MALTHUS, Thomas R. DEPRECIATION OF PAPER CURRENCY. In The Edinburgh Review or Critical Journal: Nov. 1810 - Feb. 1811, Vol. 17, pp. 340-372. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Company, Edinburgh; and Constable, Hunter, Park, and Hunter, London, 1811. First Edition. Offered is the entire Very Good half leather, marbled board hardback bound volume 17 (XVII) of the Journal. Cover edge wear, sun spine, scattered foxing. Old owner bookplate( Thomas Bewes, Esq ) front paste down. 8vo. Hardcover. Very Good.

The Dictionary of National Biography gives Malthus as the probable author of this article. Malthus is commenting on six pamphlets published on depreciation of the currency and the bullion question: 1) An Inquiry into the Effects produced on the National Currency and Rates of Exchange by the Bank Restriction Bill. By Robert Mushet. 2) The High Price of Bullion a Proof of the Depreciation of Bank Notes. By David Ricardo. 3) Observations on the Principles which regulate the Course of the Exchange. By William Blake. 4) The Question concerning the Depreciation of our Currency stated and Examined. By William Huskisson. 5) Practical Observations on the Report of the Bullion Committee. By Charles Bosanquet. 6) Reply to Mr. Bosanquet's Observations on the Report of the Bullion Committee. By David Ricardo.