Commentaries on the Laws of England
First published 1765
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214 editions · 7 hardcover, 0 paperback · 4 languages
First published 1765
Earliest edition listed: 1721 · Printed for the subscribers, by Robert Bell ... Philadelphia
- 1721 · Printed for the subscribers, by Robert Bell ... Philadelphia
- 1765 · Printed at the Clarendon Press · [1st ed.]
- 1765 · Printed at the Clarendon press · Microform
- 1765 · Printed at the Clarendon Press
- 1766 · Printed at the Clarendon press · The second edition.
- 1766 · Clarendon Press · 2nd edition.
- 1766 · Printed for John Exshaw, Henry Saunders, Samuel Watson, and James Williams
- 1768 · Printed at the Clarendon Press · The third edition.
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- 1768 · Printed at the Clarendon Press
- 1768 · Printed at the Clarendon Press · The third edition.
- 1768 · Printed at the Clarendon Press · The third edition.
- 1768 · Printed at the Clarendon Press · The third edition.
- 1768 · printed at the Clarendon Press · the third edition.
- 1769 · Printed for John Exshaw, Henry Saunders, Boulter Grierson, and James Williams · The third edition.
- 1770 · printed at the Clarendon Press · the fourth edition.
- 1771 · Printed for John Exshaw, Henry Saunders, Boulter Grierson, and James Williams · The fourth edition.
- 1771 · Printed for J. Exshaw [etc.] · 4th ed.
- 1771 · Printed for the subscribers, by Robert Bell, at the late Union Library, in Third-Street, Philadelphia
- 1772 · Printed and sold by Robert Bell ...
- 1773 · Printed for John Exshaw ... [and 8 others] · The fifth edition.
- 1773 · At the Clarendon Press, printed for William Strahan, Thomas Cadell, and Daniel Prince · The fifth edition.
- 1773 · Printed for John Exshaw ... [and 8 others] · The fifth edition.
- 1773 · at the Clarendon Press · The fifth edition.
- 1773 · Printed for John Exshaw ... [and 8 others] · The fifth edition.
- 1774 · Printed for W. Strahan, T. Cadell ..., and D. Prince, at Oxford · The sixth edition.
- 1774 · Chez J.L. de Boubers, imprimeur-libraire ... · French
- 1775 · Clarendon press, printed for W. Strahan [etc.] · 7th ed.
- 1775 · At the Clarendon Press, printed for William Strahan, Thomas Cadell, and Daniel Prince · The seventh edition.
- 1775 · Clarendon press, printed for W. Strahan [etc.] · 7th ed.
- 1775 · Clarendon press, printed for W. Strahan [etc.] · 7th ed.
- 1775 · Printed for John Colles ... · The sixth edition, printed page for page with the last Oxford edition.
- 1778 · At the Clarendon Press, printed for William Strahan, Thomas Cadell, and Daniel Prince · The eighth edition.
- 1783 · Printed for W. Strahan, T. Cadell ... and D. Prince, Oxford · The ninth edition / with the last corrections of the author, and continued to the present time by Ri. Burn, LL.D.
- 1786 · Printed for J. Murray, J. Jarvis, & J. Fielding · The tenth edition / with the last corrections of the author, additions by Richard Burn, LL.D., and continued to the present time by John Williams, Esq.
- 1786 · Printed for J. Murray, J. Jarvis & J. Fielding · The tenth edition.
- 1787 · Printed for A. Strahan, T. Cadell in the Strand, and D. Prince, Oxford · The tenth edition / with the last corrections of the author, additions by Richard Burn, LL.D., and continued to the present time by John Williams, Esq.
- 1788 · Printed for W. Gilbert, [etc.] · 11th ed., with the last corrections of the author / additions by Richard Burn, and continued to the present time, by John Williams.
- 1788 · Printed for the author, at the Literary-Press ... and, may be had of H.D. Symonds ...
- 1788 · Printed for W. Gilbert ... James Potts ... and J. Jones ... · The eleventh edition / with the last corrections of the author, additions by Richard Burn, LL.D., and continued to the present time by John Williams, Esq.
- 1790 · By Isaiah Thomas · The first Worcester edition, carefully reprinted from the London edition / containing, the last corrections of the author, the additions by Richard Burn ... and continued to the present time by John Williams ...
