Observations on the means of exciting a spirit of national industry; : chiefly intended to promote the agriculture, commerce, manufactures, and fisheries, of Scotland. In a series of letters to a friend. Written in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five. /
Anderson, James,1739-1808.
Dublin: : Printed for S. Price, W. and H. Whitestone, J. Williams, W. Colles, W. Wilson, C. Jenkin, T. Walker, L. Flin, L. White, J. Exshaw, J. Beatty, and J. Parker.,
MD CC LXXIX. [1779]
This is the first Irish edition of "Observations ..." which was originally published in Edinburgh in 1777. The work contains one of the earliest critiques of Smith's "Wealth of nations".
Includes half-title pages.
includes bibliographical references.
ESTC
This is the first Irish edition of "Observations ..." which was originally published in Edinburgh in 1777. The work contains one of the earliest critiques of Smith's "Wealth of nations".
Manuscript ownership inscription on the recto of the front free endpaper of volume 1 "L.[?] A Lamb[?] 4.1 [????]".
Contemporary marbled calf with red morocco lettering-pieces and green morocco numbering-pieces on the gilt-ruled spines.
Industries
Ireland Dublin.
Also available on microfilm. New Haven, CT : Research Publications, Inc., 1974. Goldsmiths-Kress Library of Economic Literature; reel 1147, no. 11772.