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recherches sur la nature et les causes de la richesse des nations. seconde édition, avec des notes et observations nouvelles. paris, chez mme veuve agasse, 1822.

Smith, Adam. 1723-1790.

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€1,500–€2,500 hammer ≈ $1,864–$3,107
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Sale
Sotheby's — Books and Manuscripts, Paris · 18 May 2010
Dimensions
6 volumes in-8 (208 x 127 mm) : portrait-frontispice, (2) ff., XXIV pp., CLVJ pp., 368 pp. ; (2) ff., 493 pp. ; (2) ff., 564 pp. ; (2) ff., 556 pp. ; (2) ff., 670 pp. ; (2) ff., 572 pp
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TB-2026-3925223
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Smith, Adam. 1723-1790., recherches sur la nature et les causes de la richesse des nations. seconde édition, avec des notes et observations nouvelles. paris, chez mme veuve agasse, 1822. Sotheby's, 18 May 2010, lot 66. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3925223.

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Smith, Adam. 1723-1790., recherches sur la nature et les causes de la richesse des nations. seconde édition, avec des notes et observations nouvelles. paris, chez mme veuve agasse, 1822. Sotheby's, 18 May 2010, lot 66. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3925223.

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