Wallace, who arrived at a worked-out formulation of the theory of evolution at almost precisely the same time as Darwin, acknowledged that ""perhaps the most important book I read was Malthus's ""Principles of Population"" (My Life, p. 232). Although there were four decennial censuses before Malthus' death, he did not himself analyze the data, although he did influence Lambert Quetelet and Pierre Verhulst, who made precise statistical studies on growth of populations in developed countries and showed how the early exponential growth changed to an S curve."" (DSB, IX, p. 69). As Malthus realized that his theories were not satisfactorily presented or sufficiently demonstrated in the first edition from 1798, he travelled for three years through Europe gleaning statistics, and then published the second edition in 1803. Among other places he travelled through Northern Germany, and his detailed diaries of these journeys provided him with some of the evidence necessary for the development of his theory on population growth. The observational information that he gathered on his travels in Europe were crucial to the development of his theories, which also means that the work is of great interest for other European countries, and not only Britain. ""In 1819 the Royal Society elected Malthus to a fellowship. He was also a member of the French Institute and the Berlin Academy, and a founding member of the Statistical Society (1834)."" (DSB, IX, p. 67). Printing and the Mind of Man 251 (first edition). Einaudi 3670Mattioli 2210Goldsmith 21761Kress B6974‎

‎An Essay on the Principle of Population or, a View of its Past and Present Effects on Human Happiness with an Inquiry into our Prospects Respecting the Future Removal or Mitigation of the Evils which it Occations. A New Edition, very much Enlarged. - [POPULATION AND SUBSISTENCE]‎

‎London, Printed for J. Johnson, by T. Bensley, 1803. Large 4to. Later brown hcalf w. four raised bands, single gilt lines and red leather title-label on back. First three and last 14 leaves a bit brownspotted, t-p. and last two leaves marginally repaired at hinge, otherwise a very nice, clean and solid copy. VIII, (4), 610 pp.‎

‎The Great Quarto-edition, being the second edition of this first and most influential book on population. The work was first printed anonymously in 1798. This edition, though being the second, may be considered as a new work, which Malthus himself also claimed" -it is thoroughly revised and much enlarged (nearly four times the length of the original essay), the title has been changed (the title of the first is merely: ""An Essay on the Principle of Population, as it Affects the Future Improvement of Society with Remarks on the Speculation of Mr. Godwin, M. Condorcet, and Other Writers""), and with this edition, Malthus does accept authorship of the work (by not publishing it anonymously). All the later editions were minor revisions of this second one. ""In the course of this inquiry, I found that much more had been done, than I had been aware of, when I first published the essay. The poverty and misery arising from a too rapid increase of population, had been distinctly seen, and the most violent remedies proposed, so long ago as the times of Plato and Aristotle. And of late years, the subject had been treated in such a manner, by some of the French economists, occasionally by Montesquieu, and, among our own writers, by Dr. Franklin, Sir James Steuart, Mr. Arthur Young, and Mr. Townsend, as to create a natural surprise, that it had not excited more of the publick attention"" (Preface to the second edition, p. IV). The controversial views, because of which the work became so influential, are most provocative and eyeopening in the second edition, in which he for instance for the first time advocates moral restraint (meaning sexual abstinence and late marriage) and elaborately explains his comparison between the increase of population and food. ""The ""Essay"" was highly influential in the progress of thought in the early nineteenth-century Europe.... ""Parson"" Malthus, as Cobbett dubbed him, was for many, a monster and his views were often grossly misinterpreted.... But his influence on social policy, whether for good or evil, was considerable. The Malthusian theory of population came at the right time to harden the existing feeling against the Poor Laws and Malthus was a leading spirit behind the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834."" (PMM 251).Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834), called the ""enfant terrible"" of the economists, was an English demographer, statistician and political economist, who is best known for his groundbreaking views on population growth, presented in his ""Essays on the Principle of Population"", which is based on his own prediction that population would outrun food supply, causing poverty and starvation. Among other things this caused the legislation, which lowered the population of the poor in England. Malthus actually turned political, economic and social thought upside down with this work, which has caused him to be considered one of the 100 most influential persons in history (Hart, The 100: A Ranking of the most Influential Persons in History, 1978). Of course, he was condemned by Marx and Engels, and opposed by the socialists universally, but the work was of immense impact on not only politics, economics, social sciences etc, but also on natural sciences. For instance both Darwin and Wallace considered Malthus a main source in their development of the theory of natural selection, quoting him as being a great philosopher and his Essay on Population as being one of the most important books ever. ""Malthus’s idea of man’s ""Struggle for existence"" had decisive influence on Charles Darwin and the theory of evolution. Other scientists related this idea to plants and animals which helped to define a piece of the evolutionary puzzle. This struggle for existence of all creatures is the catalyst by which natural selection produces the ""survival of the fittest""... Thanks to Malthus, Darwin recognised the significance of intraspecies competition between populations of the same species (e.g. the lamb and the lamb), not just interspecies competition between species (e.g. the lion and the lamb). Malthusian population thinking also explained how an incipient species could become a full-blown species in a very short timeframe."" (Wikipedia). The second edition must be considered the most important of all the editions. This is far more a work on the problems of over-population than it is a response to Godwin and Condorcet on their works (as is mainly the first edition). ""Not so much shocked by his own conclusions, in his ""Essay on Population"" (first ed. 1798), as driven by a naturally inquiring mind, he travelled for three years through Europe gleaning statistics and then published a second edition (1803)."" (Catlin, A History of the Political Philosophers, 1939, p. 377). Printing and the Mind of Man 251 (first edition).‎

