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Title
The most excellent Hugo Grotius, his three books treating of the rights of war & peace : in the first is handled, whether any war is just : in the second is shewed, the causes of war, both just and unjust : in the third is declared, what in war is lawful, that is, unpunishable : with the annotations digested into the body of every chapter / translated into English by William Evats.
Call Number
Oversize Lapidus 5.2400q
Oversize PITN 014.41.1682q
Identifier
ark:/88435/dc0g354r65r
Publisher
London : printed by M[argaret]. W[hite]. for Thomas Basset at the George in Fleetstreet, and Ralph Smith at the Bible under the Piazza of the Royal Exchange in Cornhill, 1682.
Language
English
Date Created
1682
Extent
[4], xxi, [5], 220, 361-572, [32] p., [1] leaf of plates ; 32 cm. (2⁰).
Provenance
Princeton copy 1 Lapidus copy: signed on title page 'E. B. Marsh.'
Source Acquisition
Princeton copy 1 Gift; Sidney Lapidus, Princeton Class of 1959, 2021.
References
ESTC R8527
Wing G2126
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
A translation, by William Evats, of: De jure belli et pacis.
Added, engraved t.p.: .The Most Excell[en]t Hugo Grotius Of the rights of peace & warr ...' signed: T. Cross Senior sculpsit.
Nos. 221-360 omitted in paging.
Printer's name from Wing.
With additional title page, engraved, with title "The most excellt: Hugo Grotius Of the rights of peace & warr ...", signed: T. Cross Senior sculpsit.
Binding Note
Princeton copy 1 Lapidus copy: Recent full calf.

Discovery Information

Subject
International law—Early works to 1800
War (International law)—Early works to 1800
Engravings

Physical Characteristics

File Count
505

Institutional Information

Collection
The Sid Lapidus '59 Collection on Liberty and the American Revolution
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/de20c2f7-c49e-4f98-a872-3f9655196307/manifest