Author: SEMLER, H.,
Title: De Openhaarheid van den Eigendom en der zakelijke Regten volgens het Burgerlijk Wetboek voor Nederlandsch Indië vergelijking met het Nederlandsch Burgerlijk Wetboek. [Original dissertation Leiden University].
Description: Groningen, Barghoorn, 1860. Small 8°., original blind stamped cloth, front cover with a gilded figure and decorative ornament at tail, gilded title on spine, all edges gilded with decoration. Hftitle (verso blank). (iv), 84, (iv)pp. Footnotes/references, table of contents. Dutch language dissertation in which rights of private (e.g. landownership) and business properties established in dutch East Indies and National dutch civil code is compared, with recommendations for improvement. Good copy. Scarce. (covers somewhat sunned and discoloured).

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