Inscribed by N.C. James and Matthew Ritchie.

Gift of Wesley N. Hohfeld.

Parts I-V have special title pages. Part V is described as "The second edition, with additions, and an appendix," and dated 1773 on the title page. The appendix to Part V contains the material described on the general title page as comprising part VI.

Publisher's prospectus for Adam Ferguson's Essay on the history of civil society on page [156] at end.

(from t.p.) I. Priestley's Remarks on some paragraphs in the fourth volume of Blackstone's Commentaries, relating to the dissenters

II. Blackstone's Reply to Priestley's Remarks

III. Priestley's Answer to Blackstone's Reply

IV. The case of the late election of the county of Middlesex considered on the principles of the constitution and the authorities of law

V. Furneaux's Letters to the Hon. Mr. Justice Blackstone concerning his Exposition of the Act of Toleration, and some positions relative to religious liberty, in his celebrated Commentaries on the laws of England

VI. Authentic copies of the argument of the late Hon. Mr. Justice Foster in the Court of Judges Delegates, and of the speech of the Right Hon. Lord Mansfield in the House of Lords, in the cause between the city of London and the dissenters.

Evans 12684.

William Blackstone collection in the Yale Law Library 256.

Laeuchli, A.J. Bibliographical catalog of William Blackstone, 616.

Great Britain. Parliament > Elections > Early works to 1800.

Dissenters, Religious > England > Early works to 1800.

Law > England > Early works to 1800.

Great Britain > Politics and government > 1760-1820.