A Paris, chez H. Agasse, 1802. 5 vol. in-8, veau raciné glacé, dos lisse orné, pièces de titre et de tomaison en maroquin brun, tranches marbrées (reliure de l'époque).
Édition originale de la traduction de Germain Garnier considérée comme la meilleure. La préface contient un exposé sommaire des doctrines d'Adam Smith.Germain Garnier fut ancien secrétaire de Mme Adélaïde ; préfet de Seine-et-Oise, ministre d'État et membre du conseil privé du roi Louis XVIII, il expose dans ses notes (rassemblées dans le cinquième volume) sa théorie des richesses immatérielles, vulgarisée par la suite par Say et Destutt de Tracy ; ces notes ont été à leur tour traduites en anglais et incorporées dans l'édition anglaise de 1805. Portrait d'Adam Smith gravé par B.L. Prévost.Bel exemplaire. Infimes petits défauts à trois coiffes.Kress, B 4604 ; Goldsmiths, 18412 ; Einaudi ,5340 ; PMM, 211.
P., Jules Labitte, 1844. 2 vol. in-8, rel. de l’époque, demi-basane verte, dos lisse à filets dorés, auteur, titre & tomaison dorés, tranches mouchetées, [1]ff.-384 pp., [2]ff.-366 pp. EDITION ORIGINALE RARE.
Ouvrage dû à l’avocat Edouard Monnais (1798-1868), devenu administrateur, dramaturge et critique d’art sous le pseudonyme de Paul Smith. Dos un peu frottés, coupes et coins émoussés, mouillures pâles au deux vol, sinon bonne condition. - Frais de port : -France 7,15 € -U.E. 9 € -Monde (z B : 14 €) (z C : 24 €)
Melbourne, J. Kemp, 1909. Grand in-8, plats cartonnés, dos de toile bleue, 163 pp., texte anglais, 20 pl. photogr. en noir et une grande carte dépliante en couleurs, dans une pochette in fine.
Par l'homme politique australien Miles Staniforth Cater Smith (1869-1934), alors Directeur de l’Agriculture et des Mines du gouvernement de Papua (actuelle Nouvelle-Guinée). Cachet encre "Commonwealth of Australia – Department of external affairs". Plis de la carte marqués, lég. rousseurs aux premiers ff. et à la carte, sinon bon état. - Frais de port : -France 5,7 € -U.E. 8 € -Monde (z B : 12 €) (z C : 22 €)
Revere, PA, Lodima Press, 1993. In-4 oblong, rel. d’éditeur pleine toile grise sous jaquette ill. rempliée, 191 pp., 176 il. photographiques dont 48 à pleine page, certaines dépliantes.
Blue cloth binding, dust jacket (slightly yellowed). Book in very fine condition. - Frais de port : -France 8,4 € -U.E. 10 € -Monde (z B : 15 €) (z C : 33 €)
1962 Sans lieu ni date (New York, Dead Language Press/Piero Heliczer, vers 1962) 20 pages non paginées 225x188mm, sous couverture en papier fort, agrafé ; 19 tirages argentiques originaux 55x55mm, obtenus par contact à partir des négatifs, sont collés sur les pages 1 à 11, 13 à 19, et sur le troisième de couverture.Couverture en sérigraphie en deux couleurs d’après un dessin de Marian Zazeela, une des artistes apparaissant dans les mises en scène photographiques.Etui et chemise (Devauchelle)Jack Smith a traversé comme une comète l’underground new-yorkais des années 60 à 80 marquant de sa royale estampille l’expression d’une génération d’artistes parmi lesquels Andy Warhol, Nan Goldin, Robert Wilson ; son œuvre cinématographique majeure, Flaming Creatures, réalisée en même temps que le Beautiful Book, fut pourchassée durant trente années par toutes les censures du monde, pour entrer, après la mort de l’artiste, au panthéon des cinémathèques.Les exemplaires du Beautiful Book (probablement pas plus d’une centaine), assemblés à la main et vendus dans le milieu du Lower East Side new-yorkais de l’époque, n’ont guère résisté à l’épreuve du temps.Edition originale, très bel exemplaire.Flaming Creatures PS 1 1997, entièrement reproduit dans le catalogue. Söhm p. 25, reproduit. Hasselblad 190-191(104151)
Très bon
2001 Paul Smith, 2001, 362x255mm, 24p., agrafé sous couverture photographique.12 photographies en couleurs pleine page de Miles Aldridge, sans texte. (105015)
Paris, Gallimard, 2023, en feuilles sous emboîtage. Tirage de 99 exemplaires numérotés (n°29) comportants une lithographie originale en tirage pigmentaire signée par Patti Smith.
Neuf
Tokyo/Georgia, publie par Onion Press Kast and Group Attack / Olivant House, 1956, 183x128mm, 60p, broche, couverture souple. Imprimé à Kyoto par Shiyosha, pages de gardes en papier Japon Minowa avec des feuilles de bambou et poudre argent.
