The unseen history of international law : a census bibliography of Hugo Grotius' De iure belli ac pacis (1625-1650 editions) / Mark Somos, Matthew Cleary, Pablo Dufour, Edward Jones Corredera and Emanuele Salerno.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Somos, Mark, author.

Cleary, Matthew, author.

Dufour, Pablo, author.

Jones Corredera, Edward, author.

Salerno, Emanuele, author.

Series:

History and theory of international law.

Oxford scholarship online.

The history and theory of international law

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grotius, Hugo, 1583-1645. De jure belli ac pacis libri tres--Bibliography.

Grotius, Hugo.

International law--Early works to 1800--Bibliography.

International law.

War (International law)--Early works to 1800--Bibliography.

War (International law).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2025]

Summary:

'The Unseen History of International Law' locates and describes almost one thousand surviving copies of the first nine editions of Hugo Grotius' De iure belli ac pacis, widely regarded as the foundational work of modern international law.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Preface

Acknowledgements

Editorial Note

Table of Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

1 General Introduction

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Outline

1.3 The Census Project

1.4 Methodology

1.5 By the Book, By the Numbers

1.6 On Page Numbers and Signatures

PART ONE Writing and Printing IBP

2 1625. States Examined and New Findings

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Grotius and the De Thous: Recovering, Storing, and Producing Knowledge

2.3 A Bibliographical Description of the 1625 IBP

2.4 On the Iconography of the 1625 IBP

3 1626. Pirated But Improved

3.1 Introduction

3.2 A Bibliographical Description of the 1626 IBP

4 1631. Large-Format and Long-Prepared

4.1 Introduction

4.2 A Bibliographical Description of the 1631 IBP

4.3 The Iconography and Readership of the 1631 IBP

4.4 A Note On Shorter and Longer Errata

5 1632. The Janssonius Piracy

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Monopolies at the Dawn of the Age of Advertising

