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Table of Corresponding Passages - Adam Smith, Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence Vol. 2b An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Vol. 2 [1776]

Edition used:

An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, Vol. I and II, ed. R. H. Campbell and A. S. Skinner, vol. II of the Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence of Adam Smith (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1981).

Part of: The Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence of Adam Smith, 7 vols.

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Table of Corresponding Passages

The first column gives part and paragraph numbers from the present edition. The second and third columns give the corresponding pages in the (5th) Cannan edition (Methuen, 1930) and in the Modern Library version (New York, 1937).

I.i19301937
153
25–63–4
36–74–5
47–95–7
597
69–107–8
7108–9
810–119–10
91210
1012–1311
1113–1411–12
I.ii        
11513
215–1613–14
31715
417–1815–16
51816
I.iii        
11917
219–2017–18
320–2118–19
42119
521–2219–20
62220
72220
822–2320–21
I.iv        
12422
224–2522–23
32523
425–2623–24
52624
62624
726–2724–25
827–2825–26
92826
1028–2926–28
1129–3028
123028
133028
143028
153028
163028
173029
1830–3129
I.v        
13230
232–3330–31
33331
43331
533–3431–32
63432
734–3532–33
83533
93533
1035–3633–34
113634
123634
1336–3734–35
143735
1537–3835–36
163836
1738–3936–37
183937
193937
2039–4037–38
214038
224038
2340–4138–39
244139
254139
264139–40
274240
2842–4340–41
294341
304342
3143–4442
324442
334442–43
344543
354543–44
3645–4644
374644
384644–45
394745
4047–4845–46
414846
424846
I.vi        
14947
24947
34947
449–5047–48
55048
650–5148–49
75149
85149
95250
105250
115250
125351
135351
145351
155351–52
165452
175452
1854–5552–53
195553
205553
215553
225553
235553–54
245654
I.vii        
15755
25755
35755
45755
557–5855–56
65856
75856
85856
958–5956
105957
115957
125957
135957
146057–58
156058
166058
1760–6158–59
186159
196159
206259
216260
226260
236260
2462–6360–61
256361
266361
276361
2863–6461
296462
306462
316462
326462
336562–63
346563
356563
366563
376563
I.viii19301937
16664
26664
36664
466–6764–65
56765
66765
76765
86765
967–6865–66
106866
116866
126866
1368–6966–67
146967
1569–7067–68
167068
177068
1870–7169
197169
207169
217169
2271–7269–70
2372–7370–71
2473–7471–72
257473
2674–7573
277573–74
287574
297674
307674
3176–7774–75
327775
3377–7875–76
3478–7976–78
3579–8078
368078–79
3780–8179
388179
398179
4081–8280
4182–8380–81
428381
438381
4483–8481–82
458482–83
468583
478583
488583–84
498684
508684
5186–8784–85
528785
538785
548785–86
5587–8886
568886
578886
I.ix        
18987
28987
38987
49088
590–9188–89
69189
79189–90
89290
992–9390–91
1093–9491–92
1194–9592–93
129593–94
1395–9694
149694–95
1596–9795
169795–96
179796
1897–9896
199896
209896–97
219897
2298–9997
239997
2499–10097–98
I.x.a (Of Wages and Profit in the different Employments of Labour and Stock)        
110199
210199
310199
I.x.b (Inequalities arising from the Nature of the Employments themselves)        
1102100
2102100
3102–03100–01
4103101
5103101
6103101
7103101
8103–04101–02
9104102
10104103
11105103
12105103
13105103–04
14105–06104
15106104
16106105
17107105
18107105
19107105
20107105
21107106
22107–08106
23108106–07
24108107
25108–09107
26109107
27109–10108
28110108–09
29110–11109
30111109
31111–12109–10
32112110
33112–13110–11
34113111
35113112
36114112
37114–15112–13
38115113–14
39116114
40116114
