Mar 07, 2019 - Sale 2501

Sale 2501 - Lot 144

Unsold
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
GROTIUS, HUGO. Le Droit de la Guerre et de la Paix. French translation by Antoine de Courtin. [52], 621, [3]; [4], 304, 197, [3] pages, including engraved allegorical additional title and portrait of the translator. 2 volumes. 4to, 252x188 mm, contemporary sprinkled sheep, crudely rebacked with paper tape; occasional marginal foxing or toning, scattered ink spots, some gatherings browned, dampstain in lower outer corners toward end of Volume 1. Armorial bookplates of Lady Robert Manners. Paris: (Laurent Rondet for) Arnould Seneuze, 1687

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first edition in french. Printing and the Mind of Man 125 (1625 original edition in Latin, "the foundation of modern international law").