Recherches sur la nature et les causes de la richesse des nations.

5 vol., 8vo: [6 incl. front.]-cxxvii-[1]-368, [4]-489-[4], [4]-564, [4]-556, [4]-588 pp. (rare spotting, vol. 1: clear dampstaining in last quire, vol. 5: sm. wormtrack in quire L).

Sewn (few quires loosening or loose). Orig. wr. present. Uncut copy.

New translation, with annotations, by Germain Garnier (1754-1821), French politician and economist, of "An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations" (London, 1776), one of the founding texts of economic liberalism. Ill. with a portrait of Smith by B.-L. Prévost.
Ref. Goldsmith 18412. - Kress B. 4604. - Einaudi 5340.