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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
and underlinings, and numerous early annotations in ink; an attractive copy. Second Continental edition of Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations, and the only edition to include an English translation of Turgot's Réflexions sur la formation et la distribution des richesses, a work which had a great influence on Adam Smith, and which McCulloch describes as 'the best work on the science published previously to the Wealth of Nations'. This copy has some interesting annotations, including many marginal comments in ink, mostly in English, which were clearly added before the book was bound in its present binding, as the pages needed to be turned in, before the copy was trimmed by the binder. The markings in red and blue crayon are of a later date, and can be attributed to the owner Dr. Bobetz or Bobek, who signed all four volumes, and interestingly dates his progress through the book from 15. August 1900 to 24 September 1901. Goldsmiths' 18148; Kress B.4447; Vanderblue, p. 20; not in Einaudi. Alcohol Addiction 74. STUMP, Jakob and Robert WILLENEGGER. Graphische Tabellen mit Begleit-Text zur Alkoholfrage. Zürich, Robert Willenegger, [1907]. £ 380 Oblong 4to (xx5 x 310mm), pp. xvi, 228, with four art reproduction plates, 37 portrait plates with accompanying text and fifty-five fullcolour statistical tables; original pictorial boards; red cloth spine; bookplate of Vilm Ljungfors to front paste-down. A fascinating manual of alcohol and its pervasive influence in society, illustrated on striking statistical plates. Published clearly with a temperance message, the volume covers the effect of alcohol consumption and alcohol abuse on all aspects of human life and society, including crime rates, productivity, health, mortality rates, and the economy. A whole series of statistical plates deals with the effect of alcohol consumption on work, especially intellectual work, and shows that despite a shortterm increase in creativity, the long-term results clearly show a decline in productivity. A series of tests was done on young students, some plied with alcohol, others left to cope with school work un'aided'. The fascinating compilation combines statistics from different countries. Conjugal Love - 'The Precious Treasure of Human Life' 75.
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