Two-volume set of The Theory of Moral Sentiments; Or, an Essay Towards an Analysis of the Principles by which Men naturally judge concerning the Conduct and Character, first of their Neighbours, and afterwards of themselves. To which is added A Dissertation on the Origin of Languages. By Adam Smith, LL.D. Eighth edition in two volumes. London: Strahan, Cadell, and Davies, 1797. Hardcover with marbled leather boards and gilt-embellished spines, 5.5 x 8.5, 488 pages (Vol. 1) and 462 pages (Vol. 2). Book condition: G+/None, with rubbing to boards and spines, some cracking to spine letter, the year "1797" marked in blue in on title page of first volume, loss to spine label on Vol. I, and label missing from Vol. II; the bookplate of William Kennaway Spragge is affixed inside each book, and the pages remain clean and tightly bound.
