Principios de Derecho de Jentes, Reimpresiones en Sucre con..

1844. Sucre (Bolivia): Beeche y Compania, 1844. Rare. Sucre (Bolivia): Beeche y Compania, 1844. Rare. Rare Bolivian Imprint of a Notable Venezuelan Treatise on International Law Bello, Andres [1781-1865]. Principios de Derecho de Jentes. Reimpresos en Sucre con Definiciones Extractadas de la Misma Obra. Sucre: Imprenta de Beeche y Compania, 1844. xvi, 267, [1] pp. Quarto (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Contemporary tree calf, raised bands to spine. Boards slightly bowed, light rubbing to extremities, rear hinge cracked, early (illegible) owner name to front free endpaper. Moderate toning to interior, light edgewear and tears to lower gutters of first several leaves (one mended with cellotape, text not affected), light foxing and faint marginal dampstaining in a few places. An appealing copy of a rare imprint. $950. * Only Bolivian edition. First published in 1832, this is one of the earliest treatises published in post-colonial Latin America and possibly the first Latin American treatise on international law. It represents "the most systematic and complete treatment of the subject published in the Americas or in Spanish," "both up to date and directly relevant to the concerns of the new American states now seeking to establish themselves in the early nineteenth-century international system" (Fawcett). A sophisticated work, it draws on the leading English and Continental jurists of the time. Bello was an important Venezuelan statesman, lawyer and man of letters. He spent his later years in Chile, promulgating the country's civil code in 1852 and founding the University of Chile in 1843. OCLC locates 1 copy of this edition (UC-Berkeley Law School). We located no other copies in institutional libraries. Not in Palau. Fawcett, "Between West and Non-West: Latin American Contributions to International Thought." The International History Review 34, No. 4 (2012): 686. (Inventory #: 82099)