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
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3010797
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16],477,[1]p. . 8vo.. Provenance: Marginalia and underscorings in pencil; according to Sydenham Hervey such "mysterious little pencil marks in the margins" are a sign of ownership by John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751).. Binding: Eighteenth-century Cambridge-style blind-panelled calf binding; blind roll on board edges. Rebacked in blind-tooled calf, with gilt title and date stamped on spine. Red sprinkled edges.
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
Bernard Mandeville (1670-1733)