Verlag: Georg Olms Verlag, 1982
ISBN 10: 3487071215 ISBN 13: 9783487071213
Anbieter: Kloof Booksellers & Scientia Verlag, Amsterdam, Niederlande
Zustand: very good. Edited by Dugald Stewart. Hildesheim & New York : G. Olms, 1982. Orig. cloth binding. 244 pp. Condition : very good copy. ISBN 9783487071213. Keywords : PHILOSOPHY, Smith, Adam (1723-1790).
Verlag: Georg Olms, 1982
ISBN 10: 3487071215 ISBN 13: 9783487071213
Anbieter: Powell's Bookstores Chicago, ABAA, Chicago, IL, USA
Zustand: Used - Very Good. 1982. Hardcover. Very Good.
Verlag: Georg Olms, 1982
ISBN 10: 3487071215 ISBN 13: 9783487071213
Anbieter: Powell's Bookstores Chicago, ABAA, Chicago, IL, USA
Zustand: Used - Like New. 1982. Facsimile of 1795 ed Facimile reprint of the 1795 London edition. Duodecimo. Leatherette, xcv 244 pp.
Verlag: LEGARE STREET PR Okt 2022, 2022
ISBN 10: 1016749775 ISBN 13: 9781016749770
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
Verlag: LEGARE STREET PR, 2022
ISBN 10: 1016749775 ISBN 13: 9781016749770
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Zustand: New. KlappentextThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly .
Verlag: Creative Media Partners, LLC Okt 2022, 2022
ISBN 10: 1016744900 ISBN 13: 9781016744904
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.
Verlag: Gale Ecco, Print Editions, 2018
ISBN 10: 1379824915 ISBN 13: 9781379824916
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Zustand: New.
Verlag: London, J. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies. and W. Creech, Edinburgh, 1795., 1795
Anbieter: Bernard Quaritch Ltd ABA ILAB, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
Erstausgabe
4to, pp. xcv, [1], 244; one or two light spots, but a clean, crisp, very attractive copy in modern green quarter morocco and marbled boards; nineteenth century armorial bookplate of Baron Henley of Chardstock to the front paste-down, ownership inscription of Sir Frederick Morton Eden, author of The State of the Poor. First edition, published five years after Smith's death. The second section of the work contains a discussion of the dissertation on the origin of languages, which was first annexed to the third edition of the Theory of Moral Sentiments. An important text in the history of linguistics and one of the earliest contributions to linguistic typology, it includes a hypothesis on the first formations of language, which might perhaps have occurred when 'two savages' began to assign sounds to various visual and sense stimuli with which they had contact.Also included is an essay on the affinity between English and Italian verses, looking at issues of rhyme, double rhyme, rhythm, and accent, accompanied by ample examples. The editors say that the essays were intended as parts of 'a connected history of the liberal sciences and elegant arts', but that Smith had 'long since. found it necessary to abandon that plan as far too extensive'. The essays range over philosophy, aesthetics and the history of science. Most were probably written before the appearance of the Theory of Moral Sentiments in 1759, but were withheld from publication as part of Smith's 'extensive plan'.Einaudi 5326; Goldsmiths' 16218; Jessop, p. 172; Kress B.3038; Rothschild 1902; Tribe 55; Vanderblue, p. 43.
Verlag: Printed for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, etc., London, 1795
Anbieter: Heritage Book Shop, ABAA, Beverly Hills, CA, USA
Erstausgabe
London: Printed for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies., 1795. First edition. Quarto (10 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches; 273 x 215 mm). xcv, [1, blank], 244 pp. Contemporary speckled calf. Board edges ruled in gilt. Spine ruled in gilt. Red morocco spine label, lettered in gilt. Edges speckled brown. Green silk page-marker. Board edges a bit rubbed and corners bumped. Previous owner's old ink signature on title-page, not affecting text. Occasional minor foxing or staining. Otherwise a fine copy. A posthumously published collection of essays, mainly of a scientific and philosophical nature. Smith had instructed lis literary editors, Joseph Black and James Hutton, to destroy almost all of his manuscript material, amounting to some sixteen volumes. These essays were exempted because the editors perceived them to "be part of a plan he had once formed for giving a connected history of the liberal sciences and elegant arts," even though Smith had to abandon the plan because it was too extensive. The essays illustrate the diversity of Adam Smith's interests and comprise: "The Principles which lead and direct Philosophical Enquiries; illustrated by the History of Astronomy;" "The Principles which lead and direct Philosophical Enquiries; History of the Ancient Physics;" "The Principles which lead and direct Philosophical Enquiries; History of the Ancient Logics and Metaphysics; "Of the Nature of that Imitation which takes place in what are called the Imitative Arts;" "Of the Affinity between Music, Dancing and Poetry;" "Of the Affinity between certain English and Italian Verses;" "Of the External Senses." ESTC T33499 . Goldsmiths' 16218. Kress B. 3038. Rothschild 1902. HBS 68261. $9,500.