15 compositions de Yu Suwa dont deux en couleur en impression lithographique sur papier fort, 13 pages de textes et poèmes de Vincent Smith.Tirage limité à 500, exemplaire signé par Yu Suwa, dédicace à Toshio Ueda (*), une lettre autographe signée, découpée et collé sur la page du faux titre par le dédicataire. Suwa annonce à Ueda l’envois du livre à part et prie de bien vouloir le lire. Le livre est publie simultanément au Japon et en Amérique en tant que numéro WINTER ‘56- ‘57 de « KAST » et numéro 2 de la nouvelle formule de « OLIVANT » en décembre 1956.* Ueda Toshio (1900-1982). En 1927, Ueda lance la revue surréaliste « Rose. Magie. Théorie. » avec Seiichi Fujiwara, Katsue Kitazono, Kazuhiko Yamada, Tamotsu Ueda, Taruho Inagaki et rédige un texte intitulé « A NOTE DECEMBRE 1927 », co-signé par son frère Tamotsu et Katue Kitasono (imprimé sur un feuillet et insére au n°1, vol.2).Selon Kitazono, la traduction a éte envoyée aux surréalistes de Paris (Louis Aragon, Paul Eluard, Andre Breton et Antonin Artaud).Ce texte est connu comme le premier manifeste surréaliste au Japon. Bon
1962 (NY : Dead Language Press/Piero Heliczer, 1962 ca.) 20 pages non paginées 22.5x18.8cm, sous couverture en papier fort, agrafé ; 19 photographies originales 55x55mm, obtenues par contact à partir des négatifs, sont collées sur les pages 1 à 11, 13 à 19, et sur le troisième de couverture.Reprint New York Granary Books 2002, 200 exemplaires numérotés.Couverture d’après la sérigraphie en deux couleurs sur un dessin de, Marian Zazeela, une des artistes apparaissant dans les mises en scène photographiques.Un des 200 exemplaires numérotés du reprint auquel l’éditeur à ajouté une feuille volante d’informations. Flaming Creatures PS 1 1997, Andy Warhol Museum Pittsburg Penn, Berkeley Art Museum CA, Kunstwerke Berlin. Entièrement reproduit dans le catalogue. Söhm p. 25, reproduit.Neuf. (102554)
Jack Smith a traversé comme une comète l’underground New Yorkais des années 60 à 80 marquant de sa royale estampille l’expression d’une génération d’artistes parmi lesquels Andy Warhol, Nan Goldin, Robert Wilson ; son œuvre cinématographique majeure, Flaming Creatures, réalisée en même temps que le Beautiful Book, fut pourchassée durant trente années par toutes les censures du monde, pour entrer, après la mort de l’artiste, au panthéon des cinémathèques. (102554)
Helen Adam, Laurie Anderson, Robert Ashley, Jim Brodey, Otis Brown, William S. Burroughs, Jackie Curtis, Mona DaVinci, Kenward Elmslie, The Fugs, John Giorno, Philip Glass, Anthony J. Gnazzo, Ted Greenwald, Steve Hamilton, Bernard Heidsieck, Joe Johnson, Michael Lally, Denise Levertov, Robert Lowell, Meredith Monk, Eileen, Myles, Frank O'Hara, Claes Oldenburg, Joel Oppenheimer, Ron Padget, Ishmael Reed, Ed Sanders, Harris Schift, Patti Smith, Lorenzo Thomas, Steve & Gloria Tropp, Anne Waldman, Larry Wendt, Robert Wolson & Christopher Knowles
Reference : 103164
(1978)
1978 disque Etats Uis, 1978, Giorno Poetry System GPS 012-013, 2 disques 33trs, 30cm, sous pochette ouvrante, conception et photographies de Les Levine.The Dial-a-Poem poets Big Ego.Avec, Helen Adam, Laurie Anderson, Robert Ashley, Jim Brodey, Otis Brown, William S. Burroughs, Jackie Curtis, Mona DaVinci, Kenward Elmslie, The Fugs, John Giorno, Philip Glass, Anthony J. Gnazzo, Ted Greenwald, Steve Hamilton, Bernard Heidsieck, Joe Johnson, Michael Lally, Denise Levertov, Robert Lowell, Meredith Monk, Eileen, Myles, Frank O'Hara, Claes Oldenburg, Joel Oppenheimer, Ron Padget, Ishmael Reed, Ed Sanders, Harris Schift, Patti Smith, Lorenzo Thomas, Steve & Gloria Tropp, Anne Waldman, Larry Wendt, Robert Wolson & Christopher Knowles. (103164)
A Paris, chez F. Buisson, 1798. 2 vol. in-8 de VIII-466 pp. et (4)-511 pp., demi-veau taupe, dos lisse orné de filets dorés (reliure de l'époque).
Édition originale de cette traduction. La traduction par Sophie de Grouchy, marquise de Condorcet, ainsi que les Lettres sur la sympathie qu'elle y joint, constituent l'un des maillons nécessaires de l'introduction en France de la pensée morale et sociale d'Adam Smith, et dans une certaine mesure de l'introduction en France du libéralisme britannique.Sophie de Grouchy (1764 – P1822), épouse du marquis de Condorcet depuis 1786, tenait l'un des salons philosophiques les plus brillants de Paris, devenu cercle politique après 1789. C'est lors des épreuves de la Terreur, au moment de l'arrestation de son mari en juillet 1793, quelques mois avant sa mort, qu'elle rédigea ses Lettres sur la sympathie, adressées à Cabanis, son beau-frère, et qu'elle ne publia qu'en 1798, à la suite de cette traduction. La qualité de son travail de traductrice fut saluée : « Sa traduction demeure admirablement fidèle à l'économie de la pensée smithienne » (Michaël Biziou, Claude Gauthier & Jean-François Pradeau,). Les Lettres sur la sympathie, rédigées à partir de 1791-1792, offrent « au coeur des haines sociales et politiques, son diagnostic sur la Terreur tout en dissertant sur la compassion », texte qui séduisit Mme de Staël et Stendhal.Bel exemplaire.Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, notice Sophie de Grouchy ; Voltaire Foundation, Les Lettres sur la sympathie (1798) de Sophie de Grouchy.
Leipzig, Weidmann, 1776-78. 8vo. Bound in two nice uniform contemporary half calf bindings with five raised bands and gilt lettering to spine. Ex-libris pasted on to pasted down front free end-papers and a small embossed stamp to front free end paper on volume 1 (""Buchhändler u. Antiquar Carl Helf""). Stamp to p. 1 of both volumes. Spines with light soiling and capital on volume 1 lacking a small part of the leather. A few light brown spots throught. A fine set. VIII, 632 pp"" XII, 740 pp.
