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Hardcover. Zustand: Acceptable. Boards detached but present. Chipping to backstrip. Pages clean, textblock is good.

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volume 2 only of 4 volumes (illustrator). volume 2 only of 4 volumes. Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. Commentaries on The Laws of England, In Four Books. With the Last Corrections of the Author; Additions by Richard Burn, And Continued to the Present Time by John Williams. Dublin: Printed for L. White, William Jones, and John Rice, 1794. Volume II of IV. Portrait frontispiece. Fold-out tables of descent and consanguinity. Octavo. (7" x 4"). Recent quarter cloth over marbled boards, printed paper title label to spine, endpapers renewed. Moderate toning to text, age-staining to some leaves, internally clean. $300. * Volume II of the "Twelfth" edition. "This pirated edition follows text and notes of the authentic eleventh edition, London, 1791. For authentic twelfth edition, see no. 21": Eller, The William Blackstone Collection at Yale University 22.

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Hardcover. Zustand: Good+. No Jacket. 8vo. Fourteenth edition, with author's last corrections. Contemporary mottled calf, gilt Exeter College, Oxford device to front boards. xvi, 485; 519, xix; vii, 455, xxxiv; vii,443,vii, [69 pp. index]. Frontis. portrait engraving + folding family tree in vol. II. Leather cracked and rubbed, cracking to joints, rubbing to extremities. Spot of wear with white scuff to rear board of Vol. I. Leather circular volume dot lacking on vols. I and II. Interior toned with a few spots of foxing. Ink ownership inscription of H.R. (?) Hoare to ffep of each volume. Acid migration to edges of endpapers.

Oxford, 1758. 3rd ed (illustrator). Oxford, 1758. 3rd ed. Blackstone's Analysis: The Outline of His Commentaries Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. An Analysis of the Laws of England. To Which Is Prefixed an Introductory Discourse on the Study of the Law. Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press, 1758. lxx, [6], 189, [15] pp. Copperplate Table of Descents. Folding Table of Consanguinity. (Octavo (8" x 5"). Contemporary calf, rebacked in period style, blind rules to boards, gilt fillets along joints, raised bands, lettering piece and blind fillets to spine, blind tooling to board edges, front pastedown and free endpaper renewed. Some rubbing to boards, some darkening along joints, corners bumped and somewhat worn, rear hinge cracked. Moderate toning to interior, light foxing in places, offsetting to margins of preliminaries, final few leaves of text and rear endleaves. $650. * Third edition. First published in 1756, the Analysis became the outline for Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765-1769). The third edition was the first issued under Blackstone's name. It was also the first to include, "A Discourse on the Study of the Law," Blackstone's introductory lecture as Vinerian professor of law at Oxford, which was delivered in 1758, and an index. Eller, The William Blackstone Collection in the Yale Law Library 219. Laeuchli, A Bibliographical Catalog of William Blackstone 522.

Hardcover. First Edition Thus. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Fifth US edition, first to be printed in the [then] District of Maine. An important early Maine and law imprint. In original [presumed] bindings. Overall, a very handsome set. Light shelf/edge wear, ownership signatures at ffep, two endpages loose and all evenly toned (endpages clearly an inferior paper stock vs bright, clean textblocks, tips through, light rubbing at hinges, else tight, bright and unmarred. Full brown leather boards, black ink spine label, gilt lettering, in blind decorative elements, frontispiece, fold-out plate. 8vo. Various pag. Illus. (b/w plates). Appendix. Notes. Index(es). Very Good [Textblock Very Good+].

Leather bound. The Eleventh Edition. 485; 520; (xix); 455; (xxvii); 443; (vi)pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] The books have been rebacked with later brown leather and black and red gilt stamped leather spine labels, the edges and corners of the covers restored with the same brown leather, and the majority of the original leather of the boards overlaid. With a frontispiece portrait in volume 1 of William Blackstone printed by Gainsborough. Good condition. The extremities are rubbed, and the underlying boards are exposed occasionally at the corners of the covers. There are sporadic chips in the leather at the heads of the spines. The front cover of volume 1 is nearly detached, and the front cover and front free endsheet and flyleaf of volume 3 are completely detached, but present. There are inscriptions from previous owner's, both contemporary and early twentieth-century, on the endsheets and title pages. There are faint tide marks in the margins here and there, but the majority of the pages are very bright. With the fold-out Table of Descents at p. 241 in volume 2. An eleventh edition of William Blackstone's famous work, a work which presented the English common law as a unified and rational system.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Sixth edition, stated. Scarce. Four volumes, full leather. Spines somewhat faded and have very minor creasing due to reading. Hinges sturdy. Occasional foxing, most pages clean. Fold-outs tanned at edges. Blackening at the top right edge of spine of vol. 4 and at bottom front edge of vol. 3. Minor mottling at back side of vol. II. Occasional neatly underlined/bracketed/notated passages. Otherwise clean, bindings tight. A very nice set for its age. Feel free to ask for photos.

