1951, ISBN: e9b8c070a52c61acc2638df278824434

gebonden uitgave, eerste uitgave

[London & Edinburgh: , 1790-c.1843]. The Corn Laws debate A volume of seven tracts, including first editions of Malthus's Observations on the Effects of the Corn Laws (1814) and The Grou… Meer...

[London & Edinburgh: , 1790-c.1843]. The Corn Laws debate A volume of seven tracts, including first editions of Malthus's Observations on the Effects of the Corn Laws (1814) and The Grounds of an Opinion on the Policy of Restricting the Importation of Foreign Corn (1815), the latter inscribed "From the Author" in a contemporary hand, as well as first editions of works by Maitland, Spence, and Spring-Rice. The marginal concept of rent, an essential factor in the development of political economy - and one missing from Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations - first appeared as early as 1777 in James Anderson's Enquiry into the Nature of the Corn-laws. It was not until the intense public debate over the Corn Laws at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, however, that this advanced theory was rediscovered and widely credited. The debate intensified in 1814 with the publication of major parliamentary committee reports, and reached its height during the debates on legislation between 17 February and 10 March 1815 (when the new Corn Law was passed). It was in response to these reports, and in anticipation of the debates, that Malthus and others prepared their works. The Commons report, delivered on 26 July 1814, advanced definite conclusions about the increases in the extent, intensity and cost of domestic cultivation effected by wartime agricultural development, and the increase in the price of grain that would be necessary to remunerate the grower. The report found that, on average, the cost of agricultural production had doubled over the last twenty years. It asserted a specific price as the minimum remuneration: the notorious 80 shillings per quarter. This laid the ground for the Corn Law of 1815, and provided a direct spur to the theorists of rent. Elements of a mature theory of rent are evident in Malthus's 1814 Observations on the Effects of the Corn Laws, although it was not until February 1815 that the really crucial works appeared. Piero Sraffa has established the chronology of publication, with reference to publishers' newspaper advertisements: Malthus's Inquiry into the Nature and Progress of Rent was issued on 3 February 1815, and his Grounds of an Opinion was issued on 10 February. "All the pamphlets in question have in common the principle of rent based on diminishing returns from the extension of cultivation to inferior qualities of land; and also from the employment of successive portions of capital on the same land" (Sraffa, p. 6). In practice the 1815 Law satisfied no one, and its repeal in 1846 "was considered to mark the final triumph of free trade theories in Britain" (New Palgrave I, p. 670). The seven pamphlets are bound in the following order: a) MALTHUS, Thomas Robert. The Grounds of an Opinion on the Policy of Restricting the Importation of Foreign Corn; intended as an appendix to "Observations on the Corn Laws." London: John Murray and J. Johnson, 1815. Pp. [ii], 48. Bound without terminal leaf. Title page with neatly repaired vertical and diagonal tears, inscribed "From the Author", with an autograph leaf of notes in a different contemporary hand guarded between pp. 4-5. First edition. Einaudi 3672; Goldsmiths' 2177; Kress B6535; Mattioli 2214 (mentions 2 preliminary leaves, in contrast to others); Sraffa 3690. b) MALTHUS, Thomas Robert. Observations on the Effects of the Corn Laws, and of a Rise or Fall in the Price of Corn on the Agriculture and general Wealth of the Country. London: J. Johnson and Co., 1814. Pp. [iv], 44. Complete with half-title. Tape repair at head of half-title, some spotting and pencil underlining. First edition. Einaudi 3677; Goldsmiths' 20940; Kress B6351; Mattioli 2218; Sraffa 