SMITH, ADAM An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations . Philadelphia: Thomas Dobson, 1796. Second American edition. Three volumes. Contemporary calf, rebacked with modern leather but preserving early red morocco lettering labels, retains early endpapers. 6 7/8 x 4 1/8 inches (17.5 x 10.5 cm); viii, [9]-412; vi, [7]-430; v, [6]-387, [55] pp. The boards rubbed, early ownership signatures of E.[lisha] Mack and John W. Proctor to pastedowns and flyleaves, the flyleaves offset along border and with a few chips, the Mack signatures repeated elsewhere within the text, some foxing, short closed tear into one leaf in volume 2, generally a clean set. Evans 31196. C From the Collection of John E. Herzog
SMITH, ADAM An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations . Philadelphia: Thomas Dobson, 1796. Second American edition. Three volumes. Contemporary calf, rebacked with modern leather but preserving early red morocco lettering labels, retains early endpapers. 6 7/8 x 4 1/8 inches (17.5 x 10.5 cm); viii, [9]-412; vi, [7]-430; v, [6]-387, [55] pp. The boards rubbed, early ownership signatures of E.[lisha] Mack and John W. Proctor to pastedowns and flyleaves, the flyleaves offset along border and with a few chips, the Mack signatures repeated elsewhere within the text, some foxing, short closed tear into one leaf in volume 2, generally a clean set. Evans 31196. C From the Collection of John E. Herzog
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