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Author Mandeville, Bernard, 1670-1733.

Title The fable of the bees, or, Private vices, publick benefits / 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 contain'd in a presentment of the grand-jury of Middlesex, and an abusive letter to Lord C.

Imprint London : Printed for J. Tonson, 1725.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Basement Library of English Literature Microfiche Cabinets  LEL 12226    ---  Available
Edition 4th ed.
Description [16], 477 p.
Series Library of English literature ; LEL 12226
Note Title within double line border; decorative initials, bars, head- and tailpieces.
"Mandeville published in 1705 a doggerel poem called 'The grumbling hive, or Knaves turned honest' ... In 1714 it was republished anonymously with an 'Inquiry into the origin of moral virtue,' and a series of notes, under the title 'The fable of the bees, or Private vices publick benefits." - Dictionary of National Biography.
A second part was published in 1729.
Contents The grumbling hive, or, Knaves turn'd honest -- An enquiry into the origin of moral virtue -- Remarks -- An essay on charity and charity-schools -- A search into the nature of society -- Index -- A vindication of the book, from the aspersions contain'd in a presentment of the grand jury of Middlesex, and an abusive letter to Lord C.
Reproduction Microfiche. Chicago, Ill. : Library Resources, inc., 1976. 1 microfiche : positive ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of English literature ; LEL 12226)
Note s 1976 ilu n
Subject Ethics.
Virtue.
Charity-schools.
Added Title The grumbling hive [microform.]
Knaves turned honest [microform]
Private vices, publick benefits [microform.]

 
    
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