‎Principles of Political Economy considered with a view to their practical application.‎

‎ London, John Murray, 1820, in-8°, vi-601 pp, reliure plein maroquin acajou, titre doré au 1er plat, dos à 5 nerfs soulignés de filets dorés, titre, auteur et fleurons dorés, roulette en tête, palette en queue (rel. postérieure), trace d'humidité ancienne en marge des derniers feuillets, bon état. Edition originale. Texte en anglais‎

‎Edition originale. — "Malthus a conçu et publié cet ouvrage pour établir sa propre position par rapport à celle de Ricardo, avec qui il avait eu un débat permanent sur la nature du travail, de la demande et du profit. Dans ses "Principles of Political Economy", Malthus proposait d'investir dans le travail public et le luxe privé comme moyen d'augmenter la demande effective, et donc comme palliatif à la détresse économique. La nation, pensait-il, doit équilibrer le pouvoir de produire et la volonté de consommer." (Dictionary of Scientific Biography) — "Les “Principles” n'ont eu qu'un impact limité à l'époque et ont été sévèrement critiqués par J. R. McCulloch et Ricardo ; ce dernier a rédigé des notes critiques détaillées. Mais plus récemment, ils ont bénéficié d'une plus grande reconnaissance, en grande partie grâce aux commentaires de J. M. Keynes dans les années 1930. Keynes soutenait que la théorie de la demande effective de Malthus fournissait une explication scientifique du chômage et que la domination centenaire de Ricardo sur Malthus avait été un désastre pour le progrès de l'économie. Keynes pensait que si la science économique avait suivi Malthus plutôt que Ricardo, le monde serait beaucoup plus sage et plus riche." (Oxford Dictionary of National Biography) ‎

‎Essai sur le principe de population ‎

‎Institut National d'études démographiques (I.N.E.D.) 1980, "in-8 rel. toile jaune (16 x 22,5), 166 p., coll. ""Classiques de l’Économie et de la Population"", traduction et avertissement par Eric Vilquin, avant-propos par Jacques Dupâquier, jaquette, bon état. ‎

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‎Economiste et pasteur anglican, puis professeur d’économie politique, Malthus est surtout l’auteur de l’Essai sur le principe de population... qui fit sa renommée et qui est généralement connu dans la forme prise à partir de la 2ème édition, parue en 1803; il y en a eu six successives jusqu’en 1826. La 1ère édition, parue sans nom d’auteur en 1798, dans une Angleterre en crise, traumatisée par les bouleversements politiques et idéologiques survenus en France, n’avait jusqu’à présent jamais été traduite en français. Écrit d’un jet, ce pamphlet provocant fit scandale. Malthus polémique contre Godwin, pasteur anglais, devenu athée, ennemi juré de toutes les formes de gouvernement, très exactement "anarchiste", contre Condorcet (qui s’était suicidé en 1794), dont l’orientation lui paraît symbolique de la philosophie optimiste des "lumières", et contre la "loi des pauvres" de Pitt que Malthus condamne. Il professe que l’assistance aux miséreux est inutile, car elle ne sert qu’à les multiplier sans les soulager; comme remède, il préconise la limitation des naissances par l’abstention des relations sexuelles jusqu’au mariage qui doit être tardif (25 à 30 ans). Malthus a la gloire d’avoir donné son nom à une doctrine, le malthusianisme, dont le nom est connu à la fois des savants et du grand public, mais dont le contenu est ignoré de la plupart. Elle se présente ici dans sa forme originelle. Voir le sommaire sur photos jointes. ‎

