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Commentaries on the Laws of England
by Blackstone, William
- Used
- Condition
- Contemporary calf, green and red spine leather spine labels. Covers rubbed, spine a bit dry, heads slightly chipped and joints s
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About This Item
Oxford: at the Clarendon Press, printed for William Strahan, Thomas Cadell, and Daniel Prince, 1773. Fifth edition and first Oxford octavo edition. 4 vols. 8vo. Contemporary calf, green and red spine leather spine labels. Covers rubbed, spine a bit dry, heads slightly chipped and joints split, but cords are holding; internally clean and attractive. Bookplate of Gervas Holmes. Fifth edition and first Oxford octavo edition. 4 vols. 8vo. One of the cornerstones of our legal system, and still regarded as the best general history of English law. In these lectures which he gave as the first Vinerian Professor of Law at Oxford, Blackstone taught (as even his critic Bentham noted) "jurisprudence to speak the language of the scholar and gentleman.". Rothschild 407; Printing and the Mind of Man 212; Grolier English 52 (First edition)
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 246885
- Title
- Commentaries on the Laws of England
- Author
- Blackstone, William
- Format/Binding
- 4 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Contemporary calf, green and red spine leather spine labels. Covers rubbed, spine a bit dry, heads slightly chipped and joints s
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fifth edition and first Oxford octavo edition
- Publisher
- at the Clarendon Press, printed for William Strahan, Thomas Cadell, and Daniel Prince
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1773
- Keywords
- Law | British | William Blackstone
- Bookseller catalogs
- Social Thought; History, Travel & Geography;
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About the Seller
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- Octavo
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- Bookplate
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Calf
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