Unsigned historically significant book: An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Vols. I-III by Adam Smith. Sixth edition. London: Printed for A. Strahan and T. Cadell in the Strand, 1791. Hardcover bound in full contemporary tree calf, gilt spines, gilt-stamped outer dentelles, black and maroon leather labels, top edges gilt, 5.5 x 8.5, 1482 pages. Book condition: VG-/None, with rubbing and wear to extremities, cracking along joints, and an ownership signature evidently torn from the first free end page of Vol. I. Accompanied by a custom-made clamshell case. An impressive, early edition of a founding text in modern economic thought.
