Hugo. De iure belli ac pacis libri tres, cum annotationibus selectis Ioann. Frid. Gronovii, & auctoribus Ioannes Barbeyracii. Accedit H. Grotii dissertation de mari libero; et libellus singularis de a

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GROTIUS, Hugo. De iure belli ac pacis libri tres, cum annotationibus selectis Ioann. Frid. Gronovii, auctoribus Ioannes Barbeyracii. Accedit H. Grotii dissertation de mari libero; et libellus singularis de aequitate, indulgentia, facilitate. Edidit atqua praefatus est Meinardy Tydeman. Utrecht: Jan Schonhooven. 1773. Large 8vo. Contemporary Dutch vellum over boards, covers with civic arms of Gorinchem to centres and borders roll-tooled in gilt, gilt floral corner-pieces, flat spine gilt in compartments with gilt ornaments and title in ink, edges sprayed in red and green, wanting silk ties; pp. xlii, [3], xxxvii, 1043, 43, [33], engraved portrait and additional engraved title page by Willem de Broen (c. 1686-1748), occasional Greek printing, woodcut ornament to title, woodcut initials; binding with light wear to upper corners, minimally rubbed, front free endpaper neatly excised; apart from very occasional light spotting to text, a very clean and attractively bound copy. An elegant edition, bound in a charming Dutch school prize armorial binding. First published in 1625, Grotius's De jure belli ac pacis ( On the Law of War and Peace ) is a milestone in the history of international and conflict law ("the foundation of modern international law" [ PMM 125]). "In this work, Grotius lays out his doctrine of natural law as the basis for the justifiable war. For a long period, De jure belli ac pacis was granted such high significance that its author was regarded as the 'father of int

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