Adam Smith first edition hidden under old cabinet offered in huge Bishton Hall auction

The last-minute discovery of a 1776 first edition of Adam Smith’s '…Wealth of Nations' was a magical, unforgettable moment for a Derbyshire saleroom’s book specialist.

Extracted from beneath a silver cabinet where the owners of a Staffordshire country house used to …

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