[Rarebooks] FS: The first international law book in English. London: 1602.

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Fulbecke (or Fulbeck), William. THE PANDECTES OF THE LAW OF NATIONS: Contayning Severall Discourses of the Questions, Points, and Matters of Law, Wherein the Nations of the World Doe Consent and Accord, Giving Great Light to the Understanding... of the Civill Law and Common Law of This Realme of England. London: [Adam Islip for] Thomas Wight. 1602. First edition. Small 4to. ff.(4),90. (the issue with the errata on f.90). A lovely clean copy bound in 19th century calf, with red morocco spine labels over mottled paper covered boards.    $2,000.00 (trade discount allowed)
Fulbeck  (1560-1616) was a legal scholar, historian, and theatrical writer. THE PANDECTES is considered the first scholarly work in English entirely on the law of nations. His writings, including THE PANDECTES are probable source books for William Shakespeare's work.  They likely knew one another in the London theater scene. STC 11414.

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