Recherches sur la Nature et les Causes de la Richesse des Nations: traduit de l'Anglais d'Adam Smith, par le citoyen Blavet.

Published by Paris De l'imprimerie de Laran et Co -1801, 1800

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First Laran edition; 4 vols; 8vo (20x 12.5 cm); text in French, half-titles and titles to each vol.,vol. I title and half-title browned, spotting throughout; contemporary brown morocco backed blue marbled boards,spines lettered in gilt, corners bumped, covers slightly abraded with minor loss, very good; xxvii, [1], 500; [4], 521, [1]; [4], 460; [4], 456pp. A handsome set in contemporary morocco-backed marbled boards of the first Laran edition of Smith's enduring classic Wealth of Nations in French translation. 'This translation was revised with the assistance of Abraham Guyot, incorporating the alterations made by Smith to his 3rd edition and including a translation of the index' (Tribe). The original translation was made by Jean-Louis Blavet (1719-1809), librarian to the Prince de Conti, and recommended to Smith by Madame de Boufflers, a correspondent of David Hume's who was an important figure among the anglophiles at court. Tribe 70; Cujas 34061.

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Title
Recherches sur la Nature et les Causes de la Richesse des Nations: traduit de l'Anglais d'Adam Smith, par le citoyen Blavet.
Author
SMITH, Adam; BLAVET, Jean-Louis (translator).
Publisher
Paris De l'imprimerie de Laran et Co -1801
Publication year
1800
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
1st Edition

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