An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations
By: By Adam Smith. L.L.D. F.R.S. ; With a life of the author. ; Also, a view of the doctrine of Smith, compared with that of the French economists ; with a method of facilitating the study of his works ; from the French of M. Garnier. ; In three volumes
Contributors: Garnier, M. (Germain), 1754-1821; Lippitt, Frederick
Publisher: Printed for Mundell, Doig, and Stevenson, Edinburgh; Lackington, Allen and Co. Cradock and Joy, and T. Hamilton, London; and Wilson and Son, York
Published: 1809
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Subjects: Economics
Notes: "A short account of the life and writings of Dr. Adam Smith": v. 1, p. [i]-lxiii, 5th count.

Colophon of v. 1 reads: Edinburgh, printed by Mundell, Doig, and Stevenson.

Colophons of  v. 2-3 read: Printed by Mundell, Doig, and Stevenson, Edinburgh.

Pagination: v. 1: 6, [1], viii-ix, [1], xxiv, [1], xxiv-lxiii, [1], 360 p. ; v. 2: vi, 514 p. ; v. 3: v, [1], 448, [50] p.

Signatures: v. 1: pi1 ²pi⁴ (2pi4 verso blank) a-b⁸ *b1 c-d⁸ (d8 verso blank) A-Y⁸ Z⁴; v. 2: pi⁴ (-pi4) A-2I⁸ 2K² (-2K2); v. 3: pi⁴ (-pi4) (pi3 verso blank) A-2H⁸ 2M² (-2M2)

Includes general index: v. 3, p. [1-50], 3rd count.

Kress Lib. B.5574.

Goldsmiths' Lib. cat. 19782.

John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary full smooth calf.

John Carter Brown Library copy acquired from the estate of Frederick Lippitt.

Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy: HHH: armorial bookplate on front pastedowns.