Yale Blackstone Collection

Edition Note

Preface and Acknowledgements

The core of the Yale Law Library’s uniquely com-prehensive Blackstone collection was gifted in 1907 by a private collector, the Honorable Mac-grane Coxe, who had assembled it with the aid of Charles C. Soule of Boston. Coxe (d.1923) was a highly successful New York lawyer specializing in bankruptcy and railroad law. His public service included four years as assistant U.S. district attor-ney for the Southern District of New York, seven years as U.S. Commissioner of the Circuit Court for the same district, and a year as the U.S. minister to Guatemala and Honduras.

There was logic to Coxe’s choice of Yale as the object of his beneficence. He received his B.A there in 1879 and lectured in bankruptcy at the Law School during 1906–17. Coxe made sub-stantial additions to his original gift in 1913, at the same time providing funds to put the collec-tion in good physical condition. Since 1913 gifts by other donors and purchase of items increased the Yale Law Library’s Blackstone Collection to 539 volumes contained in 271 titles. It is that collection, and some 21 additional Blackstone titles held by Yale’s Sterling Library, which is described in this catalog.

The definitive bibliography for the collection was authored by Catherine Spicer Eller and published by Yale University Press for the Law Library as The William Blackstone Collection in the Yale Law, A Bibliographic Catalog, xvii+113p, New Haven, 1938. A paragon of bibliographic excel-lence, Spicer’s opus contains a degree of descrip-tive detail far too compendious for inclusion in the present catalog. The latter, therefore, should be considered as merely an abridgement of Eller, with some minor additions. Those seeking more refined information for a given title or edition in this catalog, e.g. with regard to collation, should consult Eller. The Eller numbers for each title are provided in this text for easy reference. For added convenience, the OCLC numbers for each title, provided courtesy of the University of Michigan Law Library, are also given in the present edition.

Unfortunately, Eller’s bibliography was long out of print. Therefore, Yale Law Library generously allowed LLMC to offer a filmed copy, which is available for purchase on two microfiche. A copy of those fiche is included as part of the set for purchasers of the full microfiche collection. Recently, the hardcopy itself has again become available through republication by the Lawbook Exchange. Interested parties should order directly from that company at 965 Jefferson Ave., Union, New Jersey 07083-8605.

In 1979 LLMC requested permission from the then Director of the Yale Law Library, Morris L. Cohen, to film Yale’s Blackstone Collection with the view to making its riches universally avail-able. His response was more than favorable. Not only could LLMC film the Law Library’s Black-stone Collection, but also Yale’s Sterling Libra-ry agreed to permit the filming of some twenty-one unique items held in its rare book collections. The only requirement was that the project mot involve shipping or otherwise risking damage to the rare and partially unique materials. Therefore LLMC agreed to finance on-site filming at Yale.

The technical problems were daunting. Many of the books were in fragile condition. Many had been rebound over the years and could be opened only half way due to stiffened spines. Filming on standard step-and-repeat microfiche cameras was feasible. Yale Library’s Photographic Services, under the capable direction of Mr. Frederick Mueller, rose to the task. The problem of poten-tial spine damage was solved when Mr. Muller designed a special book cradle which permitted the filming of each page while the books were being held only half open. But this required micro-filming, with the result that the microfilmed materials had to be "stripped and jacketed" later into microfiche. With the best of will, however, it still took two long years to work through the entire collection.

Everyone who uses these materials owes a debt of thanks to the many Yale Library staff members who contributed the project’s successful outcome. Particular recognition is due to Frances B. Woods, of the Yale Law Library staff, who maintained bibliographic control of the work from beginning to end.

On behalf of its directors, its member libraries, and all the future users of these materials, LLMC extends its thanks and gratitude to Yale’s Law Library and its Sterling Library for the beneficent and selfless spirit in which this wealth of material has been made accessible to the wider scholarly community.

English & Irish Editions of the Commentaries

Listed in a rough chronological order by date of publication up to the 15^th Edition, 1809; with exceptions when needed to better illuminate relationships among earlier editions and "editions." After the 15^th Edition, published in 1809, the numbering of the English editions of the Commentaries, both authentic and pirated, is quite irregular, perhaps incomprehensible. Some editors number later editions from the "New Edition," published in 1811 (P/L 4/14), considering it the true Sixteenth. Others, including Eller, number the later editions starting from the "Sixteenth Edition" edited by Coleridge in 1825 (P/L 5/7). Given this confusion, this catalog lists all editions after 1811 in strict chronological order.

Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765–69) by William Blackstone, Vol. 1–4, Oxford, pr. at the Clarendon Press, 1765–69. (Some later-printed copies of the first edition contain a supplement, a quarto pamphlet of eight pages the same size as Vol. 1, with which it was bound. In the supplement Blackstone intended to correct errors and supply omissions. But he soon discovered that the corrections were "sometimes too minute, and in general too much interwoven with the body of the work, to be easily distinguished and ex-tracted." So the idea of supplements for the remaining three volumes was abandoned in favor of a new edition of the entire work. Yale’s copy of Vol. 1 of this edition does not have this supplement, but the Harvard Law School Library owns a copy which does.) OCLC1771135 [Available on 20 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 1, for $30.00]

Same title, 1766–70 reprint: Vol. 1–4, Dublin, pr. for John Exshaw, Henry Saunders, Samuel Watson, & James Williams, 1766-70. (This pirated edition, the first ever octavo edition, fol-lows the text of the First Oxford Edition. With exquisite chutzpah it reproduces in full Blackstone’s undated preface, wherein he presciently anticipates a "surreptitious impression.") OCLC17771103 [Available on 17 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 3, for $25.50]

Commentaries on the Laws of England, 2^nd Edition (1766–69): Vol. 1–4, Oxford, pr. at the Clarendon Press, 1766-69. (In this quarto edition Vol. 3–4 are the same text as with the First Edition. No second editions of Vols. 3–4 were ever published. OCLC 12166525 [Available on 20 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 2, for $30.00]

Commentaries on the Laws of England, 3^rd Edition (1768–69): Vol. 1–4, Oxford, pr. at the Clarendon Press, 1768-69. (In this quarto edition Vol. 3–4 are again mere reprints of the First Edition. No Blackstone revision of the original Vols. 3–4 was published until the Fourth Edition, next title, appeared) OCLC12175826 [Available on 20 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 4, for $30.00]

Commentaries on the Laws of England, 4^th Edition (1770): Vol. 1–4, Oxford, pr. at the Clarendon Press, 1770. (This quarto edition is the authentic Fourth Edition. It is designated "Fourth" on the title pages of all volumes, even though, as noted above, no second or third editions of Vol. 3–4 were ever published by Blackstone.) OCLC12166543 [Available on 20 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 5, for $30.00]

Same title, "4^th Edition," 1771 reprint: Vol. 1–4, Dublin, pr. for John Exshaw, Henry Saunders, Boulter Grierson, & James Williams, 1771. (Although called a Fourth Edition, this octavo pirated edition follows the text of the Third Oxford Edition in Vol. 1–2 and of the First Oxford Edition in Vol. 3–4.) OCLC17771182 [Available on 17 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 6, for $25.50]

Commentaries on the Laws of England, 5^th Edition (1773): Vol. 1–4, Oxford, pr. at the Clarendon Press, for William Strahan, Thomas Cadell, & Daniel Prince, 1773. (This was the first authentic Oxford edition to be printed in octavo. It was also the first authentic edition to contain a "Table of Precedence" in Vol. 1) OCLC12175820 [Available on 17 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 7, $25.50]

