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STEUART, Sir James (1712-1780). An Inquiry into the Principles of Political Economy, being an essay on the science of domestic policy of free nations. London: for A. Millar and T. Cadell, 1767.
2 volumes, 4° (290 x 225mm). 2 folding printed tables, final errata leaf in vol.II. (Lacks first blank leaf in vol.I, a few leaves lightly spotted.) Contemporary calf, spines gilt (joints split, three of the four lettering-pieces lacking). Provenance: C.W. Boughton Rouse (signatures).
FIRST EDITION. The most important work on the subject before that of Adam Smith, and "the first English work which had any pretensions to be considered as a systematic or complete view of the subject": McCulloch Literature of Political Oeconomy; Kress 6498. (2)
2 volumes, 4° (290 x 225mm). 2 folding printed tables, final errata leaf in vol.II. (Lacks first blank leaf in vol.I, a few leaves lightly spotted.) Contemporary calf, spines gilt (joints split, three of the four lettering-pieces lacking). Provenance: C.W. Boughton Rouse (signatures).
FIRST EDITION. The most important work on the subject before that of Adam Smith, and "the first English work which had any pretensions to be considered as a systematic or complete view of the subject": McCulloch Literature of Political Oeconomy; Kress 6498. (2)