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PRISON SURVEYS

NEILD, James. An account of the rise, progress and present state of the Society for the discharge and relief of persons imprisoned for small debts throughout England and Wales... London: “for the benefit of the charity”, Nichols and son, 1802.

8vo (208 × 118 mm.), pp. ix, [i], 363. Engraved emblematic vignette of the Society to title. Later nineteenth-century half calf, gilt panelled spine with red and green morocco labels (the latter bearing a crest), by Zaehnsdorf. An excellent copy.

First edition of this remarkable survey of the prisons of Britain. Neild, penal reformer and philanthropist, made weekly prison visits in his capacity as treasurer of the Society for the discharge and relief of persons imprisoned for small debts (also known as the Thatched House Society).

Goldsmiths’ 18554; Kress B4573.

£250.00 (equal to approx. US$394.42* or €309.25* for 22 May 2012)

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