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Mirabeau Observations voyageur anglais 1st

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Suivies de réflexions sur les effets de la sévérité des peines, et sur la législation criminelle de la Grande-Bretagne...Avec une lettre de Benjamin Franklin, first edition, half-title, aquatint portrait frontispiece (not called for), errata f., 20th century red crushed morocco, gilt, by Chambolle-Duru, upper joint starting, spine and joints rubbed, g.e., no place, no printer, 1788.

***An attack on the French penal system. MIrabeau suggests that France should look to England for solutions to these problems. Franklin's letter touches on the same issues of prison reform..

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