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The Law of Nations

Emer de Vattel · 1758; this edition 1844

Vattel's treatise on the rights and duties of nations, widely read by the founders of the American and Texan republics. It treats a nation as a political society with the right to govern itself.

Printed title page of Vattel's 'The Law of Nations,' from the French, edited by Joseph Chitty, published in Philadelphia, with a faint library stamp.
The Law of Nations; or, Principles of the Law of Nature, Applied to the Conduct and Affairs of Nations and Sovereigns (title page), Emer de Vattel; edited by Joseph Chitty; T. & J. W. Johnson, Philadelphia, 1853 (copyright 1852). University of California Libraries, via Internet Archive.
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