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190958833Lund C. W. K. Gleerups förlag 1909 & 1911. 8vo. Both volumes in the original printed wrappers. Light wear to spines otherwise a very fine and clean set. XVI191 4 179 pp. <br/><br/><em>First edition of the first Swedish translation of Adam Smith's ground-breaking main work the "Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations". Smaller parts of the book had previously been translated into Swedish in 1800 1804 and 1869 but the present translation is considered the first actual translation of the work even though some parts have been excluded by translator Emil Sommarin who based his translation the 5th English edition the last edition to be supervised by Adam Smith himself. It is to this date the only Swedish translation of the work which tells us a lot about the history of Swedish economics. Despite the comparatively late translation into Swedish it still had a profound influence not on economists since they were well aware of the original work in English but upon politics and public opinion in general: "There are few things more striking to the modem student of the history of ideas in Sweden than the negative phenomenon that Sweden was almost entirely uninfluenced by this fact and thus remained almost unaffected by English economic thought during a period when its superiority was most evident. As far as I am acquainted with the Swedish economic discussion and our popular economic literature of the 1860's and 1870's there is almost no trace of any influence from English writers. .Of Adam Smith we have still only one abbreviated translation of his famous work and that was published as late as during this century; and as far as I know nothing of Ricardo's or Malthus' exists in Swedish nor do any of the major economic works of J.S. Mill." Heckscher A survey of economic thought in Sweden 1875-1950.Translator Emil Sommarin 1874-1955 was a student of Knut Wicksell arguably the most influential Swedish economist and Sommarin succeeded Wicksell's professorship in national economics. Wicksell "came to know his classics very well and became and remained an admirer of Adam Smith. Around 1910 he also assisted his former student and successor as economics professor in Lund Emil Sommarin with the translation of WN still the most complete we have in Sweden. In this connection he wrote to a friend in Uppsala "It is almost unbelievable that we have been denied this masterpiece for 125 years and our economic policy is a result of the omission" Cheng-Chung Lai Adam Smith Across Nations p. 384. </em> unknown
1886779L7Paris: Tresse et Stock 1886. First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7" by 5". None. An extremely scarce first edition copy of this important symbolist novel. This particular copy once belonged to Edmund Gosse and has been signed by the author. The dedication to the half-title bears the author's inscription to Gosse. Edmund Gosse an English poet met Moreas in Paris 1893 during a week of absinthe drinking which is possibly the occasion for the inscription to this book and for the sketch. Gosse wrote to Heinemann on the 6th April 'My week in Paris has been a great success tho' quite unlike what I expected. We were mostly in the Latin Quarter and I saw a great deal of the Symbolist poets. Mallarmé was ill but all the rest from Verlaine and Moréas downward were on show and they were extremely cordial to me'.With an original sketch tipped in as a frontispiece of Moreas and Verlaine signed 'Dauphin Meunier 31.3.93' bound in before the title. In the original French. Bookplate to the front pastedown of Edmund William Gosse. This novel is an collaboration between Jean Moreas and Paul Adam. It is one of a couple of works the two worked on together. in a contemporary half crushed morocco binding with paper covered boards. Externally generally smart. Light rubbing to the joints and to the extremities. Bookplate to the front pastedown Edmund William Gosse. Signature and original drawing from the author tipped in to the frontispiece. Internally firmly bound. Pages are age toned to the edges. Tidemark to the title page and to the tipped in page. Occasional light spots to pages. Very Good Indeed Tresse et Stock hardcover
