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MALTHUS, Essai sur le principe de population, 1809
MALTHUS, Thomas.
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.
Paris, J.J. Paschoud, 1809.
Three 8vo (215x133 mm), xxiii-424-(4) pages / (4)-395-(3) pages / (4)-589-(3) pages. binding : Contemporary quarter blue morocco, flat spines. Booklets uncropped. Fresh copy.
First edition in french.
Main work of Malthus translated into French by Pierre Prevost on the fourth English edition.
At the origin of Malthusianism which advocates a voluntary restriction of births so that population growth remains in line with the growth of wealth.
references: PMM 251 [pour l'eo de 1798 : " The central idea of the essay [...] was a simple one. The population of a community, Malthus suggested, increases geometrically, while food supplies increase only arithmetically. If the natural increase in population occurs the food supply becomes insufficient and the size of the population is checked by 'misery’—that is the poorest sections of the community suffer disease and famine"].
Price : 1000 €
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