DES PRISONS DE PHILADELPHIE

by Le citoyen LaRochefoucauld-Liancourt, Un Europeen

$325 · Offered by Bartleby's Books

Paris: chez H. Agasse, n.d. ca.1799 . Third edition,with additions. Bound in 1/4 leather and marbled boards. Recently rebacked, and with new endpapers. 8vo.; 96pp. 3 folding tables. Item #5169 The author visited the United States in the late 1790's to observe the fledgling republic's prison systems, particularly in Philadelphia. He made comparisons between the American and French interpretations of criminal justice.

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