Hugonis Grotii De jure belli ac pacis libri tres, in quibus jus naturæ & gentium, item juris publici præcipua explicantur. Cum annotatis auctoris, ejusdemque Dissertatione de mari libero; ac libello singulari de æquitate, indulgentia, & facilitate, nec non Joann. Frid. Gronovii ... notis in totum opus ...
Hugo Grotius (1583-1645)
Category
Books
Date
1720
Materials
Collection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 3205055
Summary
Bibliographic description
[26],xxxv,[5],496; [1],p.497,497-936,43,[85]p., [2] leaves of plates : port. ; 8vo. Provenance: eighteenth-century armorial bookplate, bordered, with putti, and motto: Nil Desperandum, Yates, sculp. Thomas Anson Esqr. Shugborough. [i.e. Thomas Anson, of Shugbrough (1695-1773)]; pasted over eighteenth-century early armorial bookplate of Richard Banner [Banner (b. 1696) of Little Aston Hall, sold library to Thomas Anson in about 1745]. Binding: eighteenth-century sprinkled calf; double gold fillet border; gold ruled spines.
Makers and roles
Hugo Grotius (1583-1645), author Joannes Fredericus Gronovius (1611-1671), editor Jean Barbeyrac (1674-1744).