41116114
42116114–15
43116115
44117115
45117115
46117–18115–16
47118116
48118116
49118116–17
50119117
51119117
52119–20117–18
I.x.c (Inequalities occasioned by the Policy of Europe)        
1120118
2120118
3120118–19
4120119
5120–21119
6121119
7121–22120
8122120
9122–23120–21
10123121
11123121
12123121–22
13123–24122
14124122
15124122–23
16124–25123
17125–26123–24
18126124
19126–27124–25
20127125
21127125–26
22127–28126
23128126–27
24128–29127
25129127–28
26129–30128
27130128
28130128–29
29130129
30130–31129
31131129
32131129
33131129
34131–33129–31
35133131
36133131
37133131–32
38133–34132
39134–35132–34
40135–36134
41136134
42136134
43136–37134–35
44137135
45137135
46137135–36
47137–38136
48138136
49138136–37
50138137
51138–39137
52139137
53139137–38
54139–40138
55140138–39
56141139–40
57141140
58141–42140
59142141
60142–43141
61143–44141–42
62144142–43
63144143
I.xi.a (Of the Rent of Land)        
1145144
2145–46144–45
3146145
4146145
5146145
6146145
7146145
8147145–46
9147146
I.xi.b (Part I)        
1147146
2147146
3147–48146–47
4148147
5148–49147–48
6149148
7149148
8149–50148–49
9150149
10150149
11150149
12150–51149–50
13151150
14151150–51
15152151
16152151
17152151
18152151
19152–53151–52
20153152
21153152
22153152
23153152
24153152
25153–54152–53
26154153–54
27155–56154–55
28156155
29156155
30156155
31156–57155–56
32157–58156–57
33158–59157–58
34159159
35159–60159
36160159
37160159–60
38160160
39161160
40161160
41161–62160–61
42162161
I.xi.c (Part II)        
1162161
2162161
3162161–62
4163162
5163–64162–63
6164163
7164–65163–64
8165164
9165164–65
10165165
11165165
12166165
13166165
14166165
15166165
16166–67165–66
17167166
18167–68166–67
19168167
20168167
21168167–68
22168–69168
23169168
24169168
25169–70168–69
26170–71169–70
27171170
28171–72170–71
29172171
30172171–72
31172–73172
32173172–73
33173–74173
34174173
35174173–74
36174–75174
I.xi.d (Part III)        
1175–76174–75
2176175
3176175
4176176
5176176
6177176
7177176
I.xi.e (Digression on Silver. First Period)        
1177176
2177–78176–77
3178177–78
4178–79178
5179178
6179178–79
7179179
8179179
9180179
10180179
11180179–80
12180–81180
13181180
14181–82180–81
15182181
16182181
17182–83181–82
18183182
19183182–83
20183183
21183–84183
22184183–84
23184–85184–85
24185–86185
25186–87185–86
26187186
27187186
28187186–87
29187–88187
30188187–88
31188188
32188188
33188–89188
34189188–89
35190189–90
36190190
37190190
38190–91190
39191190–91
I.xi.f (Second Period)        
1191191
2191191
3191–92191
4192191–92
5192192
I.xi.g (Third Period)        
1192192
2192–93192
3193192–93
4193–94193
5194194
6194–96194–96
7196196
8196196
9196196
10196–97196–97
11197197
12197197
13197197
14197197
15197–98197–98
16198198
17198–99198–99
18199–200199–200
19200200
20200200–01
21201201
22201201
23201–02202
24202202
25202202
26202–04202–04
27204–05204–05
28205–07205–07
29207207
30207207–08
31207208
32208208
33208–09208–09
34209209
35209209–10
36209–10210
37210210
I.xi.h (Variation in . . . the respective values of Gold and Silver)        
1210–11211
2211211
3211211–12
4211212
5211–12212–13
6212–13213–14
7213214
8214214–15
9214215
10214–15215
11215215–16
12215216
13215216
I.xi.i (Grounds of the Suspicion that the Value of Silver still continues to decrease)        
1216216
2216216–17
3216217
I.xi.j (Different Effects of the Progress of Improvement upon . . . different Sorts of rude Produce)        
1216–17217
I.xi.k (First Sort)        
1217–18218–19
I.xi.l (Second Sort)        
1219219–20
2219–20220
3220–22220–22
4222–23222–23
5223224
6223224
