Blackstone

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Sir William Blackstone (1723 - 1780)

Sir William Blackstone’s Commentaries on the laws of England was published in four volumes,

with the first appearing in 1765, and the subsequent three volumes appearing each year through

1769. Blackstone’s Commentaries are described by the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

as follows1:

In some 2000 pages the common law's tortuous complexities were outlined in a

manner at once authoritative, clear, elegant, and even engaging. While far from

wholly laudatory or uncritical (of procedural complexities or excessively harsh

criminal punishments, for example), the Commentaries depicted England's

constitution and laws as reflecting the natural order of the cosmos, yet also rooted

in the nation's distinctive historical development, like ‘an old Gothic castle,

erected in the days of chivalry, but fitted up for a modern inhabitant’ (Blackstone,

Commentaries, 3.268). Although mounting criticism tempered an initial highly

favourable reception, Blackstone's Commentaries would become the most

celebrated, widely circulated, and influential law book ever published in the

English language.

The influence of the Commentaries is evident in the number of times it was reprinted, and the

vast number of comments and subsequent works it inspired.

Table of Contents

First Editions ................................................................................................................................... 2

Editions of Blackstone’s Commentaries ......................................................................................... 2

Correspondence............................................................................................................................. 18

Works based on Blackstone .......................................................................................................... 18

Online Resources .......................................................................................................................... 25

Books About Blackstone and His Work ....................................................................................... 25

Comic Blackstone ......................................................................................................................... 30

1 Wilfrid Prest, ‘Blackstone, Sir William (1723–1780)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004;

online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/2536, accessed 1 Aug 2009]

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First Editions

The Law Library has a facsimile of the first edition of Blackstone’s Commentaries:

Commentaries on the laws of England / William Blackstone. -- Chicago : University of

Chicago Press, c1979. 4 v. ; 23 cm.

Law Library KD660 .B55 1765r

The first American edition of Blackstone’s Commentaries was published by Robert Bell in

Philadelphia in 1771. The Law Library owns a first edition of the third book of the

commentaries, published in 1772:

Commentaries on the laws of England. Re-printed from the British copy, page for page

with the last edition. America: Printed for the subscribers, by Robert Bell, at the late

Union Library, in Third-street, Philadelphia, 1771-72. 4 v. 2 tab. (1 fold.) 24 cm.

Law Rare Book (Special Collection) KD660 .B551

Editions of Blackstone’s Commentaries

An analysis of the laws of England : to which is prefixed an introductory discourse on the study

of the law / by William Blackstone. -- Buffalo, N.Y. : W.S. Hein & Co., 1997. lxx, 189 p. ; 24

cm.


(This is the Introduction to Blackstone’s Commentaries; it was delivered as the opening

of the Vinerian lectures at Oxford.)

Commentaries on the laws of England / William Blackstone. -- Chicago : University of Chicago

Press, c1979. 4 v. ; 23 cm.


(Facsimile of first edition.)

Commentaries on the laws of England. Re-printed from the British copy, page for page with the

last edition. America: Printed for the subscribers, by Robert Bell, at the late Union Library, in

Third-street, Philadelphia, 1771-72. 4 v. 2 tab. (1 fold.) 24 cm.

Law Rare Book (Special Collection) KD660 .B551

(This is the first American edition of the Commentaries. The Law Library has only the

third book.)

An interesting appendix to Sir William Blackstone’s Commentaries on the laws of England ...

America: Printed for the subscribers, by Robert Bell, at the late Union-Library, in Third-street,

Philadelphia, 1772[-73].

Law Rare Book (Special Collection) KD4102.D5 I5

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Commentaries on the laws of England: In four books. / By Sir William Blackstone, Knt. One of

the late justices of His Britannick Majesty's Court of Common Pleas. ; In four volumes. Vol. I.--

Book I. [-Vol. IV.--Book IV.] -- Printed at Worcester, Massachusetts. : By Isaiah Thomas, sold

at his bookstore in Worcester, and by him and Company in Boston., MDCCXC. [1790] 4 v. : 1

port., 2 charts ; 18 cm. (12mo)

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Commentaries on the laws of England: In four books. / By Sir William Blackstone, Knt. One of

the late justices of His Britannic Majesty's Court of Common Pleas. ; In four volumes. Vol. I.--

Book I [-Vol. IV. Book IV.]. -- Printed at Boston, : by I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews. Sold by

them at Faust's statue, no. 45, Newbury-Street; by I. Thomas, Worcester; by Thomas, Andrews,

and Penniman, Albany; by Thomas, Andrews, and Butler, Baltimore; and by E.S. Thomas,

Charleston, S.C. 1799. 4 v. : 1 port., 2 charts ; 18 cm. (12mo)


Electronic Resource



Commentaries on the laws of England: in four books, with an analysis of the work / by William

Blackstone. -- New-York: W.E. Dean, 1848. 2 v. ; 23 cm.

Law Binding KD660 .B55 1848

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Commentaries on the laws of England: in four books / by William Blackstone. -- London :

Spettigue and Farrance, 1849. 4 v. ; 23 cm.





Commentaries on the laws of England: in four books, with an analysis of the work / by William

Blackstone. -- New York : W.E. Dean, 1851. 2 v. ; 23 cm.





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Commentaries on the laws of England: in four books : with an analysis of the work / by William








Blackstone ; with the last corrections of the author, and notes, from the twenty-first London ed. ;

with copious notes explaining the changes in the law effected by decision or statute down to

1844 : together with notes adapting the work to the American student by John L. Wendell. --

New York : Harper, 1852.