First German edition, also being the very first overall translation, of Adam Smith's ground-breaking main work, the ""Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations"". This seminal first translation of the work was undertaken by J.F. Schiller, who finished the first part of the translation in time for it to appear as soon as 1776, the same year as the original English edition. The second part appeared in 1778, the same year as the exceedingly scarce first French translation. This first German translation has been of the utmost importance to the spreading of Smith's ideas throughout Europe, and, after the true first, this must count as the most important edition of the work.""The influence of the Wealth of Nations [...] in Germany [...] was so great that 'the whole of political economy might be divided into two parts - before and since Adam Smith"" the first part being a prelude, and the second a sequel."" (Backhouse, Roger E., The Methodology of Economics: Nineteenth-Century British Contributions, Routledge, 1997.)""The first review of the translation, which appeared in the Göttingische gelehrte Anzeigen for March 10, 1777, by J. G. H. Feder, professor of Philosophy at the University of Göttingen, was very favorable. In the words of the reviewer: ""It is a classic"" very estimable both for its thorough, not too limited, often far-sighted political philosophy, and for the numerous, frequently discursive historical notes,"" but the exposition suffers from too much repetition."" (Lai, Cheng-chung. Adam Smith Across Nations: Translations and Receptions of The Wealth of Nations, Clarendon Press, UK, 2000).Until 1797, [...], the work of Adam Smith received scant attention in Germany. While Frederick II was living, Cameralism held undisputed sway in Prussia, and the economic change which began with the outbreak of the French Revolution had still not gained sufficient momentum to awake the economic theorists from their dogmatic slumber."" (Lai, Cheng-chung. Adam Smith Across Nations: Translations and Receptions of The Wealth of Nations, Clarendon Press, UK, 2000).Various German economist read the german translations and was inspired by it.""Christian Garve, [...], must be considered as among the important contributors to the spread of Smith's views. Himself a popularizer of philosophical doctrines, he was early attracted by the Scotch writers and became one of their foremost exponents in Germany."" In 1791 Garve began a second translation of the Smith's work and in the introduction to the the translation he wrote: ""It (Smith's work) attracted me as only few books have in the course of my studies through the number of new views which it gave me not only concerning the actual abject of his investigations, but concerning all related material from the philosophy of civil and social life"". Georg Sartorius, August Ferdinand Lueder and, perhaps the most important economist of the period, Christian Jacob Kraus, were all important figures in the spread of Smith's thought. ""The most significant of Kraus' works and that also which shows his conception of economic science most clearly is the five-volume work entitled State Economy. The first four volumes of this work are little more than a free paraphrase of the Wealth of Nations"". Kraus was: ""to a large extent responsible for the economic changes which took place in Prussia after 1807, in so far as they can be ascribed to Smithan influence."" (Lai, Cheng-chung. Adam Smith Across Nations: Translations and Receptions of The Wealth of Nations, Clarendon Press, UK, 2000).Kraus wrote of the present volume: ""[T]he world has seen no more important book than that of Adam Smith.... [C]ertainly since the times of the New Testament no writing has had more beneficial results than this will have.... [Smith's doctrines form] the only true, great, beautiful, just and beneficial system."" (Fleischacker, Samuel , A Third Concept of Liberty, Princeton University Press, 1999.)_____________Hailed as the ""first and greatest classic of modern thought"" (PMM 221), Adam Smith's tremendously influential main work has had a profound impact on thought and politics, and is considered the main foundation of the era of liberal free trade that dominated the nineteenth century. Adam Smith (1723-1790) is considered the founder of Political Economy in Britain, mainly due to his groundbreaking work, the ""Wealth of Nations"" from 1776. The work took him 12 years to write and was probably in contemplation 12 years before that. It was originally published in two volumes in 4to, and was published later the same year in Dublin in three volumes in 8vo. The book sold well, and the first edition, the number of which is unknown, sold out within six months, which came as a surprise to the publisher, and probably also to Smith himself, partly because the work ""requires much thought and reflection (qualities that do not abound among modern readers) to peruse to any purpose."" (Letter from David Hume, In: Rae, Life of Adam Smith, 1895, p. 286), partly because it was hardly reviewed or noticed by magazines or annuals. In spite of this, it did evoke immense interest in the learned and the political world, and Buckle's words that the work is ""in its ultimate results probably the most important book that has ever been written"", and that it has ""done more towards the happiness of man than has been effected by the united abilities of all the statesmen and legislators of whom history has preserved an authentic account"" (History of Civilisation, 1869, I:214) well describes the opinion of a great part of important thinkers then as well as now. Kress S. 2567Goldsmith 11394Menger 521Not in Einaudi
Leipzig, Weidmann, 1776-78. 8vo. Bound in two nice uniform contemporary half calf bindings with five raised bands, black title-label and gilt lettering to spine. Small paper-label to upper compartment (Catalogue-number from an estate-library). Light wear to extremities, otherwise a very nice set. VIII, 632 pp" XII, 740 pp.
