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LAET, Joannes de (1593-1649). Responsio ad Dissertationem Secundam Hugonis Grotii, de Origine Gentium Americanarum. Cum Indice ad utrumque labellum. Amsterdam: Elzevier, 1644. Small 8vo. Woodcut headpieces and initials, printer’s device on title-page. Near contemporary full calf, boards double-ruled in gilt, spine stamped in gilt in compartments, five raised bands (binding worn, front joint cracked, neat ink notations on endleaves, some occasional wear, soiling to text, one tear to p. 53 in lower corner). FIRST EDITION of this criticism of Hugo Grotius’ (1583-1645) theory that Native Americans migrated to North America from Norway, Ethiopia and China. Willems 1007. Goldsmid 15. BM 1060.