1796 Wealth of Nations Adam Smith Economics Industrial Revolution Capitalism 3v

1796 Wealth of Nations Adam Smith Economics Industrial Revolution Capitalism 3v

“Nobody ever saw a dog make a fair and deliberate exchange of one bone for another with another dog.”

― Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations

A rare, early edition of the famous “Wealth of Nations” by Adam Smith. “Wealth of Nations” was one of the world’s first collected descriptions of what builds a nations’ economy, wealth, and capitalism. Smith begins this landmark work by stating that the source of a nation’s wealth comes from the labor of the people. Throughout the rest of the work, Smith shows how productivity and financial exchanges are the root of a working economy.

Item number: #27772

Price: $2950

SMITH, Adam

An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations… in three volumes

London : Printed for A. Strahan and T. Cadell …, 1796.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages; 3 volumes
  • I – [2], x, 499, [1]
  • II – [2], vi, 518, [6]
  • III – vii, [1], 465, [51]
• References: Goldsmiths’-Kress, 15565; PMM 221
  • PMM: “the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought”
• Provenance: Handwritten – [ Elsden]
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~8.5in X 5.5in (21.5cm x 13.5cm)

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