Live auction - Lot 851
[Law]
De jure belli ac pacis libri tres [...].
Amsterdam, J. van Waesberge, 1720
€ 200 / 300
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Lot description
8vo: [26]-xxxv-[5]-936-43-[83] pp. (some damp stains, mainly marg.).
Contemp. vellum, flat spine.
One of the two Amsterdam editions in 1720 (1st 1625), corrected and annotated by J. Barbeyrac, on international law by the Dutch philosopher Grotius (1583-1645). Ill. with an engr. portrait and engr. title. Title in red & black.
Ref. STCN. - Ter Meulen/Diermanse 602.
Prov. "In Amicitiae Tesseram / L.D. / Laurentius Kemper [...] 1758" (ms. entry on front flyleaf).