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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].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Colquhoun, Patrick, 1745-1820.
- Standardized Title:
- Treatise on the police of the metropolis
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Crime--England--London.
- Crime.
- Police--England--London.
- Police.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv,[6],342,xxiv [2]p., [1]folded leaf )
- Edition:
- The first American edition.
- Other Title:
- Treatise on the police of London
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Printed for Benjamin Davies, no. 68, High-Street. By Henry Sweitzer, no. 85, Race-Street, MDCCXCVIII. [1798]
- Notes:
- 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.
- Cited in:
- Evans, 33538
- English Short Title Catalog, W28374.
- OCLC:
- 511166257
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