The state of the prisons in England and Wales, with preliminary observations, and an account of some foreign prisons.

Illustrations: Three folding engraved plans; "A plan for a county gaol," "Plan of La Maison de Force at Ghent," and "Newgate."Includes index.Signatures: [A]-3T⁴.ESTCMode of access: Internet.Pforzheimer copy: With the armorial bookplate of Viscount Bayham (John Jeffreys Pratt, later first Marquess Camden). -- Bound together with Howard's Appendix to the state of the prisons (Warrington: Eyres, 1784). -- Bound in contemporary calf, rebacked, spine gilt