Lot 1031
1031
GROTIUS, H. De iure belli ac pacis libri tres. In quibus jus naturae & gentium: item juris publici praecipua explicantur. Amst., G. Blaeuw, 1631. (24), 554, (46) pp. W. ti. printed in red & black, woodcut printer's mark on ti. Sm-fol. Cont. vellum w. overl. sides. (Spine soiled, bind. a bit stained, name on front side, upper overl. sides/corners a bit dam., inner margin of v° ti-p. strengthened, upper margin stained in places, w. sev. annot./underl. in ink by an older hand).
Third edition (first 1625) of this major work, but the first one printed in the Netherlands. "His masterpiece, which made him famous throughout Europe. Grotius principle of an immutable law. was the first expression of the 'droit naturel', the natural law which exercised the great political theorists of the 18th century, and is the foundation of modern international law" (PMM 125 on first ed. of 1625). - Ter Meulen/Diermanse 567.€ 600
result € 1600
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