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Smith, Adam, 1723-1790 An Inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations Vol. II

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05192 Author/Creator: Smith, Adam, 1723-1790 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Book signed Date: 1789 Pagination: 430 p. : Height: 17.3 cm, Width: 11.2 cm Order a Copy

Signed on titlepage "Wm H. Harrison." Printed by Thomas Dobson. With bookplate of J. Cleves Short / Short-Hill / Nov. 17, 1817." and stamp of "Transylvania Library" on front pastedown. (Sprinkled calf binding was severely warped; front board beginning to come off: rebound in 1997). See also volume I, GLC 4740.

Smith, Adam, 1723-1790
Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841

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