Lot 377
  • 377

Smith, Adam

Estimate
7,500 - 10,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Smith, Adam
  • An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. London: W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1778 [with] Additions and Corrections to the First and Second Editions of Dr. Adam Smith's Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. [London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1784]
  • Smith, Adam
  • Printed Book
2 volumes, 4to, second edition, half-title in vol.2, contemporary brown mottled calf, gilt, minor spotting, occasional loss not affecting text, scattered marginal notes, repair to 3X3, lacking 2D2 and 2D3, upper board of volume 2 detached, rebacked and repaired with some wear to joints, light wear to binding

Provenance

Preston Hulton, ink inscription in each volume; Sam[uel] Hartley, bookplate

Literature

ESTC T95117; Goldsmith's 11663; Kress B. 154; Sabin 82303

Condition

In addition to any condition described in the catalogue, the upper cover of volume two is detached.
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