Dublin, 1775. (illustrator). Dublin, 1775. First Pocket Edition of Blackstone's Commentaries Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. Commentaries on the Laws of England, In Four Books. Dublin: Printed for the Company of Booksellers, 1775. Four volumes. Copperplate frontispiece portrait, Table of Consanguinity, folding Table of Descents. 12mo. (6-1/2" x 3-3/4"). Contemporary mottled calf, rebacked in period style with raised bands and retained contemporary lettering pieces, hinges mended. Light rubbing and a few scratches and scuffs to boards, moderate rubbing to board edges, corners bumped and somewhat worn, faint early owner stamp to top-edges of text block. Moderate toning to text, somewhat heavier in places, faint dampstaining to margins of some leaves, early annotations and signatures to endleaves, light edgewear to Table of Descents, a few endleaves have moderate edgewear. An attractive set. $1,000. * "Sixth Edition." This pirated Dublin edition follows the text of the fourth Oxford edition, 1770. It is similar to another pirated Dublin edition published by John Colles, also in 1775. Not in Eller. Laeuchli, A Bibliographical Catalog of William Blackstone 14.

A Curious Hybrid of Two Pirate Editions Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. Commentaries on The Laws of England, In Four Books. The Twelfth Edition. With the Last Corrections of the Author; Additions by Richard Burn, LL.D. And Continued to the Present Time by John Williams, Esq. Dublin: Printed for L. White, William Jones, And John Rice, 1794. [Volume I]. [And] Blackstone, Sir William. Commentaries on The Laws of England. The Thirteenth Edition, With the Last Corrections of the Author; Additions by Richard Burn, LL.D. And John Williams, Esq. And Continued to the Present Time, By Edward Christian, Esq. Dublin: Printed for L. White, William Jones, And John Rice, 1796. [Volumes II, III, IV]. Four volumes in all. Complete set, 12mo. (6-3/4" x 4"). Contemporary calf, lettering pieces and blind fillets to boards. Light scuffing and a few stains to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities, chipping to spine ends, a few joints and hinges starting, rear board of Volume II beginning to separate, but secure. Moderate toning to text, somewhat heavier in places, lower corner lacking from leaf Dd1 in Volume I (pp. 313-314) with no loss to text, lower corner lacking from Leaf Dd5 in Volume III (pp. 317-318), about 1" removed from heads of front free endpaper, most likely to remove signatures, recent owner signature to front free endpaper of Volume I. $1,500. * This set consists of pirated editions. Volume I is a reprint of the authentic eleventh edition, London, 1791, and the other volumes are reprints of the authentic twelfth edition, London 1793-1795, which has extensive notes by Edward Christian at the end of each volume. Our copy of Volume I in an unusual "hybrid" because it has text of the earlier edition and the notes from the later edition. The appearance of this set and its binding indicates this set was assembled around 1796. Volume II does not have the Table of Descents and folding Table of Consanguinity. Though indicated in the index, which is at the end of Volume IV, it appears these tables were never issued. These tables do not appear in the copy listed in Eller and Laeuchli (at Yale Law School) or those listed on OCLC. Eller, The William Blackstone Collection at Yale University 22,23. Laeuchli, A Bibliographical Catalog of William Blackstone 27,28.

London, 1758. 1st ed. we have anthr cpy BE72323 (illustrator). London, 1758. 1st ed. we have anthr cpy BE72323. The Genesis of Blackstone's Commentaries Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. A Discourse on the Study of the Law; Being an Introductory Lecture, Read in the Public Schools, October XXV, M.DCC.LVIII. Published by Direction of the Vice-Chancellor, Heads of Houses, And Proctors. Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press, 1758. 40 pp. Quarto (10" x 8"). Period-style calf binding by Philip Dusel, raised bands, gilt fillets and lettering piece to spine, gilt tooling to board edges. Light toning, light foxing to a few leaves, soiling and two later library stamps to title page, another library stamp to pp. 23 and 39, discreet repairs to edges of title page and final leaf. A handsomely bound copy. $1,500. * First edition. This is the published version of Blackstone's inaugural lecture as Vinerian professor of English law. Presented to a large audience, it was, notes Prest, "[h]astened into print less than a fortnight later as A Discourse on the Study of the Law, by late December a London correspondent claimed to hear Blackstone's lecture 'commended wherever I go.' What one reviewer terms 'this sensible, spirited, and manly exhortation to the study of the law' was reprinted in a further thousand copies next year; it also prefaced subsequent editions of the Analysis of the Laws, and eventually the first volume of the Commentaries.": Prest, William Blackstone 151. Eller, The William Blackstone Collection in the Yale Law Library 233. Laeuchli, A Bibliographical Catalog of William Blackstone 542.

