A rather nicely preserved early American imprint of Adam Smith's magnum opus on Free Market economies, etc., Originally printed in 1776, it deeply influenced Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and other early American Founders.
An inferior example of the same edition just fetched nearly double our asking price at auction.
Smith, Adam. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. By Adam Smith, L. L. D. And F. R. S. of London and Edinburgh: One of the Commissioners of his Majesty's Customs in Scotland; and Formerly Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Glasgow. A New Edition, with Additions. in Two Volumes. Volume I-II. Hartford. Printed for Oliver D. Cooke. Fourth Printing. 1804 [1805]. 387pp. + 415pp.
A good + set, bound in leather, generally solid, with generally bright pages and light foxing. One volume has the "volume" onlay lacking, some minor chips to spine labels, abrasions at head of the spine as shown. Neatly consolidated. Very slightest tenderness at front hinge.
