[MANDEVILLE, BERNARD DE.] The Fable of the Bees; or, Private Vices, Publick Benefits. The Second [i. e., Third] Edition, Enlarged with Many Additions. As also an Essay on Charity and Charity-Schools. And aSearch into the Nature of Society. [8], 428,

[MANDEVILLE, BERNARD DE.] The Fable of the Bees; or, Private Vices, Publick Benefits. The Second [i. e., Third] Edition, Enlarged with Many Additions. As also an Essay on Charity and Charity-Schools. And aSearch into the Nature of Society. [8], 428, [11] pages * The Fable ofthe Bees. Part II. [34], 432, [24] pages. FIRST EDITION. Together, 2 volumes. 8vo, modern panelled calf in period style with morocco lettering pieces; occasional light toning or off-setting. London: Edmund Parker, 1723; J. Roberts, 1729 E500-750 Controversial satire first published in 1705 as The Grumbling Hive and subsequently revised and enlarged. "Mandeville enunciates a vision of an economy that organizes itself and allocates resources through the market place Although there is no serious analysis of the market mechanism, thereis the clear assertion that the unregulated market provides a system of signals and inducements such that the interactions of purely egoistic motives will somehow produce results that will advance the public good"-New Palgrave III, 298.