ABSTRACT
The publication date (1986) of this first collected edition of the works of Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834) coincides with the sesquicentenary of the second, posthumous edition of his Principles of Political Economy by William Pickering of London, the forerunner of the publishers of this collection. Its eight volumes2 are said to comprise all of Malthus’ known published writings. This collection (Wrigley and Souden 1986) is also the first in a series of ‘Pickering Masters’ that promises ‘texts reset to modern standards, English translations where necessary, scholarly introductions and textual notes, and a general index for each author’.
