Lot 264
Trade and Commerce.- Marquard (Johann.) Tractatus Politico-Juridicus de Iure Mercartorum et Commerciorum Singulari ..., 2 vol. in 1, first edition, Frankfurt, Thom. Matt. Goetz, 1662.
Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000
Description
Trade and Commerce.- Marquard (Johann.) Tractatus Politico-Juridicus de Iure Mercartorum et Commerciorum Singulari ..., 2 vol. in 1, first edition, engraved allegorical frontispiece by Daniel Theobald, some errors in pagination, tiny hole to first 3 leaves, scattered spotting and off-setting, small ink-stamp to title, bookplates, minor marginal worming to last few leaves and endpapers, contemporary vellum gilt, a little rubbed as usual, slight bumping to corners and extremities, folio, Frankfurt, Thom. Matt. Goetz, 1662.
⁂ Scarce treatise on trade and commerce, which is dedicated to America and the colonies. This work is considered "un ouvrage extremement important pour l'histoire du droit commercial dans tous les pays" [an extremely important work for the history of commercial law in all countries] (Leclerc). Marquard is thought to be the first writer to use the legal term "ius mercatorum" or 'the law of the merchant.'
Provenance: Armorial bookplate of Christian Ernst, Graf zu Stolberg-Wernigerode (1691-1771); Bookplate of the LA Law Library.
Description
Trade and Commerce.- Marquard (Johann.) Tractatus Politico-Juridicus de Iure Mercartorum et Commerciorum Singulari ..., 2 vol. in 1, first edition, engraved allegorical frontispiece by Daniel Theobald, some errors in pagination, tiny hole to first 3 leaves, scattered spotting and off-setting, small ink-stamp to title, bookplates, minor marginal worming to last few leaves and endpapers, contemporary vellum gilt, a little rubbed as usual, slight bumping to corners and extremities, folio, Frankfurt, Thom. Matt. Goetz, 1662.
⁂ Scarce treatise on trade and commerce, which is dedicated to America and the colonies. This work is considered "un ouvrage extremement important pour l'histoire du droit commercial dans tous les pays" [an extremely important work for the history of commercial law in all countries] (Leclerc). Marquard is thought to be the first writer to use the legal term "ius mercatorum" or 'the law of the merchant.'
Provenance: Armorial bookplate of Christian Ernst, Graf zu Stolberg-Wernigerode (1691-1771); Bookplate of the LA Law Library.
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