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The law of nature and nations, or, A general system of the most important principles of morality, jurisprudence, and politics : in eight books
De jure naturae et gentium. English
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- written in Latin by the Baron Pufendorf, Counsellor of State to his late Swedish Majesty, and the late King of Prussia ; done into English by Basil Kennet, D.D. sometime President of Corpus Christi College in Oxford : to which is prefix'd, M. Barbeyrac's prefatory discourse, containing An Historical and Critical Account of the Science of Morality, and the Progress it has made in the World, from the earliest times down to the Publication of this Work. Done into English by Mr. Carew, of Lincoln's-Inn. To which are now added, all the large notes of M. Barbeyrac, translated from his fourth and last edition: together with large tables to the Whole
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- 5th ed., carefully corr
- London : Printed for J. and J. Bonwicke, R. Ware, J. and P. Knapton, S. Birt, T. Longman, R. Hett, C. Hitch, T. Osborne, J. Hodges, S. Austen, E. Wicksteed, E. Comyns, T. Waller, J. and J. Rivington, J. Ward, and M. Cooper, [1749]
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- 1 online resource ([8], 75, [13], 528, 521-528, 529-883, [23] pages)
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- ocn820919348
- Translator's dedication signed: J. Barrow; publisher's preface, erroneously attributed to "the translator of the text", names two other translators as Rev. Percivale and Rev. Itchiner.
- The prefatory discourse, 'An historical and critical account of the science of morality, &c.', has separate pagination and register.
- Duplicate pp. 521-528 enclosed in square brackets.
- With two indexes.
- Reproduction of the original from the George Washington University Law Library.