Dublin Edition of Blackstone's Law Tracts, Eller 239 Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. Law Tracts, Containing, I. An Essay on Collateral Consanguinity, Its Limits and Duration. II. Considerations on the Question Whether Tenants by Copy of Court Roll, According to the Custom of the Manner, Though Not at the Will of the Lord, Are Freeholders Qualified to Vote in Elections for Knights of the Shire. III. The Law of Descents in Fee-Simple. IV. The Great Charter and Charter of the Forest, With Other Authentic Instruments: To Which is Prefixed an Introductory Discourse Containing a History of the Charter. Dublin: Printed for Elizabeth Watts, 1767. vi, 136, [2], 87, cxiv, [2], 105, [1] pp. Two copperplate tables (of consanguinity and descents). Octavo (8" x 5"). Recent period-style quarter calf over marbled boards, retained, rather worn, early lettering piece, blind fillets and gilt publication date to spine, endpapers renewed. Moderate toning to interior, light foxing and faint early marks in pencil in places, light foxing and soiling to tables, light soiling and a few tiny early marks and doodles to title page. $1,500. * Dublin reprint (in one volume) of the first (two volume) Oxford edition (1762). This book collects four essays by Blackstone that were published before he began work on the Commentaries (published 1764-1769). Material from the first three essays, which were originally published in 1750, 1758 and 1759, were incorporated into the Commentaries. The final essay, a critical edition of Magna Charta with an interpretive essay, was originally published in 1759. The first critical edition of the charter, it established Blackstone's reputation. According to Eller, there is no bibliographical record of a second edition, so she cites this as the following edition. Due perhaps to a typographical error, Eller's collation omits the 87-page Treatise on the Law of Descents. Eller, The William Blackstone Collection in the Yale Law Library 239. Laeuchli, A Bibliographical Catalog of William Blackstone 552.

Blackstone Argues for the Restriction of the Franchise [Blackstone, Sir William (1723-1780)]. Considerations on the Question, Whether Tenants by Copy of Court Roll According to the Custom of the Manor, Though Not at the Will of the Lord, Are Freeholders Qualified to Vote in Elections for Knights of the Shire. London: Printed for R. Baldwin, 1758. [ii], ii, 52 pp. Octavo (7-3/4" x 4-3/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into recent quarter sheep over marbled boards, gilt ornaments and lettering piece to spine. Moderate rubbing to extremities, light wear to spine ends, small hole to rear joint, front hinge cracked, rear hinge starting at head, faint offsetting to endpapers. Moderate toning to interior, somewhat heavier in places, negligible light foxing to a few leaves, Blackstone's name added to title page in ink along with early shelf mark. $1,500. * Only edition as an independent work. Commissioned by Sir Charles Mordaunt in the midst of an attempt by Tories to limit voter eligibility in county elections, this early Blackstone essay considers whether certain copyholders might, under limited circumstances, be considered freeholders and given the right to vote. Presented in the format of an extended legal case study, the argument considers both the "true theory and genuine principles of liberty" and the history of land tenure in the common law, threads that Blackstone would pick back up in Book Two of his Commentaries. He concludes that the hypothetical copyholder A.B. "is clearly no freeholder" and cannot be afforded the franchise, regardless of "what would be the best and most equitable constitution for this purpose." Considerations was later printed with minor changes as part of Law Tracts (1762). Eller, The William Blackstone Collection in the Yale Law Library 232. Laeuchli, A Bibliographical Catalog of William Blackstone 541. English Short-Title Catalogue T81250.

