Justin Croft Antiquarian Books : COLQUHOUN, Patrick. - A treatise on the commerce and police of the river Thames: containing an historical view of the trade and port of Londo...

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COLQUHOUN, Patrick. A treatise on the commerce and police of the river Thames: containing an historical view of the trade and 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 excercising jurisdiction on the river; and a general view of the penal and remedial statutes connected with the subject... London: for Joseph Mawman, 1800.

8vo, pp. [iv], xxxiv, 676, [20], large folding engraved map of the river from London Bridge to Sheerness. Map slightly creased, some light soiling. Slightly later nineteenth-century black half calf, slightly rubbed, with a few minor chips to spine. A very nice copy.

First edition of this celebrated treatise by the Benthamite reformer and pioneer of the London police forces.

Goldsmiths’ 18052; Kress B.4102.

£350.00 (equal to approx. US$552.19* or €432.95* for 22 May 2012)

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