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

People / Organizations

• Bernard Mandeville (Author)

Imprint

London : Printed for J. Roberts, near the Oxford Arms in Warwick Lane, 1714.

Added name

Roberts, James, 1668 or 1669-1754, printer.

Publication year

1714

ESTC No.

T77573

Grub Street ID

299676

Description

[24], 228 p. ; 12°.

Note

Anonymous. By Bernard de Mandeville

A reprint of the earlier edition (ESTC T77579). The earlier edition has on p. 36 l.26 "rejoyning", corrected in the Errata list; in this edition the error is corrected on p. 36 but the erratum is retained in the Errata list

Signatures: A-K]1]2 L]6

B3 mis-signed as B5; I3 mis-signed as I2.