'A New Edition, Very Much Enlarged", second edition, C4 cancelled and signed C3, 19th century ink signature and date to head of title, 2P2 lower corner torn and repaired with loss of a few letters of footnotes, 4A4 short tear at foot, just within text, but without loss, some foxing or spotting, modern morocco-backed marbled boards, [Einaudi 3668; Goldsmiths' 18640; Kress B.4701; cf. PMM 251], 1803; and a copy of the separately published Appendix, 4to (2) 'A greatly expanded second edition of the Essay , incorporating details of the population checks that had been in operation in many different countries and periods. Although nominally a second edition, it was regarded by Malthus as a substantially new work .' (ODNB).