SMITH, Adam (1723-1790). An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. London: A. Strahan, 1796. 3 volumes, 8vo. (Occasional spotting.) Contemporary calf (spines rubbed, upper board of volume one detached, all boards rubbed). Provenance: armorial bookplate to front pastedowns of unknown owner. cf. PMM 221 (citing the first edition of 1776): "... the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought." (3)