Puffendorf baron samuel (4 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 3rd Edition, Corrected. Condition is good minus. Ex-library copy with label removed from spine and ink stamp on title page. Newer cloth library binding (not buckram). Gift book plate on front endpaper. Spine and adjacent edges have spatters of staining. Pages are lightly browned.…

2 volumes. First edition. With a fold-out table in volume one. 8vo, full contemporary polished calf ruled in gilt, the spine with raised bands ruled and tooled in gilt and with tan morocco lettering labels in gilt. xiv, 412; 382 [index] pp. A very handsome set, beautifully bound at the time and in especially pleasing condition, minor evidence of age or use. FIRST EDITION in English of Martiniere's continuation to 1743, translated from the French by Joseph Sayer. Pufendorf (1632-1694), the important German jurist, was appointed historiographer-royal of Stockholm in 1677. "At once philosopher, lawyer, economist, historian and statesman.his influence was considerable, and he has left a profound impression on thought, and not on that of Germany alone." Lowndes IV, 2006. Ennobled in 1694; he was made a baron by Charles XI of Sweden a few months before his death at age 62. Among his achievements are his commentaries and revisions of the natural law theories of Thomas Hobbes and Hugo Grotius. His political concepts are part of the cultural background of the American Revolution. Pufendorf is seen as an important precursor of the German Enlightenment. He was involved in constant quarrels with clerical circles and frequently had to defend himself against accusations of heresy, despite holding largely traditional Christian views on matters of dogma and doctrine. John Locke, David Hume, Edward Gibbon, Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Denis Diderot all recommended Pufendorf's inclusion in law curricula, and he greatly influenced Blackstone and Montesquieu. After Pufendorf was called to Stockholm as Historiographer Royal in 1677, he began a new period of historical writing. To this new period belong Einleitung zur Historie der vornehmsten Reiche und Staaten ("Introduction to the History of the Principal Kingdoms and States of Europe"as offered here, as well as Commentarium de rebus suecicis libri XXVI., ab expeditione Gustavi Adolphi regis in Germaniam ad abdicationem usque Christinae and De rebus a Carolo Gustavo gestis. In his historical works, Pufendorf wrote in a dry style, but he professed a great respect for truth and generally drew from archival sources.…

Titelblatt, Widmung 2 S., Preface 2 S., Inhalt 18 S., Hauptteil: 212 Seiten für Buch 1-2, 577 Seiten für Buch 3-6, 131 Seiten für Buch 7-8, Index 22 S. Puffendorf, Samuel, Freiherr (Baron) von, auch Pufendorf geschrieben (1632 - 1694). Jurist und Historiker, geboren in Dorfchemnitz, Deutschland. Nach seinem Studien in Leipzig und Jena, war er Gelehrter im Haus des Schwedischen Botschafters in Kopenhagen. Zu seinem görßten Werk zählt De jure naturae et gentium (1672, Über das Recht der Natur und der Nation). Er gilt auch als Verfechter der Idea des Natürlichen Rechtes und er stand auch für die Formation einer Vereinigten Protestantischen Kirche von einer Reformierten und Luthereanischen Kirche ein. Sprache: Deutsch Folio (ca. 24 x 6,5 x 36cm), Leder; Goldprägung, Ecken/Kanten bestossen, Einband abgerieben, fleckig, verkratzt, Löcher vom Buchwurm, Schnitt verfärbt und etwas fleckig, Seiten vergilbt, gewellt, teilw. fleckig, teilw. verknickt, ein paar Eselsohren, Bindung am vorderen Buchdeckel gebrochen, Buchdeckel innen mit 2 Etiketten beklebt, Vorsatzblatt eingerissen, Buchrücken leicht gerissen, Seitennummerierung fehlerhaft The Third Edition: Carefully corrected with Two Tables to which are now added All the large Notes of Mr. Barbeyrac, Translated from his last edition; printed in Amsterdam, in 1712. …

3 vol. in-12, veau brun jaspé, dos à nerfs ornés de caissons dorés, pièces de titre en maroquin brique, roulette dorée sur les coupes, tranches rouges. Reliure de l'époque. Quelques épidermures, petit accident à une coiffe. Bon exemplaire. Frontispice gravé en taille-douce par Folkema (en tête du tome II) et portrait hors-texte de Puffendorff en tête des tomes I et III, (1) f., XXXVIII-486 pp.; (1) f., XXVI-538 pp.; (1) f., XVI-481 pp., (37) pp.[D18] Nouvelle édition de cette histoire prolongée jusqu'en 1743. Quérard VII, 371.…