4 v. ; 24 cm.











The principles of the law of real and personal property: being the second book of Blackstone's

Commentaries : incorporating the alterations down to the present time. -- London : V. & R.

Stevens, 1853. xxiv, 678, xxxiv p. ; 24 cm.





Commentaries on the laws of England: in four books; with an analysis of the work. By Sir

William Blackstone ... With the last corrections of the author, and notes, from the 21st London

ed. With copious notes explaining the changes in the law effected by decision or statute down to

1844 ... Together with notes adapting the work to the American student. By John L. Wendell ...

In four volumes ... -- New York, Harper & brothers, 1854 [c1847] 4 v. 3 tab. (2 fold.) 24 cm.










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Commentaries on the laws of England : in four books / by Sir William Blackstone. -- London :

V. & R. Stevens and G.S. Norton, 1854. 4 v. ; 23 cm.






Blackstone. -- Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo, 1855. 2 v. ; 23 cm.





Blackstone's Commentaries: systematically abridged and adapted to the existing state of the law

and constitution : with great additions / by Samuel Warren. -- London : W. Maxwell, 1855.

liv, 834 p. ; 20 cm.






Blackstone's Commentaries : systematically abridged and adapted to the existing state of the law

and constitution : with great additions / by Samuel Warren. -- London : W. Maxwell, 1856.

liv, 834 p. ; 20 cm.





Commentaries on the laws of England: in four books / by William Blackstone. -- London : J.

Murray, 1857. 4 v. : forms ; 23 cm.

Law Rare Book (Special Collection) KD660 .B55 1857






Blackstone. -- New York : Harper & Brothers, 1858, c1847. 4 v. ; 24 cm.

















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The student's Blackstone: selections from the Commentaries on the laws of England / by William

Blackstone. -- London : J. Murray, 1858. xix, 575 p. ; 20 cm.






William Blackstone ... With the last corrections of the author, and notes. -- New York, Harper &

brothers, 1858. 4 v. 3 tab. (2 fold.) 24 cm.


Commentaries on the laws of England: in four books : with analysis of the work / by William

Blackstone. -- Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott, 1859. 2 v. ; 24 cm.






Blackstone. -- New York : Harper & Brothers, 1859-1862. 4 v. ; 24 cm.





Commentaries on the laws of England: in four books / by William Blackstone ; with notes

selected from the editions of Archbold, Christian, Coleridge, Chitty, Stewart, Kerr, and others ;

Barron Field's Analysis, and additional notes, and a life of the author by George Sharswood. --

Philadelphia : Childs & Peterson, 1860. 2 v. : port. ; 24 cm.





Commentaries on the laws of England : in four books : with analysis of the work / by William

Blackstone. -- Philadelphia : J.B. Lippencott, 1860. 2 v. ; 23 cm.















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Blackstone ; in two volumes : from the nineteenth London edition with a life of the author and

notes, by Christian, Chitty, Lee, Hovenden and Ryland : and also references to American cases

by a member of the New-York bar. -- Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott, 1861. 2 v. ; 24 cm.





Commentaries on the laws of England; in four books. By Sir William Blackstone. With notes

selected from the editions of Archbold, Christian, Coleridge, Chitty, Stewart, Kerr, and others,

Barron Field's Analysis, and additional notes, and a life of the author, by George Sharswood ...

In two volumes ... -- Philadelphia, J.P. Lippincott & co., 1861. 2 v. front. (port.) 2 tab. (1

fold.) 25 cm.






Commentaries on the laws of England : in four books / by William Blackstone ; adapted to the

present state of the law by Robert Malcolm Kerr. -- London : J. Murray, 1862. 4 v. : forms ; 22

cm.





Commentaries on the laws of England : in four books : with an analysis of the work / by William






Commentaries on the laws of England applicable to real property / by Sir William Blackstone ;

adapted to the present state of the law in Upper Canada by Alexander Leith. -- Toronto : W.C.

Chewett, 1864.

viii, 416 p. ; 22 cm.


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Commentaries on the laws of England : in four books / by William Blackstone. -- Philadelphia :

G.W. Childs, 1864. 2 v. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.





William Blackstone ... -- Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott & co., 1865. 2 v. 24 cm.


Commentaries on the laws of England : in four books / by William Blackstone ; with notes


Barron Field's Analysis, and additional notes, and a life of the author by George Sharswood. --

Philadelphia : G.W. Childs, 1865. 2 v. : port. ; 24 cm.





Commentaries on the laws of England. In four books. By Sir William Blackstone. With notes

selected from the editions of Archbold, Christian, Coleridge, Chitty, Stewart, Kerr and others,

Barron Field's Analysis, and additional notes, and a life of the author, by George Sharswood. --

Philadelphia, G.W. Childs, 1867. 2 v. front. (port.) 2 tab. (1 fold.) 25 cm.


Commentaries on the laws of England : In four books; with an analysis of the work / by Sir

William Blackstone, knt. ... -- Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott, 1868, [c1832] 2 v. ; 24 cm.






Commentaries on the laws of England : in four books / By Sir William Blackstone ..., with notes

selected from the editions of Archbold, Christian, Coleridge, Chitty, Stewart, Kerr and others ;

Barron Field's Analysis, and additional notes, and a life of the author, by George Sharswood. --

Philadelphia : G. W. Childs, 1868. 2 v. : port. ; 26 cm.

Law Binding KD660 .B55 1868

Commentaries on the laws of England: in four books : with an analysis of the work / by Sir

William Blackstone. -- Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott, 1870. 2 v. ; 24 cm.













