Commentaries on the laws of England
Subtitle: by Willaim [sic] Blackstone ...
Contributors: William Blackstone Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed for John Exshaw, Henry Saunders, Samuel Watson, and James Williams
Published: 1766
Place of publication: Dublin
Language: eng
Subjects: Law -- Great Britain.; Law -- Great Britain -- History.
Notes: Eller 3
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pirated edition of the 1st Oxford edition published in 1765.
Booksellers' names vary in the imprint of different volumes.
Vol. 1: [8], iii, [1], 473, [1] p.; v. 2: [8], 520, xix, [1] p., [2] folded leaves of plates; v. 3: [8], 455, [1], xxvii, [1] p.; v. 4: [6], 436, vii, [47] p.
"The following sheets contain the substance of a course of lectures on the laws of England, which were read by the author in the University of Oxford. His original plan took it's rise in the year 1753"--Pref.
In ink on front free endpaper, v. 1: Francis Barlow; in ink on t.p., v. 1-4: W. Barlow; in ink of t.p., v. 3: J. Lysaght.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Of the rights of persons; title: v. 2. Of the rights of things; title: v. 3. Of private wrongs; title: v. 4. Of public wrongs.