Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books

 William Blackstone; Edward Christian

Thomas B. Wait, 1807

[An early American edition of William Blackstone's influential work on the common law of Britain.] 4 volume set. Contemporary leather bindings.  Shelf wear. v.1. front hinge cracked. Engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1 (offsetting to title), two folding engraved plates. Corrosion, with loss to the margins.  The text is sound.   From the last London edition. With the last corrections of the author.