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Commentaries on the laws of England; in four books, by Sir William Blackstone, knight ...

together with such notes of enduring value as have been published in the several English

editions. And also, a copious analysis of the contents; and additional notes with references to

English and American decisions and statutes, to date, which illustrate or change the law of the

text; also, a full table of abbreviations, and some consideration regarding the study of the law. By

Thomas M. Cooley ... -- Chicago, Callaghan and Cockcroft, 1871. 2v. front. (port) 2 tab. (1

fold.) 26 cm.



J.B. Lippincott, 1872. 2 v. : port. ; 25 cm.





Commentaries on the laws of England [electronic resource] : in four books / by William

Blackstone. -- Chicago : Callaghan, 1872. 2 v. : port. ; 26 cm.





Commentaries on the laws of England: in four books, with an analysis of the work. By Sir

William Blackstone ... With the last corrections of the author, and notes. -- New York, Harper &

brothers, 1872. 4 v. 24 cm.


Commentaries on the laws of England : in four books / by William Blackstone. -- Chicago :

Callaghan, 1872-1873. 2 v. : port. ; 26 cm.


Commentaries on the laws of England; in four books. By Sir William Blackstone, together with

such notes of enduring value as have been published in the several English editions. And also a

copious analysis of the contents; and additional notes with references to English and American

decisions and statutes, to date, which illustrate or change the law of the text; also, a full table of

abbreviations, and some considerations regarding the study of the law by Thomas M. Cooley ... -

- Chicago, Callaghan and company, 1872-73. 2 v. front. (engr. port.) 2 tab. (1 fold.) 25 cm.

Law Library KD660 .B551 1872-1873










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Blackstone economized: being a compendium of the laws of England to the present time. In four

books, each book embracing the legal principles and practical information contained in the

respective volume of Blackstone, supplemented by subsequent statutory enactments, important

legal decisions, etc. By David Mitchell Aird -- London, Longmans, Green, and co., 1873.

xxiv p., 1 leaf, [29]-356, 12 p. fold. tab. 30 cm.






The student's Blackstone : Commentaries on the laws of England : in four books / by William

Blackstone; abridged and adapted to the present state of the law by Robert Malcolm Kerr. --

London : J. Murray, 1873 xx, 649 p. ; 19 cm.





Commentaries on the laws of England : in four books, with an analysis of the work / by Sir






The commentaries on the laws of England of Sir William Blackstone / adapted to the present

state of the law by Robert Malcolm Kerr. -- London : J. Murray, 1876. 4 v. ; 22 cm.





Commentaries on the laws of England; in four books. By Sir William Blackstone, knt ...

Together with such notes of enduring value as have been published in the several English

editions. And also, a copious analysis of the contents; and additional notes with references to the


text; also, a full table of abbreviations, and some considerations regarding the study of the law.

By Thomas M. Cooley. -- Chicago, Callaghan and Company, 1876. 2 v. 25 cm.










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The American students' Blackstone : Commentaries on the laws of England, in four books / by

Sir William Blackstone ; so abridged as to retain all portions of the original work which are of

historical or practical value, with notes, and references to American decisions ; for the use of

American students, by George Chase. -- New York : Banks & Bros., 1877. xx, 1069 p. ; 25

cm.





Commentaries on the laws of England; in four books. By Sir William Blackstone, knight ...

Together with suchnotes of enduring value as have been published in the several English

editions. And also a copious analysis of the contents. And additional notes with references to


text; also, a full table of abbreviations, and some considerations regarding the study of the law.

By Thomas M. Cooley ... -- Chicago, Callaghan and company, 1879. 2 v. front. (port.), 2 tab.

(1 fold.) 26 cm.






Commentaries on the laws of England applicable to real property / by Sir William Blackstone ;

adapted to the present state of the law in Ontario by Alexander Leith and James Frederick Smith.

-- Toronto : Rowsell & Hutchison, 1880. xviii, 604 p. ; 22 cm.





The student's Blackstone : being the Commentaries on the laws of England of Sir William

Blackstone, Knt. / abridged and adapted to the present state of the law by Robert Malcolm Kerr. -

- London : J. Murray, 1880. xx, 608 p. ; 19 cm.





Commentaries on the laws of England : in four books : with an analysis of the work / by William
















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Blackstone's commentaries: for the use of students at law and the general reader : obsolete and

unimportant matter being eliminated / by Marshall D. Ewell. -- Boston : Soule and Bugbee,

1882.

xii, 611 p. ; 17 cm.








American students, by George Chase. -- New York : Banks & Bros., 1882, c1877. xx, 1069 p.

; 24 cm.


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American students, by George Chase. -- New York : Banks & Bros., 1884. xx, 1118 p. ; 25

cm.





Commentaries on the laws of England. In four books. By Sir William Blackstone ... together

with a copious analysis of the contents. And notes with references to English and American

decisions and statutes to date, which illustrate or change the law of the text; also, a full table of

abbreviations, and some considerations regarding the study of the law. By Thomas M. Cooley ...

-- Chicago, Callaghan and company, 1884. 2 v. front. (engr. port.) fold. tab. 25 cm.







J.B. Lippincott, 1886. 2 v. : port. ; 26 cm.















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Commentaries on the laws of England : in four books, with an analysis of the work / by Sir






Blackstone's commentaries : for American students, in the form of questions and answers :

prefaced by questions and answers on the introduction to Robertson's Charles V : together with a

note on the rule in Shelley's case as applied in Pennsylvania / by F. Carroll Brewster. --

Philadelphia : Printed by Allen, Lane & Scott, 1887. 267 p. ; 23 cm.