11180Benson Frank W. Benson Frank W. ETCHINGS AND DRYPOINTS OF FRANK W. BENSON - AN ILLUSTRATED AND DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE by Adam E.M. Paff and Arthur W. Heintzelman. Houghton-Mifflin 1917-1959. Five Volumes complete. Volumes One and Two are editions of 275 numbered copies Volume Three is an edition of 525 numered copies Volume Four is an edition of 600 numbered copies and Volume Five is an edition of 400 numbered copies. All 4to cloth-backed boards volumes Two through Five with DJs. Each volume with an original etched frontispiece each of which is signed except for that in volume Five which was published after Benson's death. The original etchings are: Vol 1: Pair of Ducks 1916 Paff 102; Vol 2: Two Geese 1919 Paff 158; Vol 3: On Set Wings 1923 Paff 223; Vol 4: Flying Pintail 1927 Paff 275; Vol 5: Perching Grouse 1941 Paff 347. Though there were some proofsthese prints were not editioned separately from the catalogue and were each printed in whatever edition size the catalogue edition was. Volume One with a few small abrasions to the front endpapers where they were separated after sticking; Volumes Two through Five all Fine but the DJs to Volumes Two and Four have 1 1/2 to 2 inch chips at the tops of the spines and a few smaller chips. The numbers on the volumes vary. Complete sets with the original etchings present are now scarce. hardcover
52690Warsaw: self-published 1985. Quarto 29.5 × 21 cm. Original side-stapled printed wrappers; 68 leaves of offset-printed and xeroxed typescript to rectos only. With original artworks photographs and hand-lettering throughout. Light soil to wrappers; else about very good. First volume of a samizdat journal featuring texts and original artworks by artists associated with Kultura Zrzuty but dominated by the satirical and critical texts of Jacek Kryszkowski. Altogether three issues appeared each with a different title: no. 2 as Hola Hoop no. 3 as Hali Gali. Kryszkowski co-founded the journal with Elżbieta Kacprzak as a more critical alternative to the already famous journal "Tango". The last page contains a small piece of a vinyl record signed "a piece of a fine tango." Kryszkowski and Adam Rzepecki held a mock auction to "fundraise" for the creation of this publication where the participants were invited to bid down on original and fake works of art; the remaining works were to be thrown into the Vistula River. Numerous issues of Tango were allegedly destroyed during the event. The present volume also contains an attack on Tadeusz Kantor the master of Polish avant-garde theater whom Kryszkowski saw as cooperating with the authorities during Martial Law. To highlight Kantor's "complicity" with the repressive regime Kryszkowski presented him with a fake award from the Communist youth organization documenting the act with the help of Adam Rzepecki. The diploma and photograph whose authenticity is also contested appear in the issue. Other contributions include mail art by Rzepecki works by Andrzej Kostołowski and Jacek Truszkowski Andrzej Partum's "Animal Manifesto" and a work by Zofia Kulik and Przemysław Kwiek. <br /> <br /> One of 100 copies.<br /> <br /> As of November 2025 not in KVK OCLC. unknown
88252London A. Strahan / T. Cadell jun. / W. Davies 1799 Auflage: 9. Ganzleder gebunden; reiche Rückengoldprägung je 2 rote goldgeprägte Rückenschilder Kantenvergoldung Gelbschnitt / 3 Bände / Anz. Seiten: XII 499 VI 518 VII 465 / 13 x 216 cm / Zustand: sehr gut geringe Alters-/ Gebrauchsspuren; Einbände leicht berieben und etwas fleckig Stehkantenvergoldung teils leicht abgeschabt Kopfschnitte bestaubt Vorsätze leimschattig und stockfleckig Bibliotheksstempel auf Titelseiten handschriftliche Nummerierung auf Innendeckeln handbeschriftete Papieretiketten an Rücken London, A. Strahan / T. Cadell, jun. / W. Davies, 1799, Auflage: 9. unknown
