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GROTIUS (Hugo). De Jure Belli ac Pacis libri tres,...

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GROTIUS (Hugo). De Jure Belli ac Pacis libri tres, quibus Jus Naturae & Gentium, item Juris Publici praecipua explicantur. Cum Annotatis Auctoris, ejusdemque Dissertatione de Mari Libero, ac Libello singulari de Aequitate, Indulgentia, & Facilitate; Nec non Joann. Frid. GRONOVII V.C. Notis in totum opus de Jure Belli ac Pacis. Editionem omnium [...] Notulas denique additit Joannes BARBEYRAC [...] Amsterdam, Wetstein, 1720. In-8, [13] ff. XXV-[5]-936-43-[85] pp. brown basane, spine ribbed and decorated (period binding). Covers missing, jaws cracked, corners dulled, title-piece missing. Engraved portrait and frontispiece title by W. de Broen. New edition of the two major works by Hugo Grotius (1583-1645): The Law of War and Peace and On the Freedom of the Seas (Mare Liberum), the first work to deal with questions of public law. This fine edition includes comments by German philologist Johann-Fridrich Gronovius, a close friend of Grotius, and French jurisconsult Jean Barbeyrac.

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