3684. c) SPENCE, William. Agriculture the Source of the Wealth of Britain; a Reply to the Objections urged by Mr. Mill, the Edinburgh Reviewers, and Others, against the Doctrines of the Pamphlet, entitled "Britain independent of Commerce." With Remarks on the Criticism of the Monthly Reviewers upon that Work. London: printed by Luke Hansard and Sons, for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1808. Pp. [iv], 110, [2, advertisement]. Complete with half-title and terminal advertisement leaf. Half-title dust soiled and creased, inscribed "Presented to the Institution by Mr Wilkins[?]", torn at head in gutter. First edition. Einaudi 5408; Goldsmiths' 19577; Kress B5452; Sraffa 5516; not in Mattioli. d) MAITLAND, James, Earl of Lauderdale. Observations by the Earl of Lauderdale on the Review of his Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of Public Wealth, published in the VIIIth Number of the Edinburgh Review. Edinburgh: printed by D. Willison for Arch. Constable and Company, Edinburgh; and Longman Hurst Rees & Orme, London, 1804. Pp. 88. Complete with half-title. First edition, second issue. Einaudi 3632; Goldsmiths' 18802; Kress B4817; Sraffa 3234; not in Mattioli. e) PRICE, Richard. A Discourse on the Love of our Country, delivered on Nov. 4, 1789, at the Meeting-House in the old Jewry, to the Society for Commemorating the Revolution in Great Britain... Third edition, with Additions to the Appendix... London: printed by George Stafford for T. Cadell, 1790. Pp. [ii], 51, [1], 34, [2]. Bound without half-title. Title dust-soiled, with small hole at lower outer corner. Third edition. Goldsmiths' 14554; not in others. f) [SPRING-RICE, Thomas.] Distress of the Manufacturing Districts - Causes and Remedies. [London, n.p., 1843]. Pp. 38, [2, blank]. Pencil annotations and marginalia. First edition, collecting speeches and essays by Lord Brougham (1842), Robert Vaughan (1843), W. C. Taylor (1842), and Robert Torrens (1843). Not in standard bibliographies. g) MALTHUS, Thomas Robert. Statements respecting the East-India College, with an Appeal to Facts, in Refutation of the Charges lately brought against it, in the Court of Proprietors. Second edition with Alterations. London: [n.p.,] 1817. Pp. [469]-523, [1]. Second edition, offprinted from the Pamphleteer, first published by John Murray the same year; see Goldsmiths' 21784 and Sraffa 3691 for the first. Together 7 works bound in 1 volume, octavo (208 x 128 mm). Modern dark blue rexine, spine unlettered. Overall in very good condition. Piero Sraffa, ed., The Works and Correspondence of David Ricardo, vol. 4: Pamphlets and Papers 1815-1823, 1951., 1790-c.1843], 0, London: Printed for John Murray, 1815. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo (208 x 127 mm). [4], 61 [1] pp., advert leaf bound after title, unnumbered publisher's advert page at end. Without the additional 4-leaves of publisher's adverts at end, not belonging to this tract, but sometimes found in copies. Modern calf-backed boards, gilt-lettered spine, new endpapers. Title-page slightly dust-soiled, a few light pencil marginals, but generally crisp and clean throughout. Near fine copy. ---- Black 2877; Goldsmith 21130; Kress B6537. EXCEPTIONALLY RARE FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE (with Murray alone in imprint (and not with J. Johnson). The first full presentation of Malthus' classic essay in which he presented the Malthusian-Ricardian theory of rent for the first time. "At the end of 1805 [Malthus] became professor of history and political economy at the newly founded college of Haileybury [East India College, Hertfordshire]. He gave lectures on political economy. The lectures led him to consider the problem of rent. The theory at which he arrived is partly indicated in two pamphlets upon the 'corn laws' and is fully given in the tract upon the 'Nature and Progress of Rent' " (DNB). - Visit our website to see more images!, Printed for John Murray, 1815, 3<