‎Essai sur le principe de population, en tant qu'il influe sur le progrès futur de la société. Avec des remarques sur les théories de Mr Godwin, de M. Condorcet et d'autres auteurs. (Londres, 1798).‎

‎ P., INED, 1980, gr. in-8°, 166 pp, traduction par Eric Vilquin, avant-propos de Jacques Dupâquier, reliure toile crème imprimée de l'éditeur (salie), état correct (Société de démographie historique. Département de démographie de l'Université catholique de Louvain)‎

‎Réimpression de la 1ère édition de l'ouvrage de Malthus – parue sans nom d'auteur –, qui fit scandale en Angleterre. — "Malthus est le père d'une doctrine, le malthusianisme, dont le nom est connu à la fois des savants et du grand public, mais dont le contenu est ignoré de la plupart. Il devenait urgent d'éditer la traduction française de son Essai sur le principe de population. Remarquons que les précédentes traductions, datant du siècle dernier, furent faites sur les éditions ultérieures d'un ouvrage dont le titre commence par les mêmes mots mais qui est en réalité totalement différent de celui qui nous occupe. Nous lisons donc ici la première traduction du premier Essai que Malthus publia en 1798, sans nom d'auteur. Il s'agit d'un pamphlet provocant qui fit scandale, tandis que le second Essai, paru en 1803, est un traité d'allure scientifique, une sociologie de la population. Or, ce pamphlet philosophique incorpore en germe la théorie de la population qui allait être développée plus tard. Les principes de base sont déjà énoncés dans les premiers chapitres : la population s'accroît en progression géométrique, les subsistances en progression arithmétique; la difficulté de se nourrir forme un frein puissant ; le vice et la misère freinent la multiplication de la population ; le principe de population empêche la perfectibilité de la société; les lois des pauvres multiplient la pauvreté..." (André Reix, Revue Philosophique de Louvain, 1981) ‎

‎"Essai sur le principe de population, ou exposé des effets passés et présens de l'action de cette cause sur le bonheur du genre humain ; suivi de quelques recherches relatives à l'espérance de guérir ou d'adoucir les maux qu'elle entraine."‎

‎Genève, J.-J. Paschoud, 1809 3 tomes en un volume in-8 de XXIII, (1), 424, (6) - (4), 395, (3) - (4), 392 pp., 16 pp. de catalogue d'éditeur, demi-veau havane, dos lisse orné de filets, roulettes et palettes dorés, tranches paille (reliure de l'époque).‎

‎"Édition originale de la traduction française due à Pierre Prévost de Genève. Un des ouvrages phares de la science économique et démographique qui connut un immense succès en raison de la polémique qu'il entraina. Malthus pose l'idée du contrôle de la démographie et de la limitation de l'accroissement de la population afin de pouvoir maîtriser les ponctions sur les ressources. Il sera ""canonisé"" en tant qu'économiste de l'école classique aux côtés d'Adam Smith et de David Ricardo. ""Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834) était pasteur et professeur d'histoire et d'économie politique à l'East India College à Haileybury. […] Il a surgit de la plus complète obscurité pour atteindre la renommée, en 1798, quand il a publié son Essay on the Principle of Population."" (Schumpeter, Histoire de l'analyse économique). Bel exemplaire en reliure strictement contemporaine. En fin volume, catalogue de l'éditeur Paschoud à Genève. De la bibliothèque P. Tissot avec timbre humide sur les titres de chaque partie."‎

‎Traité des Fevx artificiels povr la Gverre, et povr la Recreation" Avec plusieurs belles obseruation, abregez de Geometrie, Fortifications, Horloges Solairs, & examples d'Arithmetique. De nouueau reueu, corrigé & augmenté par l'Autheur, Francois de ...‎

