Grundsatze des Teutschen Peinlichen Rechts [Bound With] Abhandlung..

1770. Rostock and Leipzig: In der Koppischen, 1770.. Rostock and Leipzig: In der Koppischen, 1770. Enlightened Penology in Eighteenth-Century Germany Quistorp, Johann Christian von [1737-1795]. Grundsatze des Teutschen Peinlichen Rechts. Rostock and Leipzig: In der Koppischen Buchhandlung, 1770. [xvi], 1087 pp. [Bound with] Risi, Paolo. Abhandlungen Uber Einige Gegenstande des Peinlichen Rechts. Jelgawa and Leipzig: Bey Steideln und Compagnie, 1771. [xvi], [17]-136 pp. Octavo (6-1/2" x 4"). Contemporary marbled boards, hand lettered title label to spine, edges rouged. Light soiling, notable rubbing with wear to board edges and spine ends, a few creases to spine, scuff to title label, corners bumped. Moderate toning to interior, light foxing in a few places near front and rear of text block, marks and brief annotations to a few leaves in each title. $1,500. * Grundsatze: first edition; Abhandlung: only German edition. This volume contains two works that illustrate the early reception of Enlightenment ideas on criminology in Germany. Quistorp, a professor of law at the University or Rostock and later Rector of the University of Butzow, was an authority on criminal law. Grundsatze, his principal work, is a general treatise. Likely influenced by Beccaria's Dei Delitti e Delle Pene (1764), it advocated a reduction of capital offenses and the abolition of torture to obtain confessions. It went through several editions and issues, the last one in 1828, and was one of the sources of the influential German Penal Code of 1871. Risi was a judge in Milan and one of Beccaria's associates. The work of an anonymous translator, Abhandlung is a translation of Risi's Animadversiones ad Criminalem Jurisprudentiam (1766), a practical treatise on criminal procedure that incorporated principles drawn from Dei Delitti e Delle Pene. Both titles are scarce. OCLC locates no copies of Abhandlung or the first edition of Grundsatze in North America. Verzeichnis Deutscher Drucke des 18. Jahrhunderts 11017252, 11925930.