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TitleYearCountryLanguage

Printing monopoly granted to a German master printer, Johann...

1469

Italy

Latin

The First General Statute Regulating Industrial Brevets...

1474

Italy

Italian

The Catholic Monarchs, Ferdinand and Isabella, restate the t...

1477

Spain

Spanish

Privilege granted by Rudolf of Scherenberg, Prince-Bishop of...

1479

Germany

Latin

Censorship Edict issued by Berthold of Henneberg, Elector an...

1485

Germany

Latin

Printing privilege granted to the author Marco Antonio Sabel...

1486

Italy

Latin

Printing Privileges to the Monastery of San Pedro Mártir (To...

1487

Spain

Spanish

Ottaviano Petrucci's Patent for Printing Polyphonic Music fo...

1498

Italy

Italian

Title, Dedications and Colophon with Reference to a Privileg...

1501

Germany

Latin

Vergilius. Edited by Aldus Manutius...

1501

Italy

Latin

Le Cose Volgari di Messer Francesco Petrarcha...

1501

Italy

Italian

Glosa famosissima sobre las coplas de don Jorge Marrique...

1501

Portugal

Portuguese

Title, Dedications and Colophon with Reference to a Privileg...

1502

Germany

Latin

Petition by Aldus Manutius to the Venetian Senate against Co...

1502

Italy

Italian

The Travels of Marco Polo written by Nicolau Vêneto, printed...

1502

Portugal

Portuguese

Formalities that should precede printing and selling books f...

1502

Spain

Spanish

Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon...

1503

Italy

Latin

Scotto v. Benalio: an early example of legal action against ...

1503

Italy

Italian

Girolamo Durante v. Andrea Torresani: an early example of le...

1503

Italy

Italian

Order by Brás Afonso Correia, at the request of Valentim Fer...

1503

Portugal

Portuguese

'Joachim and Anne Meeting at the Golden Gate,' a woodcut fro...

1504

Italy

Other

Privilege Granted to Benedetto Bordon for 'Triumph of Caesar...

1504

Italy

Italian and Latin

Lamentationum Jeremie Prophete: liber primus...

1506

Italy

Latin

Antonij nebrissensis gramatici iuris ciuilis lexicon...

1506

Spain

Spanish

Privilege granted to Eloy d'Amerval for his poem 'Le Livre d...

1507

France

French

Jacobo Cromberger, German national, bookprinter, is granted ...

1508

Portugal

Portuguese

Privilege granted to Tommaso Pighinucci for publishing “Medi...

1509

Vatican

Italian, Latin

Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick Printed in his 'Mirror...

1511

Germany

German

Colophon to Albrecht Dürer's woodcut cycle 'Life of the Virg...

1511

Germany

Latin

Privilege granted by Wilhelm of Hornstein, Bishop of Strasbo...

1511

Germany

Latin

Title, prefaces and a poem referring to an Imperial privileg...

1512

Germany

German

Imperial privilege for Eucharius Rösslin's 'The Rose Garden ...

1513

Germany

German

Letter ordering the delivery of parchments to João Pedro de ...

1514

Portugal

Portuguese

Imperial Privilege of 1511 for Konrad Peutinger as Printed i...

1515

Germany

Latin

Privilege granted to the printer Galliot Du Pré for 'Le Gran...

1515

France

French

Ludovico Ariosto's Printing Privilege for the First Edition ...

1515

Italy

Italian

Imperial privilege granted to Johannes Eck for his edition o...

1516

Germany

Latin

Decree of the Council of Ten Appointing the First Literary C...

1516

Italy

Italian

Ugo da Carpi's Patent for His Technique of Chiaroscuro Print...

1516

Italy

Italian

The Chronicle of Holland, Zealand and Frisia, starting from ...

1516

Netherlands

Dutch

Privilege granted by Duke Wilhelm of Bavaria for Johannes Tu...

1517

Germany

Latin

The First Legislation on Press Affairs by the Venetian Senat...

1517

Italy

Latin

Decree of Rome Rabbinic Court...

1518

Jewish Law

Hebrew

These be the Articles of the Pope's Bulle ... to which are a...

1518

United Kingdom

English

Martin Luther's 'Admonition to the Printers' as the preface ...

1525

Germany

German

Papal and Venetian privileges for Sigismondo Fanti's fortune...

1526

Italy

Latin

Decree of the Council of Ten Establishing Obligatory Pre-pub...

1527

Italy

Italian

The flower of the science of portraiture, and embroidery pat...

1530

France

French

Letter ordering the granting of general printing privileges ...

1530

Portugal

Portuguese

Basel Printers' Statute of 28 October 1531 as laid out in th...

1531

Germany

German

Royal letter patent granted by Francis I to Pierre Attaignan...

1531

France

French

Pope Clement VII's Privilege to Antonio Blado for Works by N...

1531

Italy

Latin

Pope Clement VII's privilege to Bernardo Giunti for printing...

1531

Italy

Latin

Antonio Blado's edition of Niccolo Machiavelli's 'Historie F...

1532

Italy

Italian

Writ of the Strasbourg printer Johannes Schott, filed at the...

1533

Germany

German

Privilege granted in 1534 by John Frederick I, Elector of Sa...

1534

Germany

German

Pope Clement VII's Privilege to Melchiore Sessa for Works by...

1534

Italy

Latin

Privilege to print, to the exclusion of others, a work autho...

1536

Portugal

Portuguese

Privilege awarded to Baltasar Dias, writer, to print his wor...

1537

Portugal

Portuguese

The truthful ordinance that was agreed and confirmed on the ...

1537

Scandinavia

Danish

A Proclamation Prohibiting Unlicensed Printing of Scripture...

1538

United Kingdom

English

The Foundation and Regulations of the University of Copenhag...

1539

Scandinavia

Latin

Martin Luther's 'Warning to the Printers' as part of the pre...

1545

Germany

German

Press Reform Regulating Author-Printer Relations and Censori...

1545

Italy

Italian

Licence granted to Antonio Catalano for his new method of te...

1545

Italy

Italian

Privilege Granted to Enea Vico (Parmigiano) for Multiple Wor...

1546

Italy

Italian and Latin

King's Edict on the books censored by the Faculty of Theolog...

1547

France

French

Decree of the Council of Ten Establishing the Venetian Guild...

1549

Italy

Italian

Mariegola (Statute-Book) of the Venetian Guild of Printers a...

1549

Italy

Italian

Responsa Rema, No. 10...

1550

Jewish Law

Hebrew

...

1551

France

French

Patent of 'Music Printers to the King,' awarded by Henri II ...

1552

France

French

Letter concerning the Danish Bible...

1552

Scandinavia

Danish

Richard Totell's Patent for Common Law Books...

