The fable of the bees: or, Private vices, publick benefits /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
The Clarendon Press,
1924.
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| Item Description: | With reproductions of original title-pages. Part I of the Fable, from the 6th edition, 1732, consists of the original poem, the "Grumbling hive: or, Knaves, turn'd honest," first published in 1705, with prose commentary: An enquiry into the origin of moral virtue; Remarks; An essay on charity-schools; a Search into the nature of society; a Vindication of the book. Part II, from the first edition, 1729, consists of preface and six prose dialogues, amplifying and defending his doctrines. |
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| Physical Description: | 2 volumes : frontispiece, facsimiles, genealogical tables ; 23 cm |