Lot 264
Smith, Adam
The Theory of Moral Sentiments
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 21 June 2023 at 11:00 BST
Description
... To which is added, a Dissertation on the Origin of Languages. London: A. Strahan [and others], 1797. Eighth edition, 2 volumes, 8vo (20.6 x 12.5cm), xvi 488, viii 462 pp., contemporary tree calf, rebacked retaining original spines, edges dyed yellow, half-title to each volume, advertisement leaf to rear of volume 2 (mentioning works by Dugald Stewart, Adam Ferguson, David Hume and others), armorial bookplates (J. P. Hamilton; J. J. Reynolds), volume 1 F4 and X2 torn in lower margin and lower fore corner respectively (without loss of text) [ESTC T96681; Goldsmiths' 17213];
Idem. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. With a Life of the Author. Also, a View of the Doctrine of Smith, compared with that of the French Economists; with a Method of Facilitating the Study of his Works; from the French of M. Garnier. London: William Baynes, 1812. 3 volumes, 8vo (20.9 x 13cm), [2] lxxi [1] 360, vi 512 [2], [8] 448 [50] pp., 20th-century half calf gilt, half-titles, contemporary ownership inscriptions to title-pages, volume 3 Q3-4 repaired, spotting to index [Goldsmiths' 20437]