1553

United Kingdom

English

William Seres' Printing Patent...

1553

United Kingdom

English

...

1553

United Kingdom

English

Royal Charter for Licensing ...

1554

Spain

Spanish

Selected Extracts from the Registers of the Company of Stati...

1554

United Kingdom

English

Privilege Granted to Giovanni Ostaus for Multiple Works...

1556

Italy

Italian and Latin

Privilege Granted to Antonio Floriano for 'Mappamondo'...

1556 (1555 m.v.)

Italy

Italian and Latin

Royal Charter of the Company of Stationers...

1557

United Kingdom

English

The Privy Seal warrant directing the Lord Chancellor to issu...

1557

United Kingdom

English

...

1558

Spain

Spanish

Robert Calve's printing privilege for the 'Holsome and Catho...

1558

United Kingdom

English

Thomas Phayer's lifetime privilege for Virgil's Aeneid in En...

1558

United Kingdom

English

Privilege for printing music for the Indies...

1559

Spain

Spanish

Pérez v. Fernández de Córdoba on the printing of instrumenta...

1559

Spain

Spanish

Elizabethan Injunctions (Items 6 and 51)...

1559

United Kingdom

English

John Day's privilege for printing William Conningham's The C...

1559

United Kingdom

English

John Day's privilege for printing William Conningham's The C...

1559

United Kingdom

English

Grant to Richard Jugge and John Cawood (the Queen's Printers...

1559

United Kingdom

English

William Seres' lifetime printing patent for Primers and Psal...

1559

United Kingdom

English

Richard Totell's lifetime patent for Books of Common Law (12...

1559

United Kingdom

English

Counterfeited papal privilege excluding the German lands, as...

1560

Germany

Latin

Lauritz Benedict has been granted freedom in his printing bu...

1565

Scandinavia

Danish

Ordinances decreed for reformation of divers disorders in pr...

1566

United Kingdom

English

Giorgio Vasari, Life of Marcantonio of Bologna and Other Eng...

1568

Italy

Italian

Provisional Order/Statute and command of the Lords of our Ki...

1570

Netherlands

Dutch

Privilege granted to Andrea Palladio for his Four Books on A...

1571

Vatican

Italian, Latin

Privilege and liberation letter issued by the inquisition fo...

1572

Portugal

Portuguese

Godly Prayers and Thanksgivings, for every elevation of Chri...

1572

Scandinavia

Swedish

Notice of Rabbinic Reprinting Ban in Abravanel's Perush Ha-T...

1579

Jewish Law

Hebrew

Bible: that is The entire Holy Scripture, thoroughly and fai...

1579

Netherlands

Dutch

Revocation of Papal privilege to print and distribute Roman ...

1582

Vatican

Latin

Simon du Chesne, Squaring of the circle or the manner of fin...

1584

Netherlands

French

Second plea concerning the printing of the 'Works of Seneca,...

1586

France

French

The newe Decrees of the Starre Chamber for Orders in Printin...

1586

United Kingdom

English

Sec. Brev. Reg. 130 F. 70 (1587): Privilege to Giovanni Giol...

1587

Vatican

Latin

Sec. Brev. Reg. 138 F. 1040 (1588): Petition of and Privileg...

1588

Vatican

Latin

Petitions from and Privilege granted to Gerard Voss for his ...

1589

Vatican

Latin

Sec. Brev. Reg. 145 F 116 (1589): Bosio's Italian translatio...

1589

Vatican

Latin

'On the dedication of books, with the correction of the abus...

1590

Italy

Italian

'Friendly Reminder to all God-loving Book printers, Booksell...

1591

Germany

German

Petition from and Privilege granted to Antonio Tempesta for ...

1593

Vatican

Latin

Petition from and Privilege granted to Giulio Burchioni for ...

1593

Vatican

Italian, Latin

Council of Four Lands Regulation...

1594

Jewish Law

Hebrew

Motu proprio controversy...

1596

Italy

Italian

Missive to the mayors and councillors of Copenhagen, Malmö, ...

1596

Scandinavia

Danish

New Regulation and Statutes, enacted by the worthy Council o...

1598

Germany

German

Sec. Brev. Reg. 266 F. 50 (1598): Petition of and Privilege ...

1598

Vatican

Latin

Petition from and Privilege granted to Alfonso Chacón for pu...

1599

Vatican

Italian, Latin

Petition from and Privilege granted to Pietro Fetti to trans...

1600

Vatican

Latin

Petition from and Privilege granted to Marcantonio Rossi for...

1602

Vatican

Italian, Latin

Decree adopted in the Most Excellent Senate on 11 May 1603. ...

1603

Italy

Italian

Privilege granted to Francisco Soto to translate, print and ...

1603

Vatican

Latin

Petition and Privilege for printing and distributing the Sum...

1603

Vatican

Latin

Petition for licence and privilege by Miguel de Cervantes (D...

1604

Spain

Spanish

Petition from and Privilege granted to Cosimo Gaci to transl...

1604

Vatican

Latin

Don Quixote’s Privilege...

1605

Spain

Spanish

Don Quixote’s Privilege Extensions ...

1605

Spain

Spanish

Haskama and Ban of Venetian Rabbis for Sefer Bedek Ha-Bayit...

1606

Jewish Law

Hebrew

Brevet d'impression du Roy pour la musique accordé par Henry...

1607

France

French

Notice of the States-General of the United Netherlands of 27...

1608

Netherlands

Dutch

...

1614

Spain

Spanish

We make known to all (...) that a number of Danish books, pr...

1617

Scandinavia

Danish

Letters Patent of the King for the Regulation of the Booksel...

1618

France

French

Samuel Daniel's privilege for printing The Collection of the...

1618

United Kingdom

English

An Act concerning Monopolies and Dispensations with Penal La...

1624

United Kingdom

English

Register of Holland and West-Frisia of the years 1623, 1624,...

1625-1626

Netherlands

Dutch

Biblia, that is: The entire Holy Scripture, Containing all t...

1632

Netherlands

Dutch

A Decree of Starre-Chamber Concerning Printing...

1637

United Kingdom

English

Trygge Nielsen, book printer, appeals to His Majesty or to C...

1643

Scandinavia

Danish

The Humble Remonstrance of the Company of Stationers to the ...

1643

United Kingdom

English

An Ordinance for the Regulation of Printing...

1643

United Kingdom

English

Milton's Areopagitica...

1644

United Kingdom

English

Ordinance against Unlicensed or Scandalous Pamphlets, and fo...

1647

United Kingdom

English

...

1649

France

French

An Act against Unlicensed and Scandalous Books and Pamphlets...

1649

United Kingdom

English

'Whether it is of benefit to the public to provide Bookselle...

