William Blackstone's Bible.- The Holy Bible, Charles Bill & Executrix of Thomas Newcomb, 1703.
William Blackstone's Bible.- The Holy Bible, double column, engraved additional pictorial title, printed title with woodcut arms, woodcut historiated initials, G2 and 3O2 with tear within text without loss, spotted, occasional staining, contemporary panelled calf, gilt spine in compartments, upper cover detached, lower joint split, but holding firm, spine creased, rubbed and scuffed, 4to, Charles Bill & Executrix of Thomas Newcomb, 1703.
⁂ Provenance: William Blackstone (1723-1780), English jurist, judge and Tory politician, best known for his Commentaries on the Laws of England, 1765-1770 (engraved armorial bookplate to front pastedown and ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper 'Will. Blackstone, Mar.27.1746'.
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William Blackstone's Bible.- The Holy Bible, double column, engraved additional pictorial title, printed title with woodcut arms, woodcut historiated initials, G2 and 3O2 with tear within text without loss, spotted, occasional staining, contemporary panelled calf, gilt spine in compartments, upper cover detached, lower joint split, but holding firm, spine creased, rubbed and scuffed, 4to, Charles Bill & Executrix of Thomas Newcomb, 1703.
⁂ Provenance: William Blackstone (1723-1780), English jurist, judge and Tory politician, best known for his Commentaries on the Laws of England, 1765-1770 (engraved armorial bookplate to front pastedown and ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper 'Will. Blackstone, Mar.27.1746'.