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179648977Avgvstae Vindelicorvm i.e. Augsburg: officinae librariae Joseph Wolffianae 1796. Thick 8vo pp. xxviii 3028 columns; engraved frontispiece; contemporary full calf gilt-paneled spine in 6 compartments old brown morocco label in 1 edges stained red; several old ownership inscription on the front flyleaf some cracking at the tops of both joints; good and sound. A comprehensive German-Latin dictionary. Vancil p. 139 cites the 1750 and 1754 editions; Zaunmuller col. 254. officinae librariae Joseph Wolffianae unknown
179648977Avgvstae Vindelicorvm i.e. Augsburg: officinae librariae Joseph Wolffianae 1796. Thick 8vo pp. xxviii 3028 columns; engraved frontispiece; contemporary full calf gilt-paneled spine in 6 compartments old brown morocco label in 1 edges stained red; several old ownership inscription on the front flyleaf some cracking at the tops of both joints; good and sound. A comprehensive German-Latin dictionary. Vancil p. 139 cites the 1750 and 1754 editions; Zaunmuller col. 254. <br/><br/> officinae librariae Joseph Wolffianae unknown books
176761031Edinburgh, 1767. Large 4to. Recased preserving the contemporary marbled leather boards with a gilt line-frame over a more recent light brown full calf binding with five raised bands and gilt ornamentations to spine. The contemporary gilt title-label also preserved in second compartment of the spine. A later leather-onlay to the lower compartment, presumably covering an earlier library-marking. All edges of boards gilt. Inner hinges re-enforced. A good, solid, and sturdy copy. Library stamp (Freie Universität Berlin) to verso of title-page, along with a deaccession-stamp, as well as to blank lower margin of p. 48. Apart from the stamps, internally extremely well preserved, clean, and fresh, with only light occasional brownspotting. A very wide-margined copy on good paper. Leaves measuring 27x21 cm. VII, (1), 430 pp.
1791053487London: Strahan And Cadell 1791. 5th or later Edition . Full-calf. Very Good. Three Volumes As Issued. Complete With All Preliminary Blanks In All Volumes Cancels X5 And X8 In Volume 3. Contemporary Calf New But Old Style Black Morocco Labels Gilt In All Compartments. 8Vo. The Preeminent Classic Of Economic Thought Now Scarce In All Early Editions. This Is The Sixth Edition One Of 2000 Copies Identical To The Last Revision By Smith And The First Published After His Death. Worn Extremities Rubbed Spines Chipped Away At Top And Bottom Edges Apparently Repaired At Some Time; Leather Recently Conditioned Furbished Minor Repairs To Corners. Corporate Bookplates In All Volumes. A "Printing And The Mind Of Man" Title. Human Greeds Tend To Cancel Each Other Out And Are Dangerous Only When Government Interferes On One Side Or Another. Thus Government Has No Role To Play In Using Military Force Or Diplomatic Resources To Protect Foreign Trade Although Of Course No Self-Proclaimed Adam Smith Acolyte Politician Would Agree Despite Their Justifications Of Liberalism Free Trade Democracy Etc. : The Greed Of Politicians The Primary Fact Of Modern Life Was Not Fully Anticipated By Smith. The Main Point That Is Usually Cited From Smith'S Long Work 4 Volumes Neglecting 99% Of His Analysis Focuses Only On The Idea That Unrestricted Free Trade Is Better. Modern Interpretations Further Claim That Free Trade Is Always Better And Should Be The Primary Goal- Period That It Is An Absolute Necessity. A Thought Experiment Can Show How That Is Ridiculous. Imagine A World Where A Country Spends Far More On Sex Tourism Overseas Than On Purchasing Anything Else. The Sex Workers Overseas Will Spend Some Money On That Country'S Services And Goods But If There Is An Unbalanced Outflow Most Of The Money In The "Purchasing" Country Will End Up In The "Selling Country". The Purchasing Country Has Nothing To Show In The Long Term For All Those Transitory Pleasures It Purchased And The Country Will Dissolve As It Can No Longer Pay The Normal Everyday Debts Of Government And Private Activity. One Can Listen To Professional Economists That Say That Is Not True But If It Is Not True Why Do The Unfunded Debts Of Federal State And Local Governments Worldwide Keep Going Up And Why Can'T Governments Worldwide Come Up With Working Budgets The Problem Is Not Just In Regulation It Is Also A Problem Of Too Much Consumption. If That Analysis Is Wrong Where Is A Country That Can Provide A Current Budget That Is Based On Receipts Rather Than Expectations And When Have Those Expectations Ever Been Correct Over Say A Century In World History Economists Are Not Historians They Are Bureaucratic Advisors Who Sell Their Advice That Is Not Based On Long-Term Evidence Have Themselves Never Built Anything That Endures Can Point To No Physical Evidence That They Understand How The World Works And Have No Responsibilities When Things Fail. Every Empire And Every Government Fails When It Can No Longer Pay Enough To Sustain And Defend Itself. The Best