1650s

France

French

An Act for reviving of a former Act, entitled, An Act agains...

1653

United Kingdom

English

Royal Privilege [Charles Le Brun] (1656)...

1656

France

French

Preface to Angelus Silesius's und Georgius Josephus's 'Holy ...

1657

Germany

German

The Book Thief. Warned and admonished by J.B. Schupp...

1658

Germany

German

New Regulation and Statutes Enacted by a Worthy and Most Wis...

1660

Germany

German

'Decree of the Council of State which confirms and preserves...

1660

France

French

Fixed and indissoluble Contract of Printers and Booksellers ...

1660

Netherlands

Dutch

An Act for Preventing Abuses in Printing Seditious, Treasona...

1662

United Kingdom

English

An Act for Preventing Abuses in Printing Seditious, Treasona...

1662

United Kingdom

English

Considerations and Proposals in Order to the Regulation of t...

1663

United Kingdom

English

Decree and Regulations of the Council, relating to privilege...

1665

France

French

'The Highly Lauded Bookmaker, or: A small but amusing and ed...

1666

Germany

German

John Milton's contract with Samuel Simmons for the publicati...

1667

United Kingdom

English

Inspeximus, August 1667, recital of original Stationers' Com...

1667

United Kingdom

English

Resolutions of the Lords States of Holland and West-Frisia, ...

1669

Netherlands

Dutch

We now permit and grant...that Hans Hoff...may from now on, ...

1670

Scandinavia

Danish

John Usher's Printing Privilege...

1672

United States

English

New Ordinance and Statutes, enacted by a most honourable, st...

1673

Germany

German

Counterfeited 'Privileges and Liberties' Devised by Christof...

1675

Germany

German

Decree of the Council containing prohibitions on the copying...

1676

France

French

Pirated edition of Quinta parte de las comedias de Calderón ...

1677

Spain

Spanish

His Royal Majesty’s Statute and Ordinance Regarding the Cens...

1684

Scandinavia

Swedish

The Stationers' Company Charter, granted by Charles II, May ...

1684

United Kingdom

English

Statutes and Decrees for the Printers and Booksellers of Par...

1686

France

French

Resolutions of the Lords States of Holland and West-Frisia, ...

1686

Netherlands

Dutch

Stadholder Guldenlewe [decreed] that all monopolies concerni...

1686

Scandinavia

Danish

Permission is granted to the superintendent in Skaholt, Mag....

1688

Scandinavia

Danish

The Norwegian Law of Christian V. Chapter 20. Regarding Book...

1688

Scandinavia

Danish

Amendment to the New Regulation and Statutes published in 16...

1690

Germany

German

Short Account of the Useful and Laudable Book Trade and its ...

1690

Germany

German

John Locke's Second Treatise on Government (selected extract...

1690

United Kingdom

English

Memorandum on the dispute which has arisen between the books...

1690s

France

French

Fake edition of Vera Tassis' compilation of Calderón de la B...

1691

Spain

Spanish

Pseudo-Vera Tassis – The plays of Calderon, which appeared i...

1691

Spain

Spanish

John Locke's Memorandum on the Licensing Act 1662...

1693

United Kingdom

English

House of Commons' Reasons for objecting to the renewal of th...

1695

United Kingdom

English

William Bladen's Liberty to print in Maryland...

1700

United States

English

Letters patent and decree of the King's Council of State for...

1701

France

French

Instruction, whereby We Frederick the Fourth, by the Grace o...

1701

Scandinavia

Danish

An Essay on the Regulation of the Press...

1704

United Kingdom

English

Reasons Humbly Offer'd for the Bill for the Encouragement of...

1706

United Kingdom

English

Reasons Humbly Offer'd for the Bill for the Encouragement of...

1709

United Kingdom

English

More Reasons Humbly Offer'd to the Honourable House of Commo...

1709

United Kingdom

English

Reasons Humbly Offer'd to the Consideration of the Honourabl...

1709

United Kingdom

English

Willing agreement of the booksellers within Amsterdam, Leyde...

1710

Netherlands

Dutch

Gerardi Noodt, Opera omnia, Cum ante edita, tum adhuc inedit...

1710

Netherlands

Dutch

An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by Vesting the Cop...

1710

United Kingdom

English

A Bill for Encouragement of Learning, and for Securing the P...

1710

United Kingdom

English

Legal Deposit at the Royal Library - List of Books and Mater...

1711

Spain

Spanish

Privilege and censorship provisions in the 'Books Constituti...

1713

Germany

German

A Most Honourable and Most Wise Council's of the Holy Empire...

1713

Germany

German

Decree of the King's Council of State, containing a privileg...

1714

France

French

Resolution of the Lords States of Holland and West-Frisia, 1...

1715

Netherlands

Dutch

Printer Joachim Wielandt's privilege for 97 different popula...

1721

Scandinavia

Danish

Burnet v. Chetwood (1721) 2 Mer. 441...

1721

United Kingdom

English

George Burnet's Bill of Complaint and William Chetwood's Dem...

1721

United Kingdom

English

Burnet v. Chetwood: Entries from the Court of Chancery's Boo...

1721

United Kingdom

English

Rescript (...) concerning [the fact] that it now stands [tha...

1723

Scandinavia

Danish

Electoral Saxon Printing and Censorship Acts of 1549, 1562, ...

1724

Germany

German

Decree of the Council on regulations on bookselling and prin...

1725

France

French

Memorandum on the abuses practised by the booksellers and pr...

1725-1726

France

French

Memorandum by Louis d'Héricourt, addressed to M. the Keeper ...

1725-1726

France

French

Resolutions of the Lords States of Holland and West-Frisia, ...

1728

Netherlands

Dutch

Gay v. Read (1729): Entry from the Court of Chancery's Book ...

1729

United Kingdom

English

An Act for the encouragement of the arts of designing, engra...

1735

United Kingdom

English

The Case of Designers, Engravers, Etchers, &c. stated in a L...

1735

United Kingdom

English

An Act for the encouragement of the arts of designing, engra...

1735

United Kingdom

English

Rescript (to the College of Missions) whereby the Vajsenhus ...

1737

Scandinavia

Danish

Bill for the better Encouragement of Learning, and for the m...

1737

United Kingdom

English

Baller v. Watson: Entry from the Court of Chancery's Book of...

1737

United Kingdom

English

An Act for the Encouragement on Learning, by the more effect...

1737

United Kingdom

English

Johann Thurneysen's dissertation 'On the Illicit Reprinting ...

1738

Germany

Latin

Privilege granted by the Protestant Swiss Cantons to the Zur...

1740

Germany

German

Anonymous article by Johann Abraham Birnbaum on 'The Reprint...

