1995 Davidsfonds Soft cover
Reference : 011127
ISBN : 9061529069
Vilain XIIII 240 x163 mm, soft cover uitgeversband, 127 blz, als nieuw, zeer goede staat
Antiquariaat Tanchelmus b.v
Walter Van den Bergh
Van Vaerenberghstraat 53
2600 Berchem
Belgium
walter.vandenbergh@tanchelmus.be
+32(0)496 80 81 92
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" Gand (Gent), Pierre de Goesin, (1775), large in-4°, 26,6 x 21 cm, (6)nn pp + 268 pp + 4 engraved double page plates, with many tables , all pages with a typographical border. Bound in contemporary mottled calf, raised gilt spine, edges painted red, marbled endpapers. Very fine copy. Bought in 1903 as item 8866 from the catalogue of Vve Foulard & Fils à Paris. Most of this study concerns the economic side of the penal system. New is that prisoners ought to learn a trade, so as to fend for themselves once freed. Schools for the children of the poor could prevent mendacity. In line with the ideas of the Enlightenment , Vilain XIIII, who was a longtime Pensionary (president) to the Council of Flanders (the former County), is the first here to write on the link between poverty and crime. In order to remediate he proposes a rather radical reform of the penal - and prison system in order to reeducate criminals. In 1771 in Ackergem near Gent a prison, with the architectural outlay he advocated, was built . It included the famous radial groundfloor, an idea which had a large influence on prisons built in France, the United Kingdom and the United States. (See Piet Lenders; Vilain XIIII, Leuven 1995 ; Michel Foucault ; Surveiller et punir, pp 124-125). Very nice copy in a contemporary binding of the first edition of this pioneering work on prison reform along the lines of the Enlightenment."
"19. Gand (Gent), Pierre de Goesin, (1775), large in-4°, 26,6 x 21 cm, (6)nn pp + 268 pp + 4 engraved double page plates, with many tables , all pages with a typographical border. Sewn, contemporary marbled boards, spine missing, uncut copy with dustsoiled edges, interior fine. This is the copy of Mr. Merghelijnck of Ipres, judicial registrar of the Veurne Ambacht. He most probably received this copy from the author (small handwritten note - from the author ?- tipped in on the first fly leaf). Most of this study concerns the economic side of the penal system. New is that prisoners ought to learn a trade, so as to fend for themselves once freed. Schools for the children of the poor could prevent mendacity. In line with the ideas of the Enlightenment , Vilain XIIII, who was a longtime Pensionary (president) to the Council of Flanders (the former County), is the first here to write on the link between poverty and crime. In order to remediate he proposes a rather radical reform of the penal - and prison system in order to reeducate criminals. In 1771 in Ackergem near Gent a prison, with the architectural outlay he advocated, was built . It included the famous radial groundfloor, an idea which had a large influence on prisons built in France, the United Kingdom and the United States. (See Piet Lenders; Vilain XIIII, Leuven 1995 ; Michel Foucault ; Surveiller et punir, pp 124-125). Interesting copy of the first edition of this pioneering work on prison reform along the lines of the Enlightenment."
Bruxelles: Meline, Cans et Compagnie, 1841 in-8. iii-390 pp., frontispice, 5 planches, 1 tableau dépliant. Reliure maroquin havane d'ép., dos lisse et plats richement ornés, tranches dorées (reliure allemande ou autrichienne), dos un peu frotté, mors fendus, qq usures et épidermures sur les plats.
Mémoire sur les moyens de corriger les malfaiteurs et les fainéants à leur propre avantage et de les rendre utiles à l'Etat, précédé d'un premier mémoire inédit sur la même matière présentés aux Etats de Flandre en 1771 et en 1775. Nouvelle édition augmentée d'une notice historique sur la vie et les ouvrages de l'auteur par Ch. Hippolyte Vilain XIIII. (Bruxelles: Meline, Cans et Compagnie, 1841). [M.C.: criminologie, prison, sociologie]
2. Leuven, Davidsfonds, 1995, in-8°, 127 pp, b/w ills and plates, bibliography, sewn, orig. coloured stiff wrapper, text in Dutch, series Historische reeks nr 22, mint copy..
" Bruxelles, Imprimerie de J. Delfosse, 1857, in-4°, 32 pp ; 51 lots, Préface d'Etienne Le Roy, avec une planche lithogr., Couverture imprimée d'origine."