William Blackstone; Robert Bell
Commentaries on the Laws of England. In Four Books.
[Philadelphia]: Robert Bell, 1771-2. The First American Edition of Blackstone's Commentaries, With a Subscriber List Featuring John Adams and Other Leaders of Colonial America. $15,000.

Sir William Blackstone
Commentaries on the Laws of England. In Four Books.
Oxford, 1773. A strikingly handsome set of the most influential book in the history of Anglo-American law. $2,500.

Bartolomeo Cipolla
In Titulum de Verborum et Rer. Significatione Doctissima Commentaria.
Lyons, 1551. A commentary on, “De Verborum Significatione,” one of the most important books from the Digest of Justinian, by a distinguished fifteenth-century Italian jurist and law professor. $3,500. 

Quincy Wright
[Archive of Pamphlets, Journal Offprints, Periodical Articles, Internal Documents, Letters, 12 Typescripts and Miscellaneous Documents]. Quincy Wright [1890-1970] was one of the most important political scientists of the twentieth century. The author of A Study of War and many other path-breaking books and articles, he was highly regarded for his expertise in international law and international relations. $15,000.

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