1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996392130103316

Autore

Serlio Sebastiano <1475-1554.>

Titolo

The first booke of architecture, made by Sebastian Serly, entreating of geometrie. Translated out of Italian into Dutch, and out of Dutch into English [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed [by Simon Stafford and Thomas Snodham] for Robert Peake, and are to be sold at his shop neere Holborne conduit, next to the Sunne Tauerne, Anno Dom. 1611

Descrizione fisica

[3], 13, [1]; 26, [1]; [1], 73; 71, [1]; 16 leaves : ill. (woodcuts)

Altri autori (Persone)

PeakeRobert, Sir,  <1592?-1667.>

Soggetti

Architecture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

A translation of: Tutte l'opere d'architettura.

Translator's dedication signed: Robert Peake.

Colophon, last leaf recto, reads "Printed at London, by Simon Stafford. 1611.".

Books 2-5 each have separate title page, foliation, and register. The title page to book 2 is printed on ¹H2.

The woodcuts for the title-page borders and illustrations were first used in the Antwerp edition of 1553. They were later used in the 1606 edition in Dutch printed in Amsterdam by C. Claeszoon, who also printed them on sheets otherwise blank and shipped them to Basel, where letterpress in German was overprinted in 1608, and to London for the present edition. Thomas Snodham printed only the bifolium following the first title page (STC addendum).

Book 2 A1 is cancelled.

Variant: "Printed by Robert Peake" blocked out on one or more of the title pages to books 1, 2, 4, or 5 (book 3 lacks imprint).

Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.

Lacks the two leaves after first title page.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0113



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996383056003316

Autore

Fowler William <1560?-1612.>

Titolo

A true reportarie of the most triumphant, and royal accomplishment of the babtisme [sic] of the most excellent, right high, and mightie prince, Frederik Henry, by the grace of God, prince of Scotland [[electronic resource] ] : Solemnized the 30. day of August 1594

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[London], : Printed by Peter Short, for the Widdow Butter, and are to be sold at her shop vnder Saint Austines Church., [1594]

Descrizione fisica

[23] p

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Attributed to William Fowler by STC (2nd ed.).

Printers' device on t.p. (McK. 118 without "Num. XXI"); headpieces, initial.

Imperfect: print show-through.

Reproduction of original in: Folger Shakespeare Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0055



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910790286003321

Autore

Sabet Daniel M. <1976->

Titolo

Police reform in Mexico [[electronic resource] ] : informal politics and the challenge of institutional change / / Daniel M. Sabet

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, California, : Stanford Politics and Policy, an imprint of Stanford University Press, c2012

ISBN

0-8047-8206-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (298 p.)

Disciplina

363.2068/4

363.20684

Soggetti

Police administration - Mexico

Police - Mexico

Police professionalization - Mexico

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Acronyms; Acknowledgments; 1. Two Realities; 2. Troubled Reforms; 3. A Problem of Municipal Governance; 4. Organized Crime, the Police, and Accountability; 5. Citizens and Their Police: Vicious Cycles; 6. Civil Society and the Police: Stopping the Vicious Cycle; 7. The Federal Government and Local Reform; 8. Looking Forward; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The urgent need to professionalize Mexican police has been recognized since the early 1990's, but despite even the most well-intentioned promises from elected officials and police chiefs, few gains have been made in improving police integrity. Why have reform efforts in Mexico been largely unsuccessful? This book seeks to answer the question by focusing on Mexico's municipal police, which make up the largest percentage of the country's police forces. Indeed, organized crime presents a major obstacle to institutional change, with criminal groups killing hundreds of local police...