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                            SMITH, ADAM.  An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.  London:  W. Strahan and T. Cadell 1776.  2 vols., 4to, 270 x 220 mm. (10 5/8 x 8 3/4 in.), contemporary calf, rebacked, edges and corners restored, some occasional foxing and minor spotting.  FIRST EDITION, second issue (with cancels), final blank leaf in vol. I, half-title in vol. II and publisher's advertisement at end. Grolier English 57; PMM 221; Rothschild 1897.
                            
                            
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                                            SMITH, ADAM.  An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.  London:  W. Strahan and T. Cadell 1776.  2 vols., 4to, 270 x 220 mm. (10 5/8 x 8 3/4 in.), contemporary calf, rebacked, edges and corners restored, some occasional foxing and minor spotting.  FIRST EDITION, second issue (with cancels), final blank leaf in vol. I, half-title in vol. II and publisher's advertisement at end. Grolier English 57; PMM 221; Rothschild 1897.
"The first and greatest classic of modern economic thought"--Printing and the Mind of Man. (2)
                                        
                                    "The first and greatest classic of modern economic thought"--Printing and the Mind of Man. (2)