xii, [8], 342, xxiv pp. A folding table plate. 8¼x5, rebound in red cloth, two gilt-lettered black leather spine labels. First American Edition.

Scarce early American imprint. Colquhoun was a prolific writer on the sociology of crime, poverty and urban life in London. "First published in London in 1796, the treatise made innovative proposals in several areas of the administration of justice" - Beal 1010; Evans 33538.