[Economics]. Smith, Adam (1723-1790). An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. London: Printed for A. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1789.
3 volumes, 8vo (210 x 127 mm). (Occasional light spotting, upper corner of front free endpaper and flyleaf clipped in vol.1.) Contemporary tree calf, smooth spines gilt (spines chipped and worn with vertical splits, some losses, labels mostly perished, splitting to joints, fore-corners rubbed and worn). Provenance: Henry Whitehead (armorial bookplate); S. Drayton & Sons (booksellers' ticket); later ownership signature on front free endpapers of vols. 2&3.
Fifth edition of "the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought" (PMM). cf. ibid. 221 (first edition).
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