1815, ISBN: e9b8c070a52c61acc2638df278824434

gebonden uitgave

Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 20.0], [PU: Printed for John Murray, London], ECONOMY, MALTHUSIAN-RICARDIAN THEORY OF RENT, Business & Economics|Taxation|General, Business & Economics… Meer...

Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 20.0], [PU: Printed for John Murray, London], ECONOMY, MALTHUSIAN-RICARDIAN THEORY OF RENT, Business & Economics|Taxation|General, Business & Economics|Economics|Theory, Business & Economics|Finance, 8vo (208 x 127 mm). [4], 61 [1] pp., advert leaf bound after title, unnumbered publisher's advert page at end. Without the additional 4-leaves of publisher's adverts at end, not belonging to this tract, but sometimes found in copies. Modern calf-backed boards, gilt-lettered spine, new endpapers. Title-page slightly dust-soiled, a few light pencil marginals, but generally crisp and clean throughout. Near fine copy. ---- Black 2877; Goldsmith 21130; Kress B6537. EXCEPTIONALLY RARE FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE (with Murray alone in imprint (and not with J. Johnson). The first full presentation of Malthus' classic essay in which he presented the Malthusian-Ricardian theory of rent for the first time. "At the end of 1805 [Malthus] became professor of history and political economy at the newly founded college of Haileybury [East India College, Hertfordshire]. He gave lectures on political economy. The lectures led him to consider the problem of rent. The theory at which he arrived is partly indicated in two pamphlets upon the 'corn laws' and is fully given in the tract upon the 'Nature and Progress of Rent' " (DNB). - Visit our website to see more images!, Books<

1815, ISBN: e9b8c070a52c61acc2638df278824434

gebonden uitgave

Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Printed for John Murray, London], ECONOMY, MALTHUSIAN-RICARDIAN THEORY OF RENT, Business & Economics|Taxation|General, Business & Economics|Economics|T… Meer...

Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Printed for John Murray, London], ECONOMY, MALTHUSIAN-RICARDIAN THEORY OF RENT, Business & Economics|Taxation|General, Business & Economics|Economics|Theory, Business & Economics|Finance, 8vo (208 x 127 mm). [4], 61 [1] pp., advert leaf bound after title, unnumbered publisher's advert page at end. Without the additional 4-leaves of publisher's adverts at end, not belonging to this tract, but sometimes found in copies. Modern calf-backed boards, gilt-lettered spine, new endpapers. Title-page slightly dust-soiled, a few light pencil marginals, but generally crisp and clean throughout. Near fine copy. ---- Black 2877; Goldsmith 21130; Kress B6537. EXCEPTIONALLY RARE FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE (with Murray alone in imprint (and not with J. Johnson). The first full presentation of Malthus' classic essay in which he presented the Malthusian-Ricardian theory of rent for the first time. "At the end of 1805 [Malthus] became professor of history and political economy at the newly founded college of Haileybury [East India College, Hertfordshire]. He gave lectures on political economy. The lectures led him to consider the problem of rent. The theory at which he arrived is partly indicated in two pamphlets upon the 'corn laws' and is fully given in the tract upon the 'Nature and Progress of Rent' " (DNB). - Visit our website to see more images!, Books<

1815, ISBN: e9b8c070a52c61acc2638df278824434

gebonden uitgave

London: Printed for John Murray, 1815. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (208 x 127 mm). [4], 61 [1] pp., advert leaf bound after title, unnumbered publishe… Meer...

London: Printed for John Murray, 1815. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo (208 x 127 mm). [4], 61 [1] pp., advert leaf bound after title, unnumbered publisher's advert page at end. Without the additional 4-leaves of publisher's adverts at end, not belonging to this tract, but sometimes found in copies. Modern calf-backed boards, gilt-lettered spine, new endpapers. Title-page slightly dust-soiled, a few light pencil marginals, but generally crisp and clean throughout. Near fine copy. ---- Black 2877; Goldsmith 21130; Kress B6537. EXCEPTIONALLY RARE FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE (with Murray alone in imprint (and not with J. Johnson). The first full presentation of Malthus' classic essay in which he presented the Malthusian-Ricardian theory of rent for the first time. "At the end of 1805 [Malthus] became professor of history and political economy at the newly founded college of Haileybury [East India College, Hertfordshire]. He gave lectures on political economy. The lectures led him to consider the problem of rent. The theory at which he arrived is partly indicated in two pamphlets upon the 'corn laws' and is fully given in the tract upon the 'Nature and Progress of Rent' " (DNB). - Visit our website to see more images!, Printed for John Murray, 1815, 3<