An account of the principal Lazarettos in Europe, with various papers relative to the plague: together with further observations on some foreign prisons and hospitals

by John Howard

$750 · Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books

First edition

Warrington: William Eyres, 1789. 4to. iii -viii, 259, 15 ; 32 pp., including index, leaf of publisher’s advertisement, and appendix lacking the half-title, a. FIRST EDITION. Complete with 22 folding engraved plates and an extra large folding table containing statistics on crime. Modern calf over marbled boards, new endpapers; other than some very minor staining, a really great copy. Item #20105

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