"Nihil est enim illi principi Deo qui omnem hunc mundum regit, quod quidem in terris fiat, acceptius, FROM THE NEW EDITION, BY JOSEPH CHITTY, Esq. BARRISTER AT LAW. WITH ADDITIONAL NOTES AND REFERENCES, BY EDWARD D. INGRAHAM, Esq. PHILADELPHIA: T. & J. W. JOHNSON, LAW BOOKSELLERS, No. 197 CHESTNUT STREET. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1852, by T. & J. W. JOHNSON, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. MAR 15 1937 3/15/37 PREFACE TO THIS EDITION. THE text of the present translation of Vattel has been carefully compared with that of the original work, in the first edition which appeared, (Londres, 1758, 2 vol. in quarto,) published at Neuchatel; in that of Amsterdam, (Van Harrevelt, 1775, 2 vol. in quarto,) the best known till recently; and in that of M. de Hoffmans, (Paris, 1839, 2 vol. in octavo,) the last and best edition. Great care has been taken also in regard to the British decisions cited by the English editor. It was discovered, that many inaccuracies existed in the citations, particularly in the names of the cases cited, which have been corrected by references to the original reports of the decisions; and wherever it appeared that the notes of the English editor required additions to render the doctrine advanced in them clearer, or more intelligible, such additions have been made; care having been taken to distinguish the matter added by enclosing it in brackets. The editor regrets very much that the size of the volume-which would have been too much increased by such an extension-did not permit him to annex to it the "Bibliographie choisie et systématique du Droit de la Nature et des Gens, et du Droit Public," of M. de Hoffmans, which is an excellent guide in the choice of Works upon a subject much less attended to than is demanded by its importance. Philadelphia, Sept. 29, 1852. iii |