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PUFENDORF, Samuel (1632-94). Of the Law of Nature and Nations. Eight books. Translated by Basil Kennett Oxford: L. Lichfield for A. and J. Churchil [and others], 1703.
2o (327 x 204 mm). Contemporary English panelled calf (rebacked). Provenance: ownership inscription (dated 1725) removed from front pastedown.
FIRST COMPLETE EDITION IN ENGLISH of Pufendorf's most important work De jure naturae et gentium libri octo... first published in Lund in 1672 where Pufendorf held the chair in Natural Law, before he moved to to Berlin in 1688 to become historiographer to the elector of Brandenburg.
2o (327 x 204 mm). Contemporary English panelled calf (rebacked). Provenance: ownership inscription (dated 1725) removed from front pastedown.
FIRST COMPLETE EDITION IN ENGLISH of Pufendorf's most important work De jure naturae et gentium libri octo... first published in Lund in 1672 where Pufendorf held the chair in Natural Law, before he moved to to Berlin in 1688 to become historiographer to the elector of Brandenburg.