Lot 1201
1201
GROTIUS, H. De jure belli ac pacis libri tres, in quibus Jus Naturæ & Gentium (…). Access. annot. in epistolam Pauli ad Philemonem, dissertatio de mari libero, & libellus singularis de æquitate, indulgentia & facilitate, quem N. Blancardas descripsit & vulgavit. Nec non J.F. Gronovius notæ. Amst., Janssonius-Waesbergius, 1680. (12), xx, 680, (8); (6), 32; (10), 216, (108) pp. W. engr. front. & engr. portr. Cont. cf. w. raised bands, richly dec. gilt back, brown labels, sides ruled in gilt & inside dentelles. (Joints split, spine ends slightly dam.).
PMM 125: "This was the first attempt to lay down a principle of right, and a basis for society & government, outside Church or Scripture. (...) the foundation of modern international law." - Ter Meulen/Diermanse 582.€ 150
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