SELDEN, J. Mare clausum, sev De dominio maris libri duo. Lond., W. Stanesbei & R. Meighen (= Leiden, Elsevier), 1636. (22), 567 pp. W. 2 woodcuts & 2 fold. engr. maps. 12°. Cont. vellum w. overl. sides. (Tightly bound, clean, endpapers replaced, a very nice copy of this important work).
Selden argued, 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. - Willems 449.€ 400