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[Economics] Mandeville, Bernard (1670-1733) The Fable of the Bees: or, Private Vices, Publick Benefits.
London: Printed for Edmund Parker, 1723.
Octavo, second edition under this title, woodcut printer's device to title, bound in contemporary blind-tooled and sprinkled calf, front board detached, ex libris Samuel Kerrich (1696-1762) with his engraved armorial bookplate circa 1734 pasted inside the front board and signature on ffep, 7 3/8 x 4 1/2 in.
"In this work Mandeville represents strongly the increasing tendence to dwell upon those evils of society as a result of over-civilization, and anticipated the teaching of those philosophers who saw no hope of a return to innocence but by returning to the state of nature. Mandeville gave great offense by this work, but was long popular and later critics have pointed out the real acuteness of the writer as well as the vigor of his style, especially remarkable in a foreigner." (Quoted from T. Thorp, bookseller of Guildford's catalogue, inserted in this copy.)
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