(4) Early Works on Military and Maritime Law

17th & 18th C. Group comprising early printed works addressing military administration, naval discipline, maritime law, and militia authority. To include: (A) An Argument or Debate in Law of the Great Question Concerning the Militia (London, 1642), relating to parliamentary authority over the militia during the English Civil War. 7 1/2″ high x 5 3/4″ wide. (B) A True Method’ for raising soldiers, encouraging seamen, and improving officers and naval security (London, 1703). 8″ high x 6″ wide. (C) Petri van der Schelling, De Lege Rhodia de Jactu: Diatribe Theoretico-Practica (Leiden, 1722), concerning the Rhodian maritime law of jettison. Includes fold-out frontis piece. 7 1/2″ high x 4 5/8″ wide. (D) Corpus Juris Militaris, an early Continental compilation of military law. 7″ high x 4 1/2″ wide. Provenance: From the estate of Rodney Hilton Brown. Texts are in English, Latin, and German. Various bindings including vellum and later boards. Institutional provenance with Columbia University Library bookplates and stamps. Condition varies with wear, staining, and age-related defects consistent with institutional use. (C) Foldout frontis piece is intact.