Lot 1121
1121
SELDEN, J. Mare clausum, sev De dominio maris libri duo. Leiden, Maire, 1636. (7), 244 pp. W. 2 woodcuts & 2 engr. maps (1 fold.). Sm-4º. Cont. limp vellum. (Some smudging, yellowing & foxing, but a good, sound copy of the rare Leiden 4º edition).
Very important work on maritime Law, arguing, against Hugo Grotius, that the sea could be claimed as property and that, in fact, a great part of it already had by various European rulers over the centuries. - Breugelmans, Fac & Spera, 388-389.€ 400
result € 300
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