Commentaries on the Laws of England in Four Books. By Sir William Blackstone, Knt. One of the Justices of His Majesty?s Court of Common Pleas The Eleventh Edition With the last Corrections of the Author; Additions by Richard Burn LL.D And Continued to the Present Time By John Williams Esq. [Contemporary Binding ? Eleventh Edition]
Sir William Blackstone Additions by Richard Burn John Williams Esq.
Published by Printed by A. Strahan and W Woodfall, Law-Printers to the King’s Most Excellent Majesty; for T Cadell in the Strand., London, 1791
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London: Printed by A. Strahan and W Woodfall, Law-Printers to the King?s Most Excellent Majesty; for T Cadell in the Strand,1791, Eleventh Edition complete in Four Volumes.
Elaborately decorated spine, with gilt titles to green labels, gilt volume numbers to brown oval labels, tree calf boards, worn and rubbed, with loss to the gilt decoration and labels, but sound. Secondary labels read 'Rights of Persons', 'Rights of Things', 'Private Wrongs', 'Public Wrongs'.
Vol I: [xvi], 485pp, with the frontispiece portrait of Blackstone;
Vol II: [vi], 520, xix, [i]pp, with the folding Table of Descents and the Table of Consanguinity to face page 203;
Vol III: [vi], 455, xxviipp;
Vol IV: [vi], 443, [1], vii, [1] [52]pp.
Provenance ? armorial bookplate for John Spicer to the front of each volume.
Approximately 8 ½ inches (22cm) tall.
Condition Report
Externally
Spine ? fair to good condition ? elaborately decorated spines with gilt titles to green labels, gilt volume numbers to brown oval labels (lacking to Vol I), rubbed and worn with loss to gilt and labels.
Joints ? good condition ? structurally strong, cracks starting to the base of the rear joint of Vol I, top of the front joint of Vol II, and top of the front joint of Vol III.
Corners ? good condition ? worn and bumped.
Boards ? good condition ? tree calf, marked and worn with some loss.
Page edges ? good condition ? darkened to the top, tanned.
Binding ? good condition ? solid.
See above and photos.
Internally
Hinges ? good condition ? sound.
Paste downs ? good condition ? marbled paper, bookplate.
End papers ? good condition ? marbled, subsequently tanned.
Title ? good condition ? tanned with minor foxing.
Pages ? good condition ? tanned with minor foxing.
See photos. Seller Inventory # ABE-1756136682216
Bibliographic Details
Title: Commentaries on the Laws of England in Four ...
Publisher: Printed by A. Strahan and W Woodfall, Law-Printers to the King?s Most Excellent Majesty; for T Cadell in the Strand., London
Publication Date: 1791
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good