London, 1773. Eller 7. Laeuchli 10. (illustrator). London, 1773. Eller 7. Laeuchli 10. First Oxford Edition in Octavo of Blackstone's Commentaries Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. Commentaries on the Laws of England. In Four Books. Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press, printed for William Strahan, Thomas Cadell, and Daniel Prince, 1773. Four volumes. [xii], 485; [viii], 520, xix; [viii], 455, xxvii; [viii], 443, vii, [51] pp. Volume II has copperplate "Table of Consanguinity" and fold-out "Table of Descents." Octavo (8-1/4" x 4-3/4"). Contemporary calf, blind rules to boards, rebacked with raised bands, blind fillets, retained lettering pieces and gilt volume numbers to spines, blind tooling to board edges, hinges mended. Light rubbing and some minor nicks and shallow scuffing to boards, moderate rubbing to board edges, corners bumped and worn, faint offsetting to endleaves. Moderate toning, light foxing in a few places in each volume, faint offsetting to plates, light soiling to a few leaves. A nice set. $1,500. * Fifth edition, the first Oxford edition published in octavo format and the first edition with the "Table of Precedence" (Volume I, p. 405). The most influential publication in the history of modern Anglo-American law, the Commentaries on the Laws of England was based on a course of lectures delivered at Oxford University. Because it was not intending for aspiring practitioners, the Commentaries provided a general, easily comprehensible overview of the English legal system and its history. Though written for laymen, it soon became the standard introductory textbook for law students. Eller, The William Blackstone Collection at Yale University 7. Laeuchli, A Bibliographical Catalog of William Blackstone 10.

Oxford, 1762. 1st ed. (illustrator). Oxford, 1762. 1st ed. Attractively Bound First Edition of Blackstone's Law Tracts Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. Law Tracts, In Two Volumes. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1762. Two volumes. [iv], 257, [7]; [iv], cxv, [5], 135, [9] pp. 4 parts, each with divisional title page. 8 copperplate facsimiles (of royal seals), copperplate Table of Descents and folding Table of Consanguinity. Octavo (7-3/4" x 5"). Recent period-style quarter calf over marbled boards, lettering pieces, blind fillets and gilt volume numbers and publication dates to spines, speckled edges, pastedowns and free endpapers renewed. Light toning to interiors, early owner signature (J. Mackelston) and few brief annotation to front endleaf of Volume I, which has a trimmed bottom edge and light shelfwear, two later owner signatures ("Hugh Ellis, Bangor/ Novr. 1776" and "Hugh Lloyd/ Solr/ Pwllheli") to head of Volume I's title page. A handsome set. $2,000. * First edition. The first collected edition, with revisions, of five early works, several of which are quite rare in their original editions. They are reprinted here "with a few corrections and additions"; each of the volumes contains a general index. The works are, Volume I: An Essay on Collateral Consanguinity (1750, Blackstone's first legal publication), Considerations on Copyholders (1758), Treatise on the Law of Descents in Fee-Simple (1759), Volume II: The Great Charter (1759) and Magna Carta, Carta de Forest, Etc. (1759). A "third" edition was published in 1771. (There is no evidence of a second edition, unless one counts the pirated Dublin reissue of the first, which was printed in 1767.) The contents of the two editions differ. The first does not have Analysis of the Laws of England (1756) or Observations on the Oxford Press (1757); the "third" does not have Treatise on the Law of Descents in Fee-Simple. Eller, The William Blackstone Collection in the Yale Law Library 238. Laeuchli, A Bibliographical Catalog of William Blackstone 551.

Dublin, 1773. Eller 8. Laeuchli 11 (illustrator). Dublin, 1773. Eller 8. Laeuchli 11. The "Fifth" Dublin Edition of Blackstone's Commentaries Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. Commentaries on the Laws of England, in Four Books. Dublin: Printed for John Exshaw, Henry Saunders, John Williams, and David Hay, 1773. Four volumes. Copperplate "Table of Consanguinity" and folding "Table of Descents." Octavo (8-1/4" x 5"). Contemporary calf, lettering pieces and gilt fillets to spines, blind tooling to board edges. Light rubbing, some light scuffing and a few nicks and minor stains to boards, corners bumped, joints of Volume 2, rear joint of Volume 4 and front hinge of Volume 1 starting. Moderate toning to text, light foxing in a few places in each volume, Leaf o4 in Volume 2 (pp. 199-202 partially detached and lightly edgeworn, armorial bookplates of Henry Bruen to front pastedown of each volume. An attractive copy. $2,500. * This pirated Dublin edition, designated the "Fifth Edition," follows the text of the fourth Oxford edition, 1770. Bruen [1741-1795], an Irish politician, was a Member of Ireland's Parliament for Jamestown from 1783 to 1790 and Carlow County from 1790 to 1795. Eller, The William Blackstone Collection at Yale University 8. Laeuchli, A Bibliographical Catalog of William Blackstone 11.