- 1791 · Printed by A. Strahan and W. Woodfall ... for T. Cadell ... · The eleventh edition / with the last corrections of the author, additions by Richard Burn, LL.D., and continued to the present time, by John Williams, Esq.
- 1793 · Printed by A. Strahan and W. Woodfall ... for T. Cadell ... · The twelth edition / with the last corrections of the author, and with notes and additions by Edward Christian ...
- 1796 · Printed by L. White, P. Bryne, and J. Rice · 13th edition / with the last corrections of the author, additions by Richard Burn, LL.D. and John Williams, Esq. and continued to the present time by Edward Christian ...
- 1797 · Printed for Pat. Wogan ... · The thirteenth edition / with the last corrections of the author ; addtions by Richard Burn, LL.D. ; and continued to the present time by John Williams, Esq.
- 1799 · By I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews · The second American edition, carefully reprinted from the last London edition / containing the last corrections of the author, the additions by Richard Burn ... and continued to the present time, by John Williams ...
- 1800 · Printed by A. Strahan ... for T. Cadell jun. and W. Davies ... · Hardcover · The thirteenth edition / with the last corrections of the author, and with notes and additions by Edward Christian.
- 1800 · Printed by A. Strahan ... for T. Cadell jun. and W. Davies ... · 13th ed., with the last corrections of the author; and with notes and additions by Edward Christian.
- 1803 · Printed by A. Strahan ... for T. Cadell and W. Davies ... · The fourteenth edition / with the last corrections of the author, and with notes and additions by Edward Christian ...
- 1803 · Published by William Young Birch, and Abraham Small
- 1807 · Printed and published by Thomas B. Wait and Co. · From the last London edition with the last corrections of the author, and with notes and additions / by Edward Christian.
- 1809 · printed for W. Clarke and Son · 2nd ed., corrected and enlarged.
- 1809 · Printed by A. Strahan for T. Cadell and W. Davies · 15th ed. / with the last corrections of the author, and with notes and additions by Edward Christian.
- 1809 · Printed for W. Clarke and Sons · 2nd ed., corr. and enl. / by William Curry.
- 1809 · Printed by A. Strahan, law-printer to the king for T. Cadell and W. Davies · Hardcover · 15th ed., with the last corrections of the author; and with notes and additions by Edward Christian.
- 1811 · Printed by M. and S. Brooke, for W. Reed · A new ed. / with the last corrections of the author, also containing analyses and epitome of the whole work, with notes, by John Frederick Archbold.
- 1811 · Printed by M. and S. Brooke ... for William Reed ... · A new ed. / with the last corrections of the author / also containing analyses and epitome of the whole work, with notes, by John Frederick Archbold.
- 1813 · Printed at the revived Apollo press, by J. Bell · A new ed., with notes, additions, and a copious index, digested upon an entirely new plan.
- 1818 · T.B. Wait and Sons · From the last London ed. with the last corrections of the author, and with notes and additions / by Edward Christian.
- 1818 · T.B. Wait and Sons · From the last London edition with the last corrections of the author, and with notes and additions / by Edward Christian.
- 1821 · S. Sweet · 18th ed. / with the last corrections of the author, and annotations and comments, as also corrections of the errors and mistatements of the learned judge respecting consitutional law and legal antiquities by John Williams.
- 1822 · Gedruckt und verlegt im Königlichen Taubstummen-Institut · German
- 1822 · Evert Duyckinck · From the last London ed. with the last corrections of the author, and with notes and additions / by Edward Christian.
- 1822 · Bossange, père · French
- 1823 · Sherwood, Jones, & Co. · 18th ed. / to which is prefixed, the author's own analysis of the work, omitted in the preceding editions, with the last corrections of the author, and annotations and comments, as also corrections of the errors and mistatements of the learned judge respecting consitutional law and legal antiquities by John Williams.
- 1825 · Robert H. Small · A new ed. with the last corrections of the author, and with notes and additions / by Edward Christian ; also containing analyses and an epitome of the whole work, with notes, by John Frederick Archbold.
- 1825 · Printed by A. Strahan for T. Cadell and J. Butterworth and Son · 16th ed. / with the last corrections of the author, and with notes by John Taylor Coleridge.
