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Mémoire à l'appui du projet de loi sur les prisons
1845ref. 91152Brussels: Weissenbruch Père Imprimeur du Roi 1845. First edition of this prison report debating the introduction of the cellular system in Belgium. It offers a survey of the current state of prisons in the country and a detailed comparison of penitentiaries in Europe and America. Later that year the Belgian Parliament voted to introduce the cellular system as standard. By the end of the 19th century "only Belgium among Western European nations claimed to have completed a standardised penitentiary regime composed of single-cell prisons" Morris and Rothman p. 181. Large octavo 268 x 173 mm. With 3 folding plates. Contemporary grey wrappers printed in black. With glassine jacket. Label of the Biblioteca Americano Collegio del Nord to head of spine; relevant newspaper article dated 1978 laid in. Spine creased extremities nicked and chipped front cover and lower outer corners of contents damp-stained rear cover almost detached several gatherings unopened: a very good copy. Norval Morris & David J. Rothman The Oxford History of the Prison 1998. unknown
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