First Collected Edition BLACKSTONE, [Sir] William. Law Tracts. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. [II.] Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1762. First collected edition. Two octavo volumes. [4], 257[-258], [6]; [4], cxv[-cxvi], [4 ], 135[-136], [8] pp. With eight illustrations of seals and two charts, including one folding. Early nineteenth-century calf, covers decoratively bordered in blind, spines with red morocco labels, gilt-stamped. Some very light wear to extremities, some edge-browning to first and last few leaves. Front outer hinge on vol. II hairline cracked but sound. Otherwise, an excellent copy. The first collected edition, with revised versions of four of Blackstone's early works: Collateral Consanguinity, Considerations on Copyholders, The Law of Descents, and The Great Charter. Maxwell and Maxwell I, p. 30. HBS 67320. $2,500.

Full Description: BLACKSTONE, Sir William. The Great Charter and Charter of the Forest with other Authentic Instruments. To Which is Prefixed an Introductory Discourse, Containing the History of the Charters. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1759. First edition. Folio (12 3/4 x 9 1/4 inches; 322 x 235 mm). [4], lxxvi, [4], 86 pp. With engraved dedication page and numerous engraved vignette tail-pieces and engraved historiated initials illustrating buildings at Oxford. With a separate half-title for the "Magna Carta" and table of contents (Tabula) bound between pp lxxvi and 1. Full 19th Century tan paneled calf. Boards ruled in blind. Spine with red morocco spine label, lettered in gilt. Board edges tooled in blind. Marbled endpapers. Edges speckled red. Some rubbing to extremities and corners a bit bumped. Free endpapers reinforced at the front and back. Some light toning to a few pages. The first seven leaves (title, dedication and pages i-x) with repairs to the inner margin and the fore-edges reinforced. Fore-edge of leaf h2 also reinforced. Some small short closed tears to some fore-edges throughout, not touching text. A few cases of marginal worming, again not touching text. Some of the leaves are a bit fragile and torn at the fore-edge, but still a very good copy. "A work of the highest importance for the historian and constitutional lawyer" (David Walker, Oxford Companion to Law). "This work was immediately embraced not only for its scholarship, but also for the highly aesthetic printing. The introductory essay, which represents about half of the volume, is influenced by Lord Coke's interpretation of Magna Carta as the foundation of English liberties. Blackstone's original contributions includes a close examination of the versions of Magna Carta, and represents the first demonstration that all subsequent versions of the charter were based on the 1225 re-issue of Henry III, rather than the original endorsed by King John in 1215. His approach was highly influential and it established the textual focus that has governed subsequent study of the charter. Blackstone also created the numbering system that is still in use" (Utexas dot edu) ESTC T143723. Rothschild 406. HBS 69093. $2,500.

London, 1774. Laeuchli 12/Eller 9. Quarto (illustrator). London, 1774. Laeuchli 12/Eller 9. Quarto. The First London Edition of Blackstone's Commentaries Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. Commentaries on the Laws of England. In Four Books. London: Printed for W. Strahan; T. Cadell, In the Strand; And D. Prince, At Oxford, 1774. Four volumes. Table of Consanguinity and folding Table of Descents in Volume II. Quarto (11" x 8-1/2"). Nineteenth-century speckled calf, rebacked in period style, gilt fillets to boards, raised bands, gilt ornaments and lettering pieces to spines, hinges mended, ribbon markers. Light rubbing and some minor scuffs and scratches to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities, corners bumped and somewhat worn, contemporary armorial bookplates (of Harrington Hulton) to front pastedown of each volume. Light toning to text, light foxing to a few leaves in each volume, later owner annotations to front pastedown and free endpaper of Volume I. A very attractive set. $3,000. * Sixth edition and the first edition published in London. The most influential publication in the history of modern Anglo-American law, the Commentaries on the Laws of England is based on a course of lectures delivered at Oxford University. Because they were not intended for aspiring practitioners, they described general principles rather than practical specifics. Sensitive to the systematizing trends of the day and the prestige of the natural sciences, it described the common law as an intricate, well-designed system akin to Newton's mechanistic universe. It was also an important account of the law's evolution. As Holdsworth notes, "the Commentaries are not only a statement of the law of Blackstone's day, but the best history of English law as a whole which had yet appeared.The skillful manner in which Blackstone uses his authorities new and old, and the analogy of other systems of law, to illustrate the evolution of the law of his day, had a vast influence, both in England and America, in implanting in the profession a sound tradition of the historical development of the law." Holdsworth, The Historians of Anglo-American Law 22. Eller, The William Blackstone Collection in the Yale Law Library 9. Laeuchli, A Bibliographical Catalogue of William Blackstone 12.

