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Two parts in one, complete. One of two editions published in 1774 (priority not known, but this one likely a piracy) of this collection of stories translated from the English periodical "The Adventurer". 2 leaves; iv, 5-145 pp; 2 leaves; 117 pp. Beautiful large woodcut armorial exlibris ("Tetschner Bibliothek") printed in red on verso of title-page. Small 8vo. Attractively bound in contemporary full mottled sheep, spine gilt. A bit of wear to binding, otherwise excellent inside and out.

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.

First edition of the second French translation of Scottish moral philosopher and economist Adam Smith's ground-breaking first work, The Theory of Moral Sentiments (London, 1759), in an attractive contemporary binding. This work introduced the concept of the "invisible hand", guiding individuals to advance community interest, laying the philosophical ground work for his Wealth of Nations. Smith, evidently dissatisfied in the quality of the first French translation, Metaphysique de l'ame (Paris, 1764, made by Marc-Antoine Eidous and based on the second English edition), is reported by the translator of this edition as having been "mortified" by the first attempt. Jean-Louis Blavet (1719-1809), translator and librarian of the Prince de Conti, was recommended to Smith by Madame des Boufflers, the Prince's mistress, and duly undertook this entirely new translation from the third English edition of 1767, adding an extensive table of contents. The work was far from a commercial success, which according to Dugald, Stewart Smith blamed on Blavet, leading to the eventual commission of a third French translation by Sophie de Grouchy, the prominent salon hostess during the early French Revolution and under Napoleon, and was the wife of the philosopher the Marquis de Condorcet. Tribe 7; Vanderblue, p. 41. 2 vols, duodecimo (168 x 97 mm). Contemporary cat's paw calf, titles in gilt to red morocco spine labels, floral motifs tooled in gilt direct to spine, French curl marbled endpapers, blued mottled edges. A hint of wear to extremities, the bindings otherwise firm and unrestored, very occasional faint damp staining, else internally fresh; a very good set indeed.