Letters to count toreno on The proposed Penal Code, delivered in by the legislation committee of the spanish cortes, april 25th, 1821...
London.
Printed by R. and A. Taylor...and sold by Effingham Wilson, 1822.
First edition.
8vo.
viii, 120pp. Original publisher's buff paper boards, printed paper lettering- piece. Worn, boards held by cords only, loss to spine and lettering-piece, corners exposed. FFEP detached, scattered spotting.
The sole edition, in original unsophisticated state, of philosopher, jurist, and reformer Jeremy Bentham's (1748-1832) critique of a draft penal code prepared by the Cortes Generales during the Trienio Liberal, which member José Maria Queipo de Llano Ruiz de Saravia, conde de Toreno (1786-1843) - recently returned from exile in order to serve the revolutionary parliament - had sent to Bentham for review.
£ 750.00
Antiquates Ref: 33139