Same title, "5^th Edition," 1773 reprint: Vol. 1–4, Dublin, pr. for John Exshaw, Henry Saun-ders, James Williams & David Hay, 1773. (This octavo pirated edition follows the text of the Fourth Oxford Edition, Eller Title No. 5, P/L 1/37 above.) OCLC17771220 [Available on 17 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 8, $25.50]

Commentaries on the Laws of England, 6^th Edition (1774): Vol. 1–4, London, pr. for W. Strahan, T. Cadell, & D. Prince, 1774. (This quarto edition, the authentic Sixth, was the first edition printed in London.) OCLC12175815 [Available on 20 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 9, for $30.00]

Same title, "6^th Edition," 1775: Vol. 1–4, Dublin, pr. for John Colles, 1775. (This duodecimo pirated "sixth" edition actually follows the text of the Fourth Oxford Edition, Eller Title No. 5, P/L 1/37 above.) OCLC 17771277 [Available on 16 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 10, for $24.00]

Same title, "6^th Edition," 1780: Vol. 1–4, London, pr. by His Majesty’s Law Printers, and sold by G. Robinson and Richardson & Urquhart, 1780. (Blackstone died on Feb. 14, 1780. This posthumous "sixth" edition also follows the text of the Fourth Oxford Edition, Eller Title no. 5, P/L 1/37 above.) OCLC17771305 [Available on 16 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 13, for $24.00]

Commentaries on the Laws of England, 7^th Edition (1775): Vol. 1–4, Oxford, pr. at the Clarendon Press for William Strahan, Thomas Cadell & Daniel Prince, 1775. (This octavo edition is the first edition in the Yale Law Library collection containing a Blackstone portrait known to have been printed for the edition in which it appears.) OCLC1216-6569 [Available on 16 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 11, for $24.00]

Commentaries on the Laws of England, 8^th Edition (1778): Vol. 1–4, Oxford, pr. at the Clarendon Press for William Strahan, Thomas Cadell & Daniel Prince, 1778. (The is the last edition revised entirely by the author. The variations between the text of this edition and the seven authentic editions preceding it are noted specifically in W.G. Hammond’s edition of the Commentaries, Eller Title No. 130, P/L 16/51 below.) OCLC12166560 [Available on 16 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 12, for $24.00]

Commentaries on the Laws of England, 9^th Edition (1783); with the last corrections of the author and continued to the present time, by Richard Burn: Vol. 1– 4, London, pr. for W. Strahan, T. Cadell & D. Prince, 1783. (Burn’s advertisement in Vol. 1 states: "The alterations … since the publication of the last edition, were made by the author himself .… The editor ... has noted alterations made by subsequent acts of Parliament." Concerning this edition, W.G. Hammond (see Eller Title No. 130, P/L 16/51 below.) wrote in 1890: "Most of the current editions are printed from the Ninth ... edited by Ric. {sic} Burn.") OCLC17771370 [Available on 16 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 14, for $24.00]

Commentaries on the Laws of England, 10^th Edition (1787), with the last corrections of the author, additions by Richard Burn, and continued to the present time by John Williams: Vol. 1–4, London, pr. for A. Strahan, T. Cadell & D. Prince, 1787. (This is the authentic Tenth Edition. By this time Blackstone’s copyright had been sold to Messrs. Strahan, Cadell & Prince. The notes by Williams are printed as footnotes.) OCLC12166893 [Available on 16 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 17, for $24.00]

Same title, 10^th Edition, Vol. 1–4, London, pr. for J. Murray, J. Jarvis & J. Fielding, "1786." (The Yale Law Library collection includes three different London "Tenth Editions." In this version the added notes by John Williams are placed at the end of their respective volume. Eller concludes from internal evidence that, even though this edition is dated 1786, it probably was published in 1787) OCLC17771420 [Available on 16 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 15, for $24.00]

Same title & publisher, 10^th Edition: Vol. 1–4, "1786." (This version of the Tenth Edition differs from the former in that the notes by John Williams are not included. The text is printed from the same setting of type as in the immediately preceding title, which makes it appear that this version also was really published in 1787, or perhaps even later.) OCLC17771554 [Avail-able on 16 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 16, for $24.00]

Commentaries on the Laws of England, 11^th Edition (1791), with the last corrections by the author, additions by Richard Burn, and notes by John Williams, Vol. 1–4, London, pr. by A. Strahan & W. Woodfall for T. Cadell, 1791. (This is the authentic Eleventh Edition. It contains additional notes by Williams which are not found in the two pirated "Eleventh" editions printed in Dublin in 1788, see Eller Titles No. 18 & 19 immediately below.) OCLC 12171525 [Available on 16 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 20, $24.00]

Same title, "11^th Edition," 1788: Vol. 1–4, Dublin, pr. for W. Gilbert, J. Potts & J. Jones, 1788. (This pirated "eleventh" edition actually follows the text and notes of the Tenth London Edition, 1787, Eller Title No. 17, P/L 2/37 above. The Yale copy, containing manuscript notes, belonged to the Irish-born lawyer, William Paterson, who became governor of New Jersey and an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.) OCLC17785535 [Available on 16 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 18, for $24.00]

Same title, "11^th Edition," 1788: Vol. 4 only, Dublin, pr. for H. Chamberlaine, 1888 [i.e., 1788]. (This "eleventh edition" was published in the standard four books. The Yale Law Library collection has Vol. 4 only, the title page of which has a misprint in the imprint date. This is another pirated reprint, Vol. 4 being printed from the same setting of type as Eller Title No. 18, immediately above, with a new title page) OCLC17785514 [Available on 4 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 19, for $6.00]

Commentaries on the Laws of England, 12^th Edition (1793–95), with the last corrections by the author, and with notes and additions by Edward Christian, Vol. 1–4, London, pr. by A. Strahan & W. Woodfall for T. Cadell, 1793–95. (This is the authentic Twelfth Edition. It was originally published in numbers, each number containing the portrait of a judge. This was done by the proprietors and disclaimed by the editor in a footnote which reads: "The proprietors has prepared the prints for this edition before their engagement with the editor, who reserved to himself no discretion with regard to the manner of publication. A publication in numbers is in general not thought creditable to an author who takes upon himself any degree of responsibility in a literary work ...." This is the first edition containing notes by Edward Christian, a barrister at law and professor of laws in the University of Cambridge. A selection of Christian’s notes is included in most American editions of the Commentaries. ) OCLC17762145 [Available on 19 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 21, for $28.50]

Same title, "12^th Edition," 1794, "… with the last corrections by the author, additions by Richard Burn and notes by John Williams": Vol. 1–4, Dublin, pr. for L. White, W. Jones & J. Rice, 1794. (This pirated "twelfth edition" follows the text and notes of the Eleventh Edition, London, 1791, Eller Title No. 20, P/L 2/55 above.) OCLC17762116 [Available on 16 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 22, for $24.00]

Commentaries on the Laws of England, 13^th Edition (1800), with the last corrections by the author, and with notes and additions by Edward Christian, Vol. 1–4, London, pr. by A. Strahan for T. Cadell, Jr., & W. Davies, 1800. (This is the authentic Thirteenth Edition. Christian’s notes, printed as footnotes, include some not found in the pirated "Thirteenth," following title, in which Christian’s notes were printed at the end of each volume.) OCLC12171440 [Available on 19 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 25, for $28.50]