Interpretation Of The Free Trade Argument Is That Free Trade Is Better For Most Businesses That Make Money From Selling And That In Itself Is Better For Society. If That In Itself Is Better Than Not Having Free Trade If Free Trade Is The Highest Principle In And Of Itself Then Slavery Imperialist Warfare Dictatorship Poisonous And Unhealthy Food Pollution And The Destruction Of Every Natural Thing Become Acceptable So Long As Free Trade Exists. We May Look Forward To Seeing Articles From Economists That Defend That Position And Also To Detailed Budgets For National State And City Governments That Is Within The Boundaries Of Their Receipts. Absent That We Must At Least Consider That Whatever Professional Advisors Say There Is An Issue In The Real World Of "Government Budgets" And We Are Left To Consider What Is The System Of Trade Laws That Make It More Likely That We Will In The Foreseeable Future Have Balanced Them. <br/> <br/> London: Strahan And Cadell unknown
178534376Dublin: W. W. Colles R. Montcrieffe G. Burnet Et Al. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1785. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 4894 59 pages; Rebound in rich full calf leather. Contents clean and bright with minor water stains at inner upper spine. Vol II of 2 4th edition but 2nd Dublin edition. Light owner name at top of title. Exceptional. . W. W. Colles, R. Montcrieffe, G. Burnet, Et Al. hardcover
1793JD1018T. Cadell 1793. Sixth Edition. Hardcover. Good. 1793; London; professionally rebound; sixth edition; red and blue cloth covered boards with gold titles; covers contain rubbing and wear; interior pages are original and contain rubbing and wear with mild foxing and musty smell; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; 468 pages T. Cadell hardcover
176761031Edinburgh 1767. Large 4to. Recased preserving the contemporary marbled leather boards with a gilt line-frame over a more recent light brown full calf binding with five raised bands and gilt ornamentations to spine. The contemporary gilt title-label also preserved in second compartment of the spine. A later leather-onlay to the lower compartment presumably covering an earlier library-marking. All edges of boards gilt. Inner hinges re-enforced. A good solid and sturdy copy. Library stamp Freie Universität Berlin to verso of title-page along with a deaccession-stamp as well as to blank lower margin of p. 48. Apart from the stamps internally extremely well preserved clean and fresh with only light occasional brownspotting. A very wide-margined copy on good paper. Leaves measuring 27x21 cm. VII 1 430 pp. <br/><br/><em>The uncommon first edition of this pioneering classic of the Enlightenment a magnum opus in the history of political thought. The Essay became extremely influential and established Ferguson’s reputation in Britain and the rest of Europe. The work was also taught at the University of Moscow causing Voltaire to praise Ferguson for “civilizing the Russiansâ€. Marx was also directly influenced by the work as were numerous of the great political and sociological theoreticians. “Adam Ferguson's Essay on the History of Civil Society first published in 1767 is a classic of the Scottish - and European - Enlightenment. Drawing on such diverse sources as classical authors and contemporary travel literature Ferguson offers a complex model of historical advance which challenges both Hume's and Smith's embrace of modernity and the primitivism of Rousseau. Ferguson combines a subtle analysis of the emergence of modern commercial society with a critique of its abandonment of civic and communal virtues. Central to Ferguson's theory of citizenship are the themes of conflict play political participation and military valour. The Essay is a bold and novel attempt to reclaim the tradition of active virtuous citizenship and apply it to the modern state.†Cambridge University Press. â€A pioneering work of the Scottish Enlightenment in the field of “philosophical history†or what we would today call sociology. It deals with the social political economic intellectual and legal changes which accompanied societies as they made the transition to modern commercial and manufacturing society.†OLL – Online Library of Liberty </em> hardcover