The American students' Blackstone : commentaries on the laws of England, in four books / by

William Blackstone ; with notes, and references to American decisions for the use of American

students by George Chase. -- New York : Banks & Brothers, 1888. xx, 1118 p. ; 24 cm.





The American students' Blackstone : commentaries on the laws of England, in four books / by

William Blackstone ; so abridged as to retain all portions of the original work which are of

historical or practical value, with notes, and references to American decisions : for the use of

American students, by George Chase. -- New York : Banks & Brothers, 1890. xx, 1148 p. ; 23

cm.





Commentaries on the laws of England / by Sir William Blackstone. From the author’s 8th ed.,

1778. Edited for American lawyers by William G. Hammond ... With copious notes, and

references to all comments on the text in the American reports, 1787-1890. -- San Francisco:

Bancroft-Whitney, 1890. 4 v. : port. ; 16 cm.

Law Rare Book (Hammond) KD660 .B551 1890

















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Commentaries on the laws of England : in four books / by Sir William Blackstone ; with notes

selected from the editions of Archbold, Christian, Coleridge, Chitty, Stewart, Kerr and others ;

Barron Field's Analysis ; and additional notes ; and a life of the author, by George Sharswood. --

Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott, 1891. 2 v. : port. ; 26 cm.






Blackstone. -- Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott, 1891-1892. 2 v. : port. ; 23 cm.





Commentaries on the laws of England, by Sir William Blackstone ... In one volume, together

with a copious glossary of legal terms employed; also, biographical sketches of writers referred

to; and a chart of descent of English sovereigns, ed. by Wm. Hardcastle Browne ... -- New York,

L.K. Strouse & co., 1892. xv, 808 p. 25 cm.









American students, by George Chase. -- New York : Banks & Bros., 1892, c1890. xx, 1148 p.

; 24 cm.





Abridgment of Blackstone's commentaries / by William C. Sprague. -- Detroit, Mich. : [Sprague

Correspondence School of Law], 1893. viii, 533 p. ; 20 cm.















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The American students' Blackstone: commentaries on the laws of England, in four books / by

William Blackstone ; so abridged as to retain all portions of the original work which are of

historical or practical value, with notes, and references to American decisions : for the use of

American students, by George Chase. -- New York : Banks & Brothers, 1894, c1890. xx, 1148

p. ; 24 cm.





Abridgment of Blackstone's Commentaries / by William C. Sprague. -- Detroit, Mich. : [Sprague

Correspondence School of Law], 1895. viii, 524 p. ; 20 cm.





Commentaries on the laws of England : in four books / by Sir William Blackstone ; with notes


Barron Field's Analysis ; and additional notes and a life of the author by George Sharswood. --

Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott, 1895. 2 v. : port. ; 25 cm.





The student's Blackstone : being the Commentaries on the laws of England of Sir William

Blackstone, Knt. : abridged and adapted to the present state of the law. -- London : Reeves and

Turner, 1896. xx, 620 p. ; 19 cm.





Commentaries on the laws of England / by William Blackstone ; in one volume : together with a

copious glossary of legal terms employed : also, biographical sketches of writers referred to, and

a chart of descent of English sovereigns, edited by Wm. Hardcastle Browne. -- St. Paul : West

Pub. Co., 1897. xv, 808 p. ; 24 cm.















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Commentaries on the laws of England: in four books / by Sir William Blackstone ; with notes


and in addition, notes and references to all text books and decisions wherein the Commentaries

have been cited, and all statutes modifying the text by William Draper Lewis. -- Philadelphia : R.

Welsh, 1897. 4 v., : port. ; 26 cm.


Law Library KD660 .B55 1900a




Commentaries on the laws of England : in four books / by William Blackstone ; with notes


Barron Field's Analysis; and additional notes, and a life of the author, by George Sharswood. --

Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott, 1898. 2 v. : ill. ; 26 cm.





Commentaries on the laws of England: in four books / by Sir William Blackstone. -- Chicago :

Callaghan, 1899. 2 v. : port. ; 25 cm.





The American students' Blackstone: commentaries on the laws of England, in four books / by

William Blackstone ... with notes, and references to American decisions for the use of American

students by George Chase. -- Albany, N.Y. : Banks & Brothers, 1899. xx, 1148 p. ; 24 cm.






selected from the editions of Archbold, Christian, Coleridge, Chitty, Stewart, Kerr and others,

Barron Field's analysis, and additional notes, and a life of the author by George Sharswood. --

Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott, 1900. 2 v. : ill. ; 25 cm.















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Commentaries on the laws of England: in four books : with an analysis of the work / by Sir







selected from the editions of Archbold, Christian, Coleridge, Chitty, Stewart, Kerr, and others,

and in addition, notes and references to all text books and decisions wherein the commentaries

have been cited, and all statutes modifying the text by William Draper Lewis. -- Philadelphia : R.

Welsh, 1902-1915. 4 v. (xxxi, 2021 p) ; 26 cm.




Blackstone's commentaries / revised and abridged by Henry Winthrop Ballantine. -- Chicago :

Blackstone Institute, c1915. xxxiv, 825 p. ; 22 cm. (Modern American law ; v. 15 )




Commentaries on the laws of England / by Sir William Blackstone ; edited by William Carey

Jones. -- Baton Rouge, La. : Claitor's Pub. Div., [1976] 4 books in 2 v.; 23 cm.


