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SMITH, Adam (1723-1790). An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. London: for W.Strahan and T.Cadell, 1776.
2 volumes, 4° (277 x 220mm). With final blank 3T4 and cancels M3, U3, 2Z3, 3A4, 3O4 in vol.I and half-title and cancels D1 and 3Z4 in vol.II. (Vol.I with 25mm. tear [?paperfault] in lower blank margin of 3B2 and a small blank section of the outer lower corner of 3G4 torn away.) Contemporary polished calf, flat-backed spines gilt (lacking lettering-pieces on spines, joints weak, those of vol.II split, spines a trifle scuffed and chipped at head and foot).
FIRST EDITION. A good copy overall, and a fine copy internally. Rothschild 1897; Kress 7261; PMM 221 ('the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought'). (2)
2 volumes, 4° (277 x 220mm). With final blank 3T4 and cancels M3, U3, 2Z3, 3A4, 3O4 in vol.I and half-title and cancels D1 and 3Z4 in vol.II. (Vol.I with 25mm. tear [?paperfault] in lower blank margin of 3B2 and a small blank section of the outer lower corner of 3G4 torn away.) Contemporary polished calf, flat-backed spines gilt (lacking lettering-pieces on spines, joints weak, those of vol.II split, spines a trifle scuffed and chipped at head and foot).
FIRST EDITION. A good copy overall, and a fine copy internally. Rothschild 1897; Kress 7261; PMM 221 ('the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought'). (2)