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The fable of the bees: or, Private vices, publick benefits

Title
The fable of the bees: or, Private vices, publick benefits. By Bernard Mandeville. With a commentary critical, historical, and explanatory by F.B. Kaye ...
Published
London ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1957.
Physical Description
2 v. front., facsims., geneal. tab. 23 cm.
Notes
With reproductions of original title-pages.
"First edition, 1924, reprinted 1957"--T.p. verso.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Contents
v. 1. Prefatory note. Introduction: Life of Mandeville. History of the text. Mandeville's thought. The background. Mandeville's influence. The fable of the bees. Pt. I.
v. 2. The fable of the bees. Pt. II. Appendixes: Mandeville's family (with genealogical table) Description of the editions. Criticisms of the fable. A list, chronologically arranged, of references to Mandeville's works. Index to commentary.
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