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An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. The Third Edition, With Additions -
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1784 - Printed for W. Strahan, London - Third Edition, and first in Octavo format.
The first octavo edition, also the first triple-decker (previously published as two quartos in 1776 and 1778), being the third edition overall.
A fine example of this scarce and important edition of Adam Smith's pioneering work on political economy, with significant new material including a new chapter entitled ‘The Conclusion of the Mercantile System’. This edition was highly regarded, even being acquired by Thomas Jefferson for his own library while he was in Paris.
First published in 1776, ‘the same year as the American Declaration of Independence, it has been argued that the global effect of Smith’s work has exceeded that of American constitutionalists. And if the wealth of a nation or a people is the foundation of all else, then from Hong Kong and Shanghai to Peru, from the oil and gas fields of Russia to the United States itself, from Estonia to Australia, it can be claimed that the principles and economic dynamics at work in all these places come from a book by a scholar of Scotland published before the French Revolution, before the Industrial Revolution and eighty four years before Das Kapital by Karl Marx.’ - Melvyn Bragg – 12 Books That Changed the World.
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Price HK$ 160,000
1784 - Printed for W. Strahan, London - Third Edition, and first in Octavo format.
The first octavo edition, also the first triple-decker (previously published as two quartos in 1776 and 1778), being the third edition overall.A fine example of this scarce and important edition of Adam Smith's pioneering work on political economy, with significant new material including a new chapter entitled ‘The Conclusion of the Mercantile System’. This edition was highly regarded, even being acquired by Thomas Jefferson for his own library while he was in Paris.
First published in 1776, ‘the same year as the American Declaration of Independence, it has been argued that the global effect of Smith’s work has exceeded that of American constitutionalists. And if the wealth of a nation or a people is the foundation of all else, then from Hong Kong and Shanghai to Peru, from the oil and gas fields of Russia to the United States itself, from Estonia to Australia, it can be claimed that the principles and economic dynamics at work in all these places come from a book by a scholar of Scotland published before the French Revolution, before the Industrial Revolution and eighty four years before Das Kapital by Karl Marx.’ - Melvyn Bragg – 12 Books That Changed the World.
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Price HK$ 160,000