Caspar van Hilten

Caspar van Hilten was the editor and publisher of the first Dutch newspaper, the Courante uyt Italien, Duytslandt, &c., printed in Amsterdam from 1618. He had, in effect, been a press officer for the army of Maurice of Nassau before becoming a publisher.[1]

Notes

  1. ↑ DBNL . P.C. Hooft, De briefwisseling van Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft
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