3 volumes. xliii, [1], 499; viii, 523; vii, [1], 515 pp. (8vo) 21x13 cm (8½x5"), period calf with gilt borders, gilt-decorated spines with raised bands, green morocco spine labels lettered in gilt; marbled endpapers and edges .
Early 19th century printing of the "New" edition of Adam Smith's ground-breaking analysis of capitalist economics, in which it was demonstrated that the impetus of individual greed would create wealth for the many. (Printing & the Mind of Man 221).
