Georg Friedrich von Martens; William Cobbett, tr: Summary of the Law of Nations, Founded on the Treaties and Customs of the Modern Nations of Europe; with a list of the Principal treaties, concluded since the year 1748 down to the present times indicating the works in which they are to be found

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Georg Friedrich von Martens; William Cobbett, tr : Summary of the Law of Nations, Founded on the Treaties and Customs of the Modern Nations of Europe; with a list of the Principal treaties, concluded since the year 1748 down to the present times indicating the works in which they are to be found

Thomas Bradford, Philadelphia, c. 1795.

Recent ½ calf with marble boards, spine in six compartments of raised bands, gilt text on two, four, and six, endpapers renewed. , An excellent copy., 8vo., P. title, blank, dedication III-IV, V-XIX, (1), 1-379.

The American edition is dedicated to George Washington, President of the United States of America.
Georg Friedrich von Martens was a German jurist and diplomat. Educated at the universities of Göttingen, Regensburg and Vienna, he became professor of jurisprudence at Göttingen in 1783 and was ennobled in 1789. He was made a counsellor of state by the elector of Hanover in 1808, and in 1810 was president of the financial section of the council of state of the kingdom of Westphalia.
The translation was done by William Cobbett, an English activist and editor of the "Political Register".
, William Cobbett, DNB XI:142–45; Sabin 44848.

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