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First edition. Tall 8vo., full 19th century morocco, with the gilt stamp of "The Law Society of Upper Canada" on the upper board, raised bands, leather labels, vi, 601pp. Ex-library with the only markings being the Law Society stamp on the title and in the lower margin of a few leaves, a bit of foxing, outer hinges rubbed and the front hinge is tender o/w this is certainly a very good copy of this important work. DSB IX:70; Goldsmith 22767, Kress C577. Thomas Robert Malthus [1766-1834] English political economist. "Malthus is known in the history of science almost exclusively for his influence on Charles Darwin, exerted almost accidentally. His life, work, and friends were mainly centered on social conditions and political economy, and his work on population was part of these." In the above title, one of his major works, he "included an analogy of his population theory with the quantity of funds designed for the maintenance of labor and the prudential habits of the laboring classes. and was proposing investment in public works and private luxury as a means of increasing effective demand, and hence as a palliative to economic distress. The nation, he thought, must balance the power to produce and the will to consume." (DSB).

This work by Thomas Robert Malthus discusses the economic theories related to production and distribution of wealth, providing a critique of contemporary economic theories.