- 1825 · A. Strachan for T. Cadell · 16th edition / with the last corrections of the author, and notes by John Taylor Coleridge.
- 1825 · A Strahan · Hardcover · ISBN 9781584777632
- 1826 · Printed for William Walker · A new ed. / with practical notes, by Joseph Chitty.
- 1827 · John Grigg · A new ed., with practical notes / by Christian, Archbold, and Chitty ; together with additional notes and references, by a gentleman of the New-York bar ; in two volumes.
- 1829 · Sweet · 18th edition.
- 1829 · S. Sweet · 18th ed. / with the last corrections of the author, and copious notes by Thomas Lee.
- 1830 · Printed by Richard Taylor for Thomas Tegg · 17th ed. / with the last corrections of the author ; with notes and additions by Edward Christian ; enlarged and continued by the editor of Warton's History of English poetry.
- 1832 · W.E. Dean, Printer · From the 18th London ed. / with a life of the author, and notes, Christian, Chitty, Lee, Hovenden, and Ryland, and also references to American cases, by a member of the New-York bar.
- 1836 · W.E. Dean · Hardcover · 18th edition, with a Life of the Author, Notes, and references to American cases.
- 1836 · W.E. Dean · From the 18th London ed. / with a life of the author, and notes, Christian, Chitty, Lee, Hovenden, and Ryland, and also references to American cases, by a member of the New-York bar.
- 1836 · S. Sweet · 19th ed. / with the last corrections of the author, and copious notes by J.E. Hovenden.
- 1838 · W.E. Dean · From the 18th London ed. / with a life of the author, and notes, Christian, Chitty, Lee, Hovenden, and Ryland, and also references to American cases, by a member of the New-York bar.
- 1841 · Edmund Spettigue · 20th ed. / incorporating the alterations down to the present time by James Stewart.
- 1843 · W.E. Dean · From the 19th London ed. / with a life of the author, and notes, Christian, Chitty, Lee, Hovenden, and Ryland, and also references to American cases, by a member of the New-York bar.
- 1844 · W.E. Dean · From the 19th London ed. / with a life of the author, and notes, Christian, Chitty, Lee, Hovenden, and Ryland, and also references to American cases, by a member of the New-York bar.
- 1845 · W.E. Dean · From the 19th London ed. / with a life of the author, and notes, Christian, Chitty, Lee, Hovenden, and Ryland, and also references to American cases, by a member of the New-York bar.
- 1847 · W.E. Dean · From the nineteenth London edition / with a life of the author, and notes, Christian, Chitty, Lee, Hovenden, and Ryland, and also references to American cases, by a member of the New-York bar.
- 1849 · Spettigue and Farrance · 22nd ed.
- 1850 · W.E. Dean · From the 19th London ed. / with a life of the author, and notes, Christian, Chitty, Lee, Hovenden, and Ryland, and also references to American cases, by a member of the New-York bar.
- 1852 · W.E. Dean · From the 19th London ed. / with a life of the author, and notes, Christian, Chitty, Lee, Hovenden, and Ryland, and also references to American cases, by a member of the New-York bar.
- 1853 · William E. Dean · From the 19th London ed. / with a life of the author, and notes, Christian, Chitty, Lee, Hovenden, and Ryland, and also references to American cases, by a member of the New-York bar.
- 1854 · V. & R. Stevens and G.S. Norton · 23rd ed. / incorporating the alterations down to the present time, by James Stewart.
- 1855 · J.B. Lippincott · From the 19th London ed. / with a life of the author, and notes, Christian, Chitty, Lee, Hovenden, and Ryland, and also references to American cases, by a member of the New-York bar.
- 1857 · John Murray · New ed. / adapted to the present state of the law by Robert Malcolm Kerr.
- 1857 · J.B. Lippincott · From the 19th London ed. / with a life of the author, and notes by Christian, Chitty, Lee, Hovenden, and Ryland ; and also references to American cases by a member of the New-York bar.
- 1858 · John Murray
- 1858 · J.B. Lippincott · From the 19th London ed. / with a life of the author, and notes, Christian, Chitty, Lee, Hovenden, and Ryland, and also references to American cases, by a member of the New-York bar.
