Grotius, Hugo

De jure praedae Commentarius

The Hague: Apud Martinum Nijhoff, 1868. 1st Printed Edition. Item #042928

Ex auctoris codice descripsit et vulgavit H. G. Hamaker. xvi, 359p., 3/4 pebbled cloth with marbled boards, very light foxing on the outer few leaves but o/w bright paper throughout, lightly scattered neat scholarly marginalia of a former private Dutch owner. Grotius' manuscript text appeared in 1604, but this is the first printed edition of his early legal work on war booty.

Price: $150.00