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Of the law of nature and nations : Eight books

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Author
Pufendorf, Samuel,
Edition
The fourth edition, carefully corrected.
Date of Publication
MDCCXXIX [1729]
Call Number
Book 82 1729
Responsibility
written in Latin by the Baron Pufendorf, counsellor of State to his late Swedish majesty, and to the late King of Prussia. Done into English by Basil Kennett, D.D. late president of Corpus Christi College in Oxford. To which are added all the large notes of Mr. Barbeyrac, translated from the best edition ; together with large tables to the whole.
Author
Pufendorf, Samuel,
Uniform Title
De jure naturæ et gentium.
Edition
The fourth edition, carefully corrected.
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for J. Walthoe, R. Wilkin, J. and J. Bonwicke, S. Birt, T. Ward, and T. Osborne,
Date of Publication
MDCCXXIX [1729]
Physical Description
28 unnumbered pages, 39, 44-88 pages, 316, 321-480, 477-878, 22 unnumbered pages ; 36 cm
Notes
Page numbers 40-43 omitted in second group of paging; numbers 317-320 omitted and 477-480 duplicated in third group. Text and register continuous despite pagination.
Text chiefly in two columns.
"An historical and critical account of the science of morality" has separate title page ("Osborne" here spelled "Osborn"), pagination and register.
Publisher’s preface (see unnumbered page 4 at beginning) names two other translators as the Reverend Mr. Percivale (translated Book V) and the Reverend Mr. Itchiner (translated Book VIII).
An ornament used (unnumbered page 22 at end) is signed: "Imprim Sam Aris".
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Additional signature "Jasper Yeates Coll. Philad: 1760.
Hand written on back of front cover: "1L, 1s, 0p.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
English short title catalogue,
Subjects
Natural law - Early works to 1800.
International law - Early works to 1800.
Ethics - Early works to 1800.
Additional Author
Kennett, Basil,
Barbeyrac, Jean,
Carew, George,
Percivale, William,
Walthoe, John,
Wilkin, Richard,
Birt, Samuel,
Ward, Thomas
Osborne, Thomas,
Aris, Sam.
Yeates, Jasper,
Additional Corporate Author
J. and J. Bonwicke,
Place
England London.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 82 1729
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