Commentaries on the laws of England, by Sir William Blackstone. Edited by William Carey

Jones. -- San Francisco : Bancroft-Whitney, 1915-16. 2 v. ; 23 cm.

Law Library KD660 .B55 1915- 1916




Blackstone's Commentaries on the law : from the abridged edition of Wm. Hardcastle Browne,

including a biographical sketch, modern American notes, common law maxims and a glossary of

legal terms / edited by Bernard C. Gavit. -- Washington, D.C. : Washington Law Book, c1941.

xx, 1040 p. ; 25 cm.


The sovereignty of the law; selections from Blackstone's Commentaries on the laws of England.

Edited with an introduction by Gareth Jones. -- [Toronto] University of Toronto Press [1973]

lv, 254 p. port. 23 cm.

Law Library KD660 .B56 1973b

Main Library KD660 .B56









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Blackstone's commentaries on the laws of England / edited with an introduction by Wayne

Morrison. -- London : Cavendish, 2001. 4 v. ; 24 cm.


The commentaries of Sir William Blackstone, Knight., on the laws and constitution of England. -

- Chicago, Ill. : ABA, c2009.


Correspondence

The Palladium of conscience; containing Furneaux's Letters to Blackstone, Priestley's Remarks

on Blackstone, Blackstone's Reply to Priestley. -- New York, Da Capo Press, 1974. iv, 119,

xii, 155 p. 23 cm. (Civil liberties in American history )

Law Library BR758 .P33 1773r

Main Library BR758 .P33 1773a

Letter of Will. Blackstone. -- [U.S. : s.n., 1919?] [4] p. ; 26 cm.




The letters of Sir William Blackstone : 1744-1780 / edited for the Selden Society by W.R. Prest.

-- London : Selden Society, 2006. (Selden Society supplementary series ; vol. 14 )

Law Library KD621.B52 A4 2006

Works based on Blackstone

Blickensderfer, Ulric, ed.

A review of legal studies: comprising the most material parts, rules, doctrines, definitions, and

principles of law contained in Blackstone's Commentaries, evidence, contracts, pleading, equity,

criminal law, etc., including parties to actions, forms of actions, law terms, phrases and maxims.

Compiled from standard works used in reading law. For law students, preparing for examination

and admission to the bar; practitioners, justices, alderman, etc. ... Pocket series. By Ulric

Blickensderfer ... -- Chicago, E.B. Meyers, 1880. 3 v. 16 cm.

Law Library KF386 .B55

Blickensderfer, Ulric, b. 1845.

A review of legal studies [electronic resource] : comprising the most material parts, rules,

doctrines, definitions, and principles of law contained in Blackstone's Commentaries ... compiled

from standard works used in reading law for law students preparing for examination and

admission to the bar, practitioners, justices, aldermen, etc. ... / by Ulric Blickensderfer. --

Chicago : E.B. Myers, 1880-1894.

3 v. ; 16 cm.




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Blickensderfer, Ulric, ed.

Blickensderfer's Blackstone's elements of law etc.: with analytical charts, tables and legal

definitions : arranged and displayed by a systematic and attractive method / by U.

Blickensderfer. -- Chicago, Ill. : U. Blickensderfer, 1889. 356 p. : diagrs. ; 24 cm.





Brackenridge, H. H. (Hugh Henry), 1748 - 1816.

Law miscellanies: containing an introduction to the study of the law; notes on Blackstone's

Commentaries, shewing the variations of the law of Pennsylvania from the law of England, and

what acts of Assembly might require to be repealed or modified; observations on Smith's edition

of the laws of Pennsylvania; strictures on decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States,

and on certain acts of Congress, with some law cases, and a variety of other matters, chiefly

original. -- New York, Arno Press, 1972. 588 p. 23 cm. (American law: the formative years )

Law Library KFP80 .B7 1972

Broom, Herbert, 1815 - 1882.

Commentaries on the laws of England. By Herbert Broom ... and Edward A. Hadley ... --

London, W. Maxwell & son [etc.] 1869. 4 v. 22 cm.






Broom, Herbert, 1815 - 1882.

Commentaries on the laws of England / by Herbert Broom and Edward A. Hadley ; with notes

by William Wait. -- Albany, N.Y. : J.D. Parsons, 1875. 2 v. ; 26 cm.






Campbell, Gordon, b. 1852.

An analysis of the English law of real property: chiefly from Blackstone's Commentary / by

Gordon Campbell. -- Oxford : J. Thornton, 1887. vi, 106 p. ; 19 cm.










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Campbell, Robert, 1832 - 1912.

Principles of English law, founded on Blackstone's Commentaries. By Robert Campbell ... --

London, Stevens and sons, limited, 1907. liv p., 1 leaf, 662 p. 23 cm.

Law Library KD660 .C3 1907




Daligny, Maurice-Parfait, 1776 - 1851.

Règles du droit anglais, ou, Analyse raisonée des Commentaires de Blackstone : en ce qui

touche les lois purement civiles de l'Angleterre / par M. Daligny. -- Paris : Imprimerie de Mame,

frères, [1813?] 99 p. ; 20 cm.


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Devereux, John C.

The most material parts of Blackstone's Commentaries: reduced to questions and answers / by

John C. Devereux, upon the plan and in place of Kinne's Blackstone. -- New York : Lewis &

Blood, 1858. xxii, 392 p. ; 24 cm.

Law Library KD660.B553 D4





Devereux, John C.

The most material parts of Blackstone's Commentaries: reduced to questions and answers :

upon the plan and in the place of Kinne's Blackstone / by John C. Devereux. -- New York :

Lewis & Blood, 1861. xxii, 392 p. ; 23 cm.





