An Essay on Crimes and Punishments, Translated from the Italian...
Beccaria, [Cesare Bonesana, Marchese de] [1738-1794]. An Essay on Crimes and Punishments, Translated from the Italian; With a Commentary Attributed to Mons. De Voltaire, Translated from the French. London: Printed for E. Newberry, 1775. Reprint. Birmingham: The Legal Classics Library, 1991. [iv], viii, [iv], 179, lxxix pp. Calf, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Fine. $45. * Reprint of the fourth edition. Dei Delitti e Delle Pene (1764) was the first systematic study of the principles of crime and punishment. Infused with the spirit of the Enlightenment, its advocacy of crime prevention and the abolition of torture and capital punishment marked a significant advance in criminological thought, which had changed little since the Middle Ages. It had a profound influence on the development of criminal law in Europe and the United States.
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