BOOK THE FIRST.
Reading edition
BY WILLIAM BLACKSTONE, Esq. VINERIAN PROFESSOR OF LAW, AND SOLICITOR GENERAL TO HER MAJESTY.
OXFORD, PRINTED AT THE CLARENDON PRESS. M. DCC. LXV.
TO THE QUEEN’S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY, THE FOLLOWING VIEW OF THE LAWS AND CONSTITUTION OF ENGLAND, THE IMPROVEMENT AND PROTECTION OF WHICH HAVE DISTINGUISHED THE REIGN OF HER MAJESTY’S ROYAL CONSORT, IS, WITH ALL GRATITUDE AND HUMILITY, MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED BY HER DUTIFUL AND MOST OBEDIENT SERVANT,
WILLIAM BLACKSTONE.