- Creator:
- À Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, 1811-1856
- Title:
- The comic Blackstone / by Gilbert Abbott à Beckett ; with illustrations by George Cruikshank.
- Edition:
- New ed.
- Published / Created:
- London : Bradbury and Evans, 1857.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 252 p. : ill. ; 17 cm.
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Gloria Scheuer
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Engraved vignette on title page and cover.
- Contents:
- Of the rights of persons -- Of real property -- Of private wrongs and their remedies -- Of public wrongs and their remedies.
- Subject Terms:
- Law -- Great Britain -- Humor. | Blackstone, William, 1723–1780 -- Parodies, imitations, etc. | Blackstone, William, 1723–1780. Commentaries on the laws of England. | Scheuer, Gloria -- Provenance. | Bradbury and Evans -- Publisher. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1857.
- Contributors:
- Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878, ill.