The Theory of Moral Sentiments

The census claim is correct as to the 1759 Millar first, but the imprint is joint — London (Millar) and Edinburgh (Kincaid and Bell) — and a description naming Millar alone is incomplete. The work was written and first published in English in London, so no UK/US or original-language precedence question arises; American printings are much later and are not collected as firsts. The real precedence trap is internal to the edition sequence: the sixth edition of 1790, extensively revised by Smith in the last year of his life and adding the whole of Part VI, is the definitive text and the basis of nearly every modern edition — so the 'standard text' and the true first are different books, and 1790 sets are often offered in language that blurs the distinction.