GROTIUS (Hugo). Hugo Grotius de mari libero et P. Merula de - Lot 179

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GROTIUS (Hugo). Hugo Grotius de mari libero et P. Merula de - Lot 179
GROTIUS (Hugo). Hugo Grotius de mari libero et P. Merula de maribus. Lugd. Batavorum [Leiden], ex Officina Elzeviriana, 1633. In-24 of [14], 267 pp. Engraved title. Ivory vellum, title in ink on spine, visible stitching, brick edges (contemporary binding). GROTIUS' famous treaty on the freedom of the seas, published in 1609 at the request of the Dutch East India Company to provide a legal basis for Dutch maritime trade in the context of peace negotiations with Spain. This volume also includes a number of related treatises: Dissertatio de maribus by Paul MERULA, Apologia pro navigationibus Hollandorum, adversus Pontum Heuterum by Marcus Zuerius BOXHORN and Tractatus pacis, mutui commercii, sive intercursus mercium, conclusus Londini anno de 1495. Brunet, II, 1765; Willems, 385. A good copy.
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