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.

  • Mandeville, Bernard, 1670-1733.
Date:
1725
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: 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. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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