An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
W. Strahan and T. Cadell
Smith, Adam
1510
Two volumes complete - Volume One - [9], 2-510pp and Volume Two - [9], 2-589pp, [1]. Full contemporary calf, smooth back, divided into six panels by gilt rule, title label to second panel, contrasting volume label to third. Rebacked with original back strips laid on, volume label of first volume chipped with some loss, some wear to outer joints with a couple of minor splits, corners bumped. Closed tear to fore edge margin of G1 in volume one, O-P2 lightly foxed, a few notes in pencil to margins, former owner's name and address in ink to ffep (William Philip Haslewood). Signature N in the second volume is lightly foxed, the bottom corner of 3U4 is torn away (not affecting text), and there is a minor worm trail to lower pastedown and rear free endpapers. Half title to volume two only (as called for), but both volumes lack the final blank. With a modern cloth slipcase. An attractive copy, one of five hundred printed, of the second edition of Smith's magnum opus, the only other quarto edition (after the first of 1776). Smith did slightly revise this edition, with Todd noting "a number of alterations large and small, some providing new information, some correcting matters of fact, some perfecting the idiom, and a large number now documenting references in footnotes" (Todd, 'The Text and Apparatus', in volume one of the 1976 edition of the 'Wealth of Nations', page 62). Einaudi 5329; Goldsmith's 11663; Kress B.154; see PMM 221 for the first edition
1778
Good+
Second Edition
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. Signature N in the second volume is lightly foxed, the bottom corner of 3U4 is torn away (not affecting text), and there is a minor worm trail to lower pastedown and rear free endpapers. Half title to volume two only (as called for), but both volumes lack the final blank. With a modern cloth slipcase. An attractive copy, one of five hundred printed, of the second edition of Smith's magnum opus, the only other quarto edition (after the first of 1776). Smith did slightly revise this edition, with Todd noting "a number of alterations large and small, some providing new information, some correcting matters of fact, some perfecting the idiom, and a large number now documenting references in footnotes" (Todd, 'The Text and Apparatus', in volume one of the 1976 edition of the 'Wealth of Nations', page 62). Einaudi 5329; Goldsmith's 11663; Kress B.154; see PMM 221 for the first edition){kind=link}