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: and Additional Remarks on the Pr

£750 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

With the author’s presentation inscription to ffep: ’Mr. Howard requests Mr. Fuller, will be kind enough to accept this book from him, as a small testimony of his esteem. John Howard (1726-1790) was an English philanthropist most well-known for his efforts in prison reform, documented in his 1777 publication entitled The State of Prisons .

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