'In this edition I have tried to offer a text which...represents his final intention as to its wording. Since none of the editions in his lifetime or later aims at these ideals, I have had to construct an eclectic text'. - Note.
'Fable of the bees' originally published, London: Printed for J. Roberts, 1714.
The fable of the bees by Bernard Mandeville. ISBN 0140400168. Published by Penguin in 1970. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.