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Author, original title and year of 1st edn
Smith, Adam
An Inquiry Into The Nature And Causes Of The Wealth Of Nations
Edited by W. Strahan and T. Cadell
London
1776
Base edn and year
1st edition, 1776

TRANSLATION INFO

original language
English
translation into
French
type of original text
Book
timeline
18th Century
image of the document

BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOR DOCUMENT

Surname and Name
of Author (in the original language)
Smith, Adam
Surname and Name
of Author (in the spelling of translation)
Smith, Adam
Year of publication
s.d.
Title
Recherches sur la nature et les sources de la richesse des nations. Handwritten manuscript started in 1776 (completion date unknown), never published

TRANSLATION ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Text type
Translation complete text
Composition of text
The last two chapter of book V of the english original edition are missing in the sole known manuscript.
Editor’s name(s)
Handwritten manuscript, no editor
Translator’s name(s)
Morellet, André
Print run(s)
The sole known copy is in the public library of Lyon, France (shelf marks Ms. 2540, Ms. 2541, Ms. 2542, et Ms.2543)

OTHER USEFUL INFORMATION

Basic secondary literature on this text
CARPENTER Kenneth (1995), "Recherches sur la nature et les causes de la richesse des nations d'Adam Smith et politique culturelle en France", Economies et Sociétés, 10, pp. 5-30

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