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« The first and greatest classic of modern economic thought » (PMM).
Very rare second octavo edition, and fourth edition overall,
of La Richesse des Nations, by Adam Smith.
Bel exemplaire imprimé sur papier fort, très pur, conservé dans sa reliure de l’époque.
23. smith, Adam. an inquiry into tHe nature and causes oF tHe wealtH oF nations.
The fourth edition, with additions.
Dublin, printed for Mssrs. W. Colles, R. Moncrieffe, G. Burnet, W. Wilson…, 1785.
2 tomes en 2 volumes in-8 de : I/ XIII et 498 pp. ; II/ (4) ff., 489 pp., (30) ff.
Veau moucheté, dos lisses ornés de filets dorés, pièces de titre en maroquin rouge,
de tomaison en maroquin vert, roulette à froid sur les coupes, discrètes restaurations
anciennes. Reliure de l’époque.
205 x 125 mm.
très rare seconde édition in-8 et quatrième édition du Plus Grand classique de la Pensée
économique moderne.
very rare second octavo edition, the fourth overall of the « first and greatest classic of
modern economic thought » (Pmm).
Kress, B967 ; PMM, 221 (pour l’édition de 1776).
Adam Smith’s masterpiece, first published in 1776, is the foundation of modern economic
thought and remains the single most important account of the rise of, and the principles behind,
modern capitalism. In his Wealth of Nations, Smith « begins with the thought that labour is the
source from which a nation derives what is necessary to it. The improvement of the division of la-
bour is the measure of productivity and in it lies the human propensity to barter and exchange »
(PMM).
« The Wealth of Nations had no rival in scope or depth when published and is still one of the
few works in its field to have achieved classic status, meaning simply that it has sustained yet
survived repeated reading, critical and adulatory, long after the circumstances which prompted
it have become the object of historical enquiry » (ODNB).
« Ce Traité de Smith est l’un des ouvrages les plus profonds et les plus utiles que ce siècle ait
produits » (Beuchot).
bel exemPlaire du Premier et du Plus Grand classique de la Pensée économique moderne,
imPrimé sur PaPier fort, très Pur, Grand de marGes, conservé dans sa reliure de l’éPoque.
5 800 €
