THE WEALTH OF NATIONS BY ADAM SMITH 1880 IN TWO VOLUMES BOUND BY BAYNTUN [RIVIERE]

[SMITH, ADAM]. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. Oxford: at the Clarendon Press, 1880.

SECOND EDITION THUS. Complete in two volumes, leather-bound, hardcovers, octavos (23cm x 14cm), pp. xlvii, 423; viii, 594. English text, edited by James E. Thorold Rogers. Handsomely bound in full polished calf gilt by Bayntun [Riviere] of Bath, t.e.g., marbled endpapers, half-titles, portrait frontispiece with tissue-guard, printed footnotes, rear index in double columns. Printed by Henry Frowde. Condition: VERY GOOD. Bindings tight and secure with the hinges and joints intact, two minor filler repairs near the joints, trivial shelf wear to extremities, interiors very well-preserved, a few light fox spots to prelims, gift inscription to vol.1 front endpaper. An exquisite set.