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permeates the Wealth, and perhaps the most famous example is to be found in the
'invisible hand' of the latter work. 'The exposition in the Wealth of Nations is much
more particularized than that in the Moral Sentiments ... It occurs through the
beneficial results of the pursuit of self-interest (within a framework of law and
custom) and manifests itself in such phenomena as the division of labour (with its
origin in the propensity to barter), money, savings and investment, and trade', ibid,
p. 30. An understanding of Smith's views on the complex relationship between
Sympathy and Self-interest is also to be gained from the study of both works.
Goldsmiths' 9537; Kress S 5815; Vanderblue p. 38.
72.
SMITH, Adam. Essays on Philosophical Subjects. …to which is
prefixed, an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, by
Dugald Stewart. Dublin, Wogan, Byrne, 1795. £ 1600
8vo, pp. cxxiii, [1] blank, 332; contemporary marbled calf, gilt rules to
spine, gilt-lettered red roan spine label; short splits to joints, corners a
little bumped; an attractive copy.
First Dublin edition, published the same year as the London edition, of Smith's
posthumously published works. These essays, which Smith had left in manuscript
form with friends, were written throughout his career, the article on astronomy
being one of his earliest works. They had been withheld from publication since Smith
had planned to write a connected history of the liberal sciences and the elegant arts.
The essays cover philosophy, aesthetics, and the history of sciences.
Stewart's Life, taken from the Transactions of the Royal Society, is here first
published in book form.
Vanderblue p. 43.
73.
SMITH, Adam. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth
of Nations … Vol. I [- Vol. IV]. Basel and Paris, James Decker and
Levrault brothers, 1801. £ 1350
Four volumes, 8vo, pp. viii, 68, 406; vi, 344; iv, 358, [5] appendix, [1]
blank; v, [1] blank, 374, [52] index; contemporary half tan calf over
marbled boards; flat spines decoratively gilt, with red morocco lettering
and numbering pieces; extremities a little rubbed, else fine; with
blindstamp and book label of Adolf Jellineck in Brünn, and an
inscription in Greek to front free endpaper, with a quote from the Book
of Revelation X, 9; throughout there are some blue and red markings