[Rarebooks] FS: Two 18th century English works on prisons, bound together

[Karmbooks at aol.com]

(CRIME) THE LIFE OF JOHN HOWARD, ESQUIRE LL. D and F. R. S. Newcastle Upon 
Tyne: Printed by W. Thompson. 1790. (2),60pp. Lg. woodcut printer's device on 
title. BOUND WITH: Howard, John. EXTRACTS SELECTED FROM THE WRITINGS AND 
OBSERVATIONS OF THE LATE JOHN HOWARD... Viz. the State of Prisons and Hospitals in 
Holland, Germany, Italy, Geneva, Switzerland, Austrian Flanders, French 
Flanders, and France; Scotland and Ireland: with a Particular Account of the English 
Prisons... To Which Is Added, an Account of the Lazarettoes. Newcastle: Printed 
by W. Thompson. 1790. (4),186pp. A few minor spots on title page. Both works 
bound together in marbled boards, slightly soiled, nicely rebacked in period 
style calf with red morocco spine label. Engraved armorial bookplate of John 
Bradford on front pastedown.     $450.00 (trade discount allowed)
Howard (1726-1790) was a social crusader who sought through his many writings 
to improve conditions in prisons and hospitals. The "Lazarettoes" mentioned 
in the second title were coastal quarantine stations designed to prevent the 
importation of the Plague. Both works are quite scarce. Although published in 
the same year by the same printer, they are not usually found together.

Kenneth Karmiole, Bookseller, Inc.
P.O. Box 464
Santa Monica, CA 90406
Tel. (310) 451-4342; Fax. (310) 458-5930
Email: karmbooks at aol.com




**************
Get a jump start on your taxes. Find a tax professional in your 
neighborhood today. 
(http://yellowpages.aol.com/search?query=Tax+Return+Preparation+%26+Filing&ncid=emlcntusyelp00000004)