AN INTERESTING APPENDIX TO SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE'S COMMENTARIES ON THE LAWS OF ENGLAND. CONTAINING, I. PRIESTLEY'S REMARKS ON SOME PARAGRAPHS IN THE FOURTH VOLUME OF DR. BLACKSTONE'S COMMENTARIES ON THE LAWS OF ENGLAND. RELATING TO THE DISSENTERS. II. BLACKSTONE'S REPLY TO PRIESTLEY'S REMARKS. III. PRIESTLEY'S ANSWER TO BLACKSTONE'S REPLY. IV. THE CASE OF THE LATE ELECTION OF THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX CONSIDERED ON THE PRINCIPLES OF THE CONSTITUTION AND THE AUTHORITIES OF LAW. V. FURNEAUX'S LETTERS TO THE HON. MR. JUSTICE BLACKSTONE CONCERNING HIS EXPOSITION OF THE ACT OF TOLERATION, AND SOME POSITIONS RELATIVE TO RELIGIOUS LIBERTY, IN HIS CELEBRATED COMMENTARIES ON THE LAWS OF ENGLAND. VI. AUTHENTIC COPIES OF THE ARGUMENT OF THE LATE HON. M

Joseph Priestley; William Blackstone; Philip Furneaux

Published by Printed for the Subscriberts by Robert Bell, Philadelphia, 1773

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Second American Edition of Joseph Priestley's Interesting Appendix to Sir William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England. Priestley was an English Protestant theologian, chemist, and grammarian, whose replies to Blackstone's Commentaries reflect his toleration for religious dissenters. Collates complete; [4], iv, [1], 6-119, [1], xii, 155, [1] pp. Page 123 misnumbered 113, as called for in the ESTC, and publisher's advertising page at the rear for Ferguson's Essay. The textblock was split and has been discreetly and effectively repaired by a conservator. Surface loss and scuffmarks to the leather binding; fully rebacked with Japanese tissue, with the contemporary red leather label laid down. Full leather. Very Good. (ESTC W12870. Evans 12684). Very Good binding. Seller Inventory # 286587

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Title: AN INTERESTING APPENDIX TO SIR WILLIAM ...

Publisher: Printed for the Subscriberts by Robert Bell, Philadelphia

Publication Date: 1773

Binding: Full Leather

Condition: Very Good binding

Edition: Second American Edition.