The fable of the bees, or, Private vices, publick benefits / containing, several discourses, to demonstrate, that human frailties, during the degeneracy of mankind, may be turn'd to the advantage of the civil society, and made to supply the place of moral virtues.

Author/creator Mandeville, Bernard
Format Microform
Publication InfoLondon : Printed for J. Roberts, 1714.
Description228 pages ; 16 cm.
Subjects

SeriesLibrary of English literature ; LEL 12031
Library of English literature ; LEL 12031. UNAUTHORIZED
General notePage 139 misnumbered 319.
General noteIncludes table of contents.
General note"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 public benefits.'" - Dictionary of national biography.
General noteA second part was added to later editions.
Reproduction noteJoyner- Microfiche. Chicago, Ill. : Library Resources, inc., 1976. 1 microfiche : positive ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of English literature ; LEL 12031)
Other titleGrumbling hive microform.
Other titleKnaves turned honest microform.
Other titlePrivate vices, publick benefits microform.

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