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A discourse on the study of the law; being an introductory lecture, read in the public schools, October XXV, M.DCC.LVIII, by William Blackstone, ...

Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Am 1786 Rus Af.397.5
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Blackstone, William, Sir, 1723-1780. 6612
Contributor:
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790, former owner.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia, former owner.
Dufief, N. G., 1776?-1834, bookseller.
Duane, William, 1760-1835, former owner.
Language:
English
Physical Description:
[2],40,[2]p. ; 4°.
Place of Publication:
Oxford : printed at the Clarendon Press, 1758.
Notes:
With a final advertisement leaf.
Local Notes:
HSP in LCP.
Benjamin Franklin's copy.
Bound with Rush, Oration, q.v.; item 5 in volume.
Modern half sheep over contemporary marbled boards; bound with other works. Dedicated to Benjamin Franklin; signature cut off from upper right corner of title; purchased from Dufief in 1801-1803 by William Duane; sold by in 1822 to the Athenaeum; sold in turn by it, 22 December 1885, to Historical Society.

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