[Life of Sir William Blackstone / F. Coleridge] [ca. 1809]

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[Life of Sir William Blackstone / F. Coleridge] [ca. 1809]

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Sir William Blackstone was noted for his Commentaries on the Laws of England, first published between 1765-1769. This ms. copy of the life of Blackstone is in the hand of Francis George Coleridge and was in his copy of the Laws (12th ed., 1793-1795) now held by Smith College. This copy has Coleridge's signature, date and bookplate, as well as annotations and corrections by him.

[3] p. ; 20 cm.

Smith College, Neilson Library

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Smith College, Neilson Library

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Blackstone, William, 1723-1780

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The noted jurist, judge, and legal writer William Blackstone established the study of England's common law as an accepted academic discipline, and his Oxford lectures were published in 1765-1769 as the famous and influential Commentaries on the Laws of England. In the years since then, in numerous editions and translations, this work provided the definitive account of the state of English law in the mid-18th century. From the description of Legal opinion of Sir William Blackstone on ...

Coleridge, Francis George.

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