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[FRANKLIN IMPRINT] Conductor Generalis: or, the Office, Duty and Authority of Justices of the Peace.... Philadelphia: B. Franklin and D. Hall, 1749. 8vo (7¼ x 4½in.), original calf (fore-edge darkened, lacking final leaf, hinges cracked, spine chipped, worn, closed tears A7, E1, I7, S2, loss on K6). Provenance: W. J. W. Merritt (signature on flyleaf).
Second edition. "This...handbook for Justices of the Peace, is an expanded version of the compilation of legal information first printed in Philadelphia by Andrew Bradford in 1722. All the editions with this title draw their material wholly from published collections of British law and hence differ from such an American handbook as George Webb's The Office and Authority of a Justice of Peace...." Campbell 412; Evans 6300; Hildeburn 1122; Miller 466; Sabin 15215.
Second edition. "This...handbook for Justices of the Peace, is an expanded version of the compilation of legal information first printed in Philadelphia by Andrew Bradford in 1722. All the editions with this title draw their material wholly from published collections of British law and hence differ from such an American handbook as George Webb's The Office and Authority of a Justice of Peace...." Campbell 412; Evans 6300; Hildeburn 1122; Miller 466; Sabin 15215.