Commentaries on the laws of England
Subtitle: in four books
By: by Sir William Blackstone ... ; re-printed from the British copy, page for page with the last edition.
Contributors: Bell, Robert, 1732?-1784, printer.; William Blackstone Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed for the subscribers, by Robert Bell ... Philadelphia
Published: 1721
Place of publication: America
Language: eng
Subjects: Law -- Great Britain.
Notes: LC copy has in ink on front free endpaper: Edward L. Temple 1867.
Cohen, M.L.  Bib. of early Amer. law, 5312
Eller 80
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"This is the first American edition; reprinted line for line from the fourth Oxford edition, 1770"--Eller, C.S. The William Blackstone Collection in the Yale Law Library, 1938.
Imprint date in v. 4 incorrectly printed as: DCCLXXII.
"Names of the subscribers": v. 4, p. [1]-[22].
LC copy accompanied by the printer Robert Bell's prospectus (8 p.) entitled: A specimen of the type and paper, with conditions annexed, for re-printing by subscription, an American edition of Commentaries on laws of England by William Blackstone ...