The fable of the bees: . or, private vices, publick benefits. With an essay on charity and charity-schools. And a search into the nature of society. The third edition. To which is added A vindication of the book from the aspersions contain'd in a presentment of the grand-jury of Middlesex, and an abusive letter to Lord C.
Bernard Mandeville (1670-1733)
Category
Books
Date
1724
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3010796
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16],477,[1]p. . 8vo.. Previous shelfmark: C.9.14. Identified in 1796 inventory: O 253 "Mandeville's Fable of ye bees", price 1s. Christies, 21 June 2004, lot 525.. Provenance: Bookplate: 'Chirk Castle R. E. Myddelton' [i.e. Robert Edward Myddelton (1866-1949)]; crest armorial, signed and dated: W.P.B. 1914.. Binding: Eighteenth-century Cambridge-style blind panelled calf binding; gilt roll on board edges. Manuscript spine title, and manuscript spine label: "Dd.4".
Makers and roles
Bernard Mandeville (1670-1733)