The Theory of Moral Sentiments by Adam Smith

Author: Smith, Adam
Title: The Theory of Moral Sentiments
Publisher: Cadell & Davies etc.
Date: 1812
Place: London
Dimensions: 8vo, 22cm x 13.5cm

11th Edition
xv + 611pp

750 copies of The Works of Adam Smith were produced in 1812 by Cadell & Davies, but 1,500 copies of The Theory of Moral Sentiments sheets were printed, the extra 750 making up the 11th edition, of which this is one. 106 in Tribe (2002). 2028 in Goldsmith–Kress Microfilm Collection.

Rebacked in maroon cloth, preserving the original boards and spine leather, new head and tail-bands.
Boards scuffed, board edges rubbed. Leaf edges marbled, but faded. Binding remains tight and square.
Sympathetic tissue repair to gutter at title page. ‘Splash’ tide mark to pp3/4 – 3 x 3.5cm.
Small hole (0.4cm) to pp17/18. Tide mark to foot of the gutter at pp330-336, 3x 2 cm
Placeholder discolouration at pp490-491, with placeholder preserved in new, plastic sleeve for illustrative purposes. Occasional spot of foxing and toning but Very Good overall.

Ex-libris Robert Pennyman Hull, E Coll. Aen: Nas: Oxon – i.e. of Brasenose College, Oxford University. The Reverend Robert Pennyman Hull (later, Brown) was the 1st son of Thomas Hull Brown, of Beverley, Yorks, a medical doctor. Hull matriculated 31 Jan 1833, aged 18 earned his B.A in 1836 (as Hull) and M.A. in 1848 (as Brown) which surname he assumed by royal license in 1848. Hull was perpetual curate: Buxton, co. Derby, 1842-57.

Joseph Foster: Alumni Oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886; their parentage, birthplace and year of birth, with a record of their degrees. Being the matriculation register of the University. Oxford University Press: 1891-2

Keith Tribe: Adam Smith in English: From Playfair to Cannan in A Critical Bibliography
of Adam Smith: Pickering & Chatto: 2002