The fable of the bees, or, Private vices, public benefits : in two volumes : with an essay on charity and charity-schools, and a search into the nature of society : to which is added, a vindication of the book from the aspersions contained in a presentment of the Grand Jury of Middlesex, and an abusive letter to the Lord C---.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mandeville, Bernard, 1670-1733
Format: eBook
Language:English
Series:Making of the modern world (Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature)
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Item Description:Attributed to Bernard Mandeville.-- NUC pre-1956.
"The following fable [was] ... called The grumbling hive, or, Knaves turn'd honest."--Pref.
First part originally published in 1714, the second in 1724.
Includes index.
Reproduction of original from Goldsmiths' Library, University of London.
Goldsmiths'-Kress number 10834.1.
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:2 volumes ; 18 cm.