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.