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BEAUMONT (GUSTAVE DE) and ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE
Du système pénitentiaire aux États-Unis, first edition, Paris, Fournier, 1833; and 2 later editions, with revised texts (4)

11 November 2015, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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BEAUMONT (GUSTAVE DE) and ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE

Du système pénitentiaire aux États-Unis, first edition, 5 lithographed plates, minor soiling, contemporary green green morocco by Low, rubbed, short tear at lower joint, 8vo, Paris, Fournier, 1833; and 2 later editions, with revised texts (4)

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Provenance: Bound for John Lathrop Motley (1814-77, historian) by P. Low, corner of Water St., Boston, bookplate and binder's label.

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