A Dictionary of Law Containing: Definitions of the Terms and Phrases of American and English Jurisprudence, Ancient and Modern.

BLACK, Henry Campbell.

Item Number: 78046

St. Paul, MN: West Publishing Co, 1891.

First edition of this landmark work, the most widely cited law book in the world. Thick quarto, original cloth, red leather spine label. In near fine condition with a touch of rubbing. A superior example, most scarce and desirable in the original cloth.

Black’s Dictionary of Law has been an important resource for lawyers in the United States since its first publication. It is still a required purchase for most first-year law students, although it is now in its tenth edition. In many legal briefs today, definitions are cited from Black’s with the same force as if they were law.