The state of the prisons in England and Wales
Subtitle: with preliminary observations and an account of some foreign prisons and hospitals
By: by John Howard, F.R.S.
Contributors: Brossais Du Perray
Edition: The fourth edition.
Publisher: Printed for J. Johnson, C. Dilly, and T. Cadell
Published: 1792
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 540
Subjects: Prisons; Early works to 1800; History; Hospitals
Notes: "Directions to the book-binder"--P. [509].

Includes: Brossais du Perray's "Historical remarks and anecdotes on the Castle of the Bastille, translated from the French, published in 1774", with a separate half-title page (pages [513]-540).

Includes index.

Offsite copy: imperfect. Title-page wanting; half title-page (with title: The state of the prisons in England and Wales, &c.) and dedication page trimmed and mounted on 2 separate sheets bound in; on half title-page, author's name and imprint (Warrington, 1784 [sic]) written in pencil; of 22 plates, plates 7, 14-15, 18 and 20 are missing.

English short title catalogue, N23240