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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 ...
Author: Mandeville, Bernard, 1670-1733.
Publication: Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1924.

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Request for On-site Use Request Scan How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?	v. 2	Text	Request in advance	SB (Mandeville, B. Fable of the bees. 1924) v. 2	Offsite
Request for On-site Use Request Scan Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	v. 2	Text	Use in library	JFE 09-3584 v. 2	Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315
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Additional Authors

Kaye, F. B. (Frederick Benjamin), 1892-1930.

Description

2 v. front., facsims., geneal. tab.; 23 cm.

Subject

Note

With reproductions of original title-pages.
Part I of the Fable, from the 6th edition, 1732, consists of the original poem, the "Grumbling hive: or, Knaves, turn'd honest," first published in 1705, with prose commentary: An enquiry into the origin of moral virtue; Remarks; An essay on charity-schools; a Search into the nature of society; a Vindication of the book. Part II, from the first edition, 1729, consists of preface and six prose dialogues, amplifying and defending his doctrines.

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.

Call Number

SB (Mandeville, B. Fable of the bees. 1924)

LCCN

25007869

OCLC

376706

Author

Mandeville, Bernard, 1670-1733.

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 ...

Imprint

Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1924.

Added Author

Kaye, F. B. (Frederick Benjamin), 1892-1930.

Research Call Number

SB (Mandeville, B. Fable of the bees. 1924)

JFE 09-3584

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