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(MALTHUS.) [WHATELY, Richard, later Archbishop of Dublin.] Hints on the cultivation of the peat-bogs in Ireland, with a view to the increase of population, security, and public happiness, especially in that part of the Uited Kingdom. In a letter to the Rev. T. Malthus. [London: by the Pamphleteer,] 1816.

8vo, pp. [79]-99, [1]. Early library stamp to foot of text on p. 99. Preserved in modern cloth-backed boards.

First edition of a letter published as a contribution to The Pamphleteer (vol. 9, no. 17, 1817) but issued also as an offprint (as here) with an imprint “Original 1816”. The proposal to drain the peat-bogs and colonize the countryside, and also to resettle convicts and paid-off soldiers (an alternative to Botany bay) has led to the assumption (Mullen) that it is the work of Whately.

Not found in Goldsmiths’ or Kress; Mullen 172.

£400.00 (equal to approx. US$633.39* or €494.68* for 22 May 2012)

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