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Commentaries on the laws of England. In four books. By Sir William Blackstone, Knt. One of the late justices of His Britannic Majesty's Court of Common Pleas. In four volumes. Vol. I.--Book I [-Vol. IV. Book IV.]
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- Eighteenth century collections online
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- Burn, Richard, 1709-1785, ed
- Williams, John, 1757-1810, ed
- Hill, Samuel, approximately 1766-1804, engraver
- Thomas, Isaiah, 1749-1831, printer
- Andrews, Ebenezer Turrell, 1766-1851, printer
- Penniman, Obadiah, 1776-1820, bookseller
- Butler, Samuel, 1765-1827, bookseller
- Thomas, Ebenezer Smith, 1775-1845, bookseller
- Bumstead, Joseph, 1768?-1838, printer
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- Second American edition, carefully reprinted from the last London edition. Containing the last corrections of the author, the additions by Richard Burn, LL.D. and continued to the present time, by John Williams, Esq
- Printed at Boston : by I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews. Sold by them at Faust's statue, no. 45, Newbury-Street; by I. Thomas, Worcester; by Thomas, Andrews, and Penniman, Albany; by Thomas, Andrews, and Butler, Baltimore; and by E.S. Thomas, Charleston, S.C, 1799
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- 4v. : 1 port., 2 charts ; 12⁰
- Edition statement transposed; precedes "Vol. I.--Book I." on title page.
- Imprint of v. 3-4 varies: Boston: from J. Bumstead's printing-office, Union-Street. Sold to Mess. Thomas and Andrews, and for sale at their bookstore, no. 45, Newbury-Street, Boston; by I. Thomas, Worcester; by Thomas Andrews, and Penniman, Albany; by Thomas, Andrews, and Butler, Baltimore; and by E. S.Thomas, Charleston, S. C.
- Vol. 1: iv, [4], 512 p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 2: vi, 520, xviii p., [2] leaves of plates (1 folded); v. 3: vi, 60, 59-166, 165-411, 410-455, [1], xxviii p.; v. 4: vi, 160, 159-162, 161-236, 235-236, 237-374, 373-442, vii, [53] p.
- Frontispiece portrait of Blackstone engraved by Samuel Hill.
- Errors in paging: v. 3, p. 71, 213 misnumbered 17, 113; v. 4, p. 79, 267 misnumbered 97, 167.
- Index to the four volumes, p. [2-53] at end of v. 4.
- Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.
- Evans, 35211
- English Short Title Catalog, W30417.