Bernard de MANDEVILLE - 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 fifth edition. To wich is added A Vindication of the book from the aspersion contain'd in a presentment of the Grand-Jury of Middlesex, and an abusive letter to lord C..

London, Tonson, 1728. Un volume in 8vo di (7)-477 pagine. Legatura coeva difettosa, usurata soprattutto al dorso, dove compare un 1 di tomagione. Spesso infatti questa edizione si accompagnava con un secondo volume, contenente lo sviluppo delle polemiche sollecitate dall'opera, volume peraltro a se stante e sovente di diverso stampatore. La prima edizione è del 1714, cui seguirono alcune ristampe. Nel 1723 apparve la “seconda edizione” allargata. Altre aggiunte si ritrovano cinque anni dopo nella quinta edizione: nello stesso anno ne venne pubblicata un'edizione in due volumi. “Mandeville's central theme is that public benefits are the product of private vices and not of private virtues” (New Palgrave). Una delle opere-chiave di tutta la storia del pensiero economico.

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