1767187228Edinburgh: for A. Millar & T. Cadell London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell Edinburgh 1767. Synthetizing the Enlightenment First edition of this key text of the Scottish Enlightenment a pioneering precursor of modern sociology. The Essay explores how nations had developed towards the state of commerce refinement and liberty associated with 18th-century Britain. It consequently examines the development of human society from barbarism to civilized refinement and the consequences of that development - both beneficial and detrimental. Widely seen as synthesizing the thought of his times Ferguson followed Montesquieu in emphasizing the great variety of factors informing the historical rise and fall of polities in Europe and beyond. He had much to say on the issues of contemporary society including the thorny question of balancing wealth and virtue. His answer was to challenge the tendency of wealthy commercial men to withdraw from politics and thus from virtuous activities by inculcating a greater civic consciousness among such individuals. Among his contemporaries Ferguson's Essay made a particularly significant impact on the efforts to develop a discipline of social sciences at the University of Göttigen: "They were impressed by his comparative attitude to societies ancient and modern and by his attack on Rousseau's concept of the state of nature. Ferguson's approach inspired a comparative ethnography that went beyond the traditional dichotomy between 'primitive' and 'civilized' and tried to map the varieties of social mores without grading them on a strict ladder of historical progress" ODNB. Quarto 263 x 201 mm pp. viii 430. Contemporary sprinkled calf spine ruled in gilt and with red morocco label edges sprinkled red. Light bumping and wear minor infrequent foxing to otherwise crisp contents: a very good copy indeed. ESTC T76205; Goldsmiths' 10264; Higgs 3973; Kress 6432. unknown
176455358E-08: A. Millar Et Al. Very Good. 1764. Hardcover. Leather. Folio 10-1/2 by 17 inches. A. Millar et al London. 1764. Two volumes. Xxxiv 500 pages; 434 pgs. With large folding hemispheric map of the world and two other maps. Bound in contemporary full brown calf leather with burgundy morocco spine labels raised bands. Boards have wear present to the extremities of the boards. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. First edition of this important authoritative history of commerce with a focus on Britain's acquisition of "new American markets" as well as the greater consequences of "the very extraordinary actions of the year 1720" when the South Sea Bubble burst. Within this impressive two-volume work are extensive references to treaties parliamentary acts the substantive contributions of economic texts and thorough statistical accounts of currency population and wealth. "In the year preceding Anderson's death appeared his great and only work An Historical and Chronological Deduction. Coming down from the earliest times to the year 1762 Anderson's work is a monument of stupendous industry. Composed in the form of annals it is not merely a record of commercial progress and colonial enterprise but a history of the political industrial and social development of all civilised countries and especially of Great Britain and Ireland. Abstracts of all treaties acts of parliament and pamphlets in any way bearing on commerce or kindred matters are added together with statistical accounts of the national finances of prices currency and population. In the introduction to his work Anderson showed himself in advance of his time and exposed several of the fallacies of the mercantile system. He condemned industrial monopolies and advocated the naturalisation of foreign protestants and a uniformity of weights measures and coinage for all the nations of Christendom." E-08; Folio 13" - 23" tall . A. Millar, Et Al, hardcover
1796mon0003328626London: A. Strahan; T. Cadell 1796. Hardcover. Acceptable. . Volume 2 only. Lacking the top board. Rubbing to the spine and rear board minor loss at the spine ends. Pages with light scattered foxing. London: A. Strahan; T. Cadell hardcover
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
1789mon0001636593A.Strahan & T.Cadell 1789. Hardcover. Good. . Leather binding. Front board detached.Boards and spine scuffed. Hinges and binding firm with no loose pages.Edges tanned.Text clean. A.Strahan & T.Cadell hardcover
178620767London: for A. Strahan and T. Cadell 1786. 3 volumes. An especially early printing the fourth only the second of the octavo editions the last edition with any changes includes a new preface never before printed issued only 10 years after the first 2 vol. quarto edition. 8vo beautiful three-quarter polished calf in fine antique style over marbled paper covered boards red morocco lettering labels gilt the spine in compartments separated by gilt bands gilt central devices in the compartments. viii 499 errata; vi 518 5 Appendix errata; v errata 465 47 index 1 ad pp. A remarkably fine and handsome set the text blocks completely untrimmed and with the original deckled edges as issued from the printer. Bindings in excellent condition. A BEAUTIFUL SET OF THIS EXTRAORDINARY WORK. Smith's classic work was begun at Toulouse in 1763-64 where he had travelled as guardian of Henry Scott the young duke of Buccleuch and in the company of David Hume historian and fellow professor at Glasgow University. The work took shape over the next ten years and was finally published in 1776. At one point during its composition Hume wrote that Smith was "cutting himself off entirely from human society." But his labors however severe his methods yielded the "first and greatest classic of modern economic thought" Printing and the Mind of Man.