AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF THE WEALTH OF NATIONS (2 Volumes)

Fourth Edition 2 Volumes. 8vo. hardbacks in publisher's terracotta cloth, gilt. Volume I: 423pp. with engraved and tissue-guarded portrait frontispiece. Volume II: 594pp., Indexed, with 32pp. Publisher's List at end. Elegant handlettered and drawn name and armorial device to both half title pages. Occasional blue and lead pencil marks in margins of Volume I. Volume II's pages mostly unopened. Small stain to lower edge of frontispiece, not affecting image. Occasional light foxing, mainly to prelims and foredges. Spines somewhat age-darkened, with wear, particularly to Volume I, to spine edges with small chips and splits to cloth (please see photos). Overall a Good Set.