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PIET VISSER 'Blasphemous and pernicious': the role of printers and booksellers in the spread of dissident religious and philosophical ideas in the Netherlands in the second half of the seventeenth century* It looked like the new year 1733 would finally provide an encouraging begin- ning for the dogged Amsterdam bookseller and publisher Johannes Hendricksz Cats. He had been registered with the guild as a bookseller in the Pijlsteeg for only half a year, but his lot so far had been one of setbacks. He had used the all too many idle hours in his bookshop in a good protestant manner, writing devotional songs. A few friends to whom he confided the products of his pen convinced him to publish them. That is how the collection of 32 songs occu- pying 96 pages in octavo format saw the light on i January 1733 under the title, Stigtelyke Mengelzangen.` The poet Cats was no doubt proud of his work, and it also gave him good prospects as a publisher. He authenticated every copy with his signature, something not very common with song books. As he later explained, 'Soo het zelve aanstoot mogt lijden, daar voor wel bekend te willen zijn'
Quaerendo – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1996
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