Smith, Adam
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
£2,268
Auction: 05 February 2025 from 10:00 GMT
Description
London: A. Strahan; and T. Cadell jun., 1796. Eighth edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, [5] viii-x [1] iv-vi 499, [5] iv-vi 518 [5], [5] vi-vii 465 [51] pp., contemporary sprinkled tan sheep, smooth spines ruled and numbered in gilt, brown morocco labels, half-title to each volume, volume 1 ‘Advertisement to the Third Edition’ and ‘Advertisement to the Fourth Edition’ bound after Contents, volume 3 2D8 torn in fore margin, a few contemporary scraps of paper used as page-markers [Kress B.3289];
Lauderdale, Frederick Maitland, Earl of. An Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of Public Wealth, and into the Means and Causes of its Increase. Edinburgh: for Arch. Constable & Co., 1804. First edition, 8vo, [10] 482 pp., contemporary marbled half calf, blue sprinkled edges, folding table to rear, paper-disruption to gutter of title-page [Kress B. 4816] (4)
Provenance
Sir James Gordon, Baronet (1779-1843), of Letterfourie, Moray, Scotland (Smith with his engraved bookplate to each volume, showing Letterfourie, built 1783 by Robert Adam in the background; Lauderdale with his ownership inscription over the bookplate of George Assiotti, sometime assistant commissary general, adjutant general's office, Edinburgh).