A Treatise On The Police Of The Metropolis Containing A Detail Of The Various Crimes And
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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
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