- 1859 · Lippincott
- 1859 · J.B.Lippincott
- 1860 · Childs & Peterson
- 1861 · J.B. Lippincott · From the 19th London ed. / with a life of the author, and notes, Christian, Chitty, Lee, Hovenden, and Ryland, and also references to American cases, by a member of the New York bar.
- 1862 · George W. Childs
- 1862 · John Murray · 3rd ed.
- 1865 · John Murray
- 1867 · Published for the Early English Text Society by N. Trübner
- 1867 · George W. Childs
- 1868 · George W. Childs
- 1869 · John Murray · New ed.
- 1869 · George W. Childs
- 1869 · John Murray · New ed.
- 1870 · George W. Childs
- 1870 · J.B. Lippincott · From the 19th London ed. / with a life of the author, and notes, Christian, Chitty, Lee, Hovenden, and Ryland, and also references to American cases, by a member of the New York bar.
- 1870 · John Murray · New ed.
- 1871 · Callaghan and company
- 1872 · Harper & Bros.
- 1872 · Callaghan and Company · 2nd ed.--rev.
- 1872 · Callaghan and Co. · 2nd ed., rev.
- 1874 · J.B. Lippincott · From the 19th London ed. / with a life of the author, and notes, Christian, Chitty, Lee, Hovenden, and Ryland, and also references to American cases, by a member of the New-York bar.
- 1874 · J.B. Lippincott
- 1874 · John Murray · New ed.
- 1875 · J.B. Lippincott · Hardcover
- 1876 · Callaghan and Company · Hardcover · 2nd ed.--rev.
- 1876 · Cockcroft & Co.
- 1876 · J.B. Lippincott · From the 19th London ed. / with a life of the author, and notes, Christian, Chitty, Lee, Hovenden, and Ryland, and also references to American cases, by a member of the New York bar.
- 1877 · John Murray
- 1877 · Banks & Brothers
- 1879 · Callaghan and Company · 2nd ed.--rev.
- 1880 · J. Murray · Abridged and adapted to the present state of the law / by Robert Malcolm Kerr. --
- 1880 · John Murray
- 1880 · J.B. Lippincott
- 1882 · J.B. Lippincott
- 1882 · Charles C. Soule
- 1882 · Soule and Bugbee
- 1884 · Callaghan and Company · 3rd ed.--rev.
- 1884 · Banks & Brothers · 2nd ed.
- 1885 · J.B. Lippincott
- 1885 · William Clowes and Sons · 9th ed. / by R.M.N. Kerr.
- 1886 · J.B. Lippincott
- 1887 · J.B. Lippincott · From the 19th London ed. / with a life of the author, and notes, Christian, Chitty, Lee, Hovenden, and Ryland, and also references to American cases, by a member of the New York bar.
- 1888 · Banks & Brothers · 2nd ed.
- 1889 · J.B. Lippincott
- 1890 · Reeves and Turner · 11th ed. / by R.M.N. Kerr.
- 1890 · Banks & Brothers · 3rd ed.
- 1890 · Bancroft-Whitney Company · From the author's 8th ed., 1778 / edited for American lawyers by William G. Hammond ; with copious notes, and references to all comments on the text in the American reports, 1787-1890.
- 1890 · Reeves · Ed. 11.
- 1890 · J.B. Lippincott Co. · From the 19th London ed. / with a life of the author, and notes, by Christian, Chitty, Lee, Hovenden, and Ryland, and also references to American cases, by a member of the New York bar.
- 1890 · J.B. Lippincott Co. · From the 19th London ed. / with a life of the author, and notes, by Christian, Chitty, Lee, Hovenden, and Ryland, and also references to American cases, by a member of the New York bar.
- 1892 · L.K. Strouse & Co.
- 1892 · J.B. Lippincott · From the 19th London ed. / with a life of the author, and notes, Christian, Chitty, Lee, Hovenden, and Ryland, and also references to American cases, by a member of the New York bar.
- 1892 · [s.n.]
- 1893 · J.B. Lippincott Company
- 1893 · Banks & Brothers · 3rd ed.
- 1893 · [s.n.] · 2nd ed.
- 1896 · Banks & Brothers · 3rd ed.
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