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contents Editor’s Introduction ix A Note on the Text xli Acknowledgments xlvii Dedicatory Epistle (by Jodocus Crull) 3 Preface to the Reader (by Samuel Pufendorf ) 5 List of Chapters 11 an introduction to the history of the principal kingdoms and states of europe 13 Appendix 1. A Brief Publication History of the Introduction and Its Descendants 603 Appendix 2. A List of Early Modern Editions and Translations 615 Appendix 3. Editions and Translations: Specific Publication Dates (Chart 1) 629 Appendix 4. Editions and Translations: Temporal Overview (Chart 2) 635 Bibliography 641 The Original “Table” of Contents Index 661 Index to the Modern Edition 677 ...

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