Oxford, 1762. 1st ed. (illustrator). Oxford, 1762. 1st ed. A First Edition of Blackstone's Law Tracts in an Exceptional Binding Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. Law Tracts, In Two Volumes. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1762. Two volumes. [iv], 257, [7]; [iv], cxv, [5], 135, [9] pp. 4 parts, each with divisional title page. 8 copperplate facsimiles (of royal seals), copperplate Table of Descents and folding Table of Consanguinity. Octavo (7-3/4" x 5"). Superb period-style calf by Philip Dusel, gilt rules to boards, raised bands, lettering pieces, gilt fillets and gilt volume numbers to spines, blind tooling to board edges, pastedowns and free endpapers renewed. Light toning to interiors, minor dampstaining to heads of text blocks in a few places, faint offsetting and light edgewear to margins of preliminaries and final few leaves. A handsome set in an exceptional binding. $3,500. * First edition. The first collected edition, with revisions, of five early works, several of which are quite rare in their original editions. They are reprinted here "with a few corrections and additions"; each of the volumes contains a general index. The works are, Volume I: An Essay on Collateral Consanguinity (1750, Blackstone's first legal publication), Considerations on Copyholders (1758), Treatise on the Law of Descents in Fee-Simple (1759), Volume II: The Great Charter (1759) and Magna Carta, Carta de Forest, Etc. (1759). A "third" edition was published in 1771. (There is no evidence of a second edition, unless one counts the pirated Dublin reissue of the first, which was printed in 1767.) The contents of the two editions differ. The first does not have Analysis of the Laws of England (1756) or Observations on the Oxford Press (1757); the "third" does not have Treatise on the Law of Descents in Fee-Simple. Eller, The William Blackstone Collection in the Yale Law Library 238. Laeuchli, A Bibliographical Catalog of William Blackstone 551.

Oxford, 1758. First edition (illustrator). Oxford, 1758. First edition. The Genesis of Blackstone's Commentaries Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. A Discourse on the Study of the Law; Being an Introductory Lecture, Read in the Public Schools, October XXV, M.DCC.LVIII. Published by Direction of the Vice-Chancellor, Heads of Houses, And Proctors. Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press, 1758. 40 pp. Quarto (10" x 8"). Later period-style, stab-stitched marbled covers, bookplate of Christopher Clark Geest to front pastedown. Moderate toning, creases and minor chips to corners of a few leaves, including title page, which has light soiling and a few minor stains, light soiling to verso of final leaf. Item housed in cloth clamshell box, printed title panel to front cover. $4,500. * First edition. This is the published version of Blackstone's inaugural lecture as Vinerian professor of English law. Presented to a large audience, it was "[h]astened into print less than a fortnight later as A Discourse on the Study of the Law, by late December a London correspondent claimed to hear Blackstone's lecture 'commended wherever I go.' What one reviewer terms 'this sensible, spirited, and manly exhortation to the study of the law' was reprinted in a further thousand copies next year; it also prefaced subsequent editions of the Analysis of the Laws, and eventually the first volume of the Commentaries" (Prest). Geest was a notable Virginia historian and bibliophile. Prest, William Blackstone 151. Eller, The William Blackstone Collection in the Yale Law Library 233. Laeuchli, A Bibliographical Catalog of William Blackstone 542.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1759 (illustrator). Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1759. The First Critical Edition of Magna Carta in a Handsome Binding Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780], Editor. The Great Charter and Charter of the Forest, With Other Authentic Instruments: To Which is Prefixed an Introductory Discourse, Containing the History of the Charters. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1759. [iv], lxxvi, [iv], 86 pp. Half-title and table of contents (Tabula) are bound between pp lxxvi and 1. Copperplate engraved tail-pieces. Collated and complete. Folio (13-1/2" x 10-1/2"). 34.5 x 26.7 cm. Contemporary speckled calf boards, rebacked in period style, gilt fillets and large corner fleurons to boards, raised bands, gilt ornaments and lettering piece to spine, gilt tooling to board edges, marbled endpapers. Light rubbing and a few minor scuffs to boards, somewhat heavier rubbing to board edges with some wear to corners. Light toning, light foxing in a few places, "F.F. 4.1." in early hand to verso of front free endpaper. A very desirable wide-margined copy. $10,000. * First edition of the first modern critical edition of Magna Carta. Blackstone's first important work, it contains the Articles of the Barons, the issues of the Great Charter in 1215, 1216 and 1217, with several charters of confirmation, the Charter of the Forest, and the Statute of Marlebridge. The introduction is in English and the texts of the Magna Carta and Carta de Foresta in Latin. Blackstone's essay, which is based on a great deal of original research, argued that the charter was the foundation of English liberties. This idea, first proposed by Coke, was a central tenet of Whig ideology. More important, Blackstone's research into the original texts demonstrated that all earlier editions of the charter were based on the significantly different reissue of 1225, in the reign of Henry III, rather than the original one endorsed at Runnymede. His philological approach was highly influential; it established the textual focus that has governed subsequent study of the charter. This edition is esteemed for its handsome appearance, which was recognized as early as 1829 in Richard Thompson's An Historical Essay on the Magna Charta of King John, which described it as a "beautiful and rare edition" and noted that its "elegance of typography is very great." The engraved dedication to the Earl of Westmor.

