BENTHAM, Jeremy.

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Trattati di legislazione civile e penale. First edition in Italian of Bentham's Theory of Legislation, originally published in French, edited by Etienne Dumont from Bentham's original manuscripts. This work did more than any other to establish Bentham's reputation. It consists partly of papers by Bentham himself, some of which were originally composed in French, and partly of a digest by Dumont of Bentham's ideas."Romilly tells an amusing story of Bentham's impatience to see the volumes because of a great curiosity to know what his own opinions are upon the subjects Dumont treats of. The success was immediate and Russian, German, Spanish, and Portuguese translations soon followed and Bentham's influence became particularly marked in the South American Republics where 40,000 copies of various works were sold." (Muirhead).

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