Ad 1: reissue of the enlarged and corrected 1707 edition of a collection of texts regarding maritime law. It contains the Medieval laws of Wisby, the laws of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V of 1551, the laws of Philip II of Spain of 1563 (including articles on the equipage of ships, the rights of sailors and merchants, and insurance), the laws of the Hanse, and the regulations of the city of Amsterdam (including regulations for voyages to Rotterdam, Utrecht, Antwerp, Rouen, London and Hamburg). It was first published in 1532, followed by numerous editions well into the 18th century. It is followed by a merchant's guide on the insurance of ships and merchandise at sea by Quintyn Weytsen, here enlarged and corrected by the Dutch legal scholar Simon van Leeuwen. The third part contains the insurance regulations of various Dutch merchant cities, the fourth part is a list of import taxes of various goods, and the fifth part gives the regulations for ships pilots.
Ad 2: Fourth edition of Van Glins's commentary on the maritime laws of Philip II of Spain of 1563. It was first published in 1665 and "remained the standard work on the Dutch maritime law for a long time" ("Bleef langen tijd het standaardwerk over het Nederlandsche zeerecht", NNBW). It gives extensive commentary on all the articles from the laws of Philip II of Spain, concerning the equipage of ships, the rights of sailors and merchants, and insurance, as issued in ad 1.
With an embossed library and deaccession stamp on title-page. Slightly browned and some foxing. Good copy. Ad 1: STCN (6 copies); cf. Cat. NHSM, pp. 941-944 (other eds.); Kress 758, 2104 & 2275(other eds.); ad 2: Cat. NHSM, p. 945; NNBW III, cols. 470-471; cf. Kress 1892 (1695 ed.).