Apr 14, 2003 - Sale 1968

Sale 1968 - Lot 106

Price Realized: $ 402
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
SELDEN, JOHN. De jure naturali et gentium, juxta disciplinam Ebraeorum, libri septem. 7 folding engraved plates comprising plan, 5 elevations, and interior of the Temple of Solomon. Extensive use of Hebrew, Arabic, and Greek types. [44], 892, [27] pages, including engraved additional title and errata leaf at end. 4to, contemporary vellum, turn-ins sprung. Strassburg: Joh. Andr. Endter & heirs of Wolfgang Junior, 1665

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First published in 1640, a treatise in which Selden derived the bases of natural and international law from rabbinic teachings.