7223224
8223–24224–25
9224–25225–26
10225226
11225–27226–27
12227227–28
13227228
I.xi.m (Third Sort)        
1228228
2228228–29
3228229
4228229
5228229
6228–29229–30
7229–30230
8230230–31
9230–31231
10231–32231–32
11232–33232–33
12233–34233–34
13234234
14234234–35
15234–35235
16235235
17235235–36
18235236
19235–36236
20236236
21236–37236–37
I.xi.n (Conclusion of the Digression)        
1237–38237–39
2238239
3238–39239
4239239–40
5239–40240
6240240
7240240
8240240–41
9240241
10241241–42
11242242
I.xi.o (Effects of the Progress of Improvement upon . . . manufactures)        
1242242–43
2242243
3242243
4242–43243
5243243–44
6243244
7243–44244
8244244
9244245
10245245
11245245
12245–46246
13246246
14246246–47
15246247
I.xi.p (Conclusion of the Chapter)        
1247247
2247247
3247247–48
4247248
5247248
6248248
7248248
8248248–49
9248–49249
10249–50249–50
II        
1258259
2258–59259
3259260
4259260
5259260
6259–60260–61
II.i19301937
1261262
2261262
3261262
4261–62262–63
5262263
6262263
7262263
8262263
9262263
10262–63263–64
11263264
12263–64264–65
13264265
14264265
15264265
16264265
17264–65265–66
18265266
19265266
20265266
21265266
22265266
23265266
24265–66266–67
25266267
26266267
27266267
28266–67267–68
29267268
30267268
31267–68268–69
II.ii        
1269270
2269270
3269270
4269–70270–71
5270271
6270271
7270–71271–72
8271272
9271272
10272273
11272273
12272273
13272273
14272–73273–74
15273274
16273274
17273274
18273–74274–75
19274275
20274275
21274275
22274–75275–76
23275276
24275276
25275276
26275276
27276277
28276277
29276277
30276–77277–78
31277278
32277278
33277–78278–79
34278279
35278279
36278279
37278–79279–80
38279280
39279280
40279–80280–81
41280281
42280–81281–82
43281282
44281–82282–83
45282283
46282–83283–84
47283284
48283–84284–85
49284285
50284285
51284–85285
52285285–86
53285286
54285286
55286286–87
56286–87287–88
57287288
58287288
59287288
60288288–89
61288289
62288–89289–90
63289–90290–91
64290–91291–92
65291–92292–93
66292293
67292–93293–94
68293294
69293–94294–95
70294–95295–96
71295296
72295–96296–97
73296–98297–99
74298–99299–300
75299300
76299300
77299–300300–01
78300–01301–02
79301302
80301302–03
81302303
82302303
83302303–04
84303304
85303304
86303–04304–05
87304305–06
88305306
89305–06306–07
90306307
91306307
92306307
93306–07307–08
94307308
95307308
96307–08308–09
97308309
98308–09309–10
99309310
100309–10310–11
101310311
102310311–12
103310–11312
104311312
105311–12312–13
106312313
II.iii        
1313–14314–15
2314315
3314315
4315315–16
5315316
6315316
7315–16316–17
8316317
9316–17317–18
10317318
11317–18318–19
12318–19319–20
13319–20320–21
14320321
15320321
16320321
17320321
18320–21321–22
19321322
20321322
21321322–23
22322323
23322323
24322–23323–24
25323324
26323324
27323324
28323–24324–25
29324325
30324–25325–26
31325326
32325–26326–27
33326327
34326327
35326–27327–28
36327–28328–29
37328329
38328–29329–30
39329–30330–31
40330331
41330331–32
42331332
II.iv        
1332333
2332–33333
3333334
4333334
5333–34334–35
6334335
7334–35335–36
8335336
9335–36336–37
10336337
11336–37337–38
12337–38338–39
13338339
14338339
15338–39339–40
16339340
17339340
II.v        
1340341
2340341
3340341
4340341
5340–41341
6341342
7341–42342–43
8342343
9342343
10342–43343–44
11343344
12343–44344–45
13344345
14344345
15344345
16344–45345–46
17345346
18345346
19346346–47
20346347
21346–47347–48
22347348
23347348
24347–48348–49
25348349
26348349
27348349
28349350
29349–50350–51
30350–51351–52
31351–52352–53
32352353
33352353
34352–53353–54
35353354
36353354
37354355
III.i        
