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De Jure Belli ac Pacis, Libri Tres (Latin) by Hugo Grotius
Amsterdam: Janssoniow Waesbergios, 1720
8vo, xl + 483pp. Original full leather hardcover binding, with gilt lettering to spine, and 5 raised bands. With frontispiece of author, and engraving of Lady Justice at front.
De iure belli ac pacis (English: On the Law of War and Peace) written by Hugo Grotius and originally published in Paris in 1625, on the legal status of war. It is now regarded as a foundational work in international law.
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