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(ZENGER, JOHN PETER.) The Trial of John Peter Zenger of New-York, Printer . . . [with] the Trial of Mr. William Owen, Bookseller. 8vo, modern cloth; minor foxing, dampstaining on last 2 leaves; early signature on verso of title page, bookplate of Helmut N. Friedlaender on front pastedown. London, 1765
"One of the famous decisions in legal history, establishing the epochal doctrine of the freedom of the press; probably written by James Alexander, one of Zenger''s attorneys"--Howes Z6. A later printing of this 1735 case, with the similar 1752 Owen case appended and appearing in print for the first time. Sabin 106311.
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