Hugo de Groot - Apologeticus - 1640

Apologetic of those who governed Holland and West Friesland and neighboring nations according to laws prior to the change that occurred in the year CIƆ IƆ CX118 - Paris, [n.p.], 1640 - (24) 529 (=527) pp - parchment binding

Moderate. Stained at the top of the front cover. Ex-libris flyleaf. Loss of paper at the top of the endpaper, dried staining (not to be rubbed away) at the top of the cover, endpaper, title page and the following four leaves. Interior browned, here and there a spot, damp stain on the upper pages, pages between 477 and 482 blotched, restoration crack in the side margin of leaf 5/6, letters misprinted at the bottom of leaf 25/26. A bite/tear from the margin on three leaves. Slight creasing along the spine edge only. Inner hinge slightly open and inner margin in places – the text block is fixed in the binding. Pencil scribbles on the back of the front free endpaper.

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