<br> "It may be said that the WEALTH OF NATIONS certainly operated powerfully through the harmony of its critical side with the tendencies of the half-century which followed its publication to the assertion of personal freedom and 'natural rights.' It discredited the economic policy of the past and promoted the overthrow of institutions which had come down from earlier times but were unsuited to modern society. As a theoretic treatment of social economy and therefore as a guide to social reconstruction and practice in the future it is provisional not definitive. But when the study of its subject comes to be systematized on the basis of a general social philosophy more complete and durable than Smith's no contribution to that final construction will be found so valuable as his" Britannica.<br> The fourth edition contains a special ‘advertisement’ first appearing here in which Smith declares that he is now ‘at liberty to acknowledge my very great obligations to Mr. Henry Hop of Amsterdam. To that gentleman I owe the most distinct as well as liberal information concerning a very interesting and important subject the Bank of Amsterdam’. Eighteenth century editions of Smith’s magnum opus are now becoming very scarce. for A. Strahan and T. Cadell hardcover
1776144265London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell 1776. First edition of Adam Smith's magnum opus and cornerstone of economic thought. Quarto 2 volumes bound in full brown calf elaborately gilt-decorated spines front and rear panels red morocco spine labels marbled endpapers. In near fine condition. Remarkably clean throughout with some light toning. Housed in a custom half morocco calf clamshell box elaborately gilt decorated spines. An exceptional example of this landmark work. First published in 1776 Adam Smith's masterpiece The Wealth of Nations is the foundation of modern economic thought and remains the single most important account of the rise of and the principles behind modern capitalism. It took Smith ten years to produce An Inquiry into the Wealth of Nations. His commentary during such an incremental time the first years of the Industrial Revolution sought to reform outdated theories of mercantilist and physiocratic economic thought with broader concepts that we are all familiar with today such as the division of labor productivity and free markets. An important theme that persists throughout the work is the idea that the economic system is automatic and when left with substantial freedom able to regulate itself. This is often referred to as the “invisible hand.†The ability to self-regulate and to ensure maximum efficiency however is limited by a number of external forces and “privileges†extended to certain members of the economy at the expense of others. The 1776 publication of An Inquiry into The Wealth of Nations was the first of only five editions that were published in Adam Smith’s lifetime and greatly influenced a number of economists and philosophers of his time and those that followed including Jean-Baptiste Say Alexander Hamilton Thomas Malthus and Ludwig von Mises. "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. Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell unknown
1786173725London: printed for A. Strahan; and T. Cadell 1786. An uncut copy Fourth edition of "the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought" PMM an uncut and partly unopened copy in a contemporary binding a reprint of the third edition of 1784 with minor variations. In his Wealth of Nations Smith "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 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" PMM. "The Wealth of Nations had no rival in scope or depth when published and is still one of the few works in its field to have achieved classic status meaning simply that it has sustained yet survived repeated reading critical and adulatory long after the circumstances which prompted it have become the object of historical enquiry" ODNB. "The 'Advertisement to the Fourth Edition' announces that no alterations of any kind have been made. Cannan noted some small variations which can be attributed to small misreadings or unauthorised corrections by the printers. The division between volumes is identical to that in the 3rd Edition and Vol. II Bk. IV Ch. 8 is this time included in the Table of Contents" Tribe. Provenance: engraved armorial bookplate of Talbot of Gonvile's Hall in Wymondham Norfolk to each front pastedown; earlier ownership signature of B. C. Hingham dated June 1787 above. Binder's note in ink on front blank endpaper of vol. I: "3 V. 0.18.0 in hf bind." 3 vols octavo 228 x 138 mm pp. Complete with the conjugate blank leaf before title in vol. III the top edge unopened. viii 499 1; vi 518 6; v iv-v 1 465 1 50 index. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards red morocco spine labels. Housed in a brown leather entry slipcase by the Chelsea Bindery. Spines with some surface wear and vertical cracks consolidated at the head one joint partly cracked but sound minimal loss of the marbled paper covering; very occasional light spotting and the odd short marginal tear; a lovely example of a modest provincial binding entirely uncut and partly unopened. Goldsmiths' 13148; Kress B.1129; Tribe 30; Vanderblue p. 3. See Printing and the Mind of Man 221; Loudon J. H. James Scott and William Scott bookbinders Scolar Press 1980. hardcover
