Of the Dominion, Or, Ownership of the Sea


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Hardcover reprint of the original 1652 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9. No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. For quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: Selden, John. of The Dominion, Or, Ownership of The Sea Two Books. In The First Is Shew'D, That The Sea, By The Lavv of Nature, Or Nations, Is Not Common To All Men, But Capable of Private Dominion Or Proprietie, As Well As The Land. In The Second Is Proved, That The Dominion of The British Sea, Or That Which Incompasseth The Isle of Great Britain, Is, And Ever Hath Been, A Part Or Appendant of The Empire of That Island. Written At First In Latin, And Entituled, Mare Clausum Seu, De Dominio Maris, By John Selden Translated Into English; And Set Forth With Som Additional Evidences And Discourses. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: Selden, John. of The Dominion, Or, Ownership of The Sea Two Books. In The First Is Shew'D, That The Sea, By The Lavv of Nature, Or Nations, Is Not Common To All Men, But Capable of Private Dominion Or Proprietie, As Well As The Land. In The Second Is Proved, That The Dominion of The British Sea, Or That Which Incompasseth The Isle of Great Britain, Is, And Ever Hath Been, A Part Or Appendant of The Empire of That Island. Written At First In Latin, And Entituled, Mare Clausum Seu, De Dominio Maris, By John Selden Translated Into English; And Set Forth With Som Additional Evidences And Discourses, . London, Printed By William Du-Gard, 1652. Subject: Maritime law

























Mare clausum; the right and dominion of the sea in two books. In the first the sea is proved by the law of nature and nations, not to be common to all men, but to be susceptible of private dominion and propierty as well as the land. In the second, it is asserted that the most serene King of Great Britain is the lord and proprietor of the circumfluent and surrounding sea, as an inseparable and perpetual appendix of the British empire. Written at first in Latin by that late famous and learned antiquary John Selden. Formerly translated into English, and now perfected and restored by J.H. [i.e. James Howell]


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