Author: HENRY, E(dward) R(ichard) (1850-1931):
Title: Classification and uses of finger prints.
Description: London, George Routledge, 1900, gr. in-8°, IV + 112 p. illustrated + 8 pl. + 3 folding pl., original cloth-binding. Fine clean copy. ¶ First edition ot this renowned work, with over 200 diagrams to illustrate the letterpress. "E.R. Henry had reported to the Commission his own use of the system as Inspector-General of Police in Bengal, and in 1900 he published 'Classification and uses of Finger Prints', on which the system now used throughout the world is based. Henry was a Police Commissioner at Scotland Yard from 1903 to 1918." (Printing and the Mind of Man, no. 376). "In 1901 Henry's system of fingerprint identification of humans was officialy adopted in England." (Garrison-M. 4. Aufl. 189). Please notify before visiting to see a book. Prices are excl. VAT/TVA (only Switzerland) & postage.

Keywords: criminology criminologie digital imprints, digital imprint empreinte-digitale police police