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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.](https://image.invaluable.com/housePhotos/swanngalleries/90/224990/H0132-L08584066.jpg)
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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.
(ZENGER, JOHN PETER.) The Trial of John Peter Zenger of New-York, Printer . . . [with] the Trial of Mr. William Owen, Bookseller. 8vo, modern full morocco; bookplate of Oscar A. Stoffels on front pastedown. London, 1765
- Notes: "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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