Buy THE LAW OF NATIONS OR PRINCIPLES OF NATURAL LAW. EMER DE VATTEL.

- The books are not illustrated. The Law of Nations was considered to be an authentic manual of diplomacy. Some precepts of the work justify the European invasion of other territories, based on the natural law which obliged man to cultivate the land and at the same time allowed the use of other people's land when his own was not sufficient.
Parts of Contents:
- Four volumes. Copies in Spanish, with the complete text.
- All four volumes with water paper covers. Two respect leaves in the first and second volumes, and without respect leaves in the other two volumes. Title page. Proverb. Compendium. Translator's warning. Chapters. 1-2 and 3 with Index. Fourth volume has table and errata. Respect sheets.
Book Description:
- Sewn bindings of very good execution, with guillotined cuts, from the First Half of the 19th Century.
- Luxury parchment binding in the first two volumes. The third and fourth volumes are in Spanish paperback.
- The text in single-colour printing in black, very good ink, with good stamping, well centred and with good margins.
- Book printed on tan paper, of medium thickness and good quality.
- Covers in parchment, with browned paper. And covers in Spanish pulp with paper a little browned.
- Stamping on the spine, in all four volumes.