Smith, Adam. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. The Fifth Edition, with Additions. Dublin, Printed by William Porter for Burnet, White, Wilson et al., 1793. c. 21 x 13 cm. Vol.1: xiii, 498 pages / Vol.2: viii, 489 pages, (4) [Appendix], (53) [Index], (5) [blank]. Uniform contemporary tree calf. Red morroco spine labels with Author and Title in gilt. Black spine labels with volume numbers (missing for volume 1). Gilt line decorations. Green tinted edges. Very good condition. Bindings rubbed and bumped with minor material losses to spine tops (see images). Edges and end papers dust dulled. Name of previous owner inscribed on front free end paper in both volumes (see images). Internally bright and clean. A very nice set.

Fifth Dublin Edition, 1793 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).

• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 104841AB

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