A treatise on the police of the metropolis, explaining the various crimes and misdemeanors which at present are felt as a pressure upon the community; and suggesting remedies for their prevention. The second edition, revised and enlarged. By a magistrate.
by Colquhoun, Patrick (1745-1820)
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London: London: printed by H. Fry, Finsbury-Place, for C. Dilly, Poultry. MDCCXCVI. [1796], 1796. 2nd Edition . Leather. Very Good. Description: 8vo (8 × 5½ in): [iii]-xviii, [6], 473, [1], xxviii p., folding table. Half-calf over marbled boards. · Register: 8º: [a]^8 b^4 A-2G^8 2H-K^4 (this copy lacks [a]1, the half-title, and 2K4, a blank). · Condition: Joints cracked, top board held by two cords. Half-title and final blank absent. · Comments: Second edition. · References: ESTC T133506 (variant with p. xvi [a8v] correctly numbered).
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- A treatise on the police of the metropolis, explaining the various crimes and misdemeanors which at present are felt as a pressure upon the community; and suggesting remedies for their prevention. The second edition, revised and enlarged. By a magistrate.
- Author
- Colquhoun, Patrick (1745-1820)
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
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- 2nd Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: printed by H. Fry, Finsbury-Place, for C. Dilly, Poultry. MDCCXCVI. [1796]
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1796
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