BLACKSTONE WILLIAM Sir Commentaries on the Laws of England

Sale 2175 - Lot 13

Price Realized: $ 8,400

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000

BLACKSTONE, WILLIAM, Sir. Commentaries on the Laws of England. 2 engraved tables of consanguinity and descents in Volume 2. 4 volumes. 4to, contemporary calf gilt with morocco lettering pieces, spine ends chipped, joints discreetly reinforced; leather slipcase with imitation spines on back. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1765-66-68-69

Set Alert for Similar Items

Additional Details

first edition of the standard treatise on English law. "Blackstone''s great achievement was to popularize the law and the traditions which had influenced its formation" (PMM). Without the 8-page supplement of addenda and corrigenda, often lacking. Eller 1; Rothschild 407; Printing and the Mind of Man 212.