Lot 604
H. Grotius, De jure belli ac pacis. Ed. J. F. Gronovius Amsterdam 1689.
Estimate
€ 200
Starting Price
€ 140
Lot:
604
Category:
History, cultural history and miscellaneous
Artist:
Hugo Grotius
Grotius, Hugo: De jure belli ac pacis libri tres. In quibus jus naturae & Gentium, item juris publici praecipua explicantur. Cum annotatis auctoris, ex postrema ejus ante obitum cura. Amsterdam: Jansson-Waesberge 1689. 19,5 x 11,5 cm. With a framed portrait and a framed frontispiece. 5 leaves, XXXIV pp., 904 pp., 8 leaves, 32 pp., 54 leaves. Parchment with a title on the spine,
(Slightly dusty and showing signs of wear. Loose endpaper with a mounted clipping. Front hinge broken, affecting the portrait-side cover. Slightly stained on the front cover; page 655 has a tear; numerous marginal notes and underlinings in the text by a previous owner.)
Ter Meulen/Diermanse 585. — A masterpiece first published in 1625 that continues to form the basis of international law in contemporary legal scholarship. - “Grotius’s principle of an immutable law, which God can no more alter than a mathematical axiom, was the first expression of the ‘droit naturel,’ the natural law that preoccupied the great political theorists of the eighteenth century, and is the foundation of modern international law.” (Carter/Muir 125).
(Slightly dusty and showing signs of wear. Loose endpaper with a mounted clipping. Front hinge broken, affecting the portrait-side cover. Slightly stained on the front cover; page 655 has a tear; numerous marginal notes and underlinings in the text by a previous owner.)
Ter Meulen/Diermanse 585. — A masterpiece first published in 1625 that continues to form the basis of international law in contemporary legal scholarship. - “Grotius’s principle of an immutable law, which God can no more alter than a mathematical axiom, was the first expression of the ‘droit naturel,’ the natural law that preoccupied the great political theorists of the eighteenth century, and is the foundation of modern international law.” (Carter/Muir 125).