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London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1769. 1st ed. (illustrator). London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1769. 1st ed. Blackstone's Remarks on the Wilkes Cause [Blackstone, Sir William (1723-1780), Attributed]. The Case of the Late Election for the County of Middlesex, Considered on the Principles of the Constitution and the Authorities of Law. London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1769. [ii], 44 pp. Lacking half-title. Quarto (9" x 6"). Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into recent three-quarter calf over marbled boards, blind fillets to calf edges, gilt fillets and title to spine. Binding very slightly cocked, moderate toning to interior, trimming to top-edge just touching headline in a few places without loss to page numbers, light foxing to several leaves. $1,500. * First edition. In 1768 Wilkes [1727-1797], the publisher of the controversial paper the North Briton, was elected to Parliament by Middlesex County. However, he was imprisoned for seditious libel and expelled. While the legitimacy of his sentence was being debated, Middlesex attempted to re-elect him several times without success. Blackstone supported Parliament's position. During the expulsion debate, Blackstone was challenged by Grenville, who noted a discrepancy between his position on the floor and in the Commentaries. Unable to deliver a satisfactory rebuttal on the spot, he replied with the anonymously published The Case of the Late Election. It initiated a lively pamphlet exchange that involved Samuel Johnson, Sir William Meredith and others. This pamphlet has also been attributed to Jeremiah Dyson [1722-1776] and Owen Ruffhead [1723-1769]. Eller, The William Blackstone Collection in the Yale Law Library 231, which notes Ms. Eller had not seen a copy of this work. English Short-Title Catalogue T20210. Laeuchli, A Bibliographical Catalog of William Blackstone 539.

Oxford, October 14, (1766?) (illustrator). Oxford, October 14, (1766?). A Bold Blackstone Signature [Manuscript]. Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. [Walker, Thomas (1724-1804)]. [Franked Docketed Address Leaf Addressed to Walker, Signed, In Blackstone's Hand, Oxford, October 14, (1766?)]. 9" x 7" leaf from a bifolium letter, Moderate toning, moderate soiling, vertical and horizontal fold lines, chips along fold lines, minor loss from seal tears, verso silked, "1766" in faint pencil to lower-right corner. [With] [Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788), After]. [Hall, J., Engraver]. [Portrait of Blackstone]. [Oxford, 1775]. 7-1/4" x 4-3/4" copperplate leaf mounted on 11-1/4" x 8-1/2" sheet. Light toning and a few faint fox-spots to image, moderate toning to sheet, a few minor tears to its edges. Together two items. $2,500. * Addressed to Walker, "Begbrook near Woodstock Oxon," and signed, in a bold hand, "Free/ W. Blackstone." Walker, a prominent Oxfordshire attorney and town clerk of Oxford, was a professional associate and friend. The portrait is a frontispiece from a copy of the seventh edition of the Commentaries. Prest, William Blackstone 138, 278. Laeuchli, A Bibliographical Catalog of William Blackstone 15 (frontispiece).