Devereux, John C.

The most material parts of Blackstone's Commentaries, reduced to questions and answers:

upon the plan and in the place of Kinne's Blackstone / by John C. Devereux. -- New York :

Baker, Voorhis & Co., 1875. xxii, 392 p. ; 24 cm.












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Dickson, Frederick Stoever, 1850 - 1925.

An analysis of Blackstone's Commentaries / by Frederick S. Dickson. -- London : Stevens and

Sons, [1880?] 98 p. ; 32 cm.





Dunlap, M. E.

Abridgment of elementary law / by M.E. Dunlap. -- St. Louis : Soule, Thomas & Wentworth,

1876.

425 p. : ill., forms ; 24 cm.





Ehrlich's Blackstone. [Edited by] J. W. Ehrlich. -- Westport, Conn., Greenwood Press [1973,

c1959]

987 p. 22 cm.


Ellis, Griffith Ogden, b. 1869.

Blackstone quizzer C, being questions and answers on Book 3 of Blackstone's Commentaries

... -- Detroit, The Sprague Publishing Co. [1897]. 37 p. 23 cm. (Quizzer series )

Law Library KF303 .E56 1897

Ellis, Griffith Ogden, b. 1869.

Blackstone quizzer B, being questions and answers on Book 2 of Blackstone's Commentaries

... -- Detroit, The Sprague Publishing Co. [1909] 46 p. 23 cm. (Quizzer series )

Law Library KF303 .E55 1909

Field, Barron, 1786 - 1846.

An analysis of Blackstone's Commentaries on the laws of England: in a series of questions, to

which the student is to frame his own answers, by reading that work / by Barron Field. -- London

: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1811. viii, 286 p. ; 22 cm.













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An analysis of Blackstone's Commentaries on the laws of England: in a series of questions, to

which the student is to frame his own answers, by reading that work / by Barron Field. -- London

: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1821. viii, 286 p. ; 23 cm.






An analysis of Blackstone's Commentaries on the laws of England : in a series of questions,

to which the student is to frame his own answers, by reading that work / by Barron Field. -- New

York : Stephen Gould, 1822. ix, 286 p. ; 22 cm.





Harman, Charles E., 1931 -

Critical commentaries on Blackstone : a critique of Sir William Blackstone's commentaries on

the laws of England / by Charles E. Harman. -- Brookings, OR : Old Court Press, 2002. x,

251 p. ; 22 cm.

KD660.B523 H37 2002

Kingsford, R. E. (Rupert Etherege), 1849 - 1920.

Commentaries on the laws of Ontario: being Blackstone's Commentaries on the laws of

England, adapted to the province of Ontario / by R.E. Kingsford. -- Toronto : Carswell, 1896.

viii, 458 p. ; 22 cm.





Manning, John, 1830 - 1899.

Commentaries on the first book of Blackstone / by John Manning. -- Chapel Hill, N.C. :

University Press, 1899. xiii, 268 p. ; 23 cm.





Marshall, T. W.

A first book on the law of real property (based principally upon book II. of Blackstone's

Commentaries) / by T. W. Marshall. -- Oxford : Hubert Giles, 1909. vii, 205 p. ; 19 cm.

Law Library KD829.3 .M3









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Mordecai, Samuel F. (Samuel Fox), 1852 - 1927.

Law lectures: a treatise, from a North Carolina standpoint, on those portions of the first and

second books of the Commentaries of Sir William Blackstone which have not become obsolete

in the United States / by Samuel F. Mordecai. -- Raleigh [N.C.] : Presses of Edwards &

Broughton Print. Co., 1907. xiii, 1251 p. ; 24 cm.




Mordecai, Samuel F. (Samuel Fox), 1852 - 1927.

Law lectures: a treatise, from a North Carolina standpoint, on those portions of the first and

second books of the Commentaries of Sir William Blackstone which have not become obsolete

in the United States / by Samuel F. Mordecai. -- Raleigh, N.C. : Commercial Print. Co., 1916. 2

v. (xi, 1524 p.) ; 24 cm.




Sprague, William Cyrus, 1860 -

Blackstone quizzer D, being questions and answers on Book 4 of Blackstone's Commentaries

... -- Detroit, The Sprague Publishing Co. [1896]. 30 p. 23 cm. (Quizzer series )

Law Library KF303 .S69 1896

Sprague, William Cyrus, 1860 -

Blackstone quizzer A, being questions and answers on the introduction and Book 1 of

Blackstone's Commentaries ... -- Detroit, The Sprague Publishing Co. [1905]. 28 p. 23 cm.

(Quizzer series )

Law Library KF303 .S68 1905

Stephen, Henry John, 1787-1864.

New commentaries on the laws of England. (Partly founded on Blackstone.) By Henry John

Stephen. -- London, H. Butterworth; [etc.,etc.,] 1848 4 v. fold. tab. 22 cm.

Law Library KD660 .S7 1848

Stephen, Henry John, 1787 - 1864.

New commentaries on the laws of England : partly founded on Blackstone / by Henry John

Stephen. -- London : Butterworths, 1853. 4 v. : geneal. tables ; 23 cm.






Mr. Serjeant Stephen's New commentaries on the laws of England: partly founded on

Blackstone / by Henry John Stephen. -- London : Butterworth, 1868. 4 v. ; 23 cm.








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Blackstone / by James Stephen. -- London : Butterworths, 1880. 4 v. : geneal. tables ; 23 cm.






