1831 · Georgetown, D.C.
by Malthus, Thomas Robert
Georgetown, D.C.: Charles Cruikshank, 1831. [2],230pp. Half title. Original half cloth and paper boards, printed paper label. Front hinge cracked, label chipped, light edge wear. Light foxing. Very good. Malthus elaborates on his essay concerning checks to population growth in the different states of modern Europe, and discusses prospects for mitigating the "evils Arising from the Principle of Population" and other matters. The appendix is Malthus' rebuttal of Wayland and Greene, whose works disagreed with his thesis. The first American edition of Malthus' main work was issued by the same printer in Georgetown and is rare; this addenda is even rarer. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 8122.
(Inventory #: WRCAM53414)