Smith, Adam An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
Philadelphia: Thomas Dobson, 1796. Second American edition. 12mo. Complete and with fly leaves. Contemporary tree sheep, gilt-ruled spines, red morocco spine labels. With the armorial engraved book-plate of W.S. Jones, Vaucluse, [Frederick County, Virginia] on front paste-downs. Evans 31196. In three volumes.
William Strother Jones, Jr. (1783-1845), son of Captain William Strother Jones, was disinherited by his grandfather, Gabriel Jones, who characterized him as "an idle dissipated young man." He married Anna Maris Marshall, niece of Chief Justice Marshall.
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Philadelphia: Thomas Dobson, 1796. Second American edition. 12mo. Complete and with fly leaves. Contemporary tree sheep, gilt-ruled spines, red morocco spine labels. With the armorial engraved book-plate of W.S. Jones, Vaucluse, [Frederick County, Virginia] on front paste-downs. Evans 31196. In three volumes.
William Strother Jones, Jr. (1783-1845), son of Captain William Strother Jones, was disinherited by his grandfather, Gabriel Jones, who characterized him as "an idle dissipated young man." He married Anna Maris Marshall, niece of Chief Justice Marshall.