5.3 A Bibliographical Description of the 1632 Janssonius IBP

6 1632. The Blaeu Reprisal

6.1 Introduction

6.2 A Bibliographical Description of the 1632 Blaeu IBP

7 1642. Annotata, Philemon and Posterity

7.1 Introduction

7.2 The Genesis of the 1642 IBP

7.3 A Bibliographical Description of the 1642 IBP

8 1646. The First Posthumous Edition

8.1 Introduction

8.2 A Bibliographical Description of the 1646 IBP

9 1647. Reissuing the 1631 Edition

9.1 Introduction

9.2 A Bibliographical Description of the 1647 IBP

10 1650. After Westphalia

10.1 Introduction

10.2 A Bibliographical Description of the 1650 IBP

PART TWO Owners and Readers of the IBP

11 Ownership Patterns of the 1625 IBP

11.1 Introduction

11.2 Religious Institutions

11.3 Clerics.

11.4 Jurists and Politicians

11.5 Other Professions

11.6 Presentation Strategies

11.7 The Catholic Reception of the 1625 IBP

11.8 Readers' Engagement: A Small Sample

12 Ownership Patterns of the 1626 IBP

12.1 Introduction

12.2 Jurists and Politicians

12.3 Religious Institutions and Ecclesiastical Officeholders

12.4 Other Professions

13 Ownership Patterns of the 1631 IBP

13.1 Introduction

13.2 Jurists and Politicians

13.3 Religious Institutions

13.3.1 The Jesuits

13.4 Churchmen

13.5 Scholars

13.5.1 Students

13.6 Catalogues

14 Ownership Patterns of the 1632 Janssonius IBP

14.1 Introduction

14.2 Jurists and Politicians

14.3 Physicians

14.4 Clerics

14.5 Scholars and Other Professions

14.6 Religious Institutions

15 Ownership Patterns of the 1632 Blaeu IBP

15.1 Introduction

15.2 Rival Editions

15.3 Ways of Owning and Reading Blaeu's 1632 IBP

15.4 Jurists and Politicians

15.5 Religious Institutions

15.6 Ecclesiastical Officeholders

15.7 Scholars

15.8 Other Professions: Playwright, Soldier, Investor, Collector

16 Ownership Patterns of the 1642 IBP

16.1 Introduction

16.2 Owners of the 1642 IBP

16.3 Jurists and Politicians

16.4 Churchmen

16.5 Religious Institutions

16.6 Scholars

16.7 Other Professions: Collector, Soldier, Physician

17 Ownership Patterns of the 1646 IBP

17.1 Introduction

17.2 Jurists and Politicians

17.3 Clerics

17.4 Religious Institutions

17.5 Scholars

17.6 Other Professions

18 Ownership Patterns of the 1647 IBP

18.1 Introduction

18.2 Owners of the 1647 IBP

19 Ownership Patterns of the 1650 IBP

19.1 Introduction

19.2 Jurists and Politicians

19.3 Churchmen

19.4 Religious Institutions

19.5 Scholars

19.6 A Note On Catalogues

20 Patterns in the 1625-1650 Editions.

20.1 Introduction

20.2 Which Edition Should the Reader Pick?

20.3 What Books Were Bound With IBP?

20.4 IBP as a Prize

20.5 Non-Legal Readings: Religion, Classics, Philosophy

20.6 The US Reception

21 IBP and Censorship

21.1 Introduction

21.2 A Case Study in Catholic Censorship: The Early Modern Iberian Reception of IBP

21.2.1 Grotius and Mid-Seventeenth-Century Iberian Politics: Enemy Or Arbiter of Peace?

21.2.2 Grotius, Censorship, and the Spanish Enlightenment

22 Testing the Census: The Case of Slavery

22.1 Introduction

22.2 Both Faces of Janus Speak: Grotius Redux

22.3 Grotius and Slavery: Spain and the United States

22.4 What Does the Census Tell Us?

22.5 Connecting Case Law and the Census

22.6 Conclusion

23 Conclusion

23.1 Introduction

23.2 Desiderata

PART THREE The Catalogue

24 The 1625 IBP Copies

24.1 Main Copies

24.1.1 Austria

24.1.2 Belgium

24.1.3 Denmark

24.1.4 Finland

24.1.5 France

24.1.6 Germany

24.1.7 Hungary

24.1.8 Ireland

24.1.9 Italy

24.1.10 Japan

24.1.11 The Netherlands

24.1.12 Poland

24.1.13 Slovenia

24.1.14 Spain

24.1.15 Sweden

24.1.16 Switzerland

24.1.17 United Kingdom

24.1.18 United States

24.2 Auctions and Sales

24.2.1 Austria

24.2.2 France

24.2.3 Germany

24.2.4 United Kingdom

24.3 Lost Or Missing

24.3.1 Lithuania

25 The 1626 IBP Copies

25.1 Main Copies

25.1.1 Austria

