Commentaries on the laws of England
By: by Sir William Blackstone ...
Contributors: William Blackstone Collection (Library of Congress)
Edition: The fourth edition.
Publisher: Printed for John Exshaw, Henry Saunders, Boulter Grierson, and James Williams
Published: 1771
Place of publication: Dublin
Language: eng
Subjects: Law -- Great Britain.; Law -- Great Britain -- History.
Notes: Eller 6
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Originally published in Oxford, 1765; this pirated edition follows the text of the third Oxford edition in v. 1-2, and of the first Oxford edition in v. 3-4.
Booksellers' names vary in the imprint of different volumes.
Vol. 1: [2], iv, [4], 495, [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.
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.