[Rarebooks] FS--Liberty of the Press

[Joe Luttrell]

May we offer,

HAYTER, Thomas.  An Essay on the Liberty of the Press, Chiefly as
it Respects Personal Slander. The Second Edition. Not in McCoy.
Printed for J. Raymond, London, 1755.  Modern 1/4 calf over
marbled boards, gilt, a very clean crisp copy; without the
half-title. [74711 ACTNFS] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=74711 $ 550.00

A work "original and startingly libertarian", proposing that
freedom of speech (and press) are fundamental aspects of man's
capacities and thus reserved natural and constitutional rights
predating civilization's social compact.

Joe Luttrell
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