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Of the dominion or ownership of the sea : two books ; in the first is shew'd that the sea, by the law of nature or nations, is not common to all men, but capable of private dominion or proprietie, as well as the land, in the second is proved that the dominion of the British sea, or that which encompasseth the Isle of Great Britain, is and ever hath been a part or appendant of the empire of that island / written at first in Latin ... by John Selden, Esquire ; translated into English and set forth with som additional evidences and discourses by Marchamont Nedham.

Author/creator Selden, John, 1584-1654
Other author/creatorNedham, Marchamont, 1620-1678.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoLondon : Published by William Du-Gard, 1652.
Description46 unnumbered pages, 500, that is, 494 pages, 2 unnumbered pages (blank), 10 unnumbered pages, 37 pages : illustrations
Subject(s)
Uniform titleMare clausum. English
General noteTranslation of: Mare clausum, seu, De dominio maris.
General note"Published by special command."
General noteIrregularities in paging: no. 99 repeated, nos. 101, 177-178, 275-278 and 473-484 omitted, p. 471 misnumbered 473.
General noteIncludes (with special title-pages): Additional evidences, concerning the right of soveraigntie and dominion of England in the sea, collected out of certain publick papers, relating to the reigns of K. James, and K. Charls. London, 1652 (p. [461]-500) and Dominium maris, or, The dominion of the sea. Expressing the title, which the Venetians pretend unto the sole dominion, and absolute sovereigntie of the Adriatick sea, commonly called the gulf of Venice ... Translated out of Italian. London, 1652 ([7], 37 p. at end).
General noteReproduction of original from Goldsmiths' Library, University of London.
General noteGoldsmiths'-Kress no. 01256.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited to licensing agreements.
Other title Additional evidences concerning the right of soveraigntie and dominion of England in the sea.
Other title Dominium maris.
LCCNnuc87773211

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