A treatise on the police of London; 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]
- Colquhoun, Patrick, 1745-1820.
- Date:
- MDCCXCVIII. [1798]
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About this work
Also known as
Treatise on the police of the metropolis
Publication/Creation
Philadelphia : Printed for Benjamin Davies, no. 68, High-Street. By Henry Sweitzer, no. 85, Race-Street, MDCCXCVIII. [1798]
Physical description
xiv,[6],342,xxiv [2]p., [1]folded leaf ; 80.
Edition
The first American edition.
References note
ESTC W28374
Evans, 33538
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