Author: Stroynowski Hieronim , 1752 - 1815
Title: Nauka prawa przyrodzonego, politycznego, ekonomiki polityczney i prawa narodów.
Title in English: Natural Law […] / Natural Law, Political Law, Political Economy and Law of Nations.
Published: w Wilnie w Drukarni Królewskiey przy Akademie, 1785.
Binding: Title within woodcut border, typographic woodcut ornaments. Contemporary half calf, rubbed, title slightly spotted and with old inscription and stamp.
Format: 8vo. xiv + 362 pp.
Reference: Estreicher, 29, p. 336. British Museum copy destroyed. NUC lists only the 4th. Antykwariaty Warszawskie. XXVI Aukcja książek i grafiki. –Warszawa: LAMUS, 7 czerwca 2008, Kat. No 86, P. 45.
Hieronim Stroynowski (1752–1815) was the Rector of Vilnius University, Head of the Department of Natural Law, and one of the most famous Polish and Lithuanian physiocrats. Natural Law, Political Law, Political Economy and Law of Nations is his most important work. It is a textbook on natural law, which he used for his lectures. In it, he criticizes serfdom, argues the necessity to tax landowners, and tries to spread 18th century French philosophy and the idea of universal enlightenment.
Reference: "The Collection of Lawyer Jaunius Gumbis: the Past Preserved in Books". Museum and Collector - 7. Vilnius: National Museum of Lithuania, 2018, p. 168.
Published: "The Collection of Lawyer Jaunius Gumbis: the Past Preserved in Books". Museum and Collector - 7. Vilnius: National Museum of Lithuania, 2018, p. 168-169.
Exhibitions: "The Collection of Lawyer Jaunius Gumbis: the Past Preserved in Books", September 3, 2018 – October 21, 2018.