Commentaries on the laws of England
Subtitle: in four books, with an analysis of the work
By: by Sir William Blackstone ; in two volumes.
Contributors: Chitty, Joseph, 1776-1841.; Christian, Edward, d. 1823.; Hovenden, John Eykyn.; Lee, Thomas, b. 1769 or 70.; Ryland, Archer, 1792-1857.; William Blackstone Collection (Library of Congress)
Edition: From the 18th London ed. / with a life of the author, and notes, Christian, Chitty, Lee, Hovenden, and Ryland, and also references to American cases, by a member of the New-York bar.
Publisher: W.E. Dean, Printer; Collins and Hannay
Published: 1832
Place of publication: New-York; Philadelphia
Language: eng
Subjects: Law -- United States.; Law -- Great Britain.
Notes: Cohen, M.L.  Bib. of early Amer. law, 5325
Eller 96
Shaw & Shoemaker, 11385
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"This is the first printing of the anonymous edition copyrighted 1832; W.E. Dean, printer and proprietor. It follows the text of the London 1829 edition edited by Lee, Hovenden, and Ryland, with a selection of the notes of that edition, to which are added notes of Christian and Chitty, and American decisions by an anonymous American editor"--Eller, C.S. The William Blackstone Collection in the Yale Law Library, 1938.
LC copy has in ink on t.p.: WR Beck; HJ Beck.