193248563Paris.: Bureau d'Editions et de Diffusion. 1932. Original publisher's tan printed wrappers stapled as issued titles and illustration in black to front cover advertisements to rear. Small 4to. 230 x 184 mm. Leaf with title eight leaves with caricature vignettes by Georges Adam and verse by Aragon recto only two per page final leaf with achevé d'imprimer. André Breton's copy of this very scarce plaquette destined for the children of workers and noted for its virulent 'anticlérical anticapitaliste anticolonialiste antipatriotique' sentiments.This rare pamphlet by Louis Aragon was intended for the children of the exploited masses and as noted by Pierre Juquin was 'anticlérical anticapitaliste anticolonialiste antipatriotique'.Aragon had thrown himself into anti-clericalism after his break with Surrealism and wrote the verses accompanied by Adam's caricatures in Russia. The pamphlet was printed on the presses of 'L'Imprimerie Centrale'.'Pour faire oublier la Commune / Le Sacré-Coeur a vu le jour. / Un beau soir il aura son tour / Ce gâteau blanc comme lune!' From the text.Also included inserted loose is André Breton's membership card filled out in his own hand in black ink giving his address in rue Fontaine and signed beneath for the 'Union Fédérale des Libres-Penseurs Revolutionnaires de France'. A bifolium of blue card the front cover features the vignette of the 'Union' which matches the vignette for Aragon's plaquette. The membership card features Marx's famous slogan 'La Religion c'est l'opium du Peuple!' and a quotation from Lenin as well as fifteen stamps of the Union indicating membership or attendance at meetings nine dated '1932' and three dated '1931' and inscribed 'Octobre' 'Novembre' 'Décembre'.Aragon's plaquette is scarce: we locate copies at the Bibliothèque Nationale in France the Bibliothèque Génève in Switzerland as well as copies at Syracuse Duke Yale Bowdoin and the University of California in the US. Bureau d'Editions et de Diffusion. unknown
1801177821Dublin: Printed by N. Kelly and William Porter for P. Wogan Gilbert and Hodges W. Porter J. Moore and B. Dornin 1801. Political economy and the Anglo-Irish union Fourth Irish edition of the "first and greatest classic of modern economic thought" PMM in a handsome contemporary Irish binding. Towards the end of the Wealth of Nations Smith outlines an expansive and audacious plan for the political-economic consolidation of the British Empire. In this plan Ireland was to be united with Great Britain in a move largely modelled on the Anglo-Scottish union of 1707. Smith stresses the political and economic benefits to the Irish anticipating that the move would end British trade restrictions and even neutralize the fractious nature of Irish politics. Ironically Smith's wider theories of political economy in the Wealth of Nations were often co-opted by Irishmen diametrically opposed to his political proposals most notably the United Irishman Arthur O'Connor 1763-1852 whose approach to democratic land reform was "a radicalised version of Smith's political economy" Andersen. The United Irishmen mounted a rebellion in 1798 the failure of which led to precisely the Anglo-Irish union advocated by Smith. This fourth Irish edition was the first to be published in the newly formed United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 vols octavo 204 x 131 mm pp. xiii 1 498; viii 489. 61; lacking blank A1 in vol. II. Tables in the text. Contemporary red straight-grain sheep spines lettered ruled and decorated in gilt covers panelled in gilt marbled endpapers. With 1824 prize inscription in Latin to fourth blank of vol. I. Extremities refurbished light scuffing faint sunning to spines minor foxing and offsetting to contents leaf P6 of vol. II with 7 cm closed tear touching text: a very good copy. Kress B.4448; Tribe 75; Vanderblue p. 20. L. S. Andersen "The Political Economy of Ireland and Its Counterfactuals: Review of James Strafford The Case of Ireland: Commerce Empire and the European Order 1750-1848 CUP 2022" History of European Ideas vol. 50 no. 1 2023. unknown
1799124769London: A. Strahan and T. Cadell 1799. Rare 18th century edition of Adam Smith's magnum opus and cornerstone of economic thought. Octavo 3 volumes. Bound in full contemporary tree calf gilt titles to the spine morocco spine labels. In very good condition. A very nice set of this classic work. Adam Smith's masterpiece first published in 1776 is the foundation of modern economic thought and remains the single most important account of the rise of and the principles behind modern capitalism. "The history of economic theory up to the end of the nineteenth century consists of two parts: the mercantilist phase which was based not so much on a doctrine as on a system of practice which grew out of social conditions; and the