Commentaries on the Laws of England, 13^th Edition,"1796, "… with the last corrections by the author, additions by Richard Burn & John Williams, and continued to the present time by Edward Christian, Vol. 1–4, Dublin, pr. by L. White, P. Byrne & J. Rice, 1796. (In this pirated "13^th edition" the text, with the notes of Burn and Williams, is printed from the same setting of type as Eller title no. 22, P/L 3/27 above, to which have been added at the end of each volume Christian’s notes taken from the Twelfth Edition, London, Eller Title no. 21, P/L 3/14 above.) OCLC 17791632 [Available on 18 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 23, for $27.00]

Commentaries on the Laws of England ..., A New Edition (1798), with notes and tables of consanguinity and descent: Vol. 1–4, London, Millar and Law, 1798. (This so-called "new" edition reprints the text of the 4^th Oxford Edition, Eller Title no. 5, P/L 1/37 above.) OCLC17791641 [Available on 16 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 24, for $24.00]

Commentaries on the Laws of England, 14^th Edition (1803), with the last corrections by the author, and with notes and additions by Edward Christian, Vol. 1–4, London, pr. by A. Strahan for T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1803. (Since the publication of the 13^th Edition, Christian had become Chief Justice of the Isle of Ely and Downing Professor of the Laws of England in the University of Cambridge. The Yale Law Library’s copy once belonged to John Hooker, who for thirty-six years was reporter for the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors.) OCLC12171475 [Available on 19 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 26, for $28.50]

Commentaries on the Laws of England, 15^th Edition (1809), with the last corrections by the author, and with notes and additions by Edward Christian, Vol. 1–4, London, pr. by A. Strahan for T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1809. (This is the last edition which was revised by Christian. In this Yale Law Library copy, Vol. 1 lacks its half-title, and Vol. 3 lacks pp. xxvii–xxxviv of the appendix. In the 12^th through the 15^th editions of the Commentaries which Christian revised, he alludes to a planned supplementary volume to Blackstone. Eller is of the opinion that this anticipated supplementary volume was never published. Certainly it is not to be confused with a separate volume of Christian’s Notes to Blackstone’s Commentaries which was published in Boston in 1801, see Eller Titles 85 & 86, P/L 11/50 & 12/13 below, or with a pirated Dublin reprint of Christian’s 1797 notes to his 13^th edition of the Commentaries, which the pirate publisher marketed as being suitable "to form Vol. 5 of any edition".) OCLC12171486 [Available on 19 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 27, for $28.50]

Commentaries on the Laws of England ..., A New Edition (1811), with the last corrections of the author, also containing analyses and epitome of the whole work, with notes, by John Frederick Archbold, Vol. 1–4, pr. by M. & S. Brooke for William Reed, 1811. (This edition is called the "Sixteenth" by W.G. Hammond. For a note on the numbering of English editions after the 15^th, the preceding title, see the preface to this section.) OCLC12171541 [Avail-able on 20 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 28, for $30.00]

Commentaries on the Laws of England (1813), with the last corrections of the author; a new edition, with notes and additions, and a copious index, digested upon an entirely new plan, no named editor, Vol. 1–4, London, pr. at the Apollo Press by John Bell, 1813. (This edition contains notes by an anonymous editor. Soule calls it the "Bell’s legal classics" edition, but no indication of a series appears on the Yale Law Library copy.) OCLC12171564 [Available on 14 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 29, for $21.00]

Commentaries on the Laws of England (1814), with the last corrections of the author; a new edition, with notes and additions, and a copious index, digested upon an entirely new plan, no named editor, Vol. 1–4 in 8 parts, London, pr. at the Apollo Press by John Bell, 1813 (i.e. 1814). (This is an 1814 reprint from the same setting of type as the preceding title. The original 1813 title pages of the respective volumes have been used as title pages for parts 1, 3, 5, & 7 of this edition; so no part numbers appear for those pieces. New title pages were printed for parts 2, 4, 6 & 8. These have part numbers added and also bear the imprint date 1813. But the reprint was apparently completed in 1814, as evidenced by the binder’s labels and the date on Bell’s special dedication to this edition.) OCLC17745849 [Available on 16 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 30, for $24.00]

Commentaries on the Laws of England, 18^th Edition (1821–22), with the last corrections of the author and annotations and comments, as also corrections of the errors and misstatements of the learned judge, respecting constitutional law and legal antiquities, by John Williams, Vol. 1–4, London/Dublin, S. Sweet/R. Milliken, 1821–22. (This edition is the first of several which are designated "Eighteenth" on their title pages. For an explanation of the irregular numbering of English editions after 1809, see the preface to this section. The editor of this title, John Williams, is not the John Williams who edited the Tenth and Eleventh London editions. With Vol. 4 of this edition is bound an extract from Blackstone’s An Analysis of the Laws of England. This extract and this edition of the Commentaries were printed in London by W. Pople.) OCLC12185791 [Available on 17 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 31, for $25.50]

Commentaries on the Laws of England, 18^th Edition (1822), with the last corrections of the author and annotations and comments, as also corrections of the errors and misstatements of the learned judge, respecting constitutional law and legal antiquities, by John Williams, Vol. 1–4, London/Dublin, S. Sweet/R. Milliken, 1822. (This reprint from the same plates as the preceding title is bound in two volumes. The title page of Vol. 4 is incorrectly bound in as the title page of Vol. 1. Vol. 2 & 4 are without title pages.) OCLC17745862 [Available on 17 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 32, for 25.50]

Commentaries on the Laws of England, 18^th Edition (1823), to which is prefixed the author’s own analysis of his work, omitted in preceding editions, with the last corrections of the author, and annotations and comments; as also corrections of the errors and misstatements of the learned judge respecting constitutional law and legal antiquities, Vol. 1–4,

London/ Dublin, Sherwood, Jones & Co./R. Milliken, 1823. (A reprint from the same plates used for Eller Titles 31 & 32, P/L 4/39 & 50 above, with a rearrangement and omission of some editorial features of those editions. The Analysis, previously published separately and bound with Vol. 4, is incorporated into this edition following the title page of Vol. 4.) OCLC17745901 [Available on 17 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 33, for $25.50]

Commentaries on the Laws of England, 16^th Edition (1825), with the last corrections of the author and with notes by John Taylor Coleridge, Vol. 1–4, London, pr. by A. Strahan for T. Cadell and J. Butterworth & Son, 1825. (This edition is the first one printed for T. Cadell after his publication of the Fifteenth London Edition. For a note on the numbering of English editions after the 15^th, the preceding title, see the preface to this section.) OCLC 12179067 [Available on 17 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 34, for $25.50]

Commentaries on the Laws of England, A New Edition (1824), with practical notes by Joseph Chitty, Vol. 1–4, London, pr. for William Walker, 1824. (This is the only edition with Reynolds’ portrait of Blackstone; portraits in other editions being after Gainsborough. This is also the only edition by Joseph Chitty, with some help from his son Henry Chitty. A selection of the Chitty notes is included in most American editions of the Commentaries.) OCLC12179084 [Available on 19 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 35, for $28.50]

Commentaries on the Laws of England, 18^th Edition (1829), with an analysis of the work … and the last corrections of the author, and copious notes, Vol. 1–4, London, S. Sweet, 1829. (Vols. 1 & 3 were edited by Thomas Lee; Vol. 2 by John E. Hovenden; and Vol. 4 by Archer Ryland. A "Life of the Author" which is included in Vol. 1 is taken almost verbatim from Clitherow’s preface to Blackstone’s Reports of Cases, London, 1781. The "Analysis" mentioned on the title pages is an extract from Blackstone’s Analysis of the Laws of England, divided into four parts and printed in the corresponding volumes of the Commentaries.) OCLC12181535 [Available on 25 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 36, for 37.50]

