The Trial of John Peter Zenger, of New-York, Printer; who Was Tried and Acquitted, for Printing and Publishing a Libel against the Government. With The Pleadings and Arguments on both Sides

Name: The Trial of John Peter Zenger, of New-York, Printer; who Was Tried and Acquitted, for Printing and Publishing a Libel against the Government. With The Pleadings and Arguments on both Sides
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Author: John Peter Zenger

by John Peter Zenger

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Third London edition. 4 , 74, 2 pp. 8vo. Expertly bound in quarter calf and marbled paper boards. Very good. ESTC T877; Howes Z6; Sabin 106309. Item #365801 Zenger's trial represented the first case involving freedom of the press in America: “One of the famous decisions in legal history, establishing the epochal doctrine of the freedom of the press” Howes .In 1733, John Peter Zenger

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