second phase which saw the development of the theory that the individual had the right to be unimpeded in the exercise of economic activity. While it cannot be said that Smith invented the latter theory.his work is the first major expression of it. He begins with the thought that labour is the source from which a nation derives what is necessary to it. The improvement of the division of labour is the measure of productivity and in it lies the human propensity to barter and exchange.Labour represents the three essential elements-wages profit and rent-and these three also constitute income. From the working of the economy Smith passes to its matter -'stock'- which encompasses all that man owns either for his own consumption or for the return which it brings him. The Wealth of Nations ends with a history of economic development a definitive onslaught on the mercantile system and some prophetic speculations on the limits of economic control.The Wealth of Nations is not a system but as a provisional analysis it is complete convincing. The certainty of its criticism and its grasp of human nature have made it the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought" PMM. A. Strahan and T. Cadell unknown books
179630670Philadelphia: Thomas Dobson 1796. 412; 430; 387 1 blank 53 1 blank pp. Contemporary tree calf some chipping rebacked with remnants of original spines laid down. Scattered toning generally light foxing lightly worn. Good. <br/><br/> The second American edition the first having issued in 1789 also published by Dobson. 'Printing and the Mind of Man' describes this work as "the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought." <br/>Evans 31196. PMM 221 London 1776. Kress 3288. Thomas Dobson unknown books
179753615Stockholm, Henrik A. Nordström, 1797-1801. 8vo. Uncut, partly unopened in the original wrappers. In 22 volumes as issued. Last volume name written on title-page, otherwise an exceptionally fine, clean and untouched set rarely seen in this condition. (4),102 pp." (2),182 pp. (2),107 pp. (2),157,(1) pp. (2),176,(4) pp. (4),138,(2) pp. (2),205,(1) pp. + 1 folded table (2),188 pp (2),190 pp. (2),89,(4) pp. (4),135,(1) pp. (2),116,(1) pp. (2),157 pp. (2),120 pp. (2),151,(1 blank,10) pp. + 1 folded map (2),215 pp. + 1 folded table (2),131,(5) pp. (4),207 pp. (2),183,(1) pp. + 1 folded table (2),218 pp. (2),144,(4) pp." (6),449,(1) pp. + 5 folded plates.""Om Beskatning"", Part: 36, 37, 38:Pp. 145-177""Om Jordbrukets förfall i Europa, efter Romerska Väldets undergäng"", Part: 27, 28. Pp. 93-120""Om Handelsbalancen"", Part: 25,26. Pp. 92-114""Om Jordbruks-systemet I en Rikshushållning, samt om Economisterne I Frankrike"", Part: 25-26. Pp. 43-92""Om Pappers-myntet I Norr-Amerika Kolonierne, före Revolutionen"". Part: 27-28. Pp.57-62""Om Krono-jord"". Part: 29,30,31. Pp 139-146.""Theorien för statsskulder"". Part: 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49 & 50. Pp. 151-161.
175556661Kiöbenhavn uden ang. af trykker 1755-80. 4to. 11 samt. ensartede hellæderbind af flammet kalv. Rig rygforgyldning og ophøjede bind på rygge. Tome-og titelfelter i skind. Forgyldte bordurer på permer. Kapitæler på nogle få bind bind lidt slidte nogle hjørner lidt stødte. 10 kobberstukne titelblade og 1 bogtrykt. Trykt på svært skrivepapir. Indvendig ren og frisk. Pragteksemplar af "Fundationerne" som har tilhørt Adam Gottlob Moltke til Bregentved og til hvem flere af bindene er dediceret. På alle for-og bagpermer er Moltke's store forgyldte kronede hjerteskjold. <br/><br/><em>Komplet eksemplar af Hans de Hofmans store værk som indeholder en del plancher i form af portrætter kort og genealogiske tabeller bl.a. portræt af Tycho Brahe store vignetter m.m. </em> unknown
175556661Kiöbenhavn, uden ang. af trykker, 1755-80. 4to. 11 samt. ensartede hellæderbind af flammet kalv. Rig rygforgyldning og ophøjede bind på rygge. Tome-og titelfelter i skind. Forgyldte bordurer på permer. Kapitæler på nogle få bind bind lidt slidte, nogle hjørner lidt stødte. 10 kobberstukne titelblade og 1 bogtrykt. Trykt på svært skrivepapir. Indvendig ren og frisk. Pragteksemplar af ""Fundationerne"" som har tilhørt Adam Gottlob Moltke til Bregentved og til hvem flere af bindene er dediceret. På alle for-og bagpermer er Moltke's store forgyldte, kronede hjerteskjold.
