Of The Law Of Nature and Nations. Eight Books... Translated into English... The Second Edition carefully Corrected and Compared with Mr. Barbeyracs French translation...

Oxford:: Printed by L. Lichfield for A. and J. Churchil, R. Sare, R. Bonwicke, W. Freeman, T. Goodwyn, M. Wotton, J. Walthoe, S. Manship, J. Nicholson, R. Parker, B. Tooke and R. Smith., MDCCX. [1710].. Second edition. Corrected. Scarce.. Folio.. Basil Kennett, trans. [a2], b-f2. A-4X4, 4Y2, a-e2, [1]p. Modern antique fine binding Cambridge style blind rules and floral design to boards floral gilt design to spine with gilt rules and title label. Title page with a couple tiny repaired holes at outer margin no affect and unnoticeable . Some light damp stains to first several leaves outer margin and some at last several leaves of book. 2K2 with very small hole to outer lower margin repaired no affect. Lacks first blank. New endpapers. Overall a clean copy. Scarce second edition corrected. At time of description we locate no other copies of this edition for sale via RBH. Priced to go. ÒOf the Law of Nature and Nations, originally published in 1672 as De Jure Naturae et Gentium Libri Octo, proposed a system of private, public, and international law based on natural law. It was written by Baron Samuel von Pufendorf (1632 Ð 1694), a German political philosopher, statesman, and historian.The son of a Saxon clergyman, he had originally intended to pursue a career in the church, but after studying theology at the University of Leipzig his interests shifted to politics, law, and philosophy. In 1658 Pufendorf became a tutor to a minister to King Charles X of Sweden, and three years later he was granted a chair at the University of Heidelberg for the law of nature and nations, the first of its kind in the world. Two years after accepting an offer from the King of Sweden to teach at the University of Lund, Pufendorf published this book. Pufendorf was highly critical of those who abused power, whether they did so through the state or the church, and he proposed that international law should not be restricted to Christendom and instead respect the rights of all men. It was highly influential, not only in Germany, where it is said to have contributed to the Enlightenment during the eighteenth century, but throughout Europe and eventually in the United States. PufendorfÕs grounding of political concepts in natural law made him a person of interest to future American leaders such as Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton.Ó [- W&M Law Library]. ESTC: T14114.