Commentaries on the Laws of England, 17^th Edition (1830), with the last corrections of the author and with notes and additions by Edward Christian, enlarged and continued by the editor of Wharton’s History of English Poetry, Vol. 1–4, London, pr. by Richard Taylor for Thomas Tegg, etc., 1830. (This edition was apparently numbered from the Coleridge Sixteenth Edition, publ. in 1825, Eller Title no. 34, P/L 5/7 above, although two London editions had been published in the interim. Christian’s notes are from the Fifteenth Edition, Eller Title no. 27, P/L 4/1 above. Additional notes are by Richard Price.) OCLC12179123 [Available on 20 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 37, $30.00]

Commentaries on the Laws of England, 19^th Edition (1836), with an analysis of the work, the last corrections of the author, and copious notes, Vol. 1–4, London/Dublin, S. Sweet, A. Maxwell, Stevens & Sons/Milliken & Son, 1836. (Two of the three editors of the Eighteenth London Edition, Eller Title no. 36, P/L 5/21 above, were retained for this edition. Vols. 1–3 are by John W. Hovenden, and Vol. 4 is by Archer Ryland.) OCLC12184168 [Available on 20 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 38, $30.00]

Commentaries on the Laws of England, 20^th Edition (1841), incorporating the alterations down to the present time, by James Stewart, Vol. 1–4, London, Edmund Spettigue, 1841. (This edition by James Stewart contains the whole text of Blackstone, with the editor’s alterations and additions incorporated into the body of the text, while those por-tions of Blackstone which are altered have been put into the past tense. The text, with its illustra-tions and authorities, where no alteration has occurred, remains in its original state. This is the first Stewart edition combined in four books usng the title "Commentaries …." Stewart originally pub-lished his work in four separate volumes: The Rights of Persons, London, 1839; The Principles of the Law of Real Property, London, 1837; Private Wrongs, London, 1840; and Public Wrongs, London, 1841. See Eller Titles no. 72 & 75, P/L 9/44 & 10/1 below.) OCLC12184205 [Available on 17 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 39, $25.50]

Commentaries on the Laws of England, 21^st Edition (1844), with an analysis of the work and with last corrections of the author and notes, Vol. 1–4, London/Dublin, S. Sweet, A. Maxwell & Son, V. & R. Stevens, & G.S. Norton/Hodges & Smith, 1844. (Vol. 1 was edited by John F. Hargrave; Vol. 2 by George Sweet; Vol. 3 by Richard Couch; & Vol. 4 by William N. Welsby. According to the publisher’s advertisement: "The copyright of

the last edition of any value (that of the late Joseph Chitty) has been purchased and placed at the editor’s disposal; and free use has been made of the excellent notes of ... Christian." The notes by Chitty and Christian are indicated by their surnames. This edition is based on the London 1783 edition of Richard Burn, Eller Title no 14, P/L 2/29 above, but Burn’s notes are not retained. W.G. Hammond says that the text of this 1844 edition is more correct than later editions generally.) OCLC 12184110 [Available on 22 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 40, $33.00]

Commentaries on the Laws of England (1844), incorporating the alterations down to the present time: 2^nd ed., by James Stewart, Vol. 1–4, London, Edmund Spettigue, 1844. (This is the second Stewart edition to be printed in four books with the Commentaries title. Following the numbering of his 1841 edition, Eller Title no. 39, P/L 5/46 above, it would be the 21^st edition, but apparently it was designated as Stewart’s "Second Edition" to differentiate it from the London Twenty-first" edited by Hargrave, etc., the preceding title. With Vol. 2 is bound An Act to Simplify the Transfer of Property, 7 & 8 Vict., With Notes Explaining the Alterations in the Law, by James Stewart, London, E. Spettigue, 1844) OCLC-12250718 [Available on 18 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 41, $27.00]

Commentaries on the Laws of England, 22^nd Edition, Book the First (1849), Rights of Persons: by James Stewart, London, 1849. (This book, which is not in the Yale Law Library, and therefore is not included in the microfiche collection, is the only volume which the bibliographer C.C. Soule lists of this edition. Apparently the reason for publishing it was that, when Stewart issued his "Second Edition," the preceding title, in 1844, he did not revise Vol. 1, but only Vol. 2–4. Later, seeing a need for a revision of Vol. 1, he revised and published that volume alone as a "Twenty-second" edition)

Commentaries on the Laws of England, 23^rd Edition (1854), incorporating the alterations down to the present time, by James Stewart, Vol. 1–4, London, V.& R. Stevens & G.S. Norton, successors to the late J. & W.T. Clarke, 1854. (This is the third Stewart edition to be published in four books with the Commentaries title. It was revised throughout. In the editor’s advertisement he states that he has "for the first time, endeavored to make the statement of the whole body of law contained in the Commentaries uniform and simultaneous" and has appended questions to each chapter.) OCLC12184143 [Available on 20 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 42, $30.00]

Commentaries on the Laws of England, A New Edition (1857), adapted to the present state of the law: by Robert Malcolm Kerr, Vol. 1–4, London, John Murray, 1857. (This is Kerr’s first edition of the Commentaries. Kerr’s alterations and additions to Blackstone‘s text are indicated by inverted commas, the only exceptions being changes in the original text from the present to the past tense. Portions of Blackstone’s text which are entirely obsolete are converted into notes and marked with inverted commas. The notes of Blackstone are distinguished from those of the editor by the latter’s use of the modern method of quotation.) OCLC12184237 [Available on 20 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 43, $30.00]

Commentaries on the Laws of England, A New Edition (1862), adapted to the present state of the law: 3^rd ed., by Robert Malcolm Kerr, Vol. 1–4, London, John Murray, 1862. (In 1861 Kerr’s 2^nd edition was published in London in four volumes, which are not in Yale’s Blackstone collection and were not seen by Eller. Although the editor’s preface in this Third Edition is reprinted from his First Edition and dated 1857, the text of this 1862 edition is revised.) OCLC12185745 [Available on 17 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 44, $25.50]

Commentaries on the Laws of England, A New Edition (1876), adapted to the present state of the law: 4^th ed., by Robert Malcolm Kerr, Vol. 1–4, London, John Murray, 1876. (The text is revised in accordance with the plan adopted in Kerr’s First Edition, see Eller Title no. 43, P/L 6/35 above. Blackstone’s paging has not been retained in this edition.) OCLC12185779 [Available on 16 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 45, $24.00]

English Abridgements & Extracts

Listed in alphabetical order by author, or, lacking an author, by title

Arid — Blackstone Economized; Being a compendium of the laws of England to the present time ... embracing the legal principles and practical information contained in the respective volumes of Blackstone, supplemented by subsequent statutory enactments and important legal decisions ...: by David Mitchell Arid, xxiv+ 29–353p, London, Longmans, Green & Co., 1873. (Compiled from the Commentaries in the form of questions followed by answers based on Blackstone’s text. C.C. Soule lists first and second editions, both published in London in 1873. The Yale Law Library Blackstone Collection, and thus the LLMC microfiche set, contains just this one example.) OCLC 17694692 [Available on 3 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 46, for $4.50]

