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.

Description

Main Author

Mandeville, Bernard, 1670-1733

Related Names

Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945, former owner.
Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821, former owner.
Tonson, Jacob, -1735, publisher.
Donald & Mary Hyde Collection of Dr. Samuel Johnson (Houghton Library)
Riviere & Son

Language(s)

English

Published

London : Printed for J. Tonson ..., 1725.

Edition

The fourth edition, to which is added, a vindication of the book from aspersions contain'd in a presentment of the grand-jury of Middlesex, and an abusive letter to Lord C.

Subjects

Ethics
Charity-schools
Virtue
Ethics
Annotations (Provenance) > Annotations (Provenance) / England > Annotations (Provenance) / England / 18th century.

Note

Page 400 misnumbered 352.
Signatures: A-2H⁸.
By Bernard Mandeville.

Physical Description

[16], 477, [3] p. ; 21 cm. (8vo)

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