179753615Stockholm Henrik A. Nordström 1797-1801. 8vo. Uncut partly unopened in the original wrappers. In 22 volumes as issued. Last volume name written on title-page otherwise an exceptionally fine clean and untouched set rarely seen in this condition. 4102 pp.; 2182 pp.; 2107 pp.; 21571 pp.; 21764 pp.; 41382 pp.; 22051 pp. 1 folded table; 2188 pp; 2190 pp.; 2894 pp.; 41351 pp.; 21161 pp.; 2157 pp.; 2120 pp.; 21511 blank10 pp. 1 folded map; 2215 pp. 1 folded table; 21315 pp.; 4207 pp.; 21831 pp. 1 folded table; 2218 pp.; 21444 pp.; 64491 pp. 5 folded plates."Om Beskatning" Part: 36 37 38:Pp. 145-177"Om Jordbrukets förfall i Europa efter Romerska Väldets undergäng" Part: 27 28. Pp. 93-120"Om Handelsbalancen" Part: 2526. Pp. 92-114"Om Jordbruks-systemet I en Rikshushållning samt om Economisterne I Frankrike" Part: 25-26. Pp. 43-92"Om Pappers-myntet I Norr-Amerika Kolonierne före Revolutionen". Part: 27-28. Pp.57-62"Om Krono-jord". Part: 293031. Pp 139-146."Theorien för statsskulder". Part: 44 45 46 47 48 49 & 50. Pp. 151-161. <br/><br/><em>First however partial translation of Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations in Swedish rarely seen in this condition thus making it the very first opportunity for Swedish speakers to study Adam Smith. A more lengthy translation was made in 1909 - 1911 but to this day a full Swedish translation has not been made."Von Schulzenheim nobleman physician country squire and politician also published shorter articles in the review 'Läsning I blandade ämnen' an organ of the opposition to the absolutist and obscurantist regime of Gustavus IV Adolphus. The editor of the review was count Georg Adlersparre an army officer and a political writer who in 1809 was to become one of the prime-movers behind the dethronement of the king. Adlersparre to was an admirer of Adam Smith. In 1799-1800 he published in the 'Läsning' his own Swedish translation of several selections from Wealth of Nations. In some cases Adlersparre added footnotes making it easier for the readers to apply Smith's ideas to Swedish conditions. Those translations to the best of my knowledge were the first ones of Wealth of Nations in Sweden. They were followed by translations of other parts of Wealth of Nations published in 1800 amd 1808. This time the translator was Erik Erland Bodell an official of the Swedish Customs and thus if you like a colleague of Adam Smith." Cheng-chung Adam Smith Across Nations. Despite the comparatively late translation into Swedish it still had a profound influence not on economists since they were well aware of the original work in English but upon politics and public opinion in general: "There are few things more striking to the modem student of the history of ideas in Sweden than the negative phenomenon that Sweden was almost entirely uninfluenced by this fact and thus remained almost unaffected by English economic thought during a period when its superiority was most evident. As far as I am acquainted with the Swedish economic discussion and our popular economic literature of the 1860's and 1870's there is almost no trace of any influence from English writers. .Of Adam Smith we have still only one abbreviated translation of his famous work and that was published as late as during this century; and as far as I know nothing of Ricardo's or Malthus' exists in Swedish nor do any of the major economic works of J.S. Mill." Heckscher A survey of economic thought in Sweden 1875-1950.The journal was preceded by Adlersparre's "Läsning för landtmän" 1795-96. The content is a mixture of literature agriculture law philosophy and politics. Apart from the many contributions by Swedish authors "Läsning i blandade ämnen" also contains texts by Kant Gibbon and De Lolme OCLC lists copies at Yale Minnesota and Texas. </em> unknown
2008Manohar-9781847870223Sage Publications 2008. Hardcover. New. Sage Publications hardcover
2008Manohar-9781847870223Sage Publications 2008. Hardcover. New. Sage Publications hardcover
189421211894. In contemporary half leather. Nice condition with library stamps. In contemporary half leather. 367 234 414 404 p. In four volume. The very rare first Hungarian edition of Adam Smith's work 'Wealth of Nations'. unknown
