Des Prisons et des prisonniers

by Arthus Barthélemy Vingtrinier

$950 · Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books

First edition

Versailles: Klefer, 1840. 8vo. xvi, 464 pp. Folding engraved plate and 2 folding letterpress plates, letterpress tables in the text. Unopened in original printed blue wrappers. Slight wear to the extremities of the wrappers, otherwise excellent. Item #19687 First edition of this groundbreaking plan for an overhaul of the French penal system. Here Vingtrinier, a prison physician in Rouen, details his ideas for making

• Binding: Wrappers

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