A Reply to the Essay on Population, By the Rev. T.R. Malthus, in a Series of Letters to Which are Added Extracts from the Essays with Notes

Hazlitt, William

Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, London, 1807

About this Item

Octavo. iv, [3]-378 pages. Hazlitt attacked Malthus's theory since it was only based on self-interest. It was the most perceptive of the early replies to Malthus. Nice copies are relatively scarce. The missing leaf (p. 41 and 42) cancelled and not present as issued. A handsome copy bound in full calf, board edges ruled and decorated in blind, raised bands with compartments full decorated in gilt (mostly fading), red Morocco spine label gilt, joints beautifully re-enforced, two corners showing wear, occasional light scattered foxing. Bookplate of W.O. Callender. Bookplate of W.O. Callender who was an importer and refiner of bitumen for road construction, began manufacturing insulated cables in the 1880s at their Erith site on the Thames.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Reply to the Essay on Population, By the Rev. T.R. Malthus, in a Series of Letters to Which are Added Extracts from the Essays with Notes
• Publisher: Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, London
• Publication Date: 1807
• Edition: First Edition.
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  • Political History and Theory