Commentaries on the Laws of England
$9,500 · Offered by Manhattan Rare Books
First edition
“Until the Commentaries, the ordinary Englishman had viewed the law as a vast, unintelligible and unfriendly machine…If the English constitution survived the troubles of the next century, it was because the law had gained a new popular respect, and this was due impart to the enormous success of Blackstone's work.” --Printing and the Mind of Man FIRST EDITIONS OF ALL FOUR VOLUMES OF THE BOOK THAT FIRST MADE LAW INTELLIGIBLE TO THE ORDINARY PERSON. HEAVILY
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