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Identifier
K 1150 .S45 1663
Creation Date
1663
Description
Selden, John. Mare Clausum; The Right and Dominion of the Sea in Two Books. London: Printed for Andrew Kembe and Edward Thomas, 1663.
A decidedly partisan view of maritime dominion, Mare Clausum was originally composed in 1618, but the monarchy delayed its publication until 1635. By that time, John Selden (1584–1654) had incorporated a response to the 1625 publication of De Jure Belli ac Pacis by Hugo Grotius (1582–1645). Expressing the prevailing English claim to dominion over an extensive portion of the sea, the work displays Selden's voluminous knowledge and his skill in international law. His ability to fortify his arguments with substantial documentation from primary sources belies his roots as a common lawyer.
This copy, the second English edition, includes extensive notes by Thomas Freke (c.1638–1701), a Dorset politician who voted for the Exclusion Bill to remove James, Duke of York from the line of succession.
Bookplate of Colonel Barrington Price (1758–1839), front pastedown of John Selden's Mare Clausum, 1663, available as an additional file below.
Bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst, first front free endpaper of John Selden's Mare Clausum, 1663, available as an additional file below.
Frontispiece, John Selden, Mare Clausum, 1663, available as an additional file below.
Verso of title page, John Selden, Mare Clausum, 1663, available as an additional file below.
Map of Anglia, page 366, John Selden, Mare Clausum, 1663, available as an additional file below.
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Bookplate, Colonel Barrington Price
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Bookplate, Robert J. Hayhurst
selden_mareclausum_1663_frontispiece.jpg (4013 kB)
Frontispiece, Mare Clausum
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Title page verso, Mare Clausum
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Map of Anglia (p.366), Mare Clausum