Lot 246
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[Crime, Punishment & Transportation] - Mandeville, Bernard
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 14 February 2018 at 10:00 GMT
£1,500
Description
An Enquiry into the Causes of the frequent Executions at Tyburn: and a Proposal for some Regulations concerning Felons in Prison, and the good Effects to be expected from them. To which is added, a Discourse on Transportation, and a Method to render that Punishment more effectual. London, Printed: and sold by J. Roberts, 1725. First edition, 8vo, pp. [16], 55, [1], with the half-title (short tear repaired), early 20th century brown morocco, t.e.g., others uncut
Footnote
Note: First edition, collecting various essays first printed in the St James's Journaland the British Journal, with a 16-page 'Preface'.