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

John Howard; Stephen Theodore Janssen, Sir; James Johnstone

Verlag: Warrington : Printed by William Eyres, and sold by T. Cadell, J. Johnson, C. Dilly, and J. Taylor, in London, 1789

Beschreibung

Quarto. First edition. Contemporary calf, gilt, modern spine reback, red leather spine label, compartments decorated in gilt, marbled endpages and endpapers. viii, 259, [15], 32 pp., 22 folded plates, folding table; 31 cm. Bound with the additional appendix of Howard's letters from the 1791 edition. Rubbing to edges. Marginal spotting, toning. Foxing and minor offsetting to plates. View of Proposed Lazeretto provided in facsimile. Contemporary signature of Thomas Brown on title page. Best known as a prison reformer on the strength of his famous State of the Prisons in England and Wales (1777; see Printing and the Mind of Man 224), the English philanthropist John Howard was also concerned with the improvement of sanitary conditions in other public institutions. His work in this area represents an important link in the development of the public health movement. The present work, an investigation of the conditions of English and European hospitals (including mental hospitals and quarantine detention houses) contains both plans and notes on management and personnel; it also includes notes of Howard's latest inspections of Irish, Scottish and English prisons. Refs: Garrison Morton 1601. Norman 1109; Wellcome III, p.306; Goldsmiths' 13969. Provenance: Armorial bookplate of Cecil, [10th] Earl of Exeter's on verso. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1307090054

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Titel: An account of the principal lazarettos in ...

Verlag: Warrington : Printed by William Eyres, and sold by T. Cadell, J. Johnson, C. Dilly, and J. Taylor, in London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1789

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: First Edition.