Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone. Publisher: Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1765. Four volumes, mixed set in original period leather bindings with red leather printed labels. Each volume with 5 raised bands. Bindings are in very good condition, usual toning and rubbing for their age, rounded and worn corners but tight copies. Volume One: 1765, first edition, 473 pages plus 8page supplement at the end, errata notation on verso of page iii; Volume Two: 1768, third edition, 520 pages plus 19 page Appendix, also included is the Table of Consanguinity (between pages 202/203) and the folding Table of Descents (between pages 240/241); Volume Three: 1768, first edition, 455 pages plus 27 page Appendix; Volume Four: 1769, first edition, 436 pages plus 7 page Appendix and an extensive unpaginated Index. Contents remarkably clean and bright, occasional ink notations in tiny handwriting throughout the volumes. Small Bookplate on the pastedown plus small square library label on the ffep for each volume. Two ink signatures on each title-page. Remarkably complete set. Protected by Mylar. Inventory #C-551. Price: $12,500.