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Visit to the Philadelphia prison : being an accurate and particular account of the wise and humane administration adopted in every part of that building
by TURNBULL, Robert J
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
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About This Item
1798 PRISON Robert Turnbull Philadelphia Wilson Street Death Penalty & Slavery
Robert J Turnbull's "Visit to the Philadelphia Prison" is a rare late, 18th-century review of the state of the prison in Philadelphia. This work not only describes the prison itself but also the treatment of prisoners. Turnbull notes that prisons found in the Walnut Street Prison were segregated by severity of crime and even finds ways to convey his own views of prisoner-treatment including his opposition to the death penalty and slavery.
This 1798 Dublin edition is considerably rare and desirable.
Item number: #24438
Price: $599
TURNBULL, Robert J
Visit to the Philadelphia prison : being an accurate and particular account of the wise and humane administration adopted in every part of that building
Dublin: Robert Napper for John Gough, 1798.
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o [2], ii, 91, [1]
o Folding chart at end present but damaged; full chart provided in facsimile
· References: Sabin 97470
· Provenance: Handwritten – Walter Roberts
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~8.5in X 5in (21.5cm x 13cm)
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- Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24438
- Title
- Visit to the Philadelphia prison : being an accurate and particular account of the wise and humane administration adopted in every part of that building
- Author
- TURNBULL, Robert J
- Format/Binding
- Leather; tight and secure
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Robert Napper for John Gough
- Place of Publication
- Dublin
- Date Published
- 1798
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1798 PRISON Robert Turnbull Philadelphia Wilson Street Death Penalty & Slavery, rare, antique, old, first edition, 1st state, provenance, signed, inscribed, dust jacket, vellum, manuscript, engravings, illustrations, leather, plates, maps, antiquarian
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