[Rarebooks] For Sale: Blackstone's Commentaries, Phila., 1772, v.3, with rare broadside

[Norman Kane]

BLACKSTONE, WILLIAM.  COMMENTARIES ON THE LAWS OF ENGLAND.  BOOK THE 
THIRD.  RE-PRINTED FROM THE BRITISH COPY, PAGE FOR PAGE WITH THE LAST 
EDITION.  America: Printed for the Subscribers, by Robert Bell, 
Philadelphia, 1772.  [WITH BROADSIDE]: TO THE ENCOURAGERS OF 
LITERATURE. THE THIRD VOLUME OF BLACKSTONE'S COMMENTARIES IS NOW 
PUBLISHED . . . PHILADELPHIA, JULY 20, 1772   . . .    Old leather, 
rubbed, joints strengthened, 5 raised bands, label gone,
vii, blank, 455, [1], xxvii pages.  This volume treats of 
"private  wrongs;" an Appendix cites various proceedings and 
documents.  The small rare broadside
(Evans 12321) is lightly pasted to the blank page opposite the title; 
of it OCLC locates only 4 copies.  The book contains some small 
inkings (pointing fingers, x's.)  A seminal work.  $1650.00   (Trade 
discount, 10 %.)


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