| State of Society, Manners, &c.
Vienna. pp.74-77. |
Brief
mention of the book trade in Vienna, the excerpt
follows: “…the
police is extremely rigorous to prevent the introduction
of any improper books into the Austrian states. No
bookseller dare expose any new work for sale, without
having first submitted it to the tribunal which takes
cognizance of such matters, and received their permission:
and an index expurgatorious is published, at stated
periods, at Vienna, condemning such books in foreign
languages as well as the German, the police may judge
improper for perusal. There are, however, contraband
dealers in books at Vienna, as there are contraband
dealers in lace, &c. in London, and the smuggling
in both cases, we believe, bears a pretty near relation
to each other.” (pp. 77)
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Economy
of the Book and Printing
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