Gerits, Anton
The Freedom of the Press in the Dutch Republic (1581-1795), Catalogue 800
The Hague, Martinus Nijhoff, 1969. First Edition. Softcover. Size: Oblong 32mo 4" - 5" tall. Scarce in the trade in any condition, there being currently no copies available on-line. This is a Fine condition copy of Catalogue 800, published in the Hague by Martinus Nijhoff. For a description of how this catalogue came to be and the reason for the small number of copies printed, see: Anton Gerits, Books, Friends, Bibliophilia Reminiscences of an Antiquarian Bookseller, published by Oak Knoll Press, 2004. A very short oblong format, 143 pp., and illustrated in black-and-white. There is an Index of Authors, Editors, Translators and Anonymous Works. Index also of Publishers, Printers and Booksellers. The exact number ever printed of this work is unknown, but the number must have been pretty small. "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.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine
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