J. 157
Selden’s Mare clausum.
fol.
1815 Catalogue, page 61. no. 48, as above.
SELDEN,
John.
Mare Clausum; The Right and Dominion of the Sea in two Books . . . Written at first in
Latin by that late famous and learned Antiquary John Selden, Esquire. Formerly translated into
English [by Marchant Nedham], and now perfected and restored by J. H. Gent . . . [Additional Evidences concerning the Right of Soveraignty and Dominion of the Kings of Great Brittain in the Sea .
. .--Dominivm Maris; The Dominion of the Sea. Expressing the Title which the Venetians pretend unto the sole Dominion, and
absolute Soveraignty of the Adriatick Sea, commonly called The Gulf of Venice . . . Translated out of
Italian . . .]
London: Printed for
Andrew Kembe and
Edward Thomas,
1663.
JX4423 .S4
Folio. 3 parts in 1, with separate title-pages, together 258 leaves, engraved maps and woodcut illustrations in the text,
the Appendix with separate pagination.
Lowndes IV, 2388.
Hazlitt III, 228.
This edition not in Marvin and not in Sweet & Maxwell.
STC S2431.
Rebound in half roan by the Library of Congress in 1901. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T.
Marchament Nedham (
or
Needham), 1620-1678, English journalist, first published his translation of
Mare Clausum in 1652.
James Howell, 1594?-1666, Welsh author, re-edited Nedham’s translation, and restored the original dedication to the King, suppressed by
the Cromwellian Nedham.
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158
S’il est permis d’arreter un Ambassadeur.
[brochure
]
4
to.
1815 Catalogue, page 61. no. 42, as above, with the reading
pamphlet.
S’il est permis, de faire arreter un Ambassadeur, qui passe sans Passeport par les Etats de celui, avec qui son Maitre est
en Guerre.
mdccxxxxv
. [Without name of place or printer, 1745.]
JX1655 .S5
4to. 16 leaves: A-D
4, woodcut ornament on the title and at the end.
Jefferson ordered a copy on March 23, 1788, from vol. 2, page 223, in a catalogue sent by
Van Damme of Amsterdam.
Entered with the date, 1745, and without price, on the undated manuscript catalogue.
[1422]
J. 159
El Embaxador por D. J. A. de Vera i Cuniga.
p 4
to.
1815 Catalogue, page 60. no. 26, as above.
VERA FIGUEROA
y ZÚÑIGA, Juan Antonio, conde de la roca.
El Enbaxador por Don Ivan Antonio de Verai Cvniga com(
~e)dador de la Barra en la ord(
~e) de S. Tiago. Señor de las Villas D Sierra Brava IS. Lorenco. A Don Filipe III. N. S. Glorioso Monarca de España Enperador
de las Indias.
En
Seuilla: por
Francisco de lyra Año
1620.
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