1740

Germany

German

Decree of the Reformatori di Studio di Padova Against Unauth...

1740

Italy

Italian

Ordinance Decreeing that no one shall publish, reprint or im...

1741

Scandinavia

Danish

Gyles v. Wilcox, Barrow, and Nutt (1741) 2 Atk. 141...

1741

United Kingdom

English

Pope v. Curl (1741) 2 Atk. 342...

1741

United Kingdom

English

Gyles v. Wilcox (1741) Barn C. 368...

1741

United Kingdom

English

Alexander Pope's Bill of Complaint, and Edmund Curl's Answer...

1741

United Kingdom

English

Pope v Curl: Entry from the Court of Chancery's Book of Orde...

1741

United Kingdom

English

Booksellers' and Printers' Code, or Report on the regulation...

1744

France

French

Province...

1746

United States

English

A Letter from an Author, to a Member of Parliament concernin...

1747

United Kingdom

English

In humble obedience to the gracious command of His Majesty t...

1748

Scandinavia

Swedish

Decree of the King's Council of State, in favour of M. de Cr...

1749

France

French

Treatise on Book Printers, Booksellers, Paper Manufacturers ...

1750

Germany

German

An Act to revise, digest & Print the Laws of this Colony...

1750

United States

English

Tonson v. Walker (1751) NA c.11 1106/18...

1751

United Kingdom

English

Juan Curiel as Censor: A new regulatory system...

1752

Spain

Spanish

Privilege Transfers: Contract between Antonio Sanz and his b...

1752

Spain

Spanish

His Majesty's Regulations and Rules for the Printing Industr...

1752

Scandinavia

Swedish

Contract between an author, le Sieur d'Anville, and his book...

1759

France

French

Decree of the King's Privy Council of State, which declares ...

1761

France

French

Tonson v. Collins (1761) 1 Black W. 301...

1761

United Kingdom

English

Declaration by the King, concerning trade privileges. 24 Dec...

1762

France

French

Royal Order declaring Absolute Freedom to sell books without...

1762

Spain

Spanish

Tonson v. Collins (1762) 1 Black W. 321...

1762

United Kingdom

English

Anon., An Enquiry into the Nature and Origin of Literary Pro...

1762

United Kingdom

English

Anon., A Vindication of the Exclusive Rights of Authors...

1762

United Kingdom

English

A historical and political letter to a magistrate on the boo...

1763

France

French

Rules for the establishment of the Printers and Book Merchan...

1763

Spain

Spanish

Representations and remarks as a memorandum on the ancient a...

1764

France

French

Royal privilege for Ole Brose for an office of advertisement...

1764

Scandinavia

Danish

The first basic law of the newly-established German Publishe...

1765

Germany

German

Title pages with references to Prussian privileges for Phili...

1765

Germany

German

Prussian Cabinet Order of 28 November 1766 generally bannin...

1766

Germany

German

His Majesty’s Gracious Ordinance Regarding the Freedom of Wr...

1766

Scandinavia

Swedish

An act to amend and render more effectual an act made in the...

1766

United Kingdom

English

William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England, Vo...

1766

United Kingdom

English

Millar v. Taylor (1769) 4 Burr. 2303...

1769

United Kingdom

English

Avis aux gens de lettres...

1770

France

French

Jugement rendu par M. de Sartine, Chevalier, Conseiller d'Et...

1770

France

French

Rescript that Books must be printed without Censorship and A...

1770

Scandinavia

Danish

Rescript, whereby the freedom of printing permitted by the R...

1771

Scandinavia

Danish

An Act to revise, digest & Print the Laws of this Colony...

1772

United States

English

William Billings' Second Petition to the Massachusetts Gover...

1772

United States

English

William Billings' Printing Privilege...

1772

United States

English

Friedrich August Elector of Saxony's Statute of 18 December ...

1773

Germany

German

The publishing of books with regard to the writers, the publ...

1773

Germany

German

On Book Publishing...

1773

Germany

German

Incidental Thoughts of a Publisher on Klopstock's proclamati...

1773

Germany

German

Rescript, that nothing concerning the state and government, ...

1773

Scandinavia

Danish

Hinton v. Donaldson (1773)...

1773

United Kingdom

English

Hinton v. Donaldson: Information for Messrs John Hinton...

1773

United Kingdom

English

Hinton v. Donaldson: Information for Alexander Donaldson and...

1773

United Kingdom

English

The Reprinting of Books Examined in the Light of True Princi...

1774

Germany

German

The Justified Reprinter, or on the Legality of the Reprints ...

1774

Germany

German

Imperial Privilege for the Karlsruhe publisher C. G. Schmied...

1774

Germany

German

The justified reprinter...

1774

Germany

German

On booktrade in the Imperial and Royal hereditary lands...

1774

Germany

German

Donaldson v. Becket (1774) Hansard, 1st ser., 17 (1774): 953...

1774

United Kingdom

English

An Argument in Defence of Literary Property, The Second Edit...

1774

United Kingdom

English

The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents in the Cause of ...

1774

United Kingdom

English

The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House in the great C...

1774

United Kingdom

English

An Act for the Relief of Booksellers and others...

1774

United Kingdom

English

Observations on Literary Property...

1774

United Kingdom

English

A Modest Plea for the Property of Copyright...

1774

United Kingdom

English

Modest Exceptions from the Court of Parnassus, to Mr Macaule...

1774

United Kingdom

English

Stationers' Company v. Carnan (1775) 2 W. Bl. 1004...

1775

United Kingdom

English

Memorandum for consultation by the Booksellers and Printers ...

1776

France

French

Fragments on the Freedom of the Press...

1776

France

French

Declaration in favour of the Royal Academy of Painting and S...

1777

France

French

Decree of the King's Council of State, containing regulation...

1777

France

French

Linguet's opinion on the Ruling of 30 August 1777 regarding ...

1777

France

French

Bach v. Longman (1777) 2 Cowp. 623...

1777

United Kingdom

English

An act for effectually securing the property of prints to in...

1777

United Kingdom

English

Three Letters to a friend concerning the Book Trade...

1778

France

French

Decree of the King's Council of State, containing regulation...

1778

France

French

Procès-Verbal de ce qui s'est passé au Parlement touchant le...

1779

France

French

Report on the Case of Dramatic Authors and Actors, by Beauma...

1780

France

French

Decree of the Council of State of the King on dramatic autho...

1780

France

French

Decree of the Council of State of the King on dramatic autho...

1780

France

French

'Pezzana e Consorti' case (1781): copies of the decrees and ...

1780

Italy

Italian

Venetian Reprint of the Decree of 30 August 1777 of the King...

