Inscribed by Montagu to Stephen Jay Gould
A Dissertation on the Poor Laws by a Well-wisher to Mankind
Publication: Berkeley: University of California Press, 1971. First Edition.
Notes: The first edition of a reissue of a 1786 precursor to Malthus' work on population, with for foreword by Ashley Montagu.
Edition + Condition: First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. This copy is inscribed by Montagu to the evolutionist and paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould: "For Steve, Affectionately from Ashley. 29 June 1981."
Montagu (born Israel Ehrenberg) was a humanist anthropologist and a public intellectual. A nice association between two noted scientists.
ISBN: 0520017005
Item No: #307216
Price: $75