1355–56356–57
2356357
3356–57357–58
4357–58358–59
5358359
6358359
7358–59359–60
8359360
9359360
III.ii        
1360361
2360361
3360–61361–62
4361362
5361–62362–63
6362363
7362–63363–64
8363–64364–65
9364365
10364–65365–66
11365366
12365–66366–67
13366–67367–68
14367–68368–69
15368369
16368369
17368369–70
18368–69370
19369370
20369–70370–71
21370371–72
III.iii        
1371373
2371–72373–74
3372–73374–75
4373375
5373375
6373–74375–76
7374376
8374–75376–77
9375–76377–78
10376378
11376378–79
12376–77379
13377–78379–80
14378380
15378380
16378380–81
17378–79381
18379381
19379–80381–82
20380–81382–83
III.iv        
1382384
2382384
3382–83384–85
4383385
5383–84385–86
6384386
7384–85386–87
8385–86387–88
9386388
10386–87388–89
11387389
12387–88389–90
13388390
14388390
15389390–91
16389391
17389–90391–92
18390392
19390–91392–93
20391–92393–94
21392–93394–95
22393395
23393395
24393–94395–96
IV        
1395397
2395397
IV.i        
1396398
2396–97398–99
3397399
4397399
5398400
6398400
7398400
8398–99400–02
9400402
10400–01402–03
11401–02403–04
12402404
13402–03404–05
14403405
15403405–06
16404406
17404406
18404–05406–07
19405–07407–09
20407409
21407409
22407409
23407–08409–10
24408410
25408410
26408–09410–11
27409411
28409–10411–12
29410–11412–13
30411–12413–15
31413415
32413–14415–16
33414–15416–17
34415–16417–18
35416418
36416418
37416418
38416418
39416418
40416418–19
41417419
42417419
43417419
44417419
IV.ii        
1418420
2418–19420–21
3419421
4419421
5419421
6419–20421–22
7420422–23
8421423
9421423
10421423
11421–22423–24
12422424
13422–23425
14423425
15423–24425–26
16424426
17424–25426–27
18425427
19425427–28
20425–26428
21426–27428–29
22427429
23427429
24427429–30
25427430
26428430
27428430
28428430
29428–29430–31
30429431
31429–30431–32
32430432
33430432–33
34430433
35431433
36431433
37431433–34
38431–32434
39432–33435
40433435–36
41433–34436
42434–35436–37
43435–36437–38
44436438–39
45436439
IV.iii.a (Part I)        
1437–38440–41
2438–39441–42
3439442
4439442
5439–40442–43
6440443
7440–41443–44
8441444
9441–42444
10442445
11442–43445–46
IV.iii.b (Digression concerning Banks of Deposit)        
1443446
2443–44446–47
3444447
4444–45447
5445447–48
6445–46448–49
7446–47449–50
8447450
9447–48450
10448451
11448–49451
12449451–52
13449452
14449–50452–53
15450–51453–54
16451454
17451–52454–55
IV.iii.c (Part II)        
1452–53455
2453456
3453456
4453456
5454456–57
6454457
7454–56457–59
8456–57459–60
9457–58460
10458461
11458–59461–62
12459–60462–63
13460463
14461463–64
15461464
16461464
17461–62464–65
IV.iv        
11466
21–2466
32466–67
42467
52467
62–3467
73467–68
83468
93–4468–69
104–5469–70
115470
125470
136470–71
146471
156471
166471
IV.v.a (Of Bounties)        
17472
27–8472
38473
48473
58–9473–74
69474
79474
810–11475–76
911476
1011476
1111476
1211476–77
1311–12477
1412477
1512477
1612477–78
1712–13478
1813478
1913–15478–80
2015480–81
2115–16481
2216481
2316–17481–82
2417–18482–83
2518–19483–84
2619484
2719484
2820485
2920485
3020485
3120–21485–86
3221486
3321–22486–87
3422487–88
3522–23488
3623488–89
3724489
3824489
3924489–90
4024490
IV.v.b (Digression concerning the Corn Trade)        
125490
225490
325–26490–91
426–27491–92
527492–93
627–28493
728493
828–29493–94
929494
1029494
1129–30494–95
1230495
1330–31495–96
1431496
1531–32496–97
1632497
1732–33497–98
1833498
1933498
2033498–99
2133–34499
2234499
2334499
2434499–500
2534–35500
2635500–01
2736501
2836501
2936501
3036501
3136501
3236–37501–02
3337–38502–03
3439504
3539504
3639504–05
3740505
3840–41505–06
3941–42506–07
