Selden (John) Mare Clausum; The Right and Dominion of the Sea
Selden (John) Mare Clausum; The Right and Dominion of the Sea in Two Books, London: Andrew Kembe and Edward Thomas, 1663, small folio, full panelled calf neatly rebacked, second edition in English, engraved royal arms frontispiece, title in red and black, lacking license leaf, bound with Additional Evidences Concerning the Right to Soveraignty and Dominion of the Kings of Great Britain in the Sea, London: 1663 [Wing S2431]
Footnote:
First published at the instigation of Charles I in 1635, the Mare clausum "defended British sovereignty over a wide expanse of sea... it [combines] a lengthy, sophisticated theoretical discussion of law with a partisan and reasonably well-documented history of the exercise of maritime dominion" (ODNB)