‎Paris, Pierre Gvillemot, 1632. 8vo. Cont. full limp vellum, remains of ties. Titlelabel in red leather on back, this with a small nick. Top of spine strenghtened with a strip of vellum. Engraved title with Neptun & Mars. (6),277,(10) pp., 28 half-page textengravings and 15 large wood-cut illustrations. A few scattered brownspots. A good copy.‎

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‎ Second enlaged edition of this scarce treatise of fireworks for war and recreation. The work is divided in five sections: the first 56 pp. to war, pp. 57-146 to 'recreation' and pp. 147-277 to sundials, fortification, geometry and arithmetics. Of the English edition of 1629, Cockle says ""This work, though in advance of anything so far written on the subject in English, does not attain to the standard of Thibourel and Appier. Yet it is with foreign treatises it must be weighed, for Malthus received his training in pyrotechnics abroad...It was Malthus who about the year 1634 introduced the mortar into the French service."" - Klaus Jordan: 2328 (ed. 1629) - Chris Philip: M 040.3 - Cockle Nos 118 a. 939.‎

‎Essai sur le principe de population.‎

‎Paris, Seghers, 1963, 1 volume, in-8, cartonnage souple éditeur, 381 p.. Préface, introduction et traduction par le docteur Pierre Theil. Notes en bas de pages. ‎

‎ Bel exemplaire. ************* Remise 20 % pour toute commande supérieure à 100 €, envoi gratuit en courrier suivi et assurance à partir de 30 € d'achat (France seulement).‎

‎Principes d'économie politique, considérés sous le rapport de leur application pratique. Traduits de l'anglais par M. F. S. Constancio.‎

‎ P., J.-P. Aillaud, 1820, 2 vol. in-8°, xxxii-501 et 452 pp, brochés, couvertures muettes de l'époque, bon état. Edition originale (Goldsmiths, 22768 ; Kress, C.576 ; manque à Einaudi)‎

‎Première édition française, publiée l’année de l’originale anglaise. Le nom de Malthus est invariablement lié à celui de population, et surtout du rapport entre population et production. Pourtant, dans les Principes d'économie politique, il complète l'étude de l'évolution de la population pour celle plus générale de l'ensemble de l'économie des nations. Exposé complet des doctrines de l'économie politique, cet ouvrage examine les formes et les mesures de la valeur, la nature de la richesse et la productivité du travail et les règles qui gouvernent l'offre et la demande. Il aborde également l'étude de la rente de la terre, les salaires du travail, les profits du capital, et finit par démontrer comment les choses issues de l'action de ces trois instruments de production se distribuent entre les individus et les nations. Longtemps critiqué, les "Principes" de Malthus ont été réhabilités par Keynes, qui a souligné l’importance d’un des rares auteurs classiques à avoir mis en valeur le rôle de la demande et de l’investissement dans la croissance économique. ‎

‎Malthus a-t-il menti ? , L. Salleron - E. Amaury - L. Brassier - R. Buron - Faivres d'Arcier - Grièges - A. Sauvy‎

‎Albin Michel , Principes d'Action Démographique Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1946 Book condition, Etat : Bon broché In-8 1 vol. - 171 pages‎

‎nombreux schémas et tableaux année eo Contents, Chapitres : Faits - questions - doctrine - principes d'action ‎

‎ENQUETE fait par ordre du Parlement d'Angleterre, pour constater les progrès de l'industrie en France et dans les autres pays du continent. Présenté à la Chambre du Commerce de Paris.‎

‎Paris, Baudouin frères, 1825. xix, (1), 359, (1) pp. 8vo. Contemporary half morocco, spine gilt, corners very lightly bumped. Goldsmiths 24495; not in Kress; not in Einaudi. First French edition. The work was translated and presented by Raymond Balthazar Maiseau. Famous industrial and commercial research project into the potential capacity of French industry under the Restoration, a time in which such projects were not generally commissioned. The work contains an interview with T. R. Malthus (pp. 339-345). ‎

‎First essay on population with notes by James BONARD -- AN ESSAY ON THE PRINCIPLE OF POPULATION, AS IT AFFECTS THE FUTURE IMPROVEMENT OF SOCIETY WITH REMARKS ON THE SPECULATIONS OF MR. GODWIN, M. CONDORCET, AND OTHER WRITERS‎