1780

Italy

Italian

Works of Darkness. A Contribution to the History of the Book...

1781

Germany

German

Petition by Niccolo Pezzana e Consorti, and Ruling of the Ri...

1781

Italy

Italian

Andrew Law's Petition for Legislative Privilege from the Sta...

1781

United States

English

Connecticut's Printing Privilege to Andrew Law...

1781

United States

English

Letter from Samuel Stanhope Smith to Noah Webster...

1782

United States

English

Petition of John Ledyard to the Connecticut Governor and Leg...

1783

United States

English

An Act for the Encouragement of Literature and Genius...

1783

United States

English

Letter from Joel Barlow to the Continental Congress...

1783

United States

English

Continental Congress Resolution recommending the states to s...

1783

United States

English

An Act for the purpose of securing to authors the exclusive ...

1783

United States

English

An Act respecting literary property...

1783

United States

English

An Act for the promotion and encouragement of literature, 17...

1783

United States

English

An Act for the encouragement of literature and genius, and f...

1783

United States

English

An Act for the purpose of securing to authors the exclusive ...

1783

United States

English

Committee Report on the Petition of John Ledyard...

1783

United States

English

On Reprinting of Books, published in: Johann Jacob Cella's i...

1784

Germany

German

Letter from Noah Webster to James Madison...

1784

United States

English

An Act for the encouragement and promotion of learning, 1784...

1784

United States

English

An Act for the encouragement of the arts and sciences...

1784

United States

English

Joseph II of Habsburg's Statutes on Censorship and Printing ...

1785

Germany

German

Immanuel Kant, "On the Unlawfulness of Reprinting," Berlinis...

1785

Germany

German

Imperial Printing Privilege for 'The Adventures of the Pious...

1785

Germany

German

An Act securing to authors of literary works an exclusive pr...

1785

United States

English

An Act for securing literary property...

1785

United States

English

Annex to the pamphlet about The Slandered Man: including the...

1786

Germany

German

Decree of the King's Privy Council of State, establishing a ...

1786

France

French

An Act for encouragement of literature and genius...

1786

United States

English

An Act to promote literature...

1786

United States

English

An Act for the Encouragement of the Arts of designing and pr...

1787

United Kingdom

English

An Act for the Encouragement of the Arts of designing and pr...

1787

United Kingdom

English

Constitutional Convention Journal Entry...

1787

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English

James Madison's Consitutional Convention Journal Record...

1787

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English

James Madison's Edited Constitutional Convention Journal Rec...

1787

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English

Letters on the contemporary situation of literature and the ...

1788

Germany

German

The Federalist No. 43...

1788

United States

English

On the property right in intellectual works with a threefold...

1789

Germany

German

The Constitution of the United States of America, Art. 1, §8...

1789

United States

English

House Journal Record of the Petition of David Ramsay...

1789

United States

English

House Decision to prepare a bill for general copyright and p...

1789

United States

English

A Bill to Promote the Progress of Science and Useful Arts [H...

1789

United States

English

Petition of David Ramsay of the State of South Carolina to t...

1789

United States

English

Contra and pro the reprinting of books from the papers of th...

1790

Germany

German

Vindication of property against robbery, or Survey of the wr...

1790

Germany

German

A brief outline of the reasons for the harmfulness of reprin...

1790

Germany

German

An outline of the reasons for the punishability of reprintin...

1790

Germany

German

Report of M. the Abbé Sieyès on the freedom of the press, an...

1790

France

French

...

1790

France

French

Petition by the printmakers and proprietors of copperplates ...

1790

France

French

An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by securing copies...

1790

United States

English

Sample copyright registrations from various states...

1790-1800

United States

English

Reimarus: "Book Publishing, with regard to writers, publishe...

1791

Germany

German

Books without the Knowledge and Consent of the first Publish...

1791

Germany

Latin

Report of Le Chapelier on Dramatic Author's property (with t...

1791

France

French

Report to the National Assembly, by Mr. Hell, Deputy of the ...

1791

France

French

Petition to the National Assembly by Caron de Beaumarchais, ...

1791

France

French

On the Reprinting of Books. To Mr Johann Gottwerth Müller, D...

1792

Germany

German

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1792

Germany

German

Barcelona Newspaper Printing Privilege granted to Pedro Pabl...

1792

Spain

Spanish

Joseph Purcell's Map Printing Privilege...

1792

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English

Müller: On Publication Piracy, or: Observations on Dr Reimar...

1792 [1791]

Germany

German

Proof of the Unlawfulness of Reprinting: A Rationale and a P...

1793

Germany

German

Decree of the National Convention, of 19 July 1793, regardin...

1793

France

French

Reprinting Provisions in the Prussian Statute Book, I 11 §§ ...

1794

Germany

German

Contract of 28 May 1794 between Friedrich Schiller and his p...

1794

Germany

German

Petition by citizen makers of plaster casts to the National ...

1794

France

French

Report of the committee to research the petitions by differe...

1795

Netherlands

Dutch

On the Theory of Privileges in general, and on Publishers' P...

1796

Germany

German

Publication, on the privileges and patents, as well as on th...

1796

Netherlands

Dutch

An Act for Encouraging the Art of Making New Models and Cast...

1798

United Kingdom

English

Beckford v. Hood (1798) 7 D& E 620...

1798

United Kingdom

English

An Act for Encouraging the Art of Making New Models and Cast...

1798

United Kingdom

English

Apology of the Reprinting of Books...

1799

Germany

German

Ordinance specifying and defining the limits of freedom of t...

1799

Scandinavia

Danish

A Copy of the Documents, &c. respecting An Act of Parliament...

1799

United Kingdom

English

An Act for the further Encouragement of Learning, in the Uni...

1801

United Kingdom

English

A Bill for the Further Encouragement of Learning, in the Uni...

1801

United Kingdom

English

An Act for the further Encouragement of Learning, in the Uni...

1801

United Kingdom

English

An Act supplementary to an act, intituled 'An act for the en...

1802

United States

English

Official Publication of the State Administration of the Bata...

1803

Netherlands

Dutch

Memorandum of His High Mightiness, representing the Batavian...

1805

Netherlands

Dutch

Carl Friedrich, the Grand Duke of Baden's Regulation of 8 Se...

1806

Germany

German

Act, expanding the Official Publication of 3rd June 1803, co...

1808

Netherlands

Dutch

Reprinting Provisions of the Baden Civil Code...

1809

Germany

German

Imperial decree, containing regulations for printing and the...

1810

France

French

The Freedom of the Press Ordinance approved by his Royal Maj...

1810

Scandinavia

Swedish

The Freedom of the Press Ordinance approved by his Royal Maj...

1812

Scandinavia

Swedish

London Booksellers' Petition, Respecting Copyrights, &c., 16...