05535Paris: Sazerac et Duval Engelmann Langlumè & Brossier 1824. First Edition of the Illustrator's First Book<br /> With Seventeen Hand-Colored Lithograph Plates <br /> <br /> ADAM Victor. Un An de la Vie d un Jeune Homme. Histoire véritable en 17 Chapitres. Escrits par lui-même et Lithographiés par Victor Adam. Paris: Sazerac et Duval Engelmann Langlumè & Brossier 1824. <br /> <br /> First edition. Folio 13 1/4 x 9 7/8 inches; 336 x 251 mm. Facsimile cover title. Seventeen superb hand-colored lithograph plates printed by Langlumé. <br /> <br /> Modern royal blue cloth front cover with facsimile title pasted on. Short marginal tear neatly repaired to lower margin of first plate not affecting image. Plates 2 8 15 & 17 with the blind stamp of the publisher Sazerac et Duval in lower blank margin. A very good example.<br /> <br /> One year in the life of a young man. A true story in seventeen chapters. Written by himself and lithographed by Victor Adam.<br /> <br /> Victor Adam 1801-1865 is better known for his later works of pictorial journalism or for his many lithographs of military history than for his early works of fashion and society life. "His immense production contains many amusing albums concerning the life of the time such as Un an dans la vie de jeune homme. This series is a sort of bourgeois rake's progress. A young man from the country comes to Paris to sample its pleasures. He acquires a new wardrobe; buys a horse; is duped by gamblers makes a conquest of a pretty lady; exclaims 'Jasmin! she seemed so artless' as he lies recovering from the resulting malady; is imprisoned for debt; writes at last to 'the old one' a buxom woman of means; and is accepted by her in the final plate. The series is unusual among the albums of the time in that it tells a consecutive story and it certainly has more spirit and finish than Adam's usual work" Ray. <br /> <br /> A lovely copy of the first book by this gifted painter and illustrator. Very scarce. <br /> <br /> The Plates:<br /> <br /> 1. J'arrive! I arrive!<br /> 2. Je ne me reconnais plus. I do not recognize myself anymore.<br /> 3. C'est superbe! It is superb!<br /> 4. Elle me regarde! Dieu quel bonheur! She's looking at me! God what happiness!<br /> 5. C'est une femme honnête. She is an honest woman.<br /> 6. Je ne pouvais pas aller à pied. I couldn't walk.<br /> 7. C'est à qui m'aura. Who's going to get me<br /> 8. Comment Docteur! How Doctor!<br /> 9. Jasmin!.elle avait l'air si ingénu!! Jasmine! . she looked so ingenuous !!<br /> 10. Quel guignon! What a mess!<br /> 11. Des mémoires! Fi donc. Memories! Fi then.<br /> 12. Je le savais. I knew it.<br /> 13. St. Pelagie.charmant séjour! St. Pelagie. lovely stay!<br /> 14. Quels inhumains! Me mettre dehors! What inhumans! Kick me out!<br /> 15. Aux grands maux les grands remédes. To great ills great remedies.<br /> 16. La simpiternelle serait ma bisaïeule. The simpiternal would be my grandmother.<br /> 17. Il faut faire une Fin! Je lépouse. We must make an End! I marry him.<br /> <br /> Bobins V 1523; Hiler p.6; Lipperheide 3561; Ray. Art of the French Illustrated Book 126. Paris: Sazerac et Duval, Engelmann, Langlumè & Brossier, 1824 unknown
179648831Philadelphia PA: Thomas Dobson 1796. Second American edition. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket issued. Philadelphia PA: Thomas Dobson 1796. 3 vols. Second American edition. 412; 430; 387; Index pp. Hardcover. 12mo. Professionall y rebound in period style full brown calf; spine elaborately decorated in gilt with contrasting lettering labels; front and back covers with central blind-stamped devices. Marbled endpapers. New additional endpapers; interior quite toned throughout. Very good/No jacket issued. Multiple volumes - extra shipping charges apply Insurance required to ship this item. Thomas Dobson hardcover books
17897269Philadelphia: Thomas Dobson 1789. First American Edition Volumes II & III Only. First American Edition Volumes II & III ONLY. Measuring approximately 6.5" x 4" with 430 and 387 numbered pages respectively. Bound in contempory full leather.<br /> <br /> Both volumes are in good condition. Heavy wear and chipping to the original leather boards. Front pastedowns have come away from the boards. Both front endpaper versos with the name stamp "Jack Cunningham". Page 61-62 in Volume II has a large tear with no loss. Pages 23-26 in Volume III are detached.<br /> <br /> Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books.<br /> <br /> Inventory #P11-15. Thomas Dobson unknown
