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BLACKSTONE, WILLIAM Commentaries on the Laws of England. In Four Books . Philadelphia: Robert Bell, 1771-72, with the Appendix printed in 1773. First American edition. Together five volumes, contemporary calf, retaining two red morocco lettering labels, cloth slipcases. 8 7/8 x 5 1/2 inches (23 x 14.5 cm); collation as per Evans, two tables in volume 2, list of subscribers in vol. 4, inserted slips. Signatures of J.D. Verplanck, the index with a different signature, the bindings rubbed and worn with labels lacking and one board detached, spotting, stamps to verso of titles, a few short tears but generally clean. This first American edition of Blackstone, printed from the fourth English edition, is quite scarce. Evans, 11996, index 12684; Hildeburn Pennsylvania 2635, 2749. C The New York City Bar Association