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Standard work on Dutch maritime law

GLINS, Taco van.
Aenmerckingen ende bedenckingen over de zee-rechten, uyt het placcaet van koninck Philips uytgegeven den lesten octobris 1563.
Amsterdam, Hendrick Harmensz, 1695. 4to. 18th-century sprinkled half sheepskin. [8], 1-138, [4], "139", [1 blank] pp.
€ 1,500
Second edition of a widely-read commentary on Philip II of Spains maritime laws of 1593, written by Taco van Glins (1619-1673), professor of Law at the University of Franeker (Friesland). First published in 1665, it "remained the standard work on the Dutch maritime law for a long time" ("Bleef langen tijd het standaardwerk over het Nederlandsche zeerecht", NNBW). It gives extensive commentary on all the articles from the laws of Philip II of Spain, concerning the equipment of ships, the rights of sailors and merchants, and insurances.
With a bookplate on paste-down and a manuscript note on the title-page. Quire 2* misbound. Last few leaves closely trimmed at the head. Binding rubbed along the extremities, especially along the spine. Cat. NHSM, p. 945; Dekkers, p. 63; Kress 1892; STCN 843570245; for the author: NNBW III, cols. 470-471.
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