[Rarebooks] fs-Reading the Riot Act

[Joe Luttrell]

May we offer,

JONES, William.  An Inquiry into the Legal Mode of Suppressing Riots. With a 
Constitutional Plan of Future Defence [etc.]. Second Edition.  Printed for C. 
Dilly, in The Poultry, London, 1782. Modern 1/4 calf over marbled boards, a bit 
embrowned; attractive. [49111 L23EL28EL33EL47L71] PHOTO: 
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=49111 $ 650.00

The expanded edition of Jones' first legal and political polemic,
arising out of the Gordon Riots, invoking the spirit of Selden,
Locke and Milton in his proposals to avoid martial law and defend
the realm civilly via a version of the posse comitatus.

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