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].

  • Howard, John, 1726-1790
Date:
1791
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London : J. Johnson [etc.], 1791.

Physical description

vi pages, 1 unnumbered leaf, 259 pages, 7 unnumbered leaves, 32 page, folded plates : tables ; (4to)

Edition

2nd ed.

Contents

"Appendix containing observations concerning foreign prisons and hospitals: collected by Mr. Howard in his concluding tour. Together with two letters to Mr. Howard, from John Haygarth, M.D": 2 l., [3]-32 p. at end

References note

Baumgartner 22? and 29
Baumgartner, L. 'John Howard, hospital and prison reformer: a bibliography, 22 and 29
ESTC T115290

Notes

Copy 1 Note: [1st issue? Issued with] Appendix. Advertisement signed J. Aiken, usually found in Appendix, is here bound between t.p. and p. v of prelims. Without the half-title which distinguishes the 2nd issue.

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