fable of the bees, or, Private vices, publick benefits
By: with an essay on charity and charity-schools ; and a search into the nature of society ; 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.
Edition: 4th ed.
Series: Library of English literature -- LEL 12226.
Publisher: Printed for J. Tonson
Published: 1725
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 477
Subjects: Ethics; Virtue; Charity-schools
Other titles: Grumbling hive; Knaves turned honest; Private vices, publick benefits
Notes: Title within double line border; decorative initials, bars, head- and tailpieces.

"Mandeville published in 1705 a doggerel poem called 'The grumbling hive, or Knaves turned honest' ... In 1714 it was republished anonymously with an 'Inquiry into the origin of moral virtue,' and a series of notes, under the title 'The fable of the bees, or Private vices publick benefits." - Dictionary of National Biography.

A second part was published in 1729.

Microfiche. Chicago, Ill. : Library Resources, inc., 1976. 1 microfiche : positive ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of English literature ; LEL 12226)

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Table of contents: title: The grumbling hive, or, Knaves turn'd honest; title: An enquiry into the origin of moral virtue; title: Remarks; title: An essay on charity and charity-schools; title: A search into the nature of society; title: Index; title: 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.