Mr. Serjeant Stephen's New commentaries on the laws of England: (partly founded on

Blackstone) / by James Stephen. -- London : Butterworths, 1883. 4 v. ; 22 cm.







Blackstone / by Judge Stephen. -- London : Butterworths, 1886. 4 v. ; 22 cm.






Mr. Serjeant Stephen's New commentaries on the laws of England : (partly founded on

Blackstone) / by Judge Stephen. -- London : Butterworths, 1890.






Mr. Serjeant Stephen's New commentaries on the laws of England : partly founded on

Blackstone / by Judge Stephen. -- London : Butterworths, 1895. 4 v. : charts ; 23 cm.

















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Mr. Serjeant Stephen's new commentaries on the laws of England: (partly founded on

"Blackstone") / by Judge Stephen. -- London : Butterworth, 1903. 4 v. ; 22 cm.




Walsh, C. C. (Charles Clinton)

Questions and answers in Blackstone: as taught in Law School of the University of Michigan

by Prof. Jerome C. Knowlton. -- Chicago : Callaghan, [19--?]

p. 245-406 ; 22 cm.




Williams, J. Dingwall (John Dingwall)

The companion-book and supplement to Blackstone's Commentaries on the laws of England /

by J. Dingwall Williams. -- London : Wildy & Sons, 1848. iv, 353 p. ; 22 cm.





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A Translation of all the Greek, Latin, Italian, and French quotations which occur in Blackstone's

Commentaries on the laws of England: and also in the notes of the editions by Christian,

Archbold, and Williams / by J.W. Jones. -- Philadelphia : T. & J.W. Johnson, 1889. 129 p. ; 24

cm.





Bell, Robert, 1732? - 1784.

To the encouragers of literature : The third volume of Blackstone's Commentaries is now

published ... And as many of the subscribers ... have expressed an earnest desire for an American

edition of ----- An interesting appendix to Sir William Blackstone's Commentaries on the laws of

England. ... The editor ... proposeth to publish by subscription, the above mentioned

performances ... -- [Philadelphia : Printed by Robert Bell, 1772] 1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 15 x 13 cm.








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Bell, Robert, 1732? - 1784.

Commentaries on the laws of England. By William Blackstone, Esq. Vinerian Professor Law

and solicitor general to Her Majesty: In four volumes. : Reprinted from the London copy, page

for page with the last edition. -- America [i.e., Philadelphia]: : Printed [by Robert Bell] for the

subscribers., M,DCC,LXXI. [1771] 8 p. ; (8vo)




3 -- Electronic access restricted; authentication may be required.

Bentham, Jeremy, 1748 - 1832.

A comment on the Commentaries : a criticism of William Blackstone's Commentaries on the

laws of England / by Jeremy Bentham ; now first printed from the author's manuscript with

introduction and notes by Charles Warren Everett. -- Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1928. vii, 253

p. ; 24 cm.

Law Library KD660.B554 B45 1928

Boorstin, Daniel J. (Daniel Joseph), 1914 -

The mysterious science of the law; an essay on Blackstone's Commentaries, showing how

Blackstone, employing eighteenth-century ideas of science, religion, history, aesthetics, and

philosophy, made of the law at once a conservative and a mysterious science, by Daniel J.

Boorstin. -- Cambridge, Mass., Harvard university press, 1941. xviii, 257 p. incl. tables,

front., plates. 22 cm.

Law Library KD660.B554 B6


The mysterious science of the law : an essay on Blackstone's Commentaries showing how

Blackstone, employing eighteenth century ideas of science, religion, history, aesthetics, and

philosophy, made of the law at once a conservative and a mysterious science / by Daniel J.

Boorstin ; with a new foreward. -- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1996. xx, 253 p. :

ill. ; 22 cm.

Law Library KD660.B554 B6 1941r




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The mysterious science of the law; an essay on Blackstone's Commentaries, showing how

Blackstone, employing eighteenth-century ideas of science, religion, history, aesthetics, and

philosophy, made of the law at once a conservative and a mysterious science, by Daniel J.

Boorstin. -- Gloucester, Mass., P. Smith, 1973 [c1941] xiii, 257 p. incl. tables, front., plates.

22 cm.

Law Library KD660.B554 B6 1958r

Main Library K347.0942 .B6 1958

Carrese, Paul.

The cloaking of power : Montesquieu, Blackstone, and the rise of judicial activism / Paul O.

Carrese. -- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2003. xiv, 335 p. ; 24 cm.

Law Library K2146 .C375 2003

Doolittle, I. G.

William Blackstone : a biography / by Ian Doolittle. -- Haslemere : I. Doolittle, c2001. x,

132 p, [4] p. of plates ; 25 cm.

Law Library KD621.B56 D59 2001

[Douglas, D ]

The biographical history of Sir William Blackstone, late one of the justices of both benches ...

and A catalogue of all Sir William Blackstone's works, manuscript, as well as printed. With a

Nomenclature of Westminster-hall. The whole illustrated with notes, observations, and

references. Also, a preface and index to each part. By a gentleman of Lincoln's-Inn ... -- London,

The author, 1782. 1 v. (various pagings) 22 cm.

Law Rare Book (Hammond) KD621.B56 D6

Douglas D.

