First Edition of this translation. 2 vol. 8vo. 228 and 220 leaves collating in fours (in vol. I, sig. K is repeated), the last
leaf in vol. II with the errata list.
This edition not in Sweet & Maxwell.
Dexter, 1788, page 607.
Bound, probably for Jefferson, in marbled calf, gilt ornamental borders, backs worn, repaired at joints with the original
backstrips preserved, marbled endpapers, mottled edges. Initialled in both volumes at sig. I and T by Jefferson, who has also
written the name of the translator on the title-page:
by W
m. Johnson of N. York
.
Dominico Alberto Azuni, 1749-1827, Italian lawyer. His original edition of this work was published in Florence in 1795.
William Johnson, 1769-1848, law reporter, was born in Middletown, Connecticut. In 1806 he was appointed reporter for the Court of Errors,
and for the Supreme Court in New York.
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J. 6
a Treatise on the dominion of the sea.
4
to.
1815 Catalogue, page 85. no. 16, A Treatise on the dominion of the Sea, and a body of the Sea Laws, Antient and Modern, 4to.
[JUSTICE,
Alexander.]
A General treatise of the dominion of the sea: and a compleat body of the sea-laws . . . To which is subjoin’d, An appendix
concerning the present state and regulations of the Admiralty and Navy. The
third edition, with large additions, and improvements. And a new appendix . . .
London: Printed for the executors of
J. Nicholson;
J. and B. Sprint; and
R. Smith, n.d. [?
1710].
Law 265
4to. 388 leaves collating in fours, the last alphabet (54 leaves) for the Appendix with separate pagination, folded chart
of the flags of nations at sea, woodcut flag in the text; publishers’ advertisements in the imprint.
Halkett and Laing II, 363.
This edition not in Marvin.
Sweet & Maxwell I, 326, 32.
Calf, back gone. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T; a long manuscript note at the beginning is not by Jefferson.
The first edition was published in 1705.
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J. 7
La Mer libre et la mer fermée, analyse de Grotius & de Selden par Champagne.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 85. no. 5, as above.
CHAMPAGNE,
Jean François.
La mer libre, la mer fermée, ou exposition et analyse due Traité de Grotius, intitulé La Mer libre, et de la réplique de Selden,
ayant pour titre, La Mer fermée, dans laquelle l’auteur s’efforce d’établir le droit légitime de l’Angleterre à la domination
exclusive des mers. Par J. F. Champagne, D. D. P. F.
A
Paris: chez
Moutardier, et chez
Desenne, An
XI--
1803.
JX4423 .C5
First Edition. 8vo. 45 leaves, collating in eights.
Quérard II, 121.
Camus 161.
Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, gilt ornaments on the back, silk bookmarks by John March, repaired with later marbled endpapers.
Some leaves foxed. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
Purchased from
Roche frères Philadelphia, in June, 1805, price, broché,
50 cents. March’s bill for the binding was presented on September 30 of the same year, price 87½ cents.
Jefferson owned a copy of Grotius’s book, purchased from Van Damme of Amsterdam in 1788. It was not sold to Congress in 1815.
For Selden’s work see no. 1420 and 1421.
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