First German edition, also being the very first overall translation, of Adam Smith's ground-breaking main work, the ""Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations"". This seminal first translation of the work was undertaken by J.F. Schiller, who finished the first part of the translation in time for it to appear as soon as 1776, the same year as the original English edition. The second part appeared in 1778, the same year as the exceedingly scarce first French translation. This first German translation has been of the utmost importance to the spreading of Smith's ideas throughout Europe, and, after the true first, this must count as the most important edition of the work.""The influence of the Wealth of Nations [...] in Germany [...] was so great that 'the whole of political economy might be divided into two parts - before and since Adam Smith"" the first part being a prelude, and the second a sequel."" (Backhouse, Roger E., The Methodology of Economics: Nineteenth-Century British Contributions, Routledge, 1997.)""The first review of the translation, which appeared in the Göttingische gelehrte Anzeigen for March 10, 1777, by J. G. H. Feder, professor of Philosophy at the University of Göttingen, was very favorable. In the words of the reviewer: ""It is a classic"" very estimable both for its thorough, not too limited, often far-sighted political philosophy, and for the numerous, frequently discursive historical notes,"" but the exposition suffers from too much repetition."" (Lai, Cheng-chung. Adam Smith Across Nations: Translations and Receptions of The Wealth of Nations, Clarendon Press, UK, 2000).Until 1797, [...], the work of Adam Smith received scant attention in Germany. While Frederick II was living, Cameralism held undisputed sway in Prussia, and the economic change which began with the outbreak of the French Revolution had still not gained sufficient momentum to awake the economic theorists from their dogmatic slumber."" (Lai, Cheng-chung. Adam Smith Across Nations: Translations and Receptions of The Wealth of Nations, Clarendon Press, UK, 2000).Various German economist read the german translations and was inspired by it.""Christian Garve, [...], must be considered as among the important contributors to the spread of Smith's views. Himself a popularizer of philosophical doctrines, he was early attracted by the Scotch writers and became one of their foremost exponents in Germany."" In 1791 Garve began a second translation of the Smith's work and in the introduction to the the translation he wrote: ""It (Smith's work) attracted me as only few books have in the course of my studies through the number of new views which it gave me not only concerning the actual abject of his investigations, but concerning all related material from the philosophy of civil and social life"". Georg Sartorius, August Ferdinand Lueder and, perhaps the most important economist of the period, Christian Jacob Kraus, were all important figures in the spread of Smith's thought. ""The most significant of Kraus' works and that also which shows his conception of economic science most clearly is the five-volume work entitled State Economy. The first four volumes of this work are little more than a free paraphrase of the Wealth of Nations"". Kraus was: ""to a large extent responsible for the economic changes which took place in Prussia after 1807, in so far as they can be ascribed to Smithan influence."" (Lai, Cheng-chung. Adam Smith Across Nations: Translations and Receptions of The Wealth of Nations, Clarendon Press, UK, 2000).Kraus wrote of the present volume: ""[T]he world has seen no more important book than that of Adam Smith.... [C]ertainly since the times of the New Testament no writing has had more beneficial results than this will have.... [Smith's doctrines form] the only true, great, beautiful, just and beneficial system."" (Fleischacker, Samuel , A Third Concept of Liberty, Princeton University Press, 1999.)_____________Hailed as the ""first and greatest classic of modern thought"" (PMM 221), Adam Smith's tremendously influential main work has had a profound impact on thought and politics, and is considered the main foundation of the era of liberal free trade that dominated the nineteenth century. Adam Smith (1723-1790) is considered the founder of Political Economy in Britain, mainly due to his groundbreaking work, the ""Wealth of Nations"" from 1776. The work took him 12 years to write and was probably in contemplation 12 years before that. It was originally published in two volumes in 4to, and was published later the same year in Dublin in three volumes in 8vo. The book sold well, and the first edition, the number of which is unknown, sold out within six months, which came as a surprise to the publisher, and probably also to Smith himself, partly because the work ""requires much thought and reflection (qualities that do not abound among modern readers) to peruse to any purpose."" (Letter from David Hume, In: Rae, Life of Adam Smith, 1895, p. 286), partly because it was hardly reviewed or noticed by magazines or annuals. In spite of this, it did evoke immense interest in the learned and the political world, and Buckle's words that the work is ""in its ultimate results probably the most important book that has ever been written"", and that it has ""done more towards the happiness of man than has been effected by the united abilities of all the statesmen and legislators of whom history has preserved an authentic account"" (History of Civilisation, 1869, I:214) well describes the opinion of a great part of important thinkers then as well as now. Kress S. 2567Goldsmith 11394Menger 521Not in Einaudi
Kiøbenhavn [Copenhagen], 1779-80. 8vo. Two very nice contemporary brown half calf bindings with raised bands, gilt ornamentations and gilt leather title- and tome-labels. Volume two with a bit of wear to upper capital. Corners slightly bumped. Pencil annotations to verso of title-page in volume one" title-page in volume two mounted to cover up a small hole caused by the removal of an old owner's name. Internally very clean and bright. All in all a very nice, clean, fresh, and tight copy. Engraved (by Weise, 1784) armorial book plate to inside of front boards (Gregorius Christianus Comes ab Haxthausen). (12), 575" (8), 775, (3, - errata) pp.
The extremely scarce first Danish edition of Adam Smith's seminal main work, ""the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought"" (PMM 221), the main foundational work of the era of liberal free trade. This publication constitutes the first Danish work worth mentioning in the history of economic thought - in spite of the great interest in political economy that dominated Danish political thought in the last quarter of the 18th century. The value of Smith's work was not immediately recognized in Denmark at the time of its appearance and a quarter of a century had to go by for its importance to be acknowledged and for Danish political economy to adapt the revolutionizing theories of Adam Smith. Few copies of the translation were published and sold, and the book is now a great scarcity. As opposed to for instance the German translation of the work, Smith concerned himself a great deal with this Danish translation. As is evident from preserved correspondence about it, he reacted passionately to it and was deeply concerned with the reaction to his work in Scandinavia (see ""Correspondence of Adam Smith"", Oxford University Press, 1977).- As an example, Smith writes in a letter to Andreas Holt on Oct. 26th, 1780: ""It gives me the greatest pleasure to hear that Mr. Dreby has done me the distinguished honour of translating my Book into the Danish language. I beg you will present to him my most sincere thanks and most respectful Compliments. I am much concerned that I cannot have the pleasure of reading it in his translation, as I am so unfortunate as not to understand the Danish language."" The translation was made by Frants Dræby (1740-1814), the son a whiskey distiller in Copenhagen, who mastered as a theologian and was then hired by the great Norwegian merchant James Collett as tutor to his son. There can be no doubt that Dræbye's relation to the Collett house had a great impact upon his interest in economics. In the middle of the 1770'ies, Dræbye accompanied Collett's son on travels throughout Europe, which took them to England in the year 1776, the same year that the ""Wealth of Nations"" was published for the first time. Through the Colletts, Dræbye was introduced to the mercantile environment in England and here became thoroughly acquainted with English economics and politics at the time. It is presumably here that he gets acquainted with Adam Smith's freshly published revolutionary work. When Dræbye returned to Denmark at the end of 1776, he was appointed chief of the Norwegian secretariat of the Board of Economics and Trade. He began the translation of the ""Wealth of Nations"" that he brought back with him from England immediately after his return.""WN [i.e. Wealth of Nations] was translated into Danish by Frants Dræbye and published in 1779 (three years after the first English edition). The translation was initiated by Andreas Holt and Peter Anker, who were acquainted with Smith. Dræbye was a Dane who lived mainly in Norway, reflecting the fact that Norway was much more British-oriented than Denmark proper (Denmark and Norway were united until 1814, when Sweden took Norway away from the Danes"" in 1905 Norway became an independent state). Norwegian merchants lived from exporting timber to Britain and tended on the whole to be adherents of a liberal economic policy, whereas the absolutist government in Copenhagen was more German-oriented and had economic views similar to those in contemporary Prussia."" (Cheng-chung Lai (edt.): ""Adam Smith Across Nations"", p. (37)). The last quarter of the eighteenth century in Denmark was dominated by a lively discussion of monetary policy and the institutional framework best suited to realize that policy. There was a vital interest in questions of economic concern, and contemporary Danish sources refer to the period as ""this economic age"" and state things such as ""never was the world more economically minded"" (both from ""Denmark and Norway's Economic Magazine""). During this period, Smith's revolutionary ideas did not play a major role, however, and only at the beginning of the 19th century did Danish politicians and economists come to realize the meaning of Smith's views. ""Without exaggeration it can essentially be said that a quarter of a century was to pass from the time of the publication of the book in Denmark before Danish political economy fully made Adam Smith's theories and points of view its own. It took so long a time because the economic conditions as a whole in the years from 1780-1800 did not make desirable or necessary the changing of their concepts. That glorious commercial period had to pass before it was understood that we had altogether too little help in our own natural resources and that a different course was, therefore, necessary. Only when one had come so far could the new thinking find a nourishing soil so that it could develop strength with which to push aside the old ideas.""(Hans Degen: ""On the Danish Translation of Adam Smith and Contemporary Opinion Concerning It."" Translated by Henrietta M. Larson. In: Adam Smith Across Nations, p. 51). This first Danish translation is one of the very earliest translations of ""Wealth of Nations"""" it is only preceded by the German (1776-78) and the extremely scarce French (1778-79). As a comparison, the Italian translation does not appear until 1790-91, the Spanish 1792, the Swedish 1800-1804, the Russian 1802, etc.Adam Smith Across Nations: A4 - nr. 1. ""All five books were translated"" appears to be a complete translation. The long letter from Governor Pownall to Adam Smith (25 Sept. 1776) is added as the Appendix (vol. 2, pp. 683 ff.).""(PMM 221 - first edition)
Kiøbenhavn [Copenhagen], 1779-80. 8vo. Two nice contemporary half calf bindings with four raised bands and gilt leather title label to spines. Volume one lacking one cm of upper part of spine. Volume two with a small tear to lower part of spine. Both volumes with light brown spotting throughout, however, mainly affecting first and last five leaves of both volumes. A fine set. (12), 575"" (8), 775, (3, - errata) pp.
The extremely scarce first Danish edition of Adam Smith's seminal main work, ""the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought"" (PMM 221), the main foundational work of the era of liberal free trade. This publication constitutes the first Danish work worth mentioning in the history of economic thought - in spite of the great interest in political economy that dominated Danish political thought in the last quarter of the 18th century. The value of Smith's work was not immediately recognized in Denmark at the time of its appearance and a quarter of a century had to go by for its importance to be acknowledged and for Danish political economy to adapt the revolutionizing theories of Adam Smith. Few copies of the translation were published and sold, and the book is now a great scarcity. As opposed to for instance the German translation of the work, Smith concerned himself a great deal with this Danish translation. As is evident from preserved correspondence about it, he reacted passionately to it and was deeply concerned with the reaction to his work in Scandinavia (see ""Correspondence of Adam Smith"", Oxford University Press, 1977).- As an example, Smith writes in a letter to Andreas Holt on Oct. 26th, 1780: ""It gives me the greatest pleasure to hear that Mr. Dreby has done me the distinguished honour of translating my Book into the Danish language. I beg you will present to him my most sincere thanks and most respectful Compliments. I am much concerned that I cannot have the pleasure of reading it in his translation, as I am so unfortunate as not to understand the Danish language."" The translation was made by Frants Dræby (1740-1814), the son a whiskey distiller in Copenhagen, who mastered as a theologian and was then hired by the great Norwegian merchant James Collett as tutor to his son. There can be no doubt that Dræbye's relation to the Collett house had a great impact upon his interest in economics. In the middle of the 1770'ies, Dræbye accompanied Collett's son on travels throughout Europe, which took them to England in the year 1776, the same year that the ""Wealth of Nations"" was published for the first time. Through the Colletts, Dræbye was introduced to the mercantile environment in England and here became thoroughly acquainted with English economics and politics at the time. It is presumably here that he gets acquainted with Adam Smith's freshly published revolutionary work. When Dræbye returned to Denmark at the end of 1776, he was appointed chief of the Norwegian secretariat of the Board of Economics and Trade. He began the translation of the ""Wealth of Nations"" that he brought back with him from England immediately after his return.""WN [i.e. Wealth of Nations] was translated into Danish by Frants Dræbye and published in 1779 (three years after the first English edition). The translation was initiated by Andreas Holt and Peter Anker, who were acquainted with Smith. Dræbye was a Dane who lived mainly in Norway, reflecting the fact that Norway was much more British-oriented than Denmark proper (Denmark and Norway were united until 1814, when Sweden took Norway away from the Danes"" in 1905 Norway became an independent state). Norwegian merchants lived from exporting timber to Britain and tended on the whole to be adherents of a liberal economic policy, whereas the absolutist government in Copenhagen was more German-oriented and had economic views similar to those in contemporary Prussia."" (Cheng-chung Lai (edt.): ""Adam Smith Across Nations"", p. (37)). The last quarter of the eighteenth century in Denmark was dominated by a lively discussion of monetary policy and the institutional framework best suited to realize that policy. There was a vital interest in questions of economic concern, and contemporary Danish sources refer to the period as ""this economic age"" and state things such as ""never was the world more economically minded"" (both from ""Denmark and Norway's Economic Magazine""). During this period, Smith's revolutionary ideas did not play a major role, however, and only at the beginning of the 19th century did Danish politicians and economists come to realize the meaning of Smith's views. ""Without exaggeration it can essentially be said that a quarter of a century was to pass from the time of the publication of the book in Denmark before Danish political economy fully made Adam Smith's theories and points of view its own. It took so long a time because the economic conditions as a whole in the years from 1780-1800 did not make desirable or necessary the changing of their concepts. That glorious commercial period had to pass before it was understood that we had altogether too little help in our own natural resources and that a different course was, therefore, necessary. Only when one had come so far could the new thinking find a nourishing soil so that it could develop strength with which to push aside the old ideas.""(Hans Degen: ""On the Danish Translation of Adam Smith and Contemporary Opinion Concerning It."" Translated by Henrietta M. Larson. In: Adam Smith Across Nations, p. 51). This first Danish translation is one of the very earliest translations of ""Wealth of Nations"""" it is only preceded by the German (1776-78) and the extremely scarce French (1778-79). As a comparison, the Italian translation does not appear until 1790-91, the Spanish 1792, the Swedish 1800-1804, the Russian 1802, etc.Adam Smith Across Nations: A4 - nr. 1. ""All five books were translated"" appears to be a complete translation. The long letter from Governor Pownall to Adam Smith (25 Sept. 1776) is added as the Appendix (vol. 2, pp. 683 ff.).""