179234586London: A. Strahan T. Cadell and others 1792. 2 volumes 8vo. iii-xv 1 488; iii-viii 462pp. Lacks half-titles. Expertly bound to style in half russia and period marbled paper covered boards.<br/> <br/>Eighteenth century edition of Adam Smith's first published work.<br/> <br/>Adam Smith's first published work first printed in 1759 would lay the basis for The Wealth of Nations and establish his reputation as a philosopher of note.<br/> <br/>ESTC T121726; Alston III.829; Goldsmiths 15514. A. Strahan, T. Cadell [and others] unknown books
1774146600Paris: Chez Valade 1774-75. First edition of the second French translation of Scottish moral philosopher and economist Adam Smith's ground-breaking first work The Theory of Moral Sentiments London 1759 in an attractive contemporary binding. This work introduced the concept of the "invisible hand" guiding individuals to advance community interest laying the philosophical ground work for his Wealth of Nations. Smith evidently dissatisfied in the quality of the first French translation Metaphysique de l'ame Paris 1764 made by Marc-Antoine Eidous and based on the second English edition is reported by the translator of this edition as having been "mortified" by the first attempt. Jean-Louis Blavet 1719-1809 translator and librarian of the Prince de Conti was recommended to Smith by Madame des Boufflers the Prince's mistress and duly undertook this entirely new translation from the third English edition of 1767 adding an extensive table of contents. The work was far from a commercial success which according to Dugald Stewart Smith blamed on Blavet leading to the eventual commission of a third French translation by Sophie de Grouchy the prominent salon hostess during the early French Revolution and under Napoleon and was the wife of the philosopher the Marquis de Condorcet. 2 vols duodecimo 168 x 97 mm. Contemporary cat's paw calf titles in gilt to red morocco spine labels floral motifs tooled in gilt direct to spine French curl marbled endpapers blued mottled edges. A hint of wear to extremities the bindings otherwise firm and unrestored very occasional faint damp staining else internally fresh; a very good set indeed. Tribe 7; Vanderblue p. 41. unknown
48859Ulm Stettin‘sche Buchhandlung o. J. ca. 1841. 8° Titelbl. mit gestochener Vignette 3 Bl. 47 von 48 gest. Taf. m. 56 Textbl. Priv.-Kart. d. Zt. Berieben Kapitale m. kleinen Rückenverlusten einige Taf. etw. stockfl. wenige gebräunt; die in der «Uebersicht» aufgelistete Tafel «Donaubrücke» und das dazugehörige Textblatt fehlt; gesamthaft gutes Ex. Enthält die Stiche: Heilbronn Weinsberg Kloster Schönthal Mergentheim Schwäbisch Hall und Comburg Die Michaelskirche in Hall Das Kloster Maulbronn Totalansicht von Wildbad Bad und Promenade in Wildbad Teinach und Zavelstein / Liebenzell Das Kloster Hirschau Calw Tübingen Reutlingen Lichtenstein Ansicht von Stuttgart Der Marktplatz in Stuttgart Das alte Schloss in Stuttgart Innere Ansicht aus dem K. Schloss Rosenstein Das K. Hof-Theater in Kannstadt Der Rotheberg Esslingen Die Dionysius Kirche in Esslingen Gmünd Der Rechberg Helfenstein und die befestigte Stadt Geisslingen Der Drackenstein im Filsthal Blaubeuren Ulm von Südost Das Rathhaus in Ulm Der Marktbrunnen in Ulm Das Gögglinger Thor in Ulm Das Münster zu Ulm Innere Ansicht des Münsters zu Ulm Ein Theil aus dem Chorgestühl im Münster zu Ulm Biberach Weingarten bei Ravensburg Waldburg Friedrichshafen Hohentwiel Tuttlingen und Honburg Sigmaringen Ruine Dietfurt in Sigmaringen Zuchthaus Hornstein bei Sigmaringen Lauchartthal in Sigmaringen Hettingen im Sigmaringenschen Hohenzollern mit Hechingen. 010 Ulm, Stettin‘sche Buchhandlung, o. J. [ca. 1841] unknown
1699NF2821RELATION DU VOYAGE DE MR. EVERT ISBRAND ENVOYE DE SA MAJESTE CZARIENNE A L'EMPEREUR DE LA CHINE EN 1692 93 & 94 Amsterdam Chez Jean-Louis De Lorme Librairie fur le Rockin a la Liberte 1699 first edition 250 pages with both frontispiece and map present some wear to the fore edge corner tips else a vg copy with just about fine contents void of any foxing whatsoever with attractive marbled end-papers bound in a full leather 19th century calf binding with faux raised spine of six compartments one of which is decorative and one which bears the title. A most uncommon work this volume with a bookplate and a handust-wrapper ritten pencil notation that this is from the library of the Duke of Devonshire. Text in French of course. Chez Jean-Louis De Lorme, Librairie fur le Rockin, a la Liberte hardcover
