1880 Wealth of Nations Adam Smith Economics Industrial Revolution Capitalism

1880 Wealth of Nations Adam Smith Economics Industrial Revolution Capitalism

 

“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

 

An early 19^th-century 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: #20719

Price: $499

 

SMITH, Adam

 

An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations

 

London: Ward, Lock, & Co., [ca. 1880].

 

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • 781, [1], 18
• References: Goldsmiths’-Kress, 21740; PMM 221
  • PMM: “the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought”
• Provenance: Handwritten – E. Snow, 1882
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
  • Cloth
• Size: ~8.75in X 6in (22.5cm x 15cm)

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