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London: John Murray, 1820. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 601pp. Octavo [22 cm] rebound in later half brown calf over hand-painted brown cloth, with gilt-stamped black morocco spine label, raised spine bands, new endpapers. Surface of cloth treated with a transparent shellac of some kind, giving it a striated shine when viewed at an angle; some bubbling-up of front board cloth, light dampstaining to rear board; a handful of light pencil underlines and one contemporary ink blot, very light foxing, else interior is remarkably clean. Malthus was known for his economic pessimism. He saw poverty as man's unavoidable destiny.

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