Bayly — Commentaries on the Laws of England; in the order and compiled from the text of Blackstone, and embracing the new statutes and alterations down to the present time: by John Bethune Bayly, li+700p, London, Saunders & Benning, successors to J. Butterworth & Son, 1840. OCLC12146901 [Available on 6 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 47, for $9.00]

Bone — A Complete Law Library; Reprinted, compiled and arranged for general use from Blackstone’s Commentaries, altered and corrected to the present time by the latest authorities, and forming a compendious, yet compre-hensive introduction to the laws of the country: edited by S. Vallis Bone, 2+iii+398+viiip, Lon-don, publ. for the proprietors by J. Litton, 1833? (The legend "Stereotype edition—National Library Press ... J. Pickburn, printer" appears at the foot of the title page. This is a compilation, without notes, arranged for the general reader.) OCLC12157494 [Available on 3 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 48, for $4.50]

Curry — The Commentaries ... Carefully Abridged in a New Manner and continued down to the present time, with notes corrective and explanatory: by William Curry, viii+8+566p, London, pr. for W. Clarke & Son, 1796. (This Curry edition consists of extracts from Blackstone together with compiler’s notes. The work lacks citations to the original Curry text.) OCLC17745839 [Available on 4 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 49, for $6.00]

Same title, 2^nd Edition; corrected and enlarged: by William Curry, xv+703p, London, pr. for W. Clarke & Sons, 1809. (In this second Curry edition the compiler has provided citations to the volumes and pages of the original work.) OCLC12146910 [Available on 5 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 50, for $7.50]

Dickson — An Analysis of Blackstone’s Commentaries: by Frederick S. Dickson, 1+5–98p, London, Stevens & Sons, 1880? (This analysis, in the form of charts, was first published in Philadelphia in 1872. The American edition appears as Eller Title no. 160, P/L 20/17. The publication date of the London reprint is derived from the English Catalog of Books.) OCLC 17745829 [Available on 1 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 51, for $1.50]

Eardley-Wilmot — An Abridgement of Blackstone’s Commentaries on the laws of England, in a series of letters to his daughter, chiefly intended for the use and advancement of female education ...: by a barrister at law, viii+304p, London, pr. for John Hatchard & Son, 1822. (This anonymous first edition, compiled by Sir John Eardley Eardley-Wilmot, contains thirty letters addressed to "My dear E—." On p. 3 he states: "I intend to send you, in a series of letters, so much of the Commentaries ... as I think are adapted to your under-standing, as well as necessary to be known by every gentlewoman.") OCLC12157505 [Available on 3 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 52, for $4.50]

An Abridgement of Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England, intended for the use of young persons, and comprised in a series of letters from a father to his daughter: by Sir J.E. Eardley-Wilmot ...; A new edition, corrected and brought down to the present day by his son: by John E. Eardley-Wilmot, 3+v–xi+338p, London, Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1853. (This is the 2^nd edition of the above work. A 3^rd edition, publ. in 1855, is not included in the Yale Law Library collection. This 2^nd edition, partly rewritten by the editor, contains 32 letters, addressed as before, to which has been added an index and analysis of contents.) OCLC17791390 [Available on 3 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 53, for $4.50]

Field — 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, viii+286p, London, pr. for T. Cadell &W. Davies, 1817. (This is the second edition of this work. The first edition, 1811, is not in the Yale Law Library collection and was not seen by Eller. Apparently this Analysis was never revised, although three "editions" were published in London. See below for the third. For an American reprint, see Eller Title no. 168, P/L 21/9 below. The Analysis is also included in American editions of the Commentaries. See Eller Titles no. 93, P/L 12/53; 115, P/L 15/5; 132, P/L 17/8; & 134, P/L 16/43, below.) OCLC17791522 [Available on 4 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 54, for $6.00]

Same title, 3^rd Edition, viii+286p, London, pr. for T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1821. (A reprint of the preceding title, but not from the same plates.) OCLC12146962 [Available on 4 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 55, $6.00]

Gifford — Blackstone’s Commentaries ... Abridged for the Use of Students and adapted to modern statutes and decisions: by John Gifford, iv+560p, London, pr. by G. Sidney for R. Phillips & Co., 1820. (Gifford’s real name was John Richards Green. On his death in 1818, this work was completed by Edward Foss, whose name does not appear. An appendix includes: "English Law Maxims and Terms with Translations," "A Chronological Table of Events Relative to the Laws and Government of England," "The Magna Charta," "The Declaration of Rights," "Golden Rules for English Magistrates," "The Duties of Sheriffs," and "Golden Rules for Jury-men"; all by Sir Richard Phillips. It also includes 500 "Questions on the Commentaries, With References to Answers.") No OCLC no. provided [Available on 4 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 56, for $6.00]

Same title, reprinted with deletions and additions: iv+604p, London, pr. for G. & W.B. Whittaker, 1823. (This reprint uses the plates from the London 1820 edition through page 544. The "Questions" in the previous edition are omitted, and in their place is substituted text including the constitutions of the Spartans, the Athenians, and the Romans, with a preface to each.) OCLC17694732 [Available on 5 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 57, for $7.50]

Jaffna Book Society — A General View of the Principles of Law consisting chiefly in extracts from the Commentaries of Sir William Blackstone: 1+65p, published by the Jaffna Book Society, Manepy (Ceylon), American Mission Press, 1837. (The extracts are taken from the Commentaries, Books 1 & 2. Topical headings, questions on the text, and some notes have been added.) OCLC18060137 [Available on 1 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 58, $1.50]

Jones — 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, iv+250p, pr. for Charles Reader, etc., 1823. (This first Jones edition, was later reprinted in America as a separate work, see title no. 169, P/L 21/16 below, and was included in Cooley’s 3^rd ed. of the Commentaries, see Eller Title no. 128, P/L 16/27 below.) OCLC12166884 [Available on 2 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 59, $3.00]

Kerr — The Student’s Blackstone; Selections from the Commentaries on the Laws of England ...; Being those portions of the work which relate to the British constitution and the rights of persons: by Robert Malcolm Kerr, xix+575p, London, John Murray, 1858. (This abridgement is the first by Kerr, who edited four editions of the Commentaries, see Eller Title no. 43, P/L 6/35 above.) OCLC12158330 [Available on 4 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 60, for $6.00]

The Student’s Blackstone; Commentaries on the Laws of England ... abridged and adapted to the present state of the law: by R.M. Kerr, xx+612p, London, John Murray, 1865. (An appendix, pp. 572–592, contains notes.) OCLC17791263 [Available on 5 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 60a, for $7.50]

The Student’s Blackstone, New Edition: xx+645p, London, John Murray, 1869. (This is a reprint of the text of the 1865 edition, the preceding title, with added supplements as follows: 1. "Of the rise, progress and gradual improvement of the laws of England"; 2. "The legisla-tion of the session of 1868.") OCLC17791278 [Available on 5 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 61, for $7.50]

The Student’s Blackstone, New Edition: xx+647p, London, John Murray, 1870. (A reprint of the 1865 edition, Eller Title no. 60a, P/L 8/51 above, with supplements as in the preceding title, and an additional supplement on the legislation of the sessions of 1869 & 1870.) OCLC-17791343 [Available on 5 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 62, for $7.50]

The Student’s Blackstone; Being the Commentaries on the Laws of England of Sir William Blackstone ... abridged and adapted to the present state of the law: by Robert Malcolm Kerr, xx+608p, London, John Murray, 1877. (In this edition the text has been revised and alter-ations in the law are incorporated in the text and in a few footnotes.) OCLC17791310 [Available on 5 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 63, for $7.50]

