Howard,J.

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. Warrington, W. Eyres for T.Cadell, J.Johnson, C.Dilly and J.Taylor, London 1789. 4°. With 3 (instead of 22, 2 folded several times, 1 oblong) copper plates and 1 folded several times gest. (III-)VIII, 259 p., 7 fol. mod. Hldr. with rsch. (spine bleached). Blake 223. Wellcome III, 306. Osler 1212. Garrison-M. 1601. Norman 1109. First edition of the epoch-making work of the "famous philanthropist and reformer of the English prison system" (Hirsch-H. III, 314). Howard visited countless hospitals and prisons in Europe and "brought about a reformation of these institutions in several states, partly through personal impressions, partly through writings, among others through the treatise: "Account of the principal lazarettos..." (H.-H.). - The plates with ground plans and a landscape. Some browning and marginal wear in places, some plates creased and with some underlining, 1 plate and 2 leaves restored, purchased as viewed.