A Discourse on the Study of the Law; Being an Introductory Lecture..

by Sir William Blackstone

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The Genesis of Blackstone's Commentaries Blackstone, Sir William 1723-1780 . A Discourse on the Study of the Law; Being an Introductory Lecture, Read in the Public Schools, October XXV, M.DCC.LVIII. Published by Direction of the Vice-Chancellor, Heads of Houses, And Proctors. Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press, 1758. 40 pp. Quarto 10 x 8 ; 25.4 x 20.3 cm . Period-style stab-stitched marbled covers, bookplate of Christopher Clark Geest to front pastedown.

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