Selden (John) Mare Clausum seu De Dominio Maris Libri Duo, first edition, William Stanesby for …

Selden (John) Mare Clausum seu De Dominio Maris Libri Duo, first edition, initial and final blank leaf present, title in red and black with woodcut device, 2 engraved maps and several woodcut illustrations, errata leaf at end, small paper flaw to R2 just affecting side-note, occasional foxing, early 18th century panelled calf, rebacked preserving original spine, [STC 22175; Sabin 78971], folio, William Stanesby for Richard Meighen, 1635. ⁂ One of the cornerstones of modern maritime law, with references to the colonisation of Newfoundland by Sir Humphrey Gilbert in 1583 and to the earlier explorations of that region by Cabot. Provenance: R. Rigby (ink name trimmed at head of title, dated 1673); W. Bayntun of Gray's Inn (ink inscription below the aforementioned); Earls of Macclesfield (South Library bookplate and ink inscription on verso of initial blank).