Panopticon, or, The inspection-house: containing the idea of a new principle of construction applicable to any sort of establishment, in which persons of any description are to be kept under inspection: and in particular to penitentiary-houses, prisons, houses of industry ... and schools: with a plan of management adapted to the principle: in a series of letters, written in the year 1787 ... / by Jeremy Bentham.

Main entry:

Bentham, Jeremy, 1748-1832.

Title & Author:

Publication:

Dublin printed ; London : Re-printed and sold by T. Payne, 1791.

Description:

3 volumes in 2 : tables ; 17 cm

Notes:
Vols. 2-3 have imprint: London, Printed for T. Payne.
Vol. 2 has title: Panopticon: postscript; part I: containing further particulars and alterations ... principally adapted to the purpose of a panopticon penitentiary-house.
Vol. 3 has title: Panopticon: postscript; part II: containing a plan of management for a panopticon penitentiary-house.

Subject:

Prisons.
Jails.

Added entries:

Inspection-house: containing the idea of a new principle of construction applicable to any sort of establishment, in which persons of any description are to be kept under inspection

Holdings:

Location: Library cage y 63265
Call No.: W11859
Copy: v. 1
Status: Available

Location: Library cage y 63264
Call No.: W11859
Copy: v. 2
Status: Available

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