Same title: xx+608, London, John Murray, 1879. (Reprint of the immediately preceding title. Except for the undated preface, it is otherwise the same.) OCLC17791172 [Available on 5 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 64, for $7.50]

Same title: xx+608, London, John Murray, 1880. (Reprint of Eller Title no. 63, P/L 9/5 above. Except for the undated preface, it is otherwise the same.) OCLC 17695196 [Available on 5 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 65, $7.50]

Same title: 11^th Edition: xx+618p, London, Reeves & Turner, 1890. (Published without a preface.) OCLC17791271 [Available on 5 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 66, for $7.50]

Same title: 12^th Edition: xx+620p, London, Reeves & Turner, 1896. (Published without a preface.) OCLC12158262 [Available on 5 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 67, for $7.50]

Law Students’ Magazine — The Law Students’ First Book, being chiefly an abridgement of Blackstone’s Commentaries, incorporating the alterations in the law down to the present time: by the editors of "The Law Students" Magazine", xxiv+508+xvip, London,/Dublin, Robert Hastings/E.J. Milliken, 1848. (This is believed to be the only edition published.) OCLC17805297 [Available on 4 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 68, for $6.00]

Member of Lincoln’s Inn — An Analysis and Summary of Blackstone on real property; With a series of questions: by a member of Lincoln’s Inn, vii+75p, Oxford, J. Vincent, 1859. (No prior edition is known to Eller. This copy is from the Yale University Library and was loaned for this filming.) OCLC17799037 [Available on 1 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 69, for $1.50]

An Analysis and Summary of Blackstone on Real Property, 3^rd Edition, With a series of Questions: by a member of Lincoln’s Inn, vi+70p, Oxford, J. Vincent, 1868. (No second edi-tion was seen by Eller, so that the preceding title may be either the first or second edition.) OCLC17791462 [Available on 1 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 70, $1.50]

Rose — A Constitutional Catechism Adapted to All Ranks and Capacities illustrated with copious notes, principally extracted from the Commentaries of the late Judge Blackstone ...: by John Rose, viii+87p, Bristol, pr. & sold by the author, 1795. (The compiler was a printer operating in Bristol, England. The text consists of questions and answers, with footnotes quoting from Blackstone.) OCLC17791547 [Available on 1 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 71, $1.50]

Stewart — The Principles of the Law of Real Property according to the text of Blackstone, incorporating the alterations down to the present time: by James Stewart, xvi+273+xiv+275–282p, London, Edmund Spettigue, 1837. (This first edition contains only that portion of Blackstone’s Book I relating to real property.) OCLC17791161 [Available on 3 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 72, $4.50]

The principles of the law of real & personal property; Being the second book of Blackstone’s Commentaries ... 2^nd ed., rev. and greatly enlarged: by James Stewart, xxii+559+xxxiiip, London, Edmund Spettigue, 1840. (This Second Edition contains the whole of Blackstone’s second book. In 1841 this work was published as Book II of a Blackstone’s Commentaries, 20^th Ed., edited by James Stewart, see Eller Title no. 39, P/L 5/46, above. Separate publication of this second book, under the title give above, was continued with 3^rd & 4^th editions being published in London in 1844 & 1853. These later editions are not included in Yale Law Library’s Blackstone collection or in the LLMC filming.) OCLC17804564 [Available on 5 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 72a, for $7.50]

Stewart — Private Wrongs and Their Remedies; Being the third book of Blackstone’s Commentaries, incorporating the alterations down to the present time: by James Stewart, xviii+499+liip, London, Edmund Spettigue, 1840. (In 1841 this work was published in London as Book III of Blackstone’s Commentaries..., 20^th Ed., by Stewart, see Eller Title no. 39, P/L 5/46 above.) OCLC17804672 [Available on 5 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 73, $7.50]

Same title, "2^nd ed., revised and greatly enlarged," by James Stewart, xxi+536+liiip, London, Edmund Spettigue, 1844. (This book was also published in London, 1844, as Book III of Blackstone’s Commentaries, by James Stewart, 2^nd Ed., see Eller Title no. 41, P/L 6/8 above.) OCLC17804633 [Available on 5 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 74, for $7.50]

Stewart — The Rights of Persons, According to the Text of Blackstone; Incor-porating the alterations down to the present time: by James Stewart, xii+532p, London, Edmund Spettigue, 1839. (This is the first edition. No later edition was known to Eller. In 1841 this book was published as Book I of Blackstone’s Commentaries, 20^th Ed., by James Stewart, see Eller Title no. 39, P/L 5/46 above.) OCLC17804605 [Available on 4 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 75, for $6.00]

Wanostrocht — The British Constitution, or An Epitome of Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England for the use of schools: by Vincent Wanostrocht, xi+845p, London, pr. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1823. (The preface is dated 1822.) OCLC12157563 [Available on 6 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 76, for $9.00]

Warren — Select Extracts from Blackstone’s Commentaries carefully adapted to the use of schools and young persons, with a glossary, questions and notes ...: by Samuel Warren, 2+xxviii+428p, London, A. Maxwell, etc., 1837. (The first edition of this work was published in London in 1836, with selections from Blackstone made by John William Smith, whose name did not appear in the book. Smith and Warren together prepared the extracts for that publication. That edition is not included in the Yale Law Library collection, but this 1837 publication is a verbatim reprint.) OCLC17718831 [Available on 3 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 77, for $4.50]

Warren — Blackstone’s Commentaries Systematically Abridged and adapted to the existing state of the law and constitution, with great additions: by Samuel Warren, lIv+834p, London, W. Maxwell, etc., 1855. (This 1855 edition is Warren’s first to be published under this new title. It is so enlarged in contrast to the preceding title as to be practically a new work. This is the first edition of this work in which Smith’s share in the initial effort is publicly acknowledged. According to Blackwood’s Magazine, Feb. 1847, p. 142, Smith would not permit his name to appear on the compilation earlier; but after his death in 1845 the facts were revealed.) OCLC12158377 [Available on 6 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 78, for $9.00]

Same title, 2^nd edition: liv+834p, London, W. Maxwell, etc., 1856. OCLC 17718666 [Available on 6 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 79, for $9.00]

American Editions of the Commentaries

Listed in chronological order by date of publication of the earliest editions. Note that the "Eller Number" order has been altered on pages 14–17 in favor of a more transparent ordering of some of the numerous reprints and/or editions of several works.