Londres, Pierre J. Duplain, 1788. 8vo, Two nice uniform contemporary full calf bindings with gilt spines. Some loss of leather to back hinge and lower capital of volume one and minor loos of leather to spine of volume two, all due to worming. Worming is not bad and does not affect anything but outer layer of small parts of the bindings. Apart from the worming a very nice, fresh and clean copy indeed. (8), IV, 503" (4), 496 pp. With both half-titles, the advertisment, both prefaces and the table of contents.
Rare early French translation of Adam Smith's political and economic classic, the ""Wealth of Nations"". Translated by Blavet. The present edition constitutes the third reprint of the second French translation. The second French translation was done by Blavet and is the first translation into French of which the translator and publisher are known. ""The reprint of Blavet's version appeared at Yverdon in 1781 in 6 volumes 12mo, and at Paris in the same year in 3 volumes 12mo, and again at London and Paris in 1788 in 2 volumes 8vo [the present edition], and revised and corrected, with Blavet's name as translator, at Paris An, ix (1800-01) in 4 volumes 8vo.He [Blavet] had no intention of publishing it until his friend M. Ameilhon happened to complain of scarcity of interesting articles for his Journal de l'Agriculture, du Commerce, des Arts et des Finances, which had just come under the control of the Mercantilist. It struck him that he might offer it to him which he did, with the explanation that it was far from perfect. It was accepted, and appeared in the issues of the Journal between January, 1779, and December 1780. He did not anticipate that it would go further. The edition of 1788 likewise appeared without his knowledge or consent, and was still more marred by errors than that of Yverdon"". (Lai, Cheng-chung. Adam Smith Across Nations: Translations and Receptions of The Wealth of Nations, Clarendon Press, UK, 2000). Hailed as the ""first and greatest classic of modern thought"" (PMM 221), Adam Smith's tremendously influential main work has had a profound impact on thought and politics, and is considered the main foundation of the era of liberal free trade that dominated the nineteenth century. Adam Smith (1723-1790) is considered the founder of Political Economy in Britain, mainly due to his groundbreaking work, the ""Wealth of Nations"" from 1776. The work took him 12 years to write and was probably in contemplation 12 years before that. It was originally published in two volumes in 4to, and was published later the same year in Dublin in three volumes in 8vo. The book sold well, and the first edition, the number of which is unknown, sold out within six months, which came as a surprise to the publisher, and probably also to Smith himself, partly because the work ""requires much thought and reflection (qualities that do not abound among modern readers) to peruse to any purpose."" (Letter from David Hume, In: Rae, Life of Adam Smith, 1895, p. 286), partly because it was hardly reviewed or noticed by magazines or annuals. In spite of this, it did evoke immense interest in the learned and the political world, and Buckle's words that the work is ""in its ultimate results probably the most important book that has ever been written"", and that it has ""done more towards the happiness of man than has been effected by the united abilities of all the statesmen and legislators of whom history has preserved an authentic account"" (History of Civilisation, 1869, I:214) well describes the opinion of a great part of important thinkers then as well as now. Considering the groundbreaking views presented in ""Wealth of Nations"", it comes as no surprise that the work was considered part of the revolutionary cultural development in France. As Adam Smith's friend, the Marquis of Lansdowne, said after quoting Smith's work: ""With respect to French principles, as they had been denominated, those principles had been exported from us to France, and could not be said to have originated among the population of the latter country."" (Quoted in: Rae, p. 291). The ideas of Adam Smith were often considered so dangerously closely connected with French ideas at the time that the term ""political economy"" almost became synonymous with questions concerning the constitution of governments. ""The French Revolution seems to have checked for a time the growing vogue of Smith's book and the advance of his principles in this country, just as it checked the progress of parliamentary and social reform, because it filled men's mind with a fear of change, with a suspicion of all novelty, with an unreasoning dislike of anything in the nature of general principle."" (Rae, p. 293). There can be no question that this seminal work greatly influenced French opinion at the time.
