1852 Prison Reform John Howard Prisoner Torture Bastille Dixon Famed PROVENANCE

1852 Prison Reform John Howard Prisoner Torture Bastille Dixon Famed PROVENANCE

John Howard was an 18^th-century English prison reformer. After wrongly being taken prisoner while traveling, he took interest in reforming prisoners and prison life. He wrote numerous detailed accounts of the state of prisons across Britain and Europe – noting living conditions, unsatisfactory provisions, mental health of prisoners, torture and executions, and reflections of prison personnel.

Hepworth Dixon’s biographical sketch of Howard is one of, if not the best history of John Howard’s career in prison reform. His book ‘The Prison-World of Europe’ gives attention to specific European prisons, such as the Bastille and Marshalsea.

Item number: #23782

Price: $499

DIXON, William Hepworth

John Howard, and the prison-world of Europe : from original and authentic documents

Webster, Mass. : F. Charlton, 1852.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • xxxii, 33-442
• Language: English
• Provenance:
  • Bookplate – Elizabeth Buffum Chace
    • Elizabeth Buffum Chace (1806-1899) was an American activist in the anti-slavery, women’s rights, and prison reform movements of the mid-to-late 19th century. She associated personally with William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, and William Wells Brown, and hosted them frequently at her home. In 2001, Rhode Island Secretary of State, Edward S. Inman III selected Elizabeth Buffum Chace out of a field of 36 nominees to be honored with a bronze bust in the Rhode Island State House as “The Conscience of Rhode Island” for her tireless championing of the rights of the less fortunate.
  • Handwritten –
    • Elizabeth Louise Baxter, 1903
    • Rose J McManus, 1905
    • Maria Duffy, 1905
  • Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
    • Brown cloth
  • Size: ~8in X 5.25in (20.5cm x 13.5cm)

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