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
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3010798
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16],477,[1]p. . 8vo.. Former shelfmarks: Q.6.11 (in black ink), Bb/5 (pencil), Bb.5.4 (blue ink).. Provenance: Armorial bookplate (between 1733 and 1754): Philip Lord Hardwicke Baron of Hardwicke in ye County of Gloucester [i.e. Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (1690-1764), created Baron Hardwicke, 1733, and Earl of Hardwicke, 1754].. Binding: Eighteenth-century Cambridge-style blind-panelled calf binding; blind roll on board edges.
Makers and roles
Bernard Mandeville (1670-1733)