1778001569London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell 1778. 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. Second Edition. Hardback. Good. 4to. W. Strahan and T. Cadell Hardcover
1789178702London: Printed for A. Strahan; and T. Cadell 1789. Political economy at the time of the French Revolution Fifth edition the last to be published in Smith's lifetime of this foundational work of political economy. "The Wealth of Nations had no rival in scope or depth when published and is still one of the few works in its field to have achieved classic status meaning simply that it has sustained yet survived repeated reading critical and adulatory" ODNB. The work "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. 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" PMM. Smith's ultimate aim was to provide legislators with a set of principles to guide their regulation of commerce. Some of these principles advocated improvements in existing policies others aimed to alter the overall climate within which these policies operated. 3 vols octavo 205 x 126 mm. Tables in the text. Contemporary tree calf spines ruled and decorated in gilt and with red and green morocco labels edges yellow. Extremities professionally restored and labels replaced. With 20th-century bookplate of "T & M James" to front pastedowns. Light rubbing and scuffing very minor foxing and offsetting to contents: a very good copy. Goldsmiths' 13794; Kress B.1722; Tribe 33 Vanderblue p. 3. See Printing and the Mind of Man 221 first edition. unknown
1796180931Philadelphia: Printed by Thomas Dobson 1796. In an unrestored binding from the early years of the republic Second American edition of the "greatest classic of modern economic thought" PMM a key influence on the founding fathers and the development of the young republic. First published in 1776 the Wealth of Nations includes several sections focusing on specifically American concerns. The work analyses the deteriorating British-American relationship at length and reflects approvingly on several aspects of American life most particularly the colonial separation between church and state. The work consequently won praise and attention from the founding fathers: Madison included it in his list of core items for the proposed congressional library while Jefferson judged it "the best book extant" on political economy quoted in Fleischacker p. 903. For Fleischacker the influence was still more fundamental: "America has a Constitution that in the functions it gives to government the structure its sic provides for the military and the strict separation it proclaims between religious and secular powers fits Smith's conception of politics better than any government of his day" p. 924. 3 vols duodecimo 172 x 103 mm. Contemporary tree sheep spines ruled in gilt and with red and green morocco labels. Light wear slight loss to spine ends minor browning foxing and offsetting to contents: a very good copy. ESTC W13002; Evans 31196; Kress B3288; Vanderblue p. 20; not in Tribe. Samuel Fleischacker "Adam Smith's Reception among the American Founders 1776-1790" William and Mary Quarterly Vol. 59 No. 4 Oct. 2002. unknown
1789149720London: Printed for A. Strahan and T. Cadell in the Strand 1789-1793. Mixed early edition set of Adam Smith's magnum opus and cornerstone of economic thought. Octavo 3 volumes bound in one quarter modern calf over cloth-covered boards with gilt titles and five raised bands to the spine. Volumes I and III are seventh editions 1793 Vol. II is a fifth edition 1789. In near fine condition. An attractive set. 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. Printed for A. Strahan and T. Cadell, in the Strand hardcover
179655618London: Printed for A. Strahan; T. Cadell jun. and W. Davis 1796. Eigth edition/ Seventh edition Vol.s 2 3. Hardcover. Fair to good condition. Octavo. x 499 vi 512 5 v. 465 50pp. Original brown leather marbled for vols. 2 and 3 with gilt lettering and ruling on spine Vol. 1 volumes two and three with gilt lettering on black and red labels of spine gilt ruling and tooling. <br /> <br /> Magnus opus of Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith reflecting on economics at the beginning of the industrial revolution. Contains index of fifty pages at rear of vol. 3. Smith was one of the commissioners of his Majesty's Customs in Scotland; and formerly Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Glasgow.<br /> <br /> Binding of volume one with wear along edges front joint cracked back joint partially cracked both holding together. Volumes two and three with light to medium wear along edges and three to four inches of front joints cracked. Binding of volume one rubbed some light damp-staining of first and last few pages. Front free endpapers of volume one with some staining. Initials and name inked to title page of all volumes name offsetting to facing page. Printed for A. Strahan; T. Cadell jun. and W. Davis hardcover
