De re Militari et Bello Tractatus; A Treatise on Military Matters..

1936. Together 2 books. Latin and English translation. Together 2 books. Latin and English translation. Belli, Pierino [1502-1575]. De Re Militari et Bello Tractatus. Introduction by Arrigo Cavaglieri. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1936. Volume 1: Carnegie reprint of the 1563 Latin text. 29a, [15] pp., 150 fols., [28] pp. [with] Belli, Pierino. A Treatise on Military Matters and Warfare. Translated by Herbert C. Nutting. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1936. Volume 2: A complete English translation of the 1563 edition. 32a, viii, 411, [4] pp. Publisher's golden cloth with black spine lettering. Light shelfwear. Ex-library with bookplates to front pastedowns. Property stamp to top edge of volume two. Property stamps to endleaves and title pages, otherwise interiors clean. Together 2 books. $150. * Carnegie Classics of International Law series. Belli, a soldier and jurist, was one of the founders of international law. One of the first treatises to advocate rules of war, it is considered the most significant work on the subject published before Grotius' De Jure Belli et Pacis (1625). Belli's A Treatise on Military Matters and Warfare was written sixty-seven years before Grotius' great work. "...it represents a real contribution to the foundation of a systematic law of nations." NYU 645. Belli held high political office and thus wrote from actual experience. (Inventory #: 82829)