General Regulations for Inspection and Controul of All the Prisons.

An Exceptionally Rare Association Copy, Likely Annotated by the Author, Sir George Onesiphorus Paul [Penology]. [Great Britain]. [Paul, Sir George Onesiphorus (1846-1920)]. General Regulations for Inspection and Controul of All the Prisons, Together with the Rules, Orders, And Bye Laws, For the Government of the Gaol and Penitentiary House, For the County of Glocester, Made, Published, And Declared at a General or Quarter Sessions of the Peace, Holden by Adjournment on the 15th of July, 1790; And Confirmed by the Judges of Assize, At the Assizes Held for the Saia [sic] County, On the 6th Day of August, 1790. Second Edition. Gloucester: Printed by R. Raikes. Sold by T. Cadel, In the Strand; And J. Evans, Pater-Noster-Row, London [et al.], [1790]. [ii], 17-83, [1] pp. ONLY. [Bound with] [Paul, Sir George Onesiphorus]. Address to the Justices of the County of Glocester, Assembled at Their Michaelmas General Quarter-Sessions, 1789. [Gloucester?: S.n., 1789]. xlii pp. Bound after title page of General Regulations (2nd ed.); last leaf (pp. [xli]-xlii) bound before main text. Complete. [and] General Regulations for Inspection and Controul of All the Prisons [.] Made, Published, And Declared at a General or Quarter Sessions of the Peace, Holden by Adjournment on the 15th of July; Before Dodington Hunt, Chairman [.] and Confirmed by the Judges of Assize, At the Assizes Held for the Said County, On the 6th Day of August, 1790. [Gloucester: Printed by R. Raikes. Sold by T. Cadel (et al.), 1790]. 47, [1] pp. ONLY. Together three titles in one volume. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/4"; 21 x 13.2 cm). **THIS DESCRIPTION IS TRUNCATED DUE TO CHARACTER LIMITS. PLEASE CONTACT US FOR A COMPLETE VERSION.** Later cloth, gilt fillets, title and date to spine, endpapers renewed. Light soiling and minor shelfwear to exterior, library bookplate and shelf label to front pastedown. Moderate toning to interior, occasional light foxing. Early ink and pencil annotations and corrections, some quite extensive, in many places (none present in Address). $1,500. * This volume presents a unique and vital collection of three foundational documents outlining the highly influential "Gloucester Model" of prison reform from the late 18th century. It consists of most of the second edition of General.…