An essay on crimes and punishments
Subtitle: translated from the Italian : with a commentary, attributed to Mons. de Voltaire, translated from the French
Contributors: Voltaire, 1694-1778, author; Newbery, E. (Elizabeth), 1746-1821, publisher; Drakard, J. (John), active 1800-1835, binder
Edition: The fourth edition.
Publisher: Printed for E. Newbery ...
Published: 1785
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 179
Subjects: Early works to 1800; Law reform; Capital punishment; Torture; Criminal law; Crime
Work titles: Dei delitti e delle pene
Notes: Anonymous. By Cesare Bonesana.--CF. ESTC

Not a reissue of the 1775 4th edition.--Cf. ESTC

Beccaria's very influential "Dei Delitti e delle Pene" was first published in Livorno in 1764, and the first English translation followed in 1767. Beccaria's book brought into the language the phrase "the greatest happiness of the greatest number" and his arguments about crime and punishment, revolutionary in their time, are part and parcel of modern criminology and penology. See "Printing and the Mind of Man": No. 209.

Roscoe A29(6)

ESTC N6750

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound in full early sheepskin panelled in blind with a red leather label at the head of the spine. A binder's ticket on the front pastedown reads, "Bound by J. Drakard, printer, bookseller, & stationer, Stamford, Uppingham, and Bourn."