282 - Gierke,O.v.

Gierke,O.v. The German Cooperative Law. 4 vols. Berlin, Weidmannsche Buchhandlung 1868-1913. gr.8°. XXXIV, 1111, (1) p.; LVI, 976 p.; LII, 826 p.; LIV, 567, (1) p. Oldrbde. with gilt-stamped spine titles. (Somewhat rubbed). NDB VI, 374 f. PMM 360. Stolleis, Geschichte des öffentlichen Rechts in Deutschland II, 359 ff. - Completely very rare first edition of the most important work on natural law. - The important jurist and legal historian O. v. Gierke (1841-1921), related by marriage to the German-Jewish publishing and legal family Loening (Rütten und Loening), was the father of, among others, the social politician Anna v. Gierke and the law professor Julius v. Gierke. - The theory of natural law underlies both the American Declaration of Independence and the justification of the French Revolution. Gierke draws the sum of all this in his huge work. He brought with him an extensive knowledge and a completely independent treatment of his subject matter, which was based on his view of an organic group - tribe, city or people. The subject he treated was thus given new perspectives" (Carter/Muir). - Title page of vol. I somewhat stained, stamp on title page, title page of vol. III with backed marginal tears (no loss of text), otherwise a well-preserved copy from the library of the Spanish historian José Manuel Pérez. Historian José Manuel Pérez-Prendes y Muñoz de Arraco (1933-2017).