Commentaries on the Laws of England (1771 to 1775), in four books, by Sir William Blackstone, Knt., one of His Majesty’s judges of the Court of Common Pleas; Reprinted from the British copy, page for page with the last edition; America: Vol. 1-4, Philadelphia, pr. for the subscribers by Robert Bell at the late Union Library, in Third-street, 1771–72. (This is the first American edition, octavo in fours, reprinted line for line from the fourth Oxford edition, Eller Title no. 5, P/L 1/37 above It was printed with an advance subscription list of 1,589 sets, according to the alphabetical list of "Names of Subscribers", 22 unnumbered pages preceding the title page of Vol. 4, which lists 839 names of individuals, libraries and book-sellers. An insight into the printer’s difficulties in creating this "perfect transcript" appears in a footnote on page 27 of Vol. 1: "There being no Greek characters at present in Philadelphia, we hope the learned reader will accept the Greek in Roman letters." An additional publisher’s adver-tisement preceding the title page of Vol. 3 describes the volume An Interesting Appendix to Sir William Blackstone’s Commentaries, sometimes called "Volume Five" of the Commentaries, which Robert Bell published as a fifth volume to accompany this edition. The listing for this "Volume Five" appears in this collection as Eller Title no. 255, P/L 33/19 below.) OCLC12193241 [Available on 16 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 80, for $24.00]

Commentaries on the Laws of England, Book the Fourth: 4+436+viip, Philadelphia, R. Bell, 772 [sic., i.e. 1772.] (This is the rare second American edition, in quarto. So far as is known, only two volumes of this edition were published. These were this Book Four of Blackstone’s and An Interesting Appendix to Sir William Blackstone’s Commentaries, see Eller Title no. 255, P/L 33/19 below, which Bell published as Vol. 5 of this edition also.) OCLC17804788 [Available on 4 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 81, for $6.00]

Commentaries on the Laws of England: Philadelphia, pr. & sold by Robert Bell, 1775. (The Yale Law Library has only three volumes of this edition, Books I–III. These three volumes are reprinted from Bell’s first American edition.) OCLC18060240 [Available on 12 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 82, for $18.00]

Commentaries on the Laws of England (1790 to 1801); The first Worcester Edition, carefully reprinted from the last London Edition, containing the last corrections of the author, the additions by Richard Burn, and continued to the present time by John Williams: Vol. 1–4, Worcester, Massachusetts, pr. by Isaiah Thomas, sold at his bookstore in Worchester, and by him and company in Boston, 1790. (Reprinted from the Tenth London edi-tion, see Eller Title no. 17, P/L 2/37 above. Some notes by Williams found in that edition are omitted here. This copy of Vol. 1 lacks pp. 113–144 and has pp. 109–120 duplicated. Despite the promise in the title, no second "Worchester" edition ever appeared.) OCLC12193207 [Available on 16 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 83, for $24.00]

Second American Edition, carefully reprinted … (remainder of title as in preceding item): Vol. 1–4, Boston, pr. by I. Thomas & E.T. Andrews, 1799. (Reprinted from the Eleventh London edition, see Eller Title no. 20, P/L 2/55 above. This issuance is the second American duodecimo edition. It was designated on its title pages "Second American Edition" because it was the second issued by Isaiah Thomas, who sold it at his Worcester bookstore. His first edition is the previously described "Worchester" title. See the following title for Christian’s notes, which were published as a "Vol. 5" of this Boston edition.) OCLC12193139 [Available on 16 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 84, for $24.00]

Christian’s Notes to Blackstone’s Commentaries, (1801)which are calculated to answer all the editions: by Edward Christian, 123+79+32+38p, Boston, pr. by I. Thomas & E.T. Andrews, Jan. 1801. (Printed as a "Vol. 5" to the preceding title, it had been printed as a separate volume in Dublin in 1797, having been pirated from the Twelfth Edition of the Commentaries, London, , see Eller Title no. 21, P/L 3/14 above. Christian’s notes were also printed in a pirated edition of the Commentaries, Dublin, 1796, see Eller Title no. 23, P/L 5/38 above. This Boston edition of his notes is reprinted from one or the other

of the Dublin pirate editions and has many erroneous page citations to Blackstone’s text.) OCLC12198326 [Available on 2 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 85, for $3.00]

Same title, 1801: by Edward Christian, 123+79+32+38p, Boston, pr. by I. Thomas & E.T. Andrews, Jan. 1801. (This is merely another printing of the preceding title. Here the legend "Vol.. 5" is omitted from the title page. With that exception, the two issues appear to be identical. The copy used for filming was lent by the Yale University Library.) OCLC17799052 [Available on 2 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 86, for $3.00]

Blackstone’s Commentaries (1803); With notes of reference to the constitution and laws of the Federal Government of the United States, and of the Commonwealth of Virginia, with an appendix to each volume containing short tracts upon such subjects as appeared necessary to form a connected view of the laws of Virginia as a member of the federal union: by St. George Tucker, 4 volumes in 5, Vol. 1 being in 2 parts, Philadelphia, W.Y. Birch & A. Small,1803. (This edition by Tucker, a professor of law in the University of William & Mary, and a judge of the General Court of Virginia, follows the 9^th edition, London, 1783, see Eller Title no. 14, P/L 2/28 above. Henry St. George Tucker, son of this editor, prepared Notes on Blackstone’s Commentaries, based on his father’s edition, which appears below as Eller Title no. 177, P/L 22/1.) OCLC17805225 [Available on 26 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 87, for $39.00]

Blackstone’s Commentaries (1807 to 1818), from the last London edition, with the last corrections of the author, and with notes and additions by Edward Christian: Vol. 1–4, Portland (Maine), Thomas B. Wait & Co., 1807. (A reprint, with slight variation in arrangement, of the 14^th Ed., London, 1803, see Eller Title no. 26, P/L 3/52 above. The errata of that edition are quietly corrected in the text of this American reprint.) OCLC-17805096 [Available on 19 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 88, for $28.50]

Same title, 1818 octavo reprint: Vol. 1–4, Boston, T.B. Wait & Sons, 1818. (Despite the reference in the repeated title, this octavo edition is not "from the last London edition"; it is rather a verbatim reprint of the preceding title.) OCLC17804977 [Available on 19 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 89, for $28.50]

Same title, 1818 duodecimo reprint: Vol. 1–4, Boston, T.B. Wait & Sons, 1818. (This duo-decimo edition is a line for line reprint of the preceding title, the 1918 octavo edition, except that a portrait and two tables found in Eller Title no. 89 are omitted.) OCLC17799030 [Avail-able on 19 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 90, for $28.50]

Blackstone’s Commentaries (1822), from the last London edition, with the last corrections of the author, and with notes and additions by Edward Christian: Vol. 1–4, N.Y./Philadelphia, Evert Duyckinck (etc.)/Abraham Small, 1822. (This edition is a reprint, with slight variation in arrangement, of the Fourteenth London Edition, Eller Title no. 26, P/L 3/52 above) OCLC12198289 [Available on 19 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 91, for 28.50]

Blackstone’s Commentaries, a New Edition (1825); With the last corrections of the author, and with notes and additions by Edward Christian ..., also containing analyses and an epitome of the whole work, with notes by John F. Archbold: Vol. 1–4, Philadelphia, Robert H. Small, 1825. (This edition follows the text and notes of Archbold’s Lon-don Ed., 1811, see Eller Title no. 28, P/L 4/14 above. It also contains the notes of Christian from the Fouteenth London Edition, 1803, which are not found in No. 28. Vol. 1 contains a life of the author and a list of his writings.) OCLC17824541 [Available on 18 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 92, for $27.00]

Blackstone’s Commentaries (1827 to 1830); To which is added an analysis by Barron Field; A new edition, with practical notes by Christian, Archbold & Chitty; Together with additional notes and references by a gentleman of the New York Bar: Vol. 1–2, N.Y./Philadelphia, E. Duyckinck, etc./John Grigg, 1827. (This is the first printing of this edition. The American editor is unknown. A selection of notes by Christian, Archbold & Chitty is included, with the longer notes marked with their surnames. But many notes taken from editions prior to 1827 are unsigned. American authorities are included in the notes.

