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BLACKSTONE, William.

Law Tracts, in two volumes.

Publisher: Oxford, at the Clarendon Press, 1762

Stock code: 32313

Price: £2,500 Currency Conversion

First Collected Edition, reprinting, "with a few corrections and additions", four early works: An Essay on Collateral Consanguinity (1750; Blackstone's first legal publication), Considerations on Copyholders (1758), A Treatise on the Law of Descent and The Great Charter (both 1759).

2 volumes, octavo. Contemporary calf, red morocco labels, sides with double blind rules and scalloped inner border. With 8 engraved illustrations of seals and 2 tables, the second folding; index in each volume. A little skilful restoration to joints, outer leaves a little browned from turn-ins, but a very good clean copy.

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