Commentaries on The Laws of England. With the last corrections of the author; and with notes and additions by Edward Christian. [Blackstone's Commentaries]

Portland, ME: Printed and Published by Thomas B. Wait, 1807. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good [Textblock Very Good+]. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Fifth US edition, first to be printed in the [then] District of Maine. An important early Maine and law imprint. In original [presumed] bindings. Overall, a very handsome set. Light shelf/edge wear, ownership signatures at ffep, two endpages and frontis loose and all evenly toned (endpages clearly an inferior paper stock vs bright, clean textblocks, tips through, light rubbing at hinges, else tight, bright and unmarred. Full brown leather boards, black ink spine label, gilt lettering, in blind decorative elements, frontispiece, fold-out plate. 8vo. Various pag. Illus. (b/w plates). Appendix. Notes. Index(es).