4042507
4142507
4242507–08
4342–43508
4443508
4543508–09
4644509
4744509
4844509–10
4944–45510
5045510
5145510
5245510
5345510
IV.vi        
146511
246–47511–12
347512
447512
547–48512–13
648513
748513
848513–14
949514
1049514
1149514
1250515
1350515
1450–51515–16
1551516
1651516
1751516
1851–52516–17
1952–53517–18
2053518
2153–54518–19
2254519
2354–55519–20
2455520
2555520
2655520
2755520
2855–56520–21
2956521
3056–57521
3157521–22
3257522
IV.vii.a (Part I)        
158523
258523
359–60523–25
460525
560525
660–61525–26
761526
861–62526–27
962527
1062527
1162527
1262527
1362–63527–28
1463528
1563528
1663–64528–29
1764529
1864–65529–30
1965530
2065–66530–31
2166531
2266531
IV.vii.b (Part II)        
166531–32
267532
367–68532–33
468533
568533–34
668–69534
769–70534–35
870–71535–36
971536
1071536–37
1171–72537
1272537–38
1372–73538
1473538
1573538
1673538
1773538–39
1873–74539
1974–75539–40
2075–76540–41
2176541–42
2276–77542
2377–78542–43
2478543
2578543–44
2678544
2779544
2879544
2979544
3079544–45
3179–80545
3280545
3380545
3480545–46
3580–81546
3681–82546–47
3782547
3882547
3982547
4082547–48
4182–83548
4283548
4383548–49
4483–84549
4584549
4684549
4784549–50
4884–85550
4985–86550–51
5086551
5186–87551–52
5287552–53
5387–88553
5488553–54
5589554
5689554–55
5789555
5889555
5990555
6090555
6190555
6290555–56
6391556
6491556
IV.vii.c (Part III)        
191557
291557
391–92557
492557
592557
692557
792–93557–58
893558
993–94558–59
1094559
1194559
1294559–60
1394560
1495560
1595560–61
1695561
1795–96561
1896561–62
1996–97562
2097562
2197562
2297–98562–63
2398–99563–64
2499564
2599564–65
26100565
27100565
28100565
29100565–66
30100566
31100566
32100–01566
33101566
34101566
35101566–67
36102567
37102567
38102–03567–68
39103568
40103–04568–70
41105570
42105570
43105–06570–71
44106–07571–72
45107–08572–73
46108573
47108573
48108–09574
49109574
50109574–75
51109–10575
52110575
53110575–76
54110–11576
55111576
56111576–77
57111577
58112577
59112577–78
60112578
61112–14578–79
62114579
63114–15579–80
64115–16580–81
65116581
66116–17581–82
67117–18582–83
68118583
69118583–84
70118–19584
71119584–85
72119–20585
73120–21585–86
74121586–87
75121–22587–88
76122–23588
77123–24588–89
78124589
79124589–90
80125590–91
81125–26591
82126591–92
83126–27592
84127592
85127592–93
86127–28593
87128–29593–94
88129594–95
89129595
90129–30595
91130595–96
92130596
93130596
94130–31596
95131596
96131596–97
97131–32597
98132597–98
99132–33598–99
100133–34599–600
101134–36600–01
102136601–02
103136–37602–03
104137603
105138–39603–04
106139–40604–05
107140605–06
108140606
IV.viii        
1141607
2142607–08
3142608
4142–43608–09
5143609
6143609
7143–44609–10
8144610
9144610
10144610
11145611
12145611
13145611
14145–46611–12
15146612
16146612
17146612
18146–47612–13
19147613
20147–48613–14
21148614
22148–49614–15
23149615
24149–50615–16
25150616
26150–51616–17
27151–52617–18
28152618
29152618
30152618
31152618–19
32153619
33153619
34153–54619–20
35154620
36154620–21
37155621
38155621
39155621
40155–56622
41156–57622–23
42157623
43157–58623–24
44158624
45158624
46158624
47158625
48159625
49159625
50159625
51159625
52159–60625–26
53160626
54160626
IV.ix19301937
1161627
2161627
3161–62627–28
4162628
5162–63628
6163629
7163–64629–30
8164630
9164630
10164–65630–31
11165631
12165–66631–32
13166–67632–33
14167633
15167–68633–34
16168634
17168634
18168634
19168634
20168–69634–35
21169635
22169635
23169–70635–36
24170636
25170636–37
26171637
27171–72637–38
28172638
29172638–39
30172–73639
31173639
32173–74639–40
33174640
