Görres, Joseph. — Teutschland und die Revolution.

"Teutschland", no publisher (= Koblenz, H.J. Hölscher), 1819, 2nd ed., (2),212 pag., contemporary boards, untrimmed. = A popular political pamphlet by the German writer and journalist Joseph von Görres, founder and editor of the influential journal Der Rheinische Merkur. Written in response to the reactionary Carlsbad Decrees of 1819 (which dissolved the Burschenschaften, cracked down on the liberal press, and restricted academic freedom), the book was suppressed by the Prussian government and Gorres was forced to flee to Strasbourg, where he wrote his great work on Christian mysticism.Bookblock loose; a few defects, but a good copy.