Blackstone's Remarks on the Wilkes Cause [Blackstone, Sir William (1723-1780), Attributed]. The Case of the Late Election for the County of Middlesex, Considered on the Principles of the Constitution, And the Authorities of Law. London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1769. [iv], 48 pp. With a half-title. Quarto (10-1/4" x 7-3/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet recently resewn into marbled wrappers. Moderate toning to interior, light foxing and soiling in a few places, faint fold lines to corners of a few leaves, small tear to half-title not affecting text, "N 24" written in ink at its head. $2,500. * First edition, one of two 1769 issues. In 1768 Wilkes [1727-1797], the publisher of the controversial paper the North Briton, was elected to Parliament by Middlesex County. However, he was imprisoned for seditious libel and expelled. While the legitimacy of his sentence was being debated, Middlesex attempted to re-elect him several times without success. Blackstone supported Parliament's position. During the expulsion debate, Blackstone was challenged by Grenville, who noted a discrepancy between his position on the floor and in the Commentaries. Unable to deliver a satisfactory rebuttal on the spot, he replied with the anonymously published The Case of the Late Election. It initiated a lively pamphlet exchange that involved Samuel Johnson, Sir William Meredith and others. This pamphlet has also been attributed to Jeremiah Dyson [1722-1776] and Owen Ruffhead [1723-1769]. English Short-Title Catalogue N26881. Eller, The William Blackstone Collection in the Yale Law Library 231, which notes Ms. Eller had not seen a copy of this work. Laeuchli, A Bibliographical Catalog of William Blackstone 539.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1759 (illustrator). Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1759. The First Critical Edition of Magna Carta Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780], Editor. The Great Charter and Charter of the Forest, With Other Authentic Instruments: To Which is Prefixed an Introductory Discourse, Containing the History of the Charters. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1759. [iv], lxxvi, [iv], 86 pp. As in many copies, half-title and table of contents (Tabula) are bound between pp lxxvi and 1. Copperplate engraved dedication leaf, initials and tail-pieces. Quarto (13-1/2" x 10-1/4"). Contemporary diced calf, gilt fillets to boards, rebacked retaining existing gilt spine with lettering piece, gilt tooling to board edges, gilt inside dentelles, marbled edges and endpapers. Negligible light rubbing and a few nicks and scuffs to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities, bookplate residue to front pastedown, early bookplate ("RW" monogram) to verso of front free endpaper. Light toning, light soiling and foxing to a few leaves, occasional light offsetting from engravings. A very desirable wide-margined copy. $7,500. * First edition of the first modern critical edition of Magna Carta. Blackstone's first important work, it contains the Articles of the Barons, the issues of the Great Charter in 1215, 1216 and 1217, with several charters of confirmation, the Charter of the Forest, and the Statute of Marlebridge. The introduction is in English and the texts of the Magna Carta and Carta de Foresta in Latin. Blackstone's essay, which is based on a great deal of original research, argued that the charter was the foundation of English liberties. This idea, first proposed by Coke, was a central tenet of Whig ideology. More important, Blackstone's research into the original texts demonstrated that all earlier editions of the charter were based on the significantly different reissue of 1225, in the reign of Henry III, rather than the original one endorsed at Runnymede. His philological approach was highly influential; it established the textual focus that has governed subsequent study of the charter. This edition is esteemed for its handsome appearance, which was recognized as early as 1829 in Richard Thompson's An Historical Essay on the Magna Charta of King John, which described it as a "beautiful and rare edition" and noted that its "elegance of typography is very great." The engraved dedication to the Ea.

First Blackstone edition, large paper copy. With 14 engraved initials depicting public buildings in Oxford, 12 engraved tailpieces. Pp. [1: title], [2: blank] [3: engraved dedication leaf] [4: blank], [i]-lxxvi, [4], [1]-86. 1 vols. Large 4to (10-1/2 x 13-15/16 inches). Blackstone's Monumental Edition of the Magna Carta. An outstanding large-paper copy of one of the finest products of the Clarendon Press, the monumental edition of the Magna Carta under the editorship of the eminent jurist Sir William Blackstone. "It contains the articles of the Barons, the issues of the Great Charter in 1215, 1216 and 1217, with several charters of confirmation, the Charter of the Forest, and the Statute of Marlebridge. In a long introduction Blackstone traces the history of the Charter and gives an account of the various manuscripts known to him" (DNB II: 597). With beautifully engraved initials in text, depicting views of Oxford public buildings and tail-piece vignettes of royal seals, and engraved dedication leaf. A very desirable wide-margined copy. Scarce. Higgs 2105; Marvin, 127; Eller 237; Rothschild 406 Near contemporary red sheepskin gilt, fine period facsimile spine gilt with black morocco label. Sporadic light spotting to a few leaves With 14 engraved initials depicting public buildings in Oxford, 12 engraved tailpieces. Pp. [1: title], [2: blank] [3: engraved dedication leaf] [4: blank], [i]-lxxvi, [4], [1]-86. 1 vols. Large 4to (10-1/2 x 13-15/16 inches) First Blackstone edition, large paper copy.