1812

United Kingdom

English

Reprinting provision in the Penal Law Book for the Kingdom o...

1813

Germany

German

High Court of Justice of The Hague, 11 January 1813 (Johanne...

1813

Netherlands

Dutch

Decree of the 18th of December 1813, no. 5, relating to the ...

1813

Netherlands

Dutch

Decree CCLXV on June 10, 1813. Rules to preserve the propert...

1813

Spain

Spanish

Petition of the Printers of London and Westminster respectin...

1813

United Kingdom

English

Edinburgh Booksellers' Petition Respecting Copyright, 9 Apri...

1813

United Kingdom

English

Report of the Acts Respecting Copyright, 18 June 1813, Hansa...

1813

United Kingdom

English

Report from Committee on Acts of 8 Anne, and 15 & 41 Geo.III...

1813

United Kingdom

English

Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee on Acts of 8 ...

1813

United Kingdom

English

Robin v. Romagnesi, Court of Cassation. 17 November 1814...

1814

France

French

Leclerc v. Villeprend and Brunet, Court of Cassation. 2 Dece...

1814

France

French

Decree of the 24th of January 1814, No. 1, holding provision...

1814

Netherlands

Dutch

An Act to amend the several Acts for the Encouragement of Le...

1814

United Kingdom

English

Sculpture Copyright Act, 1814, 54 Geo.III, c.56...

1814

United Kingdom

English

Debates in the Commons: Copyrights, 10 May 1814, Hansard, 2n...

1814

United Kingdom

English

Debates in the Commons: Copyright Bill, 19 May 1814, Hansard...

1814

United Kingdom

English

Debates in the Commons: Copyright Bill, 12 July 1814, Hansar...

1814

United Kingdom

English

Debates in the Commons: Copyright Bill, 18 July 1814, Hansar...

1814

United Kingdom

English

A Bill [as amended by the Committee] to Amend the several Ac...

1814

United Kingdom

English

A Bill [as recommended in on re-commitment] to Amend the sev...

1814

United Kingdom

English

A Bill [as recommended on second re-commitment] to Amend the...

1814

United Kingdom

English

A Bill [as recommended on third re-commitment] to Amend the ...

1814

United Kingdom

English

Publishers' petition to the Congress of Vienna (1814-15), pr...

1815

Germany

German

Decree of the 24th of January 1815, no. 12, with provisions ...

1815

Netherlands

Dutch

Deed of Commitment by some Booksellers in the Netherlands to...

1815

Netherlands

Dutch

Act of 25th January 1817, providing the rights which can be ...

1817

Netherlands

Dutch

Advice of the Honourable Lords J. van der Linden, M.C. van H...

1817

Netherlands

Dutch

Report from the Select Committee on the Copyright Acts of 8 ...

1818

United Kingdom

English

Minutes of Evidence taken before the Select Committee on the...

1818

United Kingdom

English

High Court of Justice of The Hague, 25 October 1820 (Van Kes...

1820

Netherlands

Dutch

Remarks on Intellectual Property as published in the First P...

1821

Germany

German

Regulations for the activities of the Association promoting ...

1821

Netherlands

Dutch

Decree of the 2nd of July 1822, relating to the printing and...

1822

Netherlands

Dutch

Constitution of 1822 passed by Parliament...

1822

Portugal

Portuguese

The Reprinting of Books from the Perspective of Roman Law...

1824

Germany

German

Philippe-Antoine Merlin on counterfeiting...

1825

France

French

Literary Property Commission - Collection des Procès-Verbaux...

1826

France

French

Constitutional Charter of 1826 decreed by D. Pedro, King of ...

1826

Portugal

Portuguese

Letter from Noah Webster to Daniel Webster...

1826

United States

English

Letter from Daniel Webster to Noah Webster...

1826

United States

English

Treaties between Prussia and other German States concerning ...

1827

Germany

German

The Rights of Writers and Publishers...

1827

Germany

German

Veuve Vergne C. créanciers Vergne, Royal Court of Paris. 11 ...

1828

France

French

R. Maugham, A Treatise on the Laws of Literary Property...

1828

United Kingdom

English

Letter from Robert Donaldson to Richard Peters Jr....

1828

United States

English

Letter from Robert Donaldson to Henry Wheaton...

1828

United States

English

Letter from Richard Peters Jr. to Robert Donaldson, Sept. 26...

1828

United States

English

H.R. 140: A bill to amend the act for the encouragement of l...

1828

United States

English

H.R. 140: Amendment To a bill to amend and consolidate the a...

1828

United States

English

First Charter of the German Music Publishers' Association ag...

1829

Germany

German

Commentary on the Statutes for the Canton of Zurich regardin...

1829

Germany

German

Electorate of Hessen Act to protect the rights of writers an...

1829

Germany

German

Second Charter of the German Music Publishers' Union Against...

1830

Germany

German

A Bill To alter and extend the provisions of the 54th George...

1830

United Kingdom

English

respecting copy-rights...

1830

United States

English

Letter from John McLean to Richard Peters Jr....

1830

United States

English

An Act to amend several acts respecting copy rights...

1831

United States

English

Debate in House over copyright bill...

1831

United States

English

'On the right to the performance of published stage plays,' ...

1832

Germany

German

Report from the Select Committee on Dramatic Literature: wit...

1832

United Kingdom

English

State of the Drama: Debates in the Commons, 31 May 1832, Han...

1832

United Kingdom

English

Dramatic Literary Property Act, 1833, 3 & 4 Will.IV, c.15...

1833

United Kingdom

English

Dramatic Authors: Debates in the Commons, 12 March 1833, Han...

1833

United Kingdom

English

Dramatic Performances: Debates in the Commons, 24 July 1833,...

1833

United Kingdom

English

A Bill to amend the Laws relating to Dramatic Literary Prope...

1833

United Kingdom

English

Review of Leopold Joseph Neustetel's 'On the Reprinting of B...

1834

Germany

German

Pro Aris et Focis [For our altars and our hearths]. Letter t...

1834

France

French

Privilege concerning the Royal Lithographic Establisment (Ma...

1834

Spain

Spanish

Wheaton v. Peters, 33 U.S. 591 (1834)...

1834

United States

English

Report on the Copy-Right Case of Wheaton v. Peters Decided i...

1834

United States

English

Letters from Charles Sumner to Joseph Story...

1834

United States

English

Declaration of the Viennese composer Johann Strauss concerni...

1835

Germany

German

Responsa Hatam Sofer, Likutim, Part 6, No. 57 ...

1835

Jewish Law

Hebrew

Publication of Lectures Act, 1835, 5 & 6 Will.IV, c.65...

