BECCARIA, C. — Dei delitti e delle pene.

Brescia, Nicolò Bettoni, 1807. Folio. (ca. 32,5x23,2 cm). x,160 pp. With frontispiece (portrait, by P. Becceni after N. Bettoni). Half vellum (binding a bit soiled; one corner sl. bumped; spine repaired) ¶ Second part contains a concise bibliography of all editions and translations up to 1803. ¶ Cette édition, "avec portr., donnée par Jules Beccaria, fils de l'auteur, est la meilleure et la plus complète qui eût encore paru de cet ouvrage.: (Brunet I.728-9). ¶ Important text regarding the modernisation of criminal law. This plea for the reform of the often cruel medieval criminal law to a more secular, utilitarian justice system soon became influential all over Europe. (K. Ambos, Cesare Beccaria und die Folter. Kritische Anmerkungen aus heutiger Sicht Ss. 504-13). ¶ Printed by Nicolo Bettoni, one of Bodoni's pupils, who often used his master's type. (R.Tacchinardi, Dal carteggio Bettoni-Bodoni della Biblioteca Palatina di Parma (1802-1813) p.31)