34174640–41
35174–75641
36175641
37175–76641–42
38176–77642–43
39177644
40177–78644
41178–79644–45
42179645
43179645–46
44179646
45180–81646–47
46181647
47181–83647–49
48183–84649–50
49184650
50184650–51
51184–85651
52185651–52
V.i.a (Part I)        
1186653
2186653
3186–87653–54
4187654
5187–88654–55
6188655
7188–89655–56
8189656
9189–90656–57
10190657
11190–91657–58
12191658
13191658
14191–92658–59
15192659
16192659
17192–93659–60
18193660
19193660
20193660
21193–94660–61
22194661
23194661
24194–95661–62
25195662
26195662
27195–96662–63
28196663
29196663
30196663
31196–97663–64
32197664
33197664
34197664
35197–98664–65
36198–99665–66
37199666
38199–200666–67
39200667
40200667
41200–01667–68
42201668
43201–02668–69
44202669
V.i.b (Part II)        
1202669
2202–03669–70
3203670
4203670
5204671
6204671
7204–05671–72
8205672–73
9206673
10206673
11206673–74
12207674
13207–08674–75
14208675
15208–09675–76
16209–10676–77
17210677
18210677
19210677
20210–11677–78
21212679
22212–13679–80
23213680
24213–14680–81
25214681
V.i.c (Part III)        
1214681
2214–15681–82
V.i.d (Article 1st)19301937
1215682
2215682
3215682
4216683
5216683
6216683
7216–17683–84
8217684
9217–18684–85
10218685
11218685
12218–19685–86
13219686
14219686
15219686–87
16220687
17220–22687–89
18222689
19222689
V.i.e        
1223690
2223690–91
3224691
4224691
5224691
6224–25691–92
7225692
8225692
9225–26692–93
10226–28693–95
11228–29695–96
12229696
13229–30696–97
14230–32697–99
15232699
16232699
17232699
18232–33699–700
19233700
20233–34700–01
21234–35701–02
22235–36703
23236703
24236–37704
25237704–05
26237–44705–11
27244711
28244711–12
29244–45712
30245–46712–13
31246713
32246713
33246713–14
34247714
35247714
36247714–15
37247715
38248715
39248715
40248715–16
V.i.f (Article 2d)        
1249716
2249716
3249716
4249–50717
5250717
6250717
7250717–18
8250–51718
9251718–19
10251719
11252719
12252719
13252719–20
14252–53720
15253720–21
16253–54721
17254721
18254721
19254722
20254–55722
21255–56722–23
22256723
23256723
24256723–24
25256–57724
26257724–25
27258725
28258725–26
29258726
30259726
31259726–27
32259727
33259–60727
34260727
35260727–28
36260–61728
37261728
38261728
39261728–29
40261–62729–30
41262–63730
42263730
43263–64730–31
44264–65731–32
45265–66732–33
46266733
47266–67734
48267734
49267734
50267–68734–35
51268–69735–36
52269736–37
53269737
54270737
55270737–38
56270738
57270738
58271738
59271738–39
60271–72739
61272–73739–40
V.i.g (Article 3d)        
1273–74740–41
2274–75741–42
3275742
4275742–43
5275–76743
6276743
7276–77743–44
8277–78744–45
9278–79746
10279746–47
11279–80747
12280747–48
13280748
14281748
15281748
16281–82748–49
17282–83749–50
18283750
19283–84750–51
20284–85751–52
21285752
22285–87752–54
23287754
24287–88754–55
25288755–56
26289756
27289–90756–57
28290757
29290757
30290–91757–58
31291758
32291758–59
33291–92759
34292–93759–60
35293760
36293–94760–61
37294–95761–62
38295762
39295–96762–64
40296–97764
41297–98764–66
42299766
V.i.h (Part IV)        
1299766
2299766
3299766–67
V.i.i (Conclusion)        
1300767
2300767
3300767
4300767–68
5300–01768
6301768
V.ii        
1302769
V.ii.a (Part I)        
1302769
2302769
3302769
4302–03769–70
5303770–71
6304771
7304771
8304771
9304–05772
10305772
11305772–73
12306773
13306773
14306773
15306–07773–74
16307–08774–75
17308775
18308–09775–76
19309776
20309776
21309776–77
V.ii.b (Part II)        
1310777
2310777
3310777
4310–11778
5311778
6311–12778–79
7312779
V.ii.c (Article 1st)19301937
1312779–80
2313780
3313780–81
4313–14781
5314781
6314781–82
