Author: Smith, Adam; Blanqui, Jerome-Adolphe; Say, Jean-Baptiste; et al.
Title: Recherches Sur la Nature Et Les Causes de la Richesse Des Nations... . Traduction Du Comte Germain Garnier Entierement Revue Et Corrigee Et Precedee D'Une Notice Biographique Par M. Blanqui, Membre de L'Institut; Avec Les Commentaires de Buchanan,G. Garnier, Mac Culloch, Malthus, J. MILL, Ricardo, Sismondi; Augmentee Des Notes Inedites de Jean-Baptiste Say, Et D'Eclaircissements Historiques Par M. Blanqui. (2 Volumes).
Description: Paris: Chez Guillaumin, Libraire, 1843. 1843. - Octavo, 9-3/4 inches high by 6-1/4 inches wide. Hardcovers. Two volumes uniformly bound in three-quarter maroon cloth with marbled boards, titled and decorated in gilt on the spines. The covers are rubbed and soiled. lxxix & 520 pages; and [iv] & 714 pages. Illustrated with an engraved portrait of Adam Smith. The endpapers are darkened and there is scattered foxing and staining throughout. The engraving is foxed with a short tear to its top edge. Several page corners are creased and there are holes to the front edge of a couple of leaves, though none affect the text. Good.

From the collection of Francois Henri van Kinschot, with his bold black & white bookplate illustrated with a color vignette of his coat of arms mounted on the front pastedown of each volume and signed by him at the top of both front endpapers. Van Kinschot's white armorial seal is additionally mounted at the top of each half-title.

Appointed mayor of Alkmaar in 1934, Francois Henri van Kinschot (1899-1985) held the post until 1946 but, refusing to collaborate with the Nazis, he took a break from his duties between 1942 and 1945. In 1946 he was appointed mayor of Leiden and held this position until his retirement in 1964. Good .

Keywords: ECONOMICS; ECONOMIST; ADAM SMITH; RECHERCHES SUR LA NATURE ET LES CAUSES DE LA RICHESSE DES NATIONS; FRENCH TRANSLATION; COMTE GERMAIN GARNIER; BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE; BLANQUI; COMMENTARIES; BUCHANAN; MACCULLOCH; MALTHUS; J. MILL; RICARDO; SISMONDI; UNPUBLIS

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