Istoriâ Carskoj Tûr’my ; 1762-1825 [Istoria Carskoj Turmy]

Moskva: Gosudarstvennoe iedatel'stvo ; Iuridiueskoi literatury, 1960. Octavo in DJ; 384p, footnotes, b/w illus; index 23 cm. Fine copy in Very Good edge-chipped DJ with a few closed tears. Hardcover.

Volume 1 only of a five volume set. Scarce. Most likely the largest work ever written on Russian prisons. In Russian. Prisons -- Russie -- 1900-1945. Russie -- 1905-1907 (Révolution). Incarceration. Prisons and prisoners.