1796140940161London: A. Strahan; and T. Caddell jun and W. Davies 1796. Eighth Edition. Very Good. The Eighth Edition. Complete in three volumes bound with half-title present by Pigge of Lynne with a small circular binder's label to front pastedown of each volume; in contemporary full tree calf with smooth spines divided into compartments with double gilt rule lettered on new red goatskin labels and numbered in a new small circular green goatskin label with gilt stamped urns of trophies to top compartment. Binding worn at corners and spine ends; outer joints cracked though binding remains firm. Previous owner names at front pages toned occasional crease occasional foxing heaviest at preliminary and terminal pages. Small dampstain to upper corner of last few pages of Volume II. An early set published in the late 18th century in a charming contemporary binding. A. Strahan; and T. Caddell jun and W. Davies unknown books
CNAP107bSan Francisco: The Arion Press 2016. Hardcover. New. Chagoya Enrique. 12 by 8-1/4 inches 152 numbered pages by coincidence the same number of pages as the first edition for the text and ten unnumbered signatures for the prints consisting of a sheet folded at the fore-edge with die-cut windows and a folded tab to tip into the sewing section and an inserted sheet of Japanese handmade paper making three leaves which adds six "pages" for a total of 212 pages. The paper is Italian mouldmade Magnani Ingres laid. The Japanese paper for the prints is handmade Arokaji koso washi. The type printed by letterpress is Kennerley Old Style designed by Frederic W. Goudy composed and cast in Monotype with handset type for display. The binding is Smyth-sewn with handsewn silk endbands with a three-piece cloth cover green on the sides and blue on the spine foil stamped on the sides with roundels designed by Enrique Chagoya and stamped on the spine with titling. The book is presented in a slipcase in an edition of 300 copies for sale. Each book is signed by the artist. The extra print is entitled "Nahvi Olin" the name of the Mexican painter and poet whose head is depicted in the print. The paper is handmade Japanese Yamekoozo Hadaura It is a nine-color relief print printed from photopolymer plates in black blue green and white inks. The image size is 20-1/2 by 14 inches; the sheet size is 24 by 18 inches. Each print is signed by the artist. This edition with the extra print was issued in an edition of thirty copies. Juan Rulfo’s "Pedro Páramo" is a monument of Mexican literature and one of the most influential novels of the 20th century. Juan Rulfo was a photographer and a fiction writer known for his two books "El Llano en Llamas" a collection of short stories published in 1953 and the 1955 novel "Pedro Páramo". He was born in Apulco in the Mexican state of Jalisco in 1918 and died in Mexico City in 1986. <br /> <br /> Gabriel García Márquez said he felt blocked as a novelist after his first four books and that it was only his life-changing discovery of "Pedro Páramo" in 1961 that allowed the composition of his masterpiece "One Hundred Years of Solitude". Marquez noted that all of Rulfo's published writing put together "add up to no more than 300 pages; but that is almost as many and I believe they are as durable as the pages that have come down to us from Sophocles". <br /> <br /> Enrique Chagoya has made ten color prints for the book. They are highly unusual in that they are printed on both sides of thin translucent handmade Japanese paper of a tan-brown color. On the front recto are portraits of Mexicans from the late nineteenth to early twentieth centuries printed in a dark blue with background imagery printed in green on the other side. As Chagoya has written in his artist statement for the book "The drawings are not an illustration of 'Pedro Páramo' because the story does not need illustrations. It is more like a visual duet and instrument playing a counterpoint parallel to the novel."<br /> <br /> The extra print is presented in a tube with documentation on the outside. It was issued in an edition of thirty copies for sale plus five artist proofs and five publisher proofs all signed by the artist.<br /> <br /> ___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details.<br /> <br /> ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. The Arion Press hardcover
