Commentaries on the Laws of England by Sir William Blackstone, Knt., one of the Justices of His Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, with Notes Selected from the Editions of Archbold, Christian, Coleridge, Chitty, Stewart, Kerr, and Others, Barron Field's An

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1873. A new ed., with practical notes, by Christian, Archbold, and Chitty; together with additional notes and references, by a gentleman of the New-York bar. Hardcover quartos with beige boards, red and gilt spine titles; fold-outs; tables; index;531p (vol. 1); 739p (vol. 2) Both volumes in very good (+) condition with occasional minor marks on boards; leaves and their edges are age-toned, as to be expected for their age; both have prior owner signature in ink on front pastedown and pencil to title page, last leaf of first volume is chipped; but leaves are otherwise clean; tight binding, very readable. Hardcover.

An interesting and handsome set showing the interactions between British law and early American jurisprudence. Sir William Blackstone was a jurist, Tory politician and justice in England in the mid-to-late 1700s. In the United States,his Commentaries influenced Alexander Hamilton, John Marshall, James Wilson, John Jay, John Adams, James Kent and Abraham Lincoln, and remain frequently cited in Supreme Court decisions. The commentator, George Sharswood "(July 7, 1810 – May 28, 1883) was an American politician and judge. He served as a Whig member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, the select council for Philadelphia from 1839 to 1840, as a district judge in Pennsylvania from 1845 to 1867, as a justice on the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania from 1868 to 1879 and as chief justice from 1879 to 1882. He was a professor of law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and served as Dean from 1852 to 1868." --Wikipedia. //

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