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The Virgin Unmask'd: or, Female Dialogues Betwixt an Elderly Maiden Lady and her
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The Virgin Unmask'd: or, Female Dialogues Betwixt an Elderly Maiden Lady and her Niece on several Diverting Discourses on love, marriage, memoirs, and morals, &c. of the Times Late nineteenth century half calf over brown pebbled cloth. black leather spine label titled in gilt. - 1724

by Mandeville, Bernard

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London: Printed, and sold by G. Strahan.. 1724 Second edition of Mandeville's first prose work in English and his first foray into social commentary. Originally published in 1709. The second edition was the last published during Mandeville's lifetime. All editions are scarce in commerce. Late nineteenth century half calf over brown pebbled cloth. Black leather spine label titled in gilt. . Octavo. Slight edgewear. Marbled endpapers. Two contemporary ink ownership signatures to title-page. Toning and some staining and foxing. A good copy. Bernard Mandeville (1670 – 1733) was born in Dordrecht, Holland. After attending the University of Leiden and earning a medical degree, he came to England to learn the language, but ended up staying. He is best known for The Fable of the Bees, which was first published as a 433-line poem The Grumbling Hive, or Knaves Turn'd Honest in 1705 and was expanded into a prose work in 1714. The work was controversial upon its publication, being criticized as cynical and degrading, but it was popular for years and has since been praised by critics for the cuteness of Mandeville's perceptions and the strength of his style. It influenced George Berkeley, who responded to it in the Alciphron, as well as Samuel Johnson, Adam Smith, and the Utilitarians.
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