{"product_id":"an-inquiry-into-the-nature-and-causes-of-the-wealth-of-nations-first-print-folio-society-2008","title":"An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, by Adam Smith\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e London: The Folio Society, 2008. First printing. Maps by Reginald Piggott.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e280 × 185 × 32–34 mm. 3 vols (see below). Type: Garamond. Printed and bound by Grafos in full grey-brown buckram blocked in gold and brown with a design by Neil Gower; gold endleaves. Pale brown three-volume slipcase titled (as above). Oil paintings are the primary source for the coloured plates. The three volumes are as follows:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVolume I, with an introduction by John Kenneth Galbraith. Pp. [i–v] vi–xxxi [xxxii], [1–3] 4–294 [295–296]: [17] leaves of colour plates. Piggott supplied maps on pages [18], [136] and [137].\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVolume II. Pp. [i–v] vi–xi [xii–xiv], [1–3] 4–319 [320–322]: [17] leaves of colour plates. Piggott supplied maps on pages [42], [111], [224] and [235].\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVolume III. Pp. [i–v] vi–xi [xii], [1–3] 4–308: [17] leaves of colour plates. Piggott supplied maps on pages [68], [86], and [272].\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOriginally published in 1776, The Wealth of Nations is the magnum opus of Scottish economist and moral philosopher Adam Smith and is one of the first accounts of what builds nations' wealth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVery good copies, with bindings square and firm, and pages clean and uninscribed, but with light creases to the spine tips of two out of the three volumes. In a slightly shelf-worn and marked slipcase with a couple of shallow dings to rear.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sancho's Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54377470951763,"sku":null,"price":185.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0830\/5403\/5283\/files\/An-Inquiry-into-the-Wealth-of-Nations-ADAM-SMITH-Folio-Society-2008-FIRST-PRINT_2.webp?v=1784893948","url":"https:\/\/sanchosrarebooks.co.uk\/products\/an-inquiry-into-the-nature-and-causes-of-the-wealth-of-nations-first-print-folio-society-2008","provider":"Sancho's Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}