A treatise on the commerce and police of the River Thames : containing an historical view of the trade of the port of London; And suggesting Means for preventing the Depredations thereon, by a Legislative System of river police. With an account of the functions of the various magistrates and corporations exercising jurisdiction on the river; and a general view of the penal and remedial statutes connected with the subject, By P. Colquhoun, LL.D.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Colquhoun, Patrick, 1745-1820.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Police--England--London--Early works to 1800.

Police.

Harbors--England--London--Early works to 1800.

Harbors.

Thames River (England)--Early works to 1800.

Thames River (England).

London (England)--Commerce--Early works to 1800.

London (England).

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([4],xxxiv,593,[1],609-676,[20]p.,plate,tables ) map ;

Other Title:

Treatise on the commerce and police of the River Thames

Place of Publication:

London : printed for Joseph Mawman, in the Poultry, successor to Mr. Dilly. MDCCC. (H. Baldwin and Son, printers, New Bridge-Street), [1800]

Notes:

The name and address of the printers are in square brackets.

Text complete.

In this impression, there is no colophon on p.676, the index is printed by H. Baldwin and Son (colophon), and press figures include: p.xxv-1; p.5-6; p.91-1; pp.322 and 383, no press figures, p.414-2.

Variant 1 has details as above except for pp.322 and 383 which have press figures 1 and 2 respectively; variant 2 has press figure 1 on p.322 and no press figure on p.383; variant 3 has no press figure on p.322 and a press figure 2 on p.383; variant 4 has p.xxv-1, p.5-11, p.91-1.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T140607.

OCLC:

656577666