The State of the Prisons in England and Wales with Preliminary Observations and an account of some Foreign Prisons together with Appendix to the State of Prisons in England and Wales; Two Volumes
London: Warrington printed William Eyres, 1777 & 1784. First Edition and Second edition respectively. Hard Cover. Quarto. Two Volume set. Volume 1 is a first edition with Three folding plates.Volume 2 was published in 1784 and is a second edition. 18 leaves of plates as called for but numbered up to 22.. Both volumes bound in full leather with professionally rebacked spines. Leather title labels to spine. Gilt design to spines. Some age-toning at edges of endpapers. Bindings is tight. Ties. Both volumes in very nice condition. very good. Item #48351
Volume 1 is in PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN (224). This is the first major practical work on the subject and a n influential work on prison reform Thereafter Howard devoted himself to study and the prevention of gaol fever, of which he contracted the disease himself in the Crimea where he died of it in 1790.
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