1835

United Kingdom

English

Debates in the Commons, Second Reading, 24 August 1835, Hans...

1835

United Kingdom

English

Debates in the Commons, Committee, 26 August 1835, Hansard, ...

1835

United Kingdom

English

Bill, intituled, Act for preventing Publication of Lectures ...

1835

United Kingdom

English

An Act to extend the Protection of Copyright in Prints and E...

1836

United Kingdom

English

Law for the Protection of Property in Works of Scholarship a...

1837

Germany

German

Resolution agreed on by the Assembly of the German Confedera...

1837

Germany

German

Royal Order on the Representation of Dramatic Works ...

1837

Spain

Spanish

Royal Order extending the protection to musical compositions...

1837

Spain

Spanish

Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill, 14 December 183...

1837

United Kingdom

English

A Bill to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Copyrig...

1837

United Kingdom

English

Report, with Senate Bill No. 223...

1837

United States

English

Petition of THOMAS MOORE, AND OTHER AUTHORS OF GREAT BRITAIN...

1837

United States

English

Debates in Congress: 'Copy-Rights to Foreigners'...

1837

United States

English

Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States, prayi...

1837

United States

English

Ordinance on the Establishment of Societies of Copyright Exp...

1838

Germany

German

Constitution of 1838...

1838

Portugal

Portuguese

Remarks on Literary Property in response to the article publ...

1838

Spain

Spanish

International Copyright Act, 1838, 1 & 2 Vict. c.59...

1838

United Kingdom

English

International Copyright: Debates in the Commons, 20 March 18...

1838

United Kingdom

English

International Copyright Bill: Debates in the Lords, Third Re...

1838

United Kingdom

English

Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill: Hansard, 3rd Se...

1838

United Kingdom

English

Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill, Hansard, 3rd Se...

1838

United Kingdom

English

Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill, Hansard, 3rd Se...

1838

United Kingdom

English

Bill to amend the Law of Copyright, 1837-38, Paper No.164, I...

1838

United Kingdom

English

Bill to amend the Law of Copyright, 1837-38, Paper No.461, I...

1838

United Kingdom

English

An Address of Certain Authors (with notes)...

1838

United States

English

Report, from the Committee on Patents and the Patent Office...

1838

United States

English

Memorial of the New York Typographical Society, against the ...

1838

United States

English

Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston, Praying the Pass...

1838

United States

English

Bill (and report) on literary and artistic property...

1839

Portugal

Portuguese

Bill to amend the Law of Copyright, 1839, Paper No.19, I, 50...

1839

United Kingdom

English

Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill, Hansard, 3rd Se...

1839

United Kingdom

English

Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill, Hansard, 3rd Se...

1839

United Kingdom

English

Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill, Hansard, 3rd Se...

1839

United Kingdom

English

Bilateral Treaty between His Majesty, the Emperor of Austria...

1840

Germany

German

Treatise on Reprinting of books and the safeguarding of auth...

1840

Germany

German

Supreme Court of the Netherlands, 8 September 1840 (Johannes...

1840

Netherlands

Dutch

Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright, 1840, Paper No.61, I, 41...

1840

United Kingdom

English

Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill, Hansard, 3rd Se...

1840

United Kingdom

English

Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill, Hansard, 3rd Se...

1840

United Kingdom

English

Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill, Hansard, 3rd Se...

1840

United Kingdom

English

Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates from March and...

1841

France

French

Gros's widow and Vallot v. Gavard, Court of Cassation. 23 Ju...

1841

France

French

Royal Majesty's and the Estates of the Realm's Established F...

1841

Scandinavia

Swedish

Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright, 1841, Paper No.6, I, 429...

1841

United Kingdom

English

Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill, Hansard, 3rd Se...

1841

United Kingdom

English

Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill, Hansard, 3rd Se...

1841

United Kingdom

English

Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill, Hansard, 3rd Se...

1841

United Kingdom

English

Folsom v. Marsh (C.C.D.Mass. 1841) (No. 4,901)...

1841

United States

English

Folsom v. Marsh, Master in Chancery Report...

1841

United States

English

A BILL To secure to the authors of dramatic works their prop...

1841

United States

English

Heirs of Baron Gros & Vallot v. Gavard, Court of Cassation. ...

1842

France

French

Copyright Law Amendment Act, 1842, 5 & 6 Vict., c.45...

1842

United Kingdom

English

J.J. Lowndes, An Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 2...

1842

United Kingdom

English

Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill, Hansard, 3rd Se...

1842

United Kingdom

English

Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill, Hansard, 3rd Se...

1842

United Kingdom

English

Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill, Hansard, 3rd Se...

1842

United Kingdom

English

Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill, Hansard, 3rd Se...

1842

United Kingdom

English

Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill, Hansard, 3rd Se...

1842

United Kingdom

English

Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill, Hansard, 3rd Se...

1842

United Kingdom

English

Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill, Hansard, 3rd Se...

1842

United Kingdom

English

Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill, Hansard, 3rd Se...

1842

United Kingdom

English

Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill, Hansard, 3rd Se...

1842

United Kingdom

English

Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright, 1842, Paper No.79, I, 50...

1842

United Kingdom

English

Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright, 1842, Paper No.139, I, 5...

1842

United Kingdom

English

Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright, 1842, Paper No.194, I, 5...

1842

United Kingdom

English

Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright, 1842, Paper No.370, I, 5...

1842

United Kingdom

English

Memorial of a Number of Persons Concerned in Printing and Pu...

1842

United States

English

District Court in Amsterdam, 27 December 1843 (C.F. Stemler ...

1843

Netherlands

Dutch

An Address to the People of the United States on Behalf of t...

1843

United States

English

Saxon Law on the protection of rights to literary products a...

1844

Germany

German

The Royal Saxon Law of 22 February 1844 on the protection of...

1844

Germany

German

Law concerning the property right of the widows and children...

1844

France

French

International Copyright Act, 1844, 7 & 8 Vict., c.12...

1844

United Kingdom

English

Bill to amend Law relating to International Copyright, 1844,...

1844

United Kingdom

English

A Bill Relating to Copyright H.R. 9...

1844

United States

English

Marie C. Lacordaire, Lyon Court of Appeal. 17 July 1845...

1845

France

French

Rosa v. Girardin, Rouen Court of Appeal. 7 November 1845....

1845

France

French

Annex A to the Regulations of the Association promoting the ...

1845

Netherlands

Dutch

Convention of 13 May 1846 between Prussia and Great Britain ...

1846

Germany

German

...

1846

Germany

German

Austrian Law for the protection of literary and artistic pro...

1846

Germany

German

Handbook of German press legislation. Collection of legislat...

1846

Germany

German

Literary Property Act (1847)...

