Mare clausum : the right and dominion of the sea in two books - ECU Libraries Catalog

Mare clausum : the right and dominion of the sea in two books / written at first in Latin by that late famous and learned antiquary John Selden, Esquire ; formerly translated into English, and now perfected and restored by J.H. [i.e., James Howell].

Author/creator	Selden, John, 1584-1654
Other author/creator	Howell, James, 1594?-1666.
Other author/creator	Nedham, Marchamont, 1620-1678.
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	London : Printed for A. Kembe and E. Thomas, 1663.
Description	[30], 176, 179-274, 279-470, 473-472, 485-500, 37 p. : ill., map ; 29 cm.
Supplemental Content	Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Subject(s)	Maritime law--Early works to 1800. Freedom of the seas--Early works to 1800. Great Britain--Commercial policy --History --17th century. Venice (Italy)--Commercial policy --History --17th century. Venice (Italy)--Foreign relations.

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Uniform title	Mare clausum. English
Series	Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926 Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED
Local note	Maritime; Finance.
Local note	2011AD55400.
Local note	Maritime; Finance.
Local note	2011AD55400.
General note	"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 propriety 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."
General note	English translation from the Latin language of "Mare clausum."
General note	The English translation, by Marchamont Nedham, was first published as: Of the dominion or ownership of the sea. 1652.
General note	Title page printed in red and black.
General note	First leaf contains Royal arms on verso.
General note	With license-to-print leaf after dedication.
General note	"Additional evidences concerning the right of soveraignty and dominion of the kings of Great Britain in the sea" (p. [461]-500), and "Dominium maris, or, The dominion of the sea" (37 p. at end) have separate dated title pages.
General note	Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
General note	Sabin no. 78974.
Reproduction note	Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, a part of Cengage Learning, 2012. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Other title	Additional evidences concerning the right of soveraignty and dominion of the kings of Great Britain in the sea.
Other title	Dominium maris.
Other title	Dominion of the sea.

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