« The first and greatest classic of modern economic thought » (PMM). Very rare second octavo edition, and fourth edition overall, of La Richesse des Nations d’Adam Smith (1723-1790). Bel exemplaire imprimé sur papier fort, très pur, conservé dans sa reliure de l’époque. 2 tomes en 2 volumes in-8 de : I/ XIII et 498 pp. ; II/ (4) ff., 489 pp., (30) ff. Veau moucheté, dos lisses ornés de filets dorés, pièces de titre en maroquin rouge, de tomaison en maroquin vert, roulette à froid sur les coupes, discrètes restaurations anciennes. Reliure de l’époque. 205 x 125 mm. Smith, Adam. An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of Nations. The fourth edition, with additions. Dublin, printed for Mssrs. W. Colles, R. Moncrieffe, G. Burnet, W. Wilson…, 1785. Très rare seconde édition in-8 et quatrième édition du plus grand classique de la pensée économique moderne. Very rare second octavo edition, the fourth overall of the "first and greatest classic of modern economic thought" (PMM). Kress, B967 ; PMM, 221 (pour l’édition de 1776). Adam Smith's masterpiece, first published in 1776, is the foundation of modern economic thought and remains the single most important account of the rise of, and the principles behind, modern capitalism. In his Wealth of Nations, Smith "begins with the thought that labour is the source from which a nation derives what is necessary to it. The improvement of the division of labour is the measure of productivity and in it lies the human propensity to barter and exchange " (PMM). "The Wealth of Nations had no rival in scope or depth when published and is still one of the few works in its field to have achieved classic status, meaning simply that it has sustained yet survived repeated reading, critical and adulatory, long after the circumstances which prompted it have become the object of historical enquiry" (ODNB). « Ce Traité de Smith est l’un des ouvrages les plus profonds et les plus utiles que ce siècle ait produits » (Beuchot) «The Wealth of Nations, coming at a point when « natural liberty » was being widely debated, had a decisive influence on the study of national economic and on the freeing of economic policy from the artificial restraint of the mercantilist system. Where the political aspects of human rights had taken two centuries to explore, Smith’s achievement was to bring the study of economic aspects to the same point in a single work. The certainty of The Wealth of Nations’ criticism and its grasp of human nature have made it the first and greatest classic of modern economic thought » (PMM). « Adam Smith. Ce nom est le plus grand de l’économie politique ; il a eu cette singulière fortune de marquer son empreinte d’une manière ineffaçable dans le monde intellectuel et dans celui des faits. L’ouvrage paru, Hume qui le félicita, ne fit que devancer le jugement de la postérité, qui a associé le nom de Smith à ceux de Grotius et de Montesquieu. Tout dans son ouvrage est traité avec le calme souverain d’une raison supérieure et un bon sens immuable, qui, poussé jusqu’à cette limite, est le génie même. Nul avant Smith n’avait montré avec plus de clairvoyance et de netteté les avantages de la liberté économique » (Ch. Coquelin). Bel exemplaire du premier et du plus grand classique de la pensée économique moderne, imprimé sur papier fort, très pur, grand de marges, conservé dans sa reliure de l’époque. Eighteenth century editions of Smith’s magnum opus are becoming very scarce; even more when published in the author’s lifetime and kept in its original binding.
, Guggenheim Museum, 2006 Hardcover with dusjacket, 447 pages, very richly illustrated with coloured illustrations, English text. ISBN 9780892073436.
Deemed the "foremost sculptor of his generation" by art critic Clement Greenberg, David Smith, who lived from 1906 to 1965, is about to be celebrated in his first retrospective since 1969--to be held at the Guggenheim Museum, New York, from February through May of 2006. David Smith: A Centennial features new photographs of nearly every selected sculpture--110 pieces dating from 1932 to 1965, including important examples from each period, many rarely seen in public. Essays from writers including David Anfam, Michael Brenson, Rosalind Krauss and Paul Hayes Tucker tackle key areas, such as Smith's relationship to the painters of the New York School, the dual development of his family life and series sculpture through the 1950s and 60s, and his use of the landscape outside his studio in formulating his late works. Perhaps most importantly, David Smith: A Centennial also features the most comprehensive research on Smith yet published, including a newly compiled and extended bibliography; a comprehensive exhibition history; a chronology; and an illustrated checklist tracking provenance, exhibition history, and bibliographic references for each featured sculpture, finally bringing scholarship on Smith to the level of that on other important American artists of his generation, such as Barnett Newman, Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko. David Smith: A Centennial considers Smith's oeuvre as a totality, and offers readers the chance to understand the complexity of his aesthetic concerns as well as his impact on the course of American sculpture, and American art at large.
New York, Random House, 2022 Hardcover, 386 pages, colour and b/w photographs. 18.5 x 13.5 cm, English. good condition. ISBN 9780593448540.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ? A deeply moving and brilliantly idiosyncratic visual book of days by the National Book Award?winning author of Just Kids and M Train, featuring more than 365 images and reflections that chart Smith?s singular aesthetic?inspired by her wildly popular Instagram. ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Variety, Pitchfork, PopSugar In 2018, without any plan or agenda for what might happen next, Patti Smith posted her first Instagram photo: her hand with the simple message ?Hello Everybody!? Known for shooting with her beloved Land Camera 250, Smith started posting images from her phone including portraits of her kids, her radiator, her boots, and her Abyssinian cat, Cairo. Followers felt an immediate affinity with these miniature windows into Smith?s world, photographs of her daily coffee, the books she?s reading, the graves of beloved heroes?William Blake, Dylan Thomas, Sylvia Plath, Simone Weil, Albert Camus. Over time, a coherent story of a life devoted to art took shape, and more than a million followers responded to Smith?s unique aesthetic in images that chart her passions, devotions, obsessions, and whims. Original to this book are vintage photographs: anniversary pearls, a mother?s keychain, and a husband?s Mosrite guitar. Here, too, are photos from Smith?s archives of life on and off the road, train stations, obscure caf s, a notebook always nearby. In wide-ranging yet intimate daily notations, Smith shares dispatches from her travels around the world. With over 365 photographs taking you through a single year, A Book of Days is a new way to experience the expansive mind of the visionary poet, writer, and performer. Hopeful, elegiac, playful?and complete with an introduction by Smith that explores her documentary process?A Book of Days is a timeless offering for deeply uncertain times, an inspirational map of an artist?s life.
