- GLC#
- GLC00286
- Type
- Books & pamphlets
- Date
- 1722
- Title
- Conductor Generalis, or the office, duty and authority of Justices...
- Place Written
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- [8] xii, 300 p. : Height: 20 cm, Width: 16 cm
- Primary time period
- Colonization and Settlement, 1585-1763
- Sub-Era
- The Thirteen Colonies
Modern blind calf; Evans 2327; First American book on procedural law. Full title: Conductor Generalis, or the office, duty and authority of Justices of the Peace, High-Sheriffs, Gaolers, Coroners, Constables, Jurymen, Over-seers of the Poor, and also the Office of the Clerks of the Assize and of the Peace, &c. Printed by Andrew Bradford. Signature on first blank: "James Mark's Book, 1729/30." First printing in America of a guide book for enforcers of the laws.
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