Lot 2140
Smith, Adam. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 2 volumes, second edition, Nn3, Pp4 and Tt3 with minor tears to margins, some light spotting, contemporary polished calf, dentelles gilt, spines decorated gilt in compartments, volume one with joints splitting, volume two with boards detached, 4to, London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1778. Has the half-title in volume 2.
PROVENANCE: From the library of Peter Bauer (1915-2002), developmental economist and late Emeritus Professor at the London School of Economics.