BLACKSTONE, WILLIAM. Commentaries on the Laws of England. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1765. 4 vols., 4to, 272 x 215mm. (10 5/8 x 8 1/2in.), contemporary cat's paw calf, rebacked, corners and edges restored, slight dampstain and spotting at front of vol. II, occasional stains and spotting elsewhere; modern green cloth-covered slipcase. FIRST EDITION, with blank [Mmm2] at end of vol. I followed by 4-leaf "Supplement to the First Edition"; engraved Table of Consanguinity and folding engraved Table of Descents in vol. II. Grolier English 52; Printing and the Mind of Man 212; Rothschild 407.

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BLACKSTONE, WILLIAM. Commentaries on the Laws of England. Oxford: Clarendon Press 1765. 4 vols., 4to, 272 x 215mm. (10 5/8 x 8 1/2in.), contemporary cat's paw calf, rebacked, corners and edges restored, slight dampstain and spotting at front of vol. II, occasional stains and spotting elsewhere; modern green cloth-covered slipcase. FIRST EDITION, with blank [Mmm2] at end of vol. I followed by 4-leaf "Supplement to the First Edition"; engraved Table of Consanguinity and folding engraved Table of Descents in vol. II. Grolier English 52; Printing and the Mind of Man 212; Rothschild 407.

Provenance: Engraved bookplates: John Loxley -- D.F. Appleton -- James W. Appleton; handwritten bookplate: F. Appleton Wendell -- Epstein family collection (sale, Swann Galleries, 29 April 1992, lot 35). (4)