The Fable of the Bees: Or Private Vices, Publick Benefits (2 Volume Set) by Bernard Mandeville

Liberty Fund Inc, 1988-12-01. Hardcover. Used: Good.

Hardback. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; Begins with a poem and continues with many essays and dialogues.

Liberty Classics, 1988. Hardcover. NEAR FINE. cxlvi, 412; 481 pp. Facsimile of the 1924 Oxford Clarendon edition. Black boards backed in khaki cloth, gilt spine lettering blocked in black, grey place ribbon, black topstain. Volume one owner dampstain to FFEP, volume two very faintly foxed, both volumes pristine otherwise.

Liberty Fund, 1988. Hardcover. New. facsimile ed edition. 1044 pages. 9.25x6.00x3.50 inches.

Indianapolis, Indiana: Liberty Fund Inc., 1988. Hardcover. pp. cxlvi, 412; 481. Thick 8vo's. Illustrated, stiff, covers. Bright, clean, and unmarked with firm, sound bindings; near fine. Appears unread; as new. "It used to be that everyone read the "notorious" Bernard Mandeville (1670-1733). He was a great satirist and came to have a profound impact on economics, ethics, and social philosophy. The Fable of the Bees begins with a poem and continues with a number of essays and dialogues. It is all tied together by the startling and original idea that "private vices" (self-interest) lead to "publick benefits" (the development and operation of society). From that simple beginning, Mandeville saw that orderly social structures (such as law, language, the market, and even the growth of knowledge) were a spontaneous growth developing out of individual human actions."

Liberty Fund. Fine. Soft cover. 1988.

Liberty Fund, 1988-12-31. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!