The fable of the bees : or, private vices, publick benefits / Bernard de Mandeville ; with a commentary critical, historical, and explanatory by F.B. Kaye
1924, 2nd ed., 1st ed. in this form. Oxford : The Clarendon Press. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Top edge gilt. Foxing to prelims. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #477198
Physical description: 2 volumes : frontispiece, facsimiles, genealogical tables ; 23 cm. Contents: v.1. Prefatory note - Introduction: Life of Mandeville - History of the text - Mandeville's thought - The background - Mandeville's influence - The fable of the bees. Pt. I. - v.2. The fable of the bees. Pt. II - Appendixes: Mandeville's family (with genealogical table) - Description of the editions - Criticisms of the fable - A list, chronologically arranged, of references to Mandeville's works - Index to commentary. Subjects: Ethics. Virtue. Charity-schools.
Price: €225.00