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[MANDEVILLE, BERNARD DE.] The Fable of the Bees; or, Private Vices, Public Benefits . . . Third [i. e., Fourth] Edition . . . To which is added, A Vindication of the Book,from the Aspersions contain'd in a Presentment of the Grand-Jury of Middlesex [etc.]. [16], 477 pages. 8vo, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, endpapers renewed; dampstain in lower outer corner of title, final section (A Vindication) toned. London: J. Tonson, 1724
Controversial satire first published in 1705 as The Grumbling Hive and subsequently revised and enlarged; this edition is the first to include the Vindication. "Mandeville enunciates a vision of an economy that organizes itself and allocates resources through the market place"--New Palgrave III, 298.
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