The Freedom Of The Press In The Dutch Republic (1581 - 1795 ).

[Gerits, Anton].

The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1969. Oblong 12mo. 143 pp. "In this eighthundredth catalogue published one hundred and sixteen years after the first one, a very special selection of books from our stock is offered for sale. With the exception of two items, this catalogue contains exclusively works of non-Dutch authors, who - due to lack of freedom of the press in their country - had one or more of their books published in Holland or printed in their native country, under the cover of Dutch publishers' imprints and/or place-names". A small number of copies were printed, the exact number is not known. For a description of how this catalogue came to be and the reaso.