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1762. Oxford, 1762. 1st ed.. Oxford, 1762. 1st ed. Attractively Bound First Edition of Blackstone's Law Tracts Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. Law Tracts, In Two Volumes. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1762. Two volumes. [iv], 257, [7]; [iv], cxv, [5], 135, [9] pp. 4 parts, each with divisional title page. 8 copperplate facsimiles (of royal seals), copperplate Table of Descents and folding Table of Consanguinity. Octavo (7-3/4" x 5"). Recent period-style quarter calf over marbled boards, lettering pieces, blind fillets and gilt volume numbers and publication dates to spines, speckled edges, pastedowns and free endpapers renewed. Light toning to interiors, early owner signature (J. Mackelston) and few brief annotation to front endleaf of Volume I, which has a trimmed bottom edge and light shelfwear, two later owner signatures (Hugh Lloyd and Hugh Bangor, dated 1776) to head of Volume I's title page. A handsome set. $2,000. * First edition. The first collected edition, with revisions, of five… Read More

1762. Oxford, 1762. 1st ed.. Oxford, 1762. 1st ed. A First Edition of Blackstone's Law Tracts in an Exceptional Binding Blackstone, Sir William [1723-1780]. Law Tracts, In Two Volumes. Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1762. Two volumes. [iv], 257, [7]; [iv], cxv, [5], 135, [9] pp. 4 parts, each with divisional title page. 8 copperplate facsimiles (of royal seals), copperplate Table of Descents and folding Table of Consanguinity. Octavo (7-3/4" x 5"). Superb period-style calf by Philip Dusel, gilt rules to boards, raised bands, lettering pieces, gilt fillets and gilt volume numbers to spines, blind tooling to board edges, pastedowns and free endpapers renewed. Light toning to interiors, minor dampstaining to heads of text blocks in a few places, faint offsetting and light edgewear to margins of preliminaries and final few leaves. A handsome set in an exceptional binding. $3,500. * First edition. The first collected edition, with revisions, of five early works, several of which are quite rare in their… Read More