An interesting appendix to Sir William Blackstone's Commentaries on the laws of England
Subtitle: containing, I. Priestley's Remarks on some paragraphs in the fourth volume of Blackstone's Commentaries, relating to the dissenters. II. Blackstone's Reply to Priestley's Remarks. III. Priestley's Answer to Blackstone's Reply. IV. The case of the late election of the county of Middlesex considered on the principles of the Constitution and the authorities of law. V. Furneaux's Letters to the Hon. Mr. Justice Blackstone concerning his Exposition of the Act of Toleration, and some positions relative to religious liberty, in his celebrated Commentaries on the laws of England. VI. Authentic copies of the argument of the late Mr. Justice Foster in the Court of Judges Delegates, and of the speech of the Right Hon. Lord Mansfield in the House of Lords, in the cause between the City of London and the dissenters.
Contributors: Foster, Michael, Sir, 1689-1763.; Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793.; Blackstone, William, Sir, 1723-1780.; Blackstone, William, Sir, 1723-1780.; Furneaux, Philip, 1726-1783.; Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804.; American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress); Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress); Thomas Jefferson Library Collection (Library of Congress); William Blackstone Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed for the subscribers, by Robert Bell ..., Philadelphia
Published: 1773
Place of publication: America
Language: eng
Number of pages: 155
Subjects: Great Britain. Parliament -- Elections.; Dissenters, Religious -- England -- Early works to 1800.; Law -- Great Britain.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Other titles: Case of the late election of the county of Middlesex considered on the principles of the Constitution and the authorities of the law.
Notes: Cohen, M.L.  Bib. of early Amer. law, 5369
Eller 256
Evans 12684
Sowerby, E.M.  Cat. of the lib. of Thomas Jefferson, 2899
Signatures: pi⁶ B⁸ D-2M⁴.
Part I-V have special t.p.; some leaves with vertical chain lines alternate with a few leaves with horizontal chain lines throughout the volume.