HOWARD, John. État des prisons, des hôpitaux et des maisons de force. 1788.
HOWARD, John.
État des prisons, des hôpitaux et des maisons de force.
Paris, Lagrange, 1788.
Two 8vo (195x120 mm), frontispiece, (4)-406-(2) pages / (4)-458-(6) pages and 21 plates. binding : Contemporary full calf. Gilt flat spine. Caps and corners chipped. Some foxing.
First french edition of Howard's pioneering work on prisons and penal reform.
references: Printing and the Mind of Man [224 (first english edition) : "Encouraged by this success he then set out on a systematic tour of British and continental prisons. He noticed the comparative absence of crime in the Low Countries and saw the cause in the reformatory treatment there bestowed on criminals. The French authorities tried to prevent his access to their prisons, but he was able to circumvent them and published the results of his inspection. This and the report of his expedition as a whole formed part of The State of Prisons, the first major practical work on the subject"].
Price : 700 €