25.1.2 Czech Republic

25.1.3 Denmark

25.1.4 France

25.1.5 Germany

25.1.6 Hungary

25.1.7 Ireland

25.1.8 Italy

25.1.9 Japan

25.1.10 Latvia

25.1.11 Luxembourg

25.1.12 The Netherlands

25.1.13 Poland

25.1.14 Sweden

25.1.15 Switzerland

25.1.16 United Kingdom

25.1.17 United States

25.2 Auctions and Sales

25.2.1 The Netherlands

26 The 1631 IBP Copies.

26.1 Main Copies

26.1.1 Australia

26.1.2 Austria

26.1.3 Belgium

26.1.4 Canada

26.1.5 Czech Republic

26.1.6 Denmark

26.1.7 Estonia

26.1.8 France

26.1.9 Germany

26.1.10 Hungary

26.1.11 Ireland

26.1.12 Italy

26.1.13 Japan

26.1.14 The Netherlands

26.1.15 Peru

26.1.16 Poland

26.1.17 Romania

26.1.18 Russia

26.1.19 Slovakia

26.1.20 South Africa

26.1.21 Spain

26.1.22 Sweden

26.1.23 Switzerland

26.1.24 United Kingdom

26.1.25 United States

26.2 Private Collectors

26.2.1 Germany

26.3 Auctions and Sales

26.3.1 France

26.3.2 Germany

26.3.3 The Netherlands

26.3.4 United Kingdom

26.4 Lost or Missing

26.4.1 Germany

27 The 1632 Janssonius IBP Copies

27.1 Main Copies

27.1.1 Australia

27.1.2 Belgium

27.1.3 Finland

27.1.4 France

27.1.5 Germany

27.1.6 Hungary

27.1.7 Israel

27.1.8 Italy

27.1.9 Japan

27.1.10 The Netherlands

27.1.11 Norway

27.1.12 Poland

27.1.13 Romania

27.1.14 Russia

27.1.15 Sweden

27.1.16 Switzerland

27.1.17 United Kingdom

27.1.18 United States

27.2 Auctions and Sales

27.2.1 Spain

28 The 1632 Blaeu IBP Copies

28.1 Main Copies

28.1.1 Austria

28.1.2 Belgium

28.1.3 Canada

28.1.4 Czech Republic

28.1.5 Estonia

28.1.6 France

28.1.7 Germany

28.1.8 Ireland

28.1.10 Japan

28.1.11 The Netherlands

28.1.12 Poland

28.1.13 Romania

28.1.14 Russia

28.1.15 South Africa

28.1.16 Spain

28.1.17 Sweden

28.1.18 Switzerland

28.1.19 United Kingdom

28.1.20 United States

28.2 Auctions and Sales

28.2.1 Germany

28.2.2 United States

29 The 1642 IBP Copies

29.1 Main Copies

29.1.1 Austria

29.1.2 Belgium

29.1.3 Canada

29.1.4 Czech Republic

29.1.5 Denmark

29.1.6 France

29.1.7 Germany

29.1.8 Greece

29.1.9 Ireland.

29.1.10 Israel

29.1.11 Italy

29.1.12 Japan

29.1.13 The Netherlands

29.1.14 Poland

29.1.15 Romania

29.1.16 Slovakia

29.1.17 Spain

29.1.18 Sweden

29.1.19 Switzerland

29.1.20 United Kingdom

29.1.21 United States

29.2 Private Collectors

29.2.1 Germany

29.3 Auctions and Sales

29.3.1 France

29.3.2 Sweden

29.3.3 United States

30 The 1646 IBP Copies

30.1 Main Copies

30.1.1 Belgium

30.1.2 Canada

30.1.3 Czech Republic

30.1.4 Denmark

30.1.5 Estonia

30.1.6 Finland

30.1.7 France

30.1.8 Germany

30.1.9 Italy

30.1.10 Japan

30.1.11 Liechtenstein

30.1.12 Luxembourg

30.1.13 The Netherlands

30.1.14 Poland

30.1.15 Romania

30.1.16 Russia

30.1.17 Slovenia

30.1.18 Spain

30.1.19 Sweden

30.1.20 Switzerland

30.1.21 United Kingdom

30.1.22 United States

30.2 Private Collectors

30.2.1 Germany

30.2.2 United States

30.3 Auctions and Sales

30.3.1 United States

30.4 Lost Or Missing

30.4.1 Germany

31 The 1647 IBP Copies

31.1 Main Copies

31.1.1 Austria

31.1.2 France

31.1.3 Germany

31.1.4 Italy

31.1.5 Japan

31.1.6 The Netherlands

31.1.7 Poland

31.1.8 Russia

31.1.9 Switzerland

31.1.10 United Kingdom

31.1.11 United States

31.2 Auctions and Sales

31.2.1 United States

31.3 Lost Or Missing

31.3.1 United States

32 The 1650 IBP Copies

32.1 Main Copies

32.1.1 Austria

32.1.2 Belgium

32.1.3 Czech Republic

32.1.4 Denmark

32.1.5 Estonia

32.1.6 France

32.1.7 Germany

32.1.8 Hungary

32.1.9 Italy

32.1.10 Japan

32.1.11 Luxembourg

32.1.12 The Netherlands

32.1.13 Norway

32.1.14 Poland

32.1.15 Romania

32.1.16 Russia

32.1.17 Slovenia

32.1.18 Spain

32.1.19 Sweden

32.1.20 United Kingdom

32.1.21 United States

32.2 Private Collectors.

32.2.1 Germany.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on April 15, 2025).

ISBN:

0-19-895209-0

0-19-895207-4

OCLC:

1514949665