1791188047London: Printed for A. Strahan; and T. Cadell 1791. An appealing copy in tree calf Sixth edition of Smith's magnum opus and the first to be published after his death in 1790. "The first and greatest classic of modern economic thought" PMM first published in 1776 offers a persuasive manifesto for free markets and free trade. It is no exaggeration to say that all major economic works which followed were written to advance or challenge the principles of Smith. 3 vols octavo 208 x 129 mm pp. 2 x 499 1; 2 vi 518 6; 2 v 1 465 51: collates complete with initial blanks. Contemporary tree calf red morocco labels volume numbers in gilt to spines. Joints and extremities neatly restored a few marks to calf splash mark to volume I p. 19 scattered light foxing else clean and fresh. A very attractive copy. ESTC T95383; Goldsmiths' 14612; Kress B.2209; Tribe 41; Vanderblue p. 3. See Printing and the Mind of Man 221 first edition. unknown
1796187836London: Printed for A. Strahan; and T. Cadell jun. and W. Davies 1796. The foundation of modern economics Eighth edition of Smith's masterpiece "the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought" PMM following its first publication in 1776. "The Wealth of Nations had no rival in scope or depth when published and is still one of the few works in its field to have achieved classic status meaning simply that it has sustained yet survived repeated reading critical and adulatory long after the circumstances which prompted it have become the object of historical enquiry" ODNB. 3 vols octavo 206 x 126 mm. Contemporary tree calf red morocco spine labels board edges tooled in gilt. Ownership stamps and signatures of historian Kenneth Porter Kirkwood 1899-1968. Spines dry and cracked restoration to ends loss to head of vol. II printing error to vol. II sig. T7r loss to outer margins of vol. II sig. Z3 and vol. III sig. G7: in very good condition. Goldsmiths' 16558; Kress B.3289; Tribe 58; Vanderblue p. 4. unknown
17931356061Dublin: printed by William Porter for G. Burnet L. White W. Wilson P. Byrne W. McKenzie J. Moore and W. Jones 1793. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. Octavos Two Volumes. In Very Good condition. Bound in modern brown patterned cloth with green labels gilt titling and gilt tooling to spines. Complete with both half-titles. Some tide-marks Volume 1 with bottom half of text block for the first half of the volume then expanding to cover the entirety of the leaves. Volume 2 the top half of the text block for the first few gatherings then reducing to just the top edge and upper gutter. Removed bookplate to rear pastedowns. Front free end page and rear free end page of Volume 1 bound in upside down. Shelved case 5. Smith's masterpiece being "the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought" PMM - was first published in 1776 in London with the first Dublin edition published that same year. ESTC: T95114. 1356061. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. printed by William Porter, for G. Burnet, L. White, W. Wilson, P. Byrne, W. McKenzie, J. Moore, and W. Jones hardcover
1799137589London: A. Strahan and T. Cadell 1799. Early edition of Adam Smith's magnum opus and cornerstone of economic thought. Octavo 3 volumes bound in full calf gilt titles to the spine morocco spine labels. In near fine condition rebacked. An exceptional 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
179651283London A. Strahan and T. Cadell and W. Davies 1796. Hardcover. In a 20th century binding quarter morocco over marbled boards with gold-on-black spine labels. Bound without half titles. Three different circular embossed stamps blind stamps are noted each about 1.5 inches in diameter. The first reading "LIBRARY OF ARTHUR BEISS" on the circumference and "ABJ" in the center appears on an early blank in each volume. The second is essentially the same but reads "LIBRARY OF JUDITH BEISS" on the circumference and "JBA" in the center and is found on a rear blank in each volume. A third circular embossed stamp of the same size is not entirely legible. It reads "THE illegible LIBRARY ASSOCIATION" on the circumference with two smaller illegible lines and a year probably 1885 in the center. It is found on page 5 of each volume and also on page 345 of volume 2 and page 327 of volume 3. The volumes contain no other ownership markings or annotations or markings of any kind. The pages are mildly foxed but without tears or other damage. . Three volumes separately paged. London, A. Strahan and T. Cadell and W. Davies hardcover
