A treatise on the police of the metropolis; containing a detail of the various crimes and misdemeanors by which public and private property and security are, at present, injured and endangered: and suggesting remedies for their prevention. The fourth edition, revised and enlarged
by Colquhoun, Patrick
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London: C. Dilly, Poultry, 1797. 8vo, pp. xxix, [1], [6], 440, xxviii; uncut; double-page table of prisoners; original blue paper-covered boards, cream paper shelfback, printed paper label on spine; some fading and wear, but on the whole very good. Ownership signature of "William Thos. Salvin 1797" on title page. Colquhoun's influential treatise on crime and policing in London, including a full discussion of the system of hulks, and transportation to New South Wales. Three editions were printed in 1796, three more before the end of the century, plus a Philadelphia edition in 1798.
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- A treatise on the police of the metropolis; containing a detail of the various crimes and misdemeanors by which public and private property and security are, at present, injured and endangered: and suggesting remedies for their prevention. The fourth edition, revised and enlarged
- Author
- Colquhoun, Patrick
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- Used
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- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- C. Dilly, Poultry
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1797
- Keywords
- Police , London , Crime ,
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