‎London, MacMillan, 1926, un volume in 8 relié en demi-toile éditeur, (2), 9pp., 396pp., 27pp.‎

‎---- Première réimpression de l'ouvrage de MALTHUS avec des notes par James BONARD**55990/5599/Q1‎

‎Essai sur le principe de population (...). Traduction par Éric Vilquin.‎

‎ In-8, pleine toile éditeur sous jaquette imprimée, 166 p. Paris, I.N.E.D., 1980.‎

‎Avant-propos par Jacques Dupâquier, avertissement et traduction par Éric Vilquin. Exemplaire à l'état de neuf. ‎

‎Traité des Feux artificiels pour la Guerre, et pour la Récréation; avec plusieurs belles observations, abrégez de Géométrie, Fortifications, et exemples d'Arithmétique en faveur des nouveaux étudians ès Mathématiques. Par le Sieur F.D.M. ‎

‎ A Paris : chez Pierre Guillemot, 1629, 1 volume in-12 de 170x110 mm environ, 1 titre frontispice, (5) ff. (titre, épître, préface à Monseigneur l'illustrissime Cardinal de Riche-Lieu), 243 pages, (5) ff. (table, privilège), 2 feuillets blancs, plein parchemin crème portant titres manuscrits sur le dos, avec des liens de fermeture sur les plats. Contient : 28 figures gravées sur cuivre (y compris le frontispice), 7 figures sur bois (géométrie), 3 gravures pleine page, bandeaux et lettrines. Ex-libris manuscrits au-dessus de certains bandeaux (en partie découpés), dessins et notes manuscrites sur les dernières gardes blanches, mouillure dans la marge, manque un lien de fermeture.‎

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‎Francis Malthus (16..?-1658)Gentilhomme anglais, commissaire des Feux et Artifices, au service de Louis XIII. - Fut à l'origine de l'utilisation du mortier dans l'armée française Merci de nous contacter à l'avance si vous souhaitez consulter une référence au sein de notre librairie.‎

‎Principes d'Economie Politique Considérés sous le Rapport de leur Application Pratique.‎

‎1969. Calmann-Lévy. Coll : Perspectives Economiques. Petit In-8. Br. Couv. à rabats. 366 p.BE. Notes en page de garde. ‎

‎Essai sur le principe de population‎

‎Paris, éditions Gonthier (Seghers) 1964, 240 pp, in-12 - Bibliothèque Médiations‎

‎Bibliothèque Médiations publiée sous la direction de Jean-Louis Ferrier. Bon exemplaire‎

‎PRINCIPES D'ÉCONOMIE POLITIQUE, considérés sous le rapport de leur application pratique ‎

‎Paris Calmann Lévy 1969 in 8 (19x13) 1 volume broché, couverture à rabats, XXXII et 366 pages [1]. Collection " Perspectives économiques'', les fondateurs de l'économie. Bel exemplaire ‎

‎Très bon Broché ‎

‎Essai sur le principe de population.‎

‎ Seghers, 1963, in-8°, 373 pp, préface, introduction et traduction par le docteur Pierre Theil, broché, couv. illustrée, bon état‎

‎Traduction partielle du second Essai, paru en 1803, avec une substantielle introduction de Pierre Theil. Ce traité d'allure scientifique est une sociologie de la population : les principes de base en sont que la population s'accroît en progression géométrique, les subsistances en progression arithmétique ; la difficulté de se nourrir forme un frein puissant ; le vice et la misère freinent la multiplication de la population ; le principe de population empêche la perfectibilité de la société; les lois des pauvres multiplient la pauvreté... ‎

‎Principes d'economie politique consideres sous le rapport de leur application pratique - Perspectives economiques, Les fondateurs de l'economie‎

‎CALMANN LEVY. 1969. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos plié, Quelques rousseurs. 366 pages - couverture rempliée. . . . Classification Dewey : 330-Economie‎

‎ Classification Dewey : 330-Economie‎

‎Essai Sur Le Principe De Population‎

‎ Editions Gonthier broché Bristol illustré Paris 1963 bibliothèque médiations - 234 pages en format 11 - 18 cm ‎

‎Très Bon État ‎