Beschreibung:

Law] - PUFENDORF, Samuel von - Le droit de la nature & des gens ou Système général des principes les plus importans de la morale, de la jurisprudence, & de la politique. Traduit du latin par Jean Barbeyrac (...). Nouvelle édition (...). Leiden, Wetstein, 1759, 2 vol., 4to, cont. blindstamped and blindruled vellum (sl. soiled, warping covers), spines on 6 raised bands, [1-1 bl.]-cxxi-[3]-680, [6]-613-[1]-[36]-[52]-[1] pp. (some browning at end of vol. I, offsetting on flyleaves). Good copy.
Later ed. of this French translation by Barbeyrac of the Latin ed. "De jure naturae et gentium", the most important work of the German historian S. von Pufendorf (1632-1694), one of the principal founders of public right. Engr. ills : allegorical frontisp., vign. on titles and portraits of Pufendorf and Barbeyracius. Titles in red and black. Index and errata in fine. Ref. STCN. COPAC.