1740 French “La Fable des Abeilles” – Complete Four-Volume Set in Contemporary Calf with only minor surface wear

with only minor surface wear

or display cabinet

the base is wide and stable with pierced detailing and raised feet

Its slightly more compact scale makes it especially versatile

1740 French “La Fable des Abeilles” – Complete Four-Volume Set in Contemporary Calf with only minor surface wear1740 French La Fable des Abeilles Complete Four Volume Set in Contemporary Calf This exceptional four volume set is the 1740 French translation of Bernard Mandevilles La Fable des Abeilles, ou les Fripons devenus Honntes Gens, rendered from the sixth English edition of The Fable of the Bees. First published in 1714, Mandevilles provocative satire argued that private vicegreed, vanity, self interestcould, paradoxically, generate public benefit. Those