1845 Illustrated History of French Penal Colonies

Description

Illustrated edition of the history of penal colonies, their types, walls, and mysteries, published in Paris in 1845 by Gustave Havard. Large in-4° format (26 x 17 cm), [2], IV & 468 pp., half-leather binding (worn), featuring wood-engraved plates with legends, some in color, and numerous in-text illustrations. Engravings signed by Jules Noël, Bertall, Eustache Lorsay, Ange-Louis Janet (Janet-Lange), Rambert, and Louis-Henri de Rudder. Original edition. Includes statistical tables on prison populations, escapes, revenues, and expenses of the Toulon penal colony, as well as an analysis of crime in France.