The biographical history of Sir William Blackstone and a catalogue of Sir William

Blackstone's works, with a nomenclature of Westminster-Hall, by a gentleman of Lincoln's-Inn. -

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Law Library KD621.B56 D6 1782r

Lockmiller, David A., 1906 -

Sir William Blackstone / David A. Lockmiller. -- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina

Press, 1938. xviii, 308 p., 1 folded leaf, [15] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Law Library KD621.B56 L6

Main Library CT788.B6 L6

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Milsom, S. F. C. (Stroud Francis Charles), 1923 -

The nature of Blackstone's achievement / by S.F.C Milsom. -- London : Selden Society, 1981.

12 p. ; 25 cm.

Law Library KD621.B56 M54 1981

Paul, Nanette B. (Nanette Baker), 1866 - 1928.

The heart of Blackstone, or, Principles of the common law / Nanette B. Paul ; introduction by

Thomas H. Anderson. -- New York ; Cincinnati : The Abingdon Press, c1915. 247 p. ; 20 cm.


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Philip, I. G. (Ian Gilbert)

William Blackstone and the Oxford University Press, by I.G. Philip. -- New York, Oxford

[University Press] 1967. [32] p. col. illus., col. port. 16 cm. (Typophiles monograph no. 87 )

Special Collections x-Collection Z119 .T97 no.87

Philip, I. G. (Ian Gilbert)

William Blackstone and the reform of the Oxford University Press in the eighteenth century. -

- Oxford, Printed for the Society at the University Press, 1957. 130 p. port., facsim., tables. 27

cm. (Oxford Bibliographical Society publications, new ser., v.7 )

Main Library Z1008 .O98 n.s. v.7

Prest, Wilfrid R.

William Blackstone : law and letters in the eighteenth century / Wilfrid Prest. -- Oxford ; New

York : Oxford University Press, 2008. xvii, 355 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps,

plans ; 24 cm.

KD621.B58 P74 2008

Priestley, Joseph, 1733 - 1804.

Remarks on some paragraphs in the fourth volume of Dr. Blackstone's Commentaries on the

laws of England relating to the dissenters / by Joseph Priestley. -- London : Printed for J.

Johnson and J. Payne, 1769. 60 p. ; 20 cm.

Special Collections x-Collection BX5202 .B6



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Sedgwick, James, 1775 - 1851.

Remarks, critical and miscellaneous, on the Commentaries of Sir William Blackstone / by

James Sedgwick. -- London : Printed for Mathews and Leigh, 1807. x, 304 p. ; 29 cm.



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Sedgwick, James, 1775 - 1851.

Remarks, critical and miscellaneous, on the Commentaries of Sir William Blackstone / by

James Sedgwick. -- London : Printed by M. Ritchie for G.G. & J. Robinson, 1800. x, 304 p. ;

29 cm.

Law Rare Book (Special Collection) KD660.B554 S4 1800





Taussig, Anthony.

Blackstone and his contemporaries / by Anthony Taussig -- Austin, Tex. : Jamail Center for

Legal Research, University of Texas at Austin, 2009. xiv, 131 p., 8 p. of plates : ill. ; 28 cm.

(Tarlton Law Library legal history series ; no. 10. )

Law Library KD621.B56 T39 2009

Warden, Lewis Christopher.

The life of Blackstone, by Lewis C. Warden ... -- Charlottesville, Va., The Michie company,

1938. xiv p., 2 l., 451 p. front. (port.) plates. 24 cm.

Law Library KD621.B56 W3

Yale Law Library. William Blackstone collection.

The William Blackstone Collection in the Yale law library; a bibliographical catalogue, by

Catherine Spicer Eller. -- [New Haven] Pub. for the Yale law library by the Yale university

press, 1938. xvii, 113, [1] p. 23 cm. (Yale Law Library publications, no. 6, June 1938 )

Law Library Z8102.2 .Y17





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Comic Blackstone

A Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, 1811 - 1856.

The comic Blackstone [electronic resource] / by Gilbert Abbott à Beckett. -- Philadelphia :

Carey and Hart, 1844. iv, 94 p. : (HATHIMARC )

Electronic Resource Full text from Hathi Trust Digital Repository: --

http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015062381242

À Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, 1811 - 1856.

The comic Blackstone / by Gilbert Abbott À Beckett ; with illustrations by George

Cruikshank. -- London : Punch Office, 1846. xii, 252 p. : ill. ; 17 cm.






The comic Blackstone / by Gilbert Abbott à Beckett ; with illustrations by George

Cruikshank. -- London : Bradbury and Evans, 1856. xii, 252 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.






The comic Blackstone [electronic resource] / by Gilbert Abbott à Beckett ; with illustrations

by George Cruikshank. -- London : Bradbury and Evans, 1857. xii, 252 p. : ill. ; 17 cm.







Cruikshank. -- London : Bradbury and Evans, 1864. xii, 252 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.





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À Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, 1811 - 1856

The comic Blackstone. By Gilbert Abbott à Beckett. With illustrations by George Cruikshank.

-- Chicago, Callaghan & Cockcroft, 1869. 376 p. illus., plates. 24 cm.

Special Collections x-Collection PN6231.L4 A3 1869







Cruikshank. -- London : Bradbury, Agnew & Co., 1876. xii, 252 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.






The comic Blackstone / by Gilbert Abbott à Beckett. -- London : Bradbury, Agnew & Co.,

1887. xxviii, 324 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Law Rare Book (Special Collection) K184.2 .B4 1887






The comic Blackstone / by Gilbert Abbott A'Beckett ; rev. and extended by Arthur Wm.

A'Beckett ; with ten full-page coloured illsustrations & others by Harry Furniss. -- Southampton,

[England] : Ashford Press, 1985. xxviii, 324 p., [9] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.

Law Library K184.2 .B4 1985







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