7314–15782
8315782
9315782
10315782
11315782–83
12315–16783
13316783
14316783
15316–17783–84
16317784
17317784
18317–18784–85
19318785
20318785–86
21318–19786
22319786
23319786
24319786–87
25320787
26320787
27320–21787–88
V.ii.d (Taxes which are proportioned . . . to the Produce of Land)        
1321788
2321788–89
3322789
4322789
5322–23789–90
6323790
7323790
8323–24790–91
9324791
V.ii.e (Taxes upon the Rent of Houses)        
1324791
2324–25791–92
3325792
4325792
5325–26792–93
6326–27793–94
7327794
8327–28794–95
9328795
10328795–96
11329796
12329796
13329796–97
14330797
15330797
16330797
17330797
18330–31797–98
19331798
20331798
V.ii.f (Article 2d)        
1331798
2331–32798–99
3332–33799–800
4333800
5333800
6333800
7333–34800–01
8334801
9334801
10334–35801–02
11335802
12335–36802–03
13336803
14336803
V.ii.g (Taxes upon the Profit of particular Employments)        
1336803–04
2336–37804
3337804
4337–38804–05
5338805
6338–39805–06
7339–40806–07
8340807
9340–41807–08
10341808
11341808
12341–42809
13342809
V.ii.h (Appendix to Articles 1st & 2d)        
1342809
2343810
3343810
4343–44810–11
5344811
6344811
7344–45811–12
8345812
9345812
10345812–13
11345–46813
12346813
13346–47813–14
14347814
15347814
16347814
17348815
V.ii.i (Article 3d)        
1348–49815–16
2349816–17
3350817
4350817
5350817
6350817–18
7351818
V.ii.j (Article 4th)        
1351818–19
2351–52819
3352819
4352819
5352819–20
6352–53820
7353820–21
8353821
9354821
V.ii.k (Taxes upon Consumable Commodities)        
1354821
2354821
3354–55821–22
4355822
5355822–23
6355–56823
7356823–24
8356–57824
9357824–25
10357825
11358825
12358825–26
13359826
14359–60826–27
15360827
16360827
17360827–28
18360–62828–29
19362829
20362829–30
21362830
22363830
23363–64830–31
24364–65831–32
25365832
26365832
27365832–33
28365–66833
29366833
30366–67833–34
31367834
32367834
33367835
34367835
35367–68835
36368835
37368835–36
38368–69836
39369–70836–37
40370837
41370837
42370837–38
43370–71838
44371–72839
45372839–40
46372840
47372–73840
48374840–41
49374841–42
50374–75842
51375842
52375843
53376843
54376–77843–44
55377844–45
56377–78845
57378845–46
58378–79846–47
59379847
60379–80847
61380847
62380–81847–48
63381848–49
64381–82849
65382–83849–50
66383850
67383–84850–51
68384851
69384851–52
70384–85852
71385853
72385–86853
73386853–54
74387854
75387–88854–55
76388855
77388–89855–56
78389–90856–57
79390857
80390–91857–58
V.iii19301937
1392–93859–60
2393–94860
3394861
4394–95861–62
5395862
6395862
7395–96862–63
8396863
9396863
10396–97863
11397863–64
12397–98864–65
13398865
14398865
15398865
16398–99865
17399865–66
18399866
19399866
20399866
21399866
22399866
23400866–67
24400867
25400867
26400–01867–68
27401868
28401868
29401868
30402868–69
31402–03869–70
32403870
33403870
34403–04870–71
35404871
36404–05871–72
37405872
38405–06872–73
39406873
40406873
41407873–74
42407874
43407874
44407874
45407–08874–75
46408–09875–76
47409–10877
48410–11877–78
49411878
50411878–79
51412879
52412879
53412879
54412–13879–80
55413880
56413880–81
57414881
58414–15881–82
59415882
60415–16882–83
61416–17883–84
62417884
63417–18884–85
64418885
65418885
66418–19885–86
67419886
68419886–87
69419887
70420887
71420887
72420–21887–88
73421888
74421–22888–89
75422889
76422–24889–91
77424–25891–92
78425892
79425892–93
80426893
81426893–94
82427894
83427894
84427894–95
85427–28895
86428895
87428–29896
88429–30896–97
89430897
90430–31897–98
91431898
92431–33898–900

