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 Present State of those in Great Britain and Ireland.
HOWARD (John).

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 Present State of those in Great Britain and Ireland.

AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY

First edition. 22 (mostly) folding views and plans and one folding table. 4to. Later half blue morocco with marbled paper boards, the spine with raised bands ruled in gilt, new endpapers, spine faded. Some browning and foxing as usual, a few small tears to the folding plates. Bookplate to upper pastedown. viii, 259, [13, index], [1]pp. Warrington, Printed by William Eyres, and sold in London by T. Cadell, J. Johnson, etc., 1789.

£750.00
HOWARD (John).
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 Present State of those in Great Britain and Ireland.

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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