12mo., contemporary full leather with gilt titling and ornamentation to spine, pp. [6], 700, with copper-engraved title page vignette. Spine cracked and chipped, with chunk missing from top right corner (no loss of text to label), pages slightly browned, hinges tender; otherwise good. Text in Latin.
History
BECCARIA, Cesare; AROUET, Francois-Marie [VOLTAIRE]., An Essay on Crimes and Punishments, Translated from the Italian; with a Commentary, Attributed to Mons. De Voltaire, Translated from the French. The second edition., Printed for F. Newberry, 1769