An essay on crimes and punishments. [electronic resource] / Written by the Marquis Beccaria; of Milan. ; With a commentary attributed to Monsieur de Voltaire. ; [Five lines of quotations]

Author/Creator:

Beccaria, Cesare, marchese di, 1738-1794 author

Standardized Title:

Dei delitti e delle pene. English

Publication:

Philadelphia: : Printed and sold by R. Bell, next door to St. Paul's Church, in Third-Street., M.DCC.LXXVIII. [1778]

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 15730.

Format/Description:

Book
1 online resource ([4], 352, [4] pages)

Subjects:

Criminal law.
Crime.
Dueling.
Punishment.
Torture.
Law reform.
Capital punishment.

Form/Genre:

Booksellers' advertisements -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.

Place of Publication:

United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.

Notes:

With a half-title.
Error in paging: pages 133 misnumbered 123.
"Remarks on the opinions of some of the most celebrated writers on crown law ... by Granville Sharp."--p. [271]-348, with separate title page.
"J.J. Rousseau, citizen of Geneva, his opinion on duelling."--p. [349]-352.
Bookseller's advertisement, pages [356].
Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 15730).

Cited in:

Evans 15730

Contributor:

Voltaire, 1694-1778.
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778.

Contains:

Sharp, Granville, 1735-1813. Remarks on the opinions of some of the most celebrated writers on Crown law.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.

Online:

Evans Digital Edition Connect to full text, no. 15730
http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/39562

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