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[MANDEVILLE, BERNARD DE.] The Fable of the Bees; or, Private Vices, Publick Benefits . . . Fourth Edition. [16], 477 pages * The Fable of the Bees. Part II. [2], xxxi, [1], 432, [24] pages. first edition. Together, 2 volumes. 8vo, 194x129 and 199x125 mm, modern uniform 1/2 brown morocco; contents of first volume clean apart from minor spotting on title, occasional light toning and spotting in the second volume. London: J. Tonson, 1725; J. Roberts, 1729
Controversial satire on the benefits of vice and the self-interest of virtue, first published in 1705 as The Grumbling Hive and subsequently revised and enlarged. See also lot 352.
