The Peace Palace Library houses a few special collections, of which the Grotius Collection and the Peace Movement collection are the most important. The Library in fact has the largest collection of works by Hugo Grotius in the world. The collection includes a rare early edition of De Iure Belli ac Pacis (“On the Law of War and Peace”), his most famous work written in 1625.
The Peace Palace Library possesses a unique and important collection on several peace movements from the period 1899-1940, brought together by J.C. ter Meulen, head librarian 1924-1952. This ‘peace movement collection’ consists of books, brochures, pamphlets, conference reports, newspaper clippings, letters and photographs from pacifist organizations and individuals connected with these organizations. These groups and individuals all strived for world peace in the period 1900-1940. Most of the materials are in Dutch, but there are also books and documents in English, German, French or other languages.
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The Peace Palace Library holds one of the largest collections in the world of the works of Hugo Grotius. The collection includes a rare early edition of Iure Belli ac Pacis (“On the Law of War and Peace”), his most famous work written in 1625. Not far from the place where he was arrested in 1618, he still reaches out to the international legal community. His fame as the “Founding Father of International Law” echoes in the International Court of Justice in cases related to the law of the sea, referring to his “Mare liberum” (1609). In Paris he wrote his masterpiece “De iure belli ac pacis” (1625), of which the library recently acquired the first print of the first edition.
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Aggression. The Origin of Germany's War Machine. / Otto Lehmann-Russbüldt, Rennie Smith, Hans Aktuhn, 1942
Oomoto (monthly) / Monata Gazeto Esperanta, 1928
De tocht van de "Deutschland" / Paul Konig, 1917?
25 Jaar Oorlog aan den Oorlog / A. Müller Lehning & Albert de Jong, 1929
Karl August Nerger: De Hulpkruiser (Hilfskreuzer) "Wolf" / Nerger, Karl August, Chaillet, J.L., 1918
Who bought the bomb? / Unknown, 1938
Hugo Grotius Mare liberum / Robert Feenstra, Jeroen Vervliet, 1609-2009
Hugo de Groot: een leven in strijd om vrede / Henk Nellen, 2007
Grotiana / H.W. Blom, Grotiana Foundation, 1980-...
De ivre belli ac pacis libri tres (3rd state) / Hugo Grotius, 1625
Mare Liberum
De iure belli ac pacis libri tres (1st state) / Hugo Grotius, 1625
10 May 2012
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