GURNEY (Joseph John). Notes on a Visit made to some of the Prisons in Scotland and the North of England, in Company with Elizabeth Fry; With some General Observations on the subject of Prison Discipline.1819

London: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co. Second edition, viii,170pp., some minimal spotting, cont. half calf, marbled sides, a nice copy. The prisons visited in Scotland include: Dunbar, Haddington, Kirkcaldy, Kinghorn, Cupar, Dundee, Arbroath, Montrose, Stonehaven, Aberdeen, The Bridewell, Brechin, Forfar, Perth, Kinross, Edinburgh and Glasgow. Also Doncaster, York, Berwick, Durham. "The journey, which afforded me the opportunity of visiting, in company with my sister Elizabeth Fry, the prisons, to which the following little work relates, was taken during the eighth and ninth months of last year. The principal object of our journey was connected with the concerns of our own religious Society, that of Friends; but we also made a point of inspecting the prisons in the several towns, through which we passed."—Preface. Provenance: From the library of Frances Anne Vane, Marchioness of Londonderry (1800-1865) with her gilt monogram stamp to head of spine.