[Anthropological criminology] Cesare Lombroso. L'Uomo Delinquente

in Rapporto All' Anthropologia, Alla Giurisprudenza Ed Alle Discipline Carcerarie. Turin, Fratello Bocca, 1889. 2 vols. 660; 581 pp. 46 (fold.) plates and 34 ills. in the text. Halfl., decorative endpapers, gilt title on spines, large 8vos.

Lib. stamps on half-title, spines almost loose, some foxing. (total 2) *Cesare Lombroso was the founder of the so-called Anthropological criminology, stating that criminality is congenital, and that criminals are therefore distinguishable through physical anomalies. This theory was mostly disapproved of by his colleagues of the late 19th century.