Hugo de Groots Nederlandtsche jaerboeken en historien, sedert het jaer MDLV tot het jaer MDCLX; met de belegering der stadt Grol en den aenkleven des jaers MDCXXVII: als ook het tractaet van de Batavische nu Hollandtsche republyk en de vrye zeevaert, met aenteeckeningen: voorts met het leven des schrijvers, twee volkomen registers, en veele koopere platen verciert by Grotius, Hugo - 1681

Amsterdam: Weduwe van Joannes van Someren, 1681. Hardcover. Very good condition. A folio volume with stunning 17th century copper engravings, very strong impressions, of the Netherlands' Eighty Years War, the war of independence from Spain, as well as many engraved portraits. LACKING 2 plates, 'Walvisch gestrant by Schevelingen', Pl. XXXII, (p326) and 'Spinolaes Galeyen overseylt', Pl. XXXIX, (p445).Illustrated with full page battle scenes, and many portraits, including Hugo de Groot, Margareta van Toledo, Ferdinand Alvarez van Toledo, Don Louis de Requesens, Matthias Aert-Hertogh van Oostenrijk, Alexander Farnese, Francois Hertogh van Anjou, Wilhelm Prins van Oranje, Philips, Grave van Hohenlo, Philips van Marnix, Robbert Dudley, Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Ernestus Aerts-Hertogh van Oostenrijk, Philips de Twede Koning van Spanjen, Albertus Aerts Hertogh van Oostenrijk, Isabella Clara Eugenia, Maurits Prins van Oranje, Ambrosius Spinola, Frederik Hendrik Prins van Oranje, and Hendrik, Grave van den Berge. Hugo Grotius (1583 - 1645) Dutch jurist, philosopher and theologian, made numerous contributions to general legal theory and international law in particular. Early in his career he was an expert in maritime law; he is recognized as one of the founders of international law. His major works are 'De Jure Belli ac Pacis (1625; On the Law of War and Peace) and 'Mare Liberum'.Folio, frontispiece, [46], 591, [79], 19, [4], 74pp. Contemporary mottled brown calf, spine with 6 raised bands and gilt embellished compartments. Contemporary numbered paper label at spine. Boards and spine rubbed, spine slightly chipped at base. Title label a bit worn, title a bit faded. Exterior hinge of front board a bit tender, a bit cracked along spine but holding firmly. All the plates in exceptionally good condition; Plate XLII slightly ruffled at foredge where it protrudes slightly from the volume. OCLC: 64816337.