AN

INQUIRY

INTO THE

NATURE AND CAUSES

OF THE

WEALTH OF NATIONS.

BY ADAM SMITH, L.L.D. F.R.S.

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WITH

A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR.

ALSO,

A VIEW OF THE DOCTRINE OF SMITH, COMPARED WITH THAT OF THE
FRENCH ECONOMISTS; WITH A METHOD OF FACILITATING THE
STUDY OF HIS WORKS; FROM THE FRENCH OF M. GARNIER.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

EDINBURGH:

PRINTED FOR SILVESTER DOIG AND ANDREW STIRLING, EDINBURGH;

LACKINGTON, ALLEN, AND CO. CRADOCK AND JOY, AND T. HAMILTON,

LONDON: AND WILSON AND SON, YORK.