Yale’s Blackstone Collection includes only Vol. 2 of this edition.) OCLC17740717 [Available on 13 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 93, for $19.50]

Same edition, 1830 reprint: Vol. 1–2, New York/Philadelphia, Collins & Hannay, etc./John Grigg, 1830. (This is a reprint of the preceding title, but not from the same plates. In this reprint some of the typographical errors of Eller Title no. 93 are quietly corrected.) OCLC-17824517 [Available on 14 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 94, for $21.00]

Pennsylvania Blackstone (1831); Being a modification of the Commentaries of Sir William Blackstone, with numerous alterations and additions, designed to present an elementary exposition of the entire laws of Pennsylvania: Vol. 1–3, by John Reed, Carlisle (Pa.), pr. for the author by George Fleming, 1831. (This work by John Reed, President Judge of the Courts of Common Pleas of the 9^th Judicial District of Pennsylvania follows Blackstone’s arrangement of books I–III and omits book IV. Portions of Blackstone’s text, indicated by quotation marks, are incorporated into Reed’s text. The work is a medley of English, federal and local law.) OCLC12193150 [Available on 13 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 95, for $19.50]

Commentaries of Blackstone (1832 to 1840) ... with an analysis of the work, from the 18^th London ed., 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, Vol. 1–2, N.Y./Philadelphia, Collin & Hannay/Grigg & Elliott, 1832. (This first printing of the anonymous edition copyrighted 1832 follows the text of the London 1829 ed. edited by Lee, Hovenden and Ryland, Eller Title no. 36, P/L 5/21 above, with a selection of the notes of that edition, to which have been added notes of Christian and Chitty and American deci-sions by an anonymous American editor. The American editor is thought by Eller not to be the same person who edited the 1827 New York edition, Eller Title no. 93, P/L 12/53 above. This 1832 New York edition, reprinted at various dates, is sometimes called "Chitty’s Blackstone") OCLC12193160 [Available on 13 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 96, for $19.50]

Same edition, 1836 reprint: Vol. 1–2, N.Y., W.E. Dean, pr. & Collins, Keese & Co., publ., 1836. (A reprint of the preceding title, but not from the same plates.) OCLC17824496 [Available on 13 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 97, for $19.50]

Same edition, 1838 reprint: Vol. 1–2, N.Y., W.E. Dean, pr. & Collins, Keese & Co., publ., 1838. (This edition, stereotyped by Smith & Wright, N.Y., is another reprint of Eller Title no. 96, but not from the same plates. Some of the typographical errors of the 1832 edition are cor-rected in this reprint.) OCLC17824397 [Available on 13 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 98, for $19.50]

Same edition, 1840 reprint: Vol. 1–2, N.Y., W.E. Dean, pr. & Collins, Keese & Co., publ., 1840. (This impression, stereotyped by Smith & Wright, N.Y., is another reprint of Eller Title no. 96, from the same plates as the 1838 reprint.) OCLC17835656 [Available on 13 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 99, for $19.50]

Commentaries on Blackstone’s Commentaries (1841, with subsequent reprints to 1872) ... with an analysis of the work ... from the 19^th London Ed., 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: Vol. 1–2, N.Y./Philadelphia, W.E. Dean, pr. & Collins, Keese & Co./ Thomas Cowperthwait & Co., publ., 1841. (This edition was stereotyped by Smith & Wright, N.Y.. The body of the work follows the text and notes of the 1832 N.Y. edition, Eller Title no. 96, P/L 13/18 above, which was based on the 18th London Edition, Eller Title no 36, P/L 5/21 above. Although this 1841 edition has the copyright date 1832, it contains the additional notes by J.E. Hovenden & Archer Ryland, from the 19^th London Edition, Eller Title no 38, P/L 5/39 above, publ. in 1836. The Yale copy contains the autograph of William Law Learned, a justice of the N.Y. Supreme Court. New impressions from the plates of this edition were issued at various dates and are listed chronologically below.) OCLC12193169 [Available on 13 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 100, for $19.50]

Same edition, 1845 reprint: Vol. 1–2, New York, W.E. Dean. (This impression, stereotyped by the same firm, is from the plates of the preceding title, with the copyright date, 1832.) OCLC17886428 [Available on 13 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 101, for $19.50]

Same edition & publ., 1847 reprint: Vol. 1–2. (This impression, stereotyped by same firm, is from same plates with same copyright date, 1832.) OCLC17886464 [Available on 13 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 102, for $19.50]

Same edition & publ., 1848 reprint: Vol. 1–2. (This impression, stereotyped by the same firm, is from same plates, with same copyright date, 1832.) OCLC17886396 [Available on 13 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 103, for $19.50]

Same edition & publ., 1849 reprint: Vol. 1–2. (This impression, stereotyped by the same firm, is from same plates, with same copyright date, 1832.) OCLC17835625 [Available on 13 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 104, for $19.50]

Same edition & publ., 1850 reprint: Vol. 1–2. (This impression, stereotyped by the same firm, is from same plates, with same copyright date, 1832. In this reprint, as in subsequent impres-sions from the same plates, many page numbers are blurred or missing.) OCLC17835676 [Available on 13 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 105, for $19.50]

Same edition & publ., 1853 reprint: Vol. 1–2. (This impression, stereotyped by Thomas B. Smith and printed by Van Norden & Amerman, N.Y., is also from the plates of Eller Title no. 100, P/L 13/42 above, with the copyright date 1832.) OCLC17835667 [Available on 13 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 107, for $19.50]

Same edition, 1855 reprint: Vol. 1–2, Philadelphia, Lippincott, Grambo & Co.. (Vol. 2 is publ. by J.B. Lippincott & Co. alone and was also printed from the plates of Eller Title no. 100, P/L 13/42 above, with the copyright date of 1832.) OCLC17886484 [Available on 13 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 109, for $19.50]

Same edition, 1856 reprint: Vol. 1–2, Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott. (Printed from the same plates, with the same copyright date of 1832) OCLC17888470 [Available on 13 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 110, for $19.50]

Same edition & publ., 1858 reprint: Vol. 1–2. (Printed from same plates, with same copyright date of 1832.) OCLC17886777 [Available on 13 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 112, for $19.50]

Same edition & publ., 1859 reprint: Vol. 1–2. (Printed from same plates, with same copyright date of 1832.) OCLC17886733 [Available on 13 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 113, for $19.50]

Same edition & publ., 1860 reprint: Vol. 1–2. (Printed from same plates, with same copyright date of 1832.) OCLC17886524 [Available on 13 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 114, for $19.50]

Same edition & publ., 1870 reprint: Vol. 1–2. (Printed from same plates, with same copyright date of 1832.) OCLC17927416 [Available on 13 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 120, for $19.50]

Same edition & publ., 1872 reprint: Vol. 1–2. (Printed from same plates, with same copyright date of 1832.) OCLC17927509 [Available on 13 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 122, for $19.50]

Commentaries of Blackston on the Laws of England (1852, with reprints to 1856); With an analysis of the work ... with the last corrections of the author and notes from the 21^st London Edition, 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, Vol. 1–4, N.Y., Harper & Bros., 1852. (This is a reprint of a Wendell edition, published in N.Y. in 1847, which is not included in the Yale Law Library collection. To the notes of the English editors of the 21^st London Edition, Eller Title no 40, P/L 5/58 above, are added notes by Joseph Chitty & Edward Christian, indicated by their surnames. The footnotes of J.L. Wendell, former state reporter of N.Y., are starred.) OCLC12250775 [Available on 18 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 106, for $27.00]

Same edition, 1854 reprint: Vol. 1–4, N.Y., Harper & Bros. (This impression of the Wendell edition is printed from the plates of the preceding title, with the copyright date of 1847.) OCLC17886316 [Available on 18 24x fiche as LLMC 82-800, Eller no. 108, for $27.00]