Commentaries on the laws of England
Subtitle: in four books
By: by William Blackstone ...
Contributors: William Blackstone Collection (Library of Congress)
Edition: The sixth edition.
Publisher: Printed for W. Strahan, T. Cadell ..., and D. Prince, at Oxford
Published: 1774
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Law -- Great Britain.; Law -- Great Britain -- History.
Notes: Eller 9
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Originally published in Oxford, 1765.
Vol. 1: [10], 485, [3] p.; v. 2: [8], 520, xix, [1] p., [2] leaves of plates; v. 3: [8], 455, [1], xxvii, [1] p.; v. 4: [8], 443, [1], vii, [41] 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.
LC copy has frontispiece portrait of William Blackstone; text under portrait: Painted by T. Gainsborough 1774, Engraved by J. Hall 1775.
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.