Commentaries on the laws of England
Subtitle: in four books
By: by William Blackstone ...
Contributors: John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress); William Blackstone Collection (Library of Congress)
Edition: The eighth edition.
Publisher: At the Clarendon Press, printed for William Strahan, Thomas Cadell, and Daniel Prince
Published: 1778
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Subjects: Law -- Great Britain.; Law -- Great Britain -- History.
Notes: Eller 12
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Originally published in Oxford, 1765; this 1778 is the first to have the author's Postscript, p. [7] (second sequence) in v. 1.
Vol. 1: [6], ii, [8], 485, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 2: [8], 520, xix, [1] p., [2] leaves of plates; v. 3: [8], 455, [1], xxvii, [1] p.; v. 4: [8], 443 [i.e. 445], [1], vii, [53] p.
Page 235*-236* inserted between p. 236-237 (v. 4).
Frontispiece portrait (v. 1) of William Blackstone has text below portrait: "Painted by T. Gainsborough 1774. Engrav'd by Jn. Hall 1777. Publish'd ... Jany 1, 1778."
"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 imperfect; lacks v. 2-4.
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.