Verlag: Printed for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, etc., London, 1795
Anbieter: Heritage Book Shop, ABAA, Beverly Hills, CA, USA
Erstausgabe
First edition. Quarto. xcv, 244 pp. Contemporary boards, rebacked. Small library stamp on title and verso, and on last page, a small ink smudge on title, previous owner's bookplate. Overall, a very good, large paper copy, totally uncut. A posthumously published collection of essays, mainly of scientific and philosophical nature. Smith had instructed his literary editors, Joseph Black and James Hutton, to destroy almost all of his manuscript material, amounting to some sixteen volumes. These essays were exempted because the editors, perceived them to "be part of a plan he had once formed for giving a connected history of the liberal sciences and elegant arts" even though Smith had to abandon the plan because it was too extensive. HBS 66518. $10,000.
Verlag: Printed for the Editor of the Collection of English Classics, sold by James Decker, Basil, 1799
Anbieter: studio bibliografico pera s.a.s., LUCCA, Italien
Brossura. Zustand: discrete. Testo inglese. Cm.22,3x13,5. Pg.CXVIII, 314. Modesta coperta coeva in carta marmorizzata, con vistose spellature al dorso. Esemplare in barbe. Importante summa degli scritti astronomici del filosofo ed economista scozzese Adam Smith (Kirkvaldy, 1723-1790). Il volume comprende, oltre alla biografia dello Stewart, sei saggi: "The Principles which lead and direct Philosophical Inquiries; illustrated by the History of Astronomy", "The Principles which lead and direct Philosophical Inquiries; illustrated by the History of the ancient Physics"; "The Principles which lead and direct Philosophical Inquiries; illustrated by the History of the ancient Logics and Metaphysics"; "Of the Nature of that Imitation which takes place in what are called the Imitative Arts"; "Of the Affinity between certain english and italian verses"; "Of the external senses". Gli interessi filosofici di Smith. influenzati da Hume e Hutcheson, si svilupparono durante la sua docenza a Glasglow agli albori degli anni Cinquanta del XVIII secolo, prima che egli si dedicasse primariamente agli studi di economia . > Kress, B-3993. Brunet, V, 414. Graesse, VI, 423, e Lowndes, III, 2417 censiscono l'edizione 1795. 400 gr.
Verlag: Basil: printed for the Editor of the Collection of English Classics. Sold by James Decker, Printer and Bookseller [London]. 1799, 1799
Anbieter: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
[4], cxviii, 313, [1]p, half-title. 8vo. Nineteenth century half calf, raised & gilt banded spine, blind stamped decoration in each compartment, gilt ornament at head & tail, black gilt label, marbled boards & endpapers; upper joint cracked at head & tail but firm, corner tips worn, small stain at head of ppi-vi, several other minor stains & slight foxing, tears without loss of text to blank upper margin of lxxvii-lxviii, cvii-cx. ESTC T33500, BL, Edinburgh, London School of Economics, NLS; 3 copies in Poland; 9 copies in America. James Decker sold a number of Basil posthumously printed philosophical works by Adam Smith & David Hume, including a four volume edition of the Wealth of Nations in 1801 (the second continental edition and the only edition to include an English translation of Turgot's Reìflexions sur la formation et la distribution des richesses). Adam Smith's 'Essays ' were first published in 1795, and the earliest continental printings were both in 1799; this Basil edition, and a Strasbourg edition (3 copies only, NLS; Sorbonne; Toronto).