The Works. by SMITH, Adam - 1811-12: With an Account of His Life and Writings by Dugald Stewart. In Five Volumes.

London: printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies; F. C. and J. Rivington; Otridge and Son [& 14 others], 1811-12. First collected edition, in contemporary calf First edition of the complete collected works of Adam Smith, including the first biography of the economist, by the Scottish philosopher and mathematician Dugald Stewart, first published in 1794. An attractive set in contemporary calf. 5 volumes, octavo (207 x 127 mm). Contemporary calf, tan labels, spines gilt in compartments. Portrait frontispiece to vol. I. Front pastedown of vols. I, III and V with bookseller's ticket of William Walker in the Strand (active 1813-1837), front pastedowns with bookplate of William Barlee (probably the rector of West Chiltington, 1791-1850), front free endpapers with modern bookplate of David Oliver, of Marlborough House in Westbury, Wiltshire. Light rubbing to bindings, chipping to labels with minor loss to lettering, insect abrasion to rear cover of vol. III, slight wear at spine ends, joints firm, some spotting to contents else clean, small burnhole to vol. III leaf E1 with loss to a couple letters. A very good set. Tribe 110; Vanderblue, p. 45.