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GROTIUS, HUGO. The Rights of War and Peace . . . Wherein are explained, The Law of Nature and Nations . . . To which are added, All the large Notes of Mr. J. Barbeyrac. [4], xxxvi, 817 pages, including half-title. Folio, 385x237 mm, modern 1/4 calf with morocco lettering piece; light dampwrinkling in upper and lower margins throughout, dampstain in lower outer corner of opening leaves with minor crude restoration on the first 3, pages 349-52 severely browned, marginalia on page 721. wide-margined copy. London: W. Innys et al., 1738
First published in 1625 in Latin, "the first attempt to lay down a principle of right, and a basis for society and government, outside Church or Scripture"--Printing and the Mind of Man 125 (original edition).
