LETTERS OF SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE: 1744-1780

Prest, W.R.

Though best known for his famous Commentaries on the Laws of England, these letters, mostly unpublished, show Blackstone's extraordinarily diverse range of interests and involvements. Beyond his career as a law student, barrister, Oxford don, jurist and judge, the letters show him as an antiquary, bibliophile, historian, literary critic, poet, coleague and friend. The letters are thus a primary source for the cultural, legal, political and social history of Hanoverian England. The editor has provided an extensive introduction with a chronology of Blackstone's life, the sources and locations of all 183 letters, and a list of correspondence.