A treatise on the police of London [electronic resource] : 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. By a magistrate acting for the counties of Middlesex, Surry, Kent, and Essex. --For the City and Liberty of Westminster --and for the Liberty of the Tower of London. [Five lines of Latin quotation].
1798
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A treatise on the police of London [electronic resource] : 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. By a magistrate acting for the counties of Middlesex, Surry, Kent, and Essex. --For the City and Liberty of Westminster --and for the Liberty of the Tower of London. [Five lines of Latin quotation].
Uniform Title
Treatise on the police of the metropolis
Edition
The first American edition.
Publication Details
Philadelphia : Printed for Benjamin Davies, no. 68, High-Street. By Henry Sweitzer, no. 85, Race-Street, MDCCXCVIII. [1798]
Place of Publication or Printing
United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Language
English
Description
xiv,[6],342,xxiv [2]p., [1]folded leaf ; 8⁰.
Note
Attributed to Patrick Colquhoun in the Dictionary of national biography.
With a half-title.
Edition statement transposed; precedes "By a magistrate .." on title page.
Reproduction of original from National Library of Scotland.
With a half-title.
Edition statement transposed; precedes "By a magistrate .." on title page.
Reproduction of original from National Library of Scotland.
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Access limited to authorized users.
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Evans, 33538
English Short Title Catalog, W28374.
English Short Title Catalog, W28374.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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