Stockholm, Henrik A. Nordström, 1797-1801. 8vo. Uncut, partly unopened in the original wrappers. In 22 volumes as issued. Last volume name written on title-page, otherwise an exceptionally fine, clean and untouched set rarely seen in this condition. (4),102 pp." (2),182 pp. (2),107 pp. (2),157,(1) pp. (2),176,(4) pp. (4),138,(2) pp. (2),205,(1) pp. + 1 folded table (2),188 pp (2),190 pp. (2),89,(4) pp. (4),135,(1) pp. (2),116,(1) pp. (2),157 pp. (2),120 pp. (2),151,(1 blank,10) pp. + 1 folded map (2),215 pp. + 1 folded table (2),131,(5) pp. (4),207 pp. (2),183,(1) pp. + 1 folded table (2),218 pp. (2),144,(4) pp." (6),449,(1) pp. + 5 folded plates.""Om Beskatning"", Part: 36, 37, 38:Pp. 145-177""Om Jordbrukets förfall i Europa, efter Romerska Väldets undergäng"", Part: 27, 28. Pp. 93-120""Om Handelsbalancen"", Part: 25,26. Pp. 92-114""Om Jordbruks-systemet I en Rikshushållning, samt om Economisterne I Frankrike"", Part: 25-26. Pp. 43-92""Om Pappers-myntet I Norr-Amerika Kolonierne, före Revolutionen"". Part: 27-28. Pp.57-62""Om Krono-jord"". Part: 29,30,31. Pp 139-146.""Theorien för statsskulder"". Part: 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49 & 50. Pp. 151-161.
First, however partial, translation of Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations in Swedish rarely seen in this condition, thus making it the very first opportunity for Swedish speakers to study Adam Smith. A more lengthy translation was made in 1909 - 1911 but to this day a full Swedish translation has not been made.""Von Schulzenheim [nobleman, physician, country squire and politician] also published shorter articles in the review 'Läsning I blandade ämnen', an organ of the opposition to the absolutist and obscurantist regime of Gustavus IV Adolphus. The editor of the review was count Georg Adlersparre, an army officer and a political writer who in 1809 was to become one of the prime-movers behind the dethronement of the king. Adlersparre to was an admirer of Adam Smith. In 1799-1800 he published in the 'Läsning' his own Swedish translation of several selections from Wealth of Nations. In some cases Adlersparre added footnotes, making it easier for the readers to apply Smith's ideas to Swedish conditions. Those translations, to the best of my knowledge, were the first ones of Wealth of Nations in Sweden. They were followed by translations of other parts of Wealth of Nations, published in 1800 amd 1808. This time the translator was Erik Erland Bodell, an official of the Swedish Customs and thus, if you like, a colleague of Adam Smith."" ( Cheng-chung, Adam Smith Across Nations). Despite the comparatively late translation into Swedish, it still had a profound influence, not on economists since they were well aware of the original work in English, but upon politics and public opinion in general: ""There are few things more striking to the modem student of the history of ideas in Sweden than the negative phenomenon that Sweden was almost entirely uninfluenced by this fact and thus remained almost unaffected by English economic thought during a period when its superiority was most evident. As far as I am acquainted with the Swedish economic discussion and our popular economic literature of the 1860's and 1870's, there is almost no trace of any influence from English writers. [...]Of Adam Smith we have still only one abbreviated translation of his famous work and that was published as late as during this century"" and, as far as I know, nothing of Ricardo's or Malthus' exists in Swedish, nor do any of the major economic works of J.S. Mill."" (Heckscher, A survey of economic thought in Sweden, 1875-1950).The journal was preceded by Adlersparre's ""Läsning för landtmän"" 1795-96. The content is a mixture of literature, agriculture, law, philosophy and politics. Apart from the many contributions by Swedish authors, ""Läsning i blandade ämnen"" also contains texts by Kant, Gibbon and De Lolme OCLC lists copies at Yale, Minnesota, and Texas.
, Rizzoli, 2024 Hardcover with dustjacket, 8-1/2 x 11-4/5, 287 pages. *As new. ISBN 9780847874088.
Hundreds of rarely seen images by legendary photographer Lynn Goldsmith offer an intimate portrait of rock ?n? roll icon Patti Smith during a transformative moment in her career. Images of Smith performing on stage combine with candid behind-the-scenes photographs and striking studio shoots to create a deeply personal look at the singer during her rise to fame. The photographs include Smith?s life-changing accident while on tour in 1977 and the aftermath, as well as closeup, empathetic portraits that reveal Smith?s self-assurance, her defiance of cultural norms, and her effortless poise. This poignant visual narrative is punctuated throughout by Smith?s original poetry and song lyrics. This book is both a glimpse into a fabled time in music history, documenting a young artist creating what turned out to be a revolutionary work, as well as a celebration of an enduring partnership between two close friends who continue to be creative collaborators to this day.
N.Y., Abbeville,1998. In-4 oblong cartonnage éditeur sous jaquette illustrée en couleurs, 144 pp., nbr. ill. toutes en coul. dans le texte.
Très bonne conditon. - Frais de port : -France 7,15 € -U.E. 9 € -Monde (z B : 14 €) (z C : 24 €)
Namur, Institut du Patrimoine wallon, 2012. In-4 broché, 278 pp., nbr. fig. et ill. photogr. en noir et coul. dans le texte, bibliographies. (Etudes et documents, Archéologie, 18).
Etat de neuf. - Frais de port : -France 8,4 € -U.E. 10 € -Monde (z B : 15 €) (z C : 33 €)
The Colonial Office, 1955. In-4 étroit br., VII-264 pp., 2 cartes et 2 pl. de rep. photogr., tableaux.
Bonne condition malgré la couverture un peu roussie. - Frais de port : -France 6,8 € -U.E. 9 € -Monde (z B : 14 €) (z C : 24 €)
P., Seuil, 2003. In-8 oblong cartonnage éditeur, 188 pp., illustrations en noir et coul. dans le texte d'après des dessins et photogr. des auteurs. (Les 3 Moustiquaires).
Carnets de voyage amplement illustrés de scènes prises sur le vif. Très bonne condition. - Frais de port : -France 7,15 € -U.E. 9 € -Monde (z B : 14 €) (z C : 24 €)