![HANWAY, Jonas (1712-1786). The Defects of Police, the Cause of Immorality, and the Continual Robberies committed, particularly in and about the Metropolis: with various proposals for preventing hanging and transportation: llikewise [sic] for the establishment of several plans of police on a permanent basis. London: J. Dodsley; and Brotherton and Sewell, 1775. 4° (277 x 221mm). (Title browned, even light browning of text.) Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, blue speckled edges (rubbed, upper joints splitting). Provenance: Teston Library (engraved bookplate by Brook).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2014/CSK/2014_CSK_05388_0044_000(hanway_jonas_the_defects_of_police_the_cause_of_immorality_and_the_con023101).jpg?w=1)
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HANWAY, Jonas (1712-1786). The Defects of Police, the Cause of Immorality, and the Continual Robberies committed, particularly in and about the Metropolis: with various proposals for preventing hanging and transportation: llikewise [sic] for the establishment of several plans of police on a permanent basis. London: J. Dodsley; and Brotherton and Sewell, 1775. 4° (277 x 221mm). (Title browned, even light browning of text.) Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, blue speckled edges (rubbed, upper joints splitting). Provenance: Teston Library (engraved bookplate by Brook).
FIRST EDITION of this work by the umbrella-carrying philanthropist. It calls for more authority from the police and better social order in the metropolis. Goldsmiths' 11353; Higgs 6458; Kress 7115.
FIRST EDITION of this work by the umbrella-carrying philanthropist. It calls for more authority from the police and better social order in the metropolis. Goldsmiths' 11353; Higgs 6458; Kress 7115.
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