Mare clausum; The right and dominion of the sea in tvvo 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 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. 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. gent.

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  • Mare clausum; The right and dominion of the sea in tvvo 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 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. 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. gent.
  • Mare clausum. English
  • Right and dominion of the sea Additional evidences concerning the right of soveraignty and dominion of the kings of Great Britain in the sea Dominium maris Of the dominion or ownership of the sea
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Imprint
London: printed for Andrew Kembe and Edward Thomas, and are to be sold at their shops on St. Margarets-hill in Southwark, and at the Adam and Eve in Little-Britain, MDCLXIII. [1663]
Publication year
1663-1663
ESTC No.
R15177
Grub Street ID
63134
Description
[34], 176, 179-274, 279-470, 473-472, 485-500, [4], 37, [1] p. ; 2⁰
Note
Translation of: Mare clausum.

The English translation, by Marchamont Nedham, was first published as: Of the dominion or ownership of the sea. 1652.

Title page printed in red and black.

First leaf contains Royal arms on verso.