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  • Principles of Political Œconomy (London, 1767). 9, 19, 44, 46, 62, 73, 74, 94, 97, 133, 139, 181, 317, 325, 331–2, 357, 409, 412, 414, 425, 436, 456, 479, 581, 612, 689, 691, 733, 751, 795, 827, 870, 876 [ASL]
  • Stewart, D. Works (Edinburgh, 1856) 67
  • Sutherland, L. S. The East India Company in Eighteenth Century Politics (Oxford, 1952) 751
  • Swift, J. An Answer to a Paper called a Memorial of the Poor Inhabitants and Labourers of the Kingdom of Ireland (Dublin, 1728) 882 [ASL]
  • Tavernier, J. B. Travels in India, translated by V. Ball (London, 1889) 191 [ASL]
  • Theocritus.Idylls 118 [ASL]
  • Thom, W. Defects of an University Education, and its Unsuitableness to a Commercial People (Glasgow, 1762) 761
  • Thucydides.History of the Peloponnesian War 692, 693–4 [ASL]
  • Turgot, A. J.2

    It is reported by H. Mizuta that Adam Smith owned numbers of the Ephémérides du citoyen ou bibliothéque raisonée des sciences morales et politiques for the years 1766–69. He thus owned the first two (out of three) parts of Turgot’s Reflections. See above, p. 23 and P. D. Groenewegen, ‘Turgot and Adam Smith’, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, xvi. (1969), 275.

    Professor Mizuta has reported that a separate copy of the Reflections was in Smith’s library and bound with New and old principles of trade compared (London, 1788). This edition of the Reflections is dated London, 1793. Adam Smith’s Library, p. 59.

    Reflections on the Formation and Distribution of Riches (1766) 14, 73, 276, 337, 338, 358, 360, 391, 672–3, 689 [ASL]
  • Tyrrell, J. General History of England both Ecclesiastical and Civil (London, 1700) 716 [ASL]
  • De Uztariz, G. The Theory and Practice of Commerce, translated by John Kippax (London, 1751) 222, 511, 899–900 [ASL]
  • Ulloa. See under Juan G. and De Ulloa
  • Varro.De re rustica 170, 241–2 [ASL]
  • Virgil.Georgics 590 [ASL]
  • Voltaire.Siècle de Louis XIV (Berlin, 1751) 487, 811 [ASL]
  • Ward, J. T. and Wilson, R. G. (eds.). Land and Industry (Newton Abbot, 1971) 412
  • Webster, A. An Account of the Numbers of People in Scotland in the year 1755, reprinted in J. G. Kyd Scottish Population Statistics, Scottish History Society (third series), xliii. (Edinburgh, 1952) 535
  • Whateley, T. (often ascribed to G. Grenville). Considerations on the Trade and Finance of this Kingdom (London, 1766) 618, 922 [ASL]
  • Whitworth, C. (ed.). C. D’avenant, Political and Commercial Works (London, 1771) See

    [1 ]Where Smith owned an edition of a book (or the collected works of some author) cited in this index, it is marked ‘ASL’ to signify that it was in his library—as reported by either James Bonar or H. Mizuta in their respective catalogues. Where Smith purchased a book for Glasgow University Library during his period as Quaestor, it is marked ‘Q’. Smith’s accounts as Quaestor are reprinted in W. R. Scott’s Adam Smith as Student and Professor at pp. 179–84.

    [2 ]It is reported by H. Mizuta that Adam Smith owned numbers of the Ephémérides du citoyen ou bibliothéque raisonée des sciences morales et politiques for the years 1766–69. He thus owned the first two (out of three) parts of Turgot’s Reflections. See above, p. 23 and P. D. Groenewegen, ‘Turgot and Adam Smith’, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, xvi. (1969), 275.

    Professor Mizuta has reported that a separate copy of the Reflections was in Smith’s library and bound with New and old principles of trade compared (London, 1788). This edition of the Reflections is dated London, 1793. Adam Smith’s Library, p. 59.