1847

Spain

Spanish

An Act to amend the Law relating to the Protection in the Co...

1847

United Kingdom

English

Bill to amend Law relating to Protection in Colonies of Work...

1847

United Kingdom

English

A Treatise on the Law of Copyright...

1847

United States

English

Collection of Expert opinions of the Royal Prussian Literary...

1848

Germany

German

Copyright Formalities in Spain: Registration- Registry Books...

1848

Spain

Spanish

Memorials of John Jay and of William C. Bryant and Others, i...

1848

United States

English

Supreme Court of the Netherlands, 22 May 1850 (Public Prosec...

1850

Netherlands

Dutch

Acte de Société des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Editeurs de Mus...

1851

France

French

Law on Literary Property, 1851...

1851

Portugal

Portuguese

Anglo-French Copyright Treaty, 1851, Paper No.1432, LIV.,103...

1851

United Kingdom

English

Theory of Reprinting...

1852

Germany

German

Report and Decree on the Counterfeit of foreign works...

1852

France

French

International Copyright Act, 1852, 15 & 16 Vict., c.12...

1852

United Kingdom

English

Parliamentary Debates on the 1852 Act: Hansard, 3rd Ser., 11...

1852

United Kingdom

English

Parliamentary Debates on the 1852 Act: Hansard, 3rd Ser., 12...

1852

United Kingdom

English

Copyright and Natural Right - Letter from Harriet Beecher St...

1852

United States

English

Treaty between the Republic and Hanseatic City of Hamburg an...

1853

Germany

German

On Authors' Rights, chapter 6 of 'German Private Law' Vol. I...

1853

Germany

German

Lumley v. Bayard and the heirs of Donizetti, Court of Cassat...

1853

France

French

On the Laws of Artistic Copyright and their Defects...

1853

United Kingdom

English

Letters on International copyright...

1853

United States

English

Convention between Her Britannic Majesty and the United Stat...

1853

United States

English

Stowe v. Thomas, 23 F. Cas. 201 (C.C.E.D.Pa. 1853)...

1853

United States

English

Stowe v. Thomas, Complainant's Bill...

1853

United States

English

Stowe v. Thomas, Defendant's Answer...

1853

United States

English

Stowe v. Thomas, Affidavit of Harriet Beecher Stowe...

1853

United States

English

'Uncle Tom' at Law, New York Weekly Tribune, 16 April 1853, ...

1853

United States

English

Law on the property right which is to be safeguarded for the...

1854

France

French

Franco-Spanish Bilateral Copyright Treaty ...

1854

Spain

Spanish

Jeffreys v. Boosey (1854) 4 HLC 815...

1854

United Kingdom

English

Decree of the 22nd of July 1855, determining the placement i...

1855

Netherlands

Dutch and French

An Act supplemental to an Act entitled An Act to amend the s...

1856

United States

English

Controversy in the Nieuwsblad voor den boekhandel (News Pape...

1856-1857

Netherlands

Dutch

Publishing Right, including theories of the publishing contr...

1857

Germany

German

Fontana v. public attorney, Court of Cassation. 13 February ...

1857

France

French

Convention on literary and artistic works between Spain, Gre...

1857

Spain

Spanish

Return of Colonies and British Possessions in favour of whic...

1857

United Kingdom

English

Provincial Court of Appeal in North Holland, Chamber of Corr...

1858

Netherlands

Dutch

Draft of a Bill on the Right to Copy etc., with Explanatory ...

1858

Netherlands

Dutch

Artistic Copyright: Report of the Artistic Copyright Committ...

1858

United Kingdom

English

Casado's PhD on Copyright - Speech Given at the Universidad ...

1859

Spain

Spanish

Responsa Shoel u-Meshiv, Part 1, No. 44...

1860

Jewish Law

Hebrew

Report of the Committee for the draft of a bill to regulate ...

1860

Netherlands

Dutch

Turner v. Robinson (1860) 10 Ir Ch R 121 (MR)...

1860

United Kingdom

English

Havas, Bullier & Co. v. Gounouilhou, Court of Cassation. 8 A...

1861

France

French

Supreme Court on Originality ...

1861

Spain

Spanish

Bill for amending Law relating to Copyright in Works of Fine...

1861

United Kingdom

English

Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Bill: Hansar...

1861

United Kingdom

English

An Act to secure copyrights to authors and composers...

1861

United States

English

Betbéder and Schwalbé C. Mayer and Pierson, Court of Cassati...

1862

France

French

Provincial Court of Appeal in North Holland, Chamber of Civi...

1862

Netherlands

Dutch

Points or principles regarding the so-called Literary and Ar...

1862

Netherlands

Dutch

Bretón de los Herreros' Copyright Contract...

1862

Spain

Spanish

Fine Art Copyright Act, 1862, 25 & 26 Vict., c.68...

1862

United Kingdom

English

Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act: Hansard...

1862

United Kingdom

English

Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act: Hansard...

1862

United Kingdom

English

Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act: Hansard...

1862

United Kingdom

English

Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act: Hansard...

1862

United Kingdom

English

Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act: Hansard...

1862

United Kingdom

English

Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act: Hansard...

1862

United Kingdom

English

Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act: Hansard...

1862

United Kingdom

English

Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act: Hansard...

1862

United Kingdom

English

Bill for amending Law relating to Copyright in Works of Fine...

1862

United Kingdom

English

Bill for amending Law relating to Copyright in Works of Fine...

1862

United Kingdom

English

Southern Feeling towards England...

1862

United States

English

thors and composers'...

1863

United States

English

Memorial to the Congress of the Confederate States...

1863

United States

English

A Resolution in Relation to International Copyright....

1863

United States

English

An Act supplemental to an Act entitled 'An Act to amend the ...

1865

United States

English

Reports of MM. Riché, Perras, Sainte-Beuve relating to a Bil...

1866

France

French

Act on the Rights of heirs and of lawful representatives of ...

1866

France

French

'Authors' rights as an artificial means for safeguarding rem...

1867

Germany

German

The Law of 28 June 1865 to protect author's rights in litera...

1867

Germany

German

Delprat C. Charpentier, Court of Cassation. 21 August 1867...

1867

France

French

Portuguese Civil Code, approved by Law 1st July 1867...

1867

Portugal

Portuguese

'Literary Entailments: Examination of a bill whose purpose i...

1868

France

French

Regulations for the Association, promoting the interests of ...

1868

Netherlands

Dutch

Colonial Copyright Legislative Extensions ...

1868

Spain

Spanish

Prud'homme v. J Dubus's widow and Bellanger, Court of Cassat...

1869

France

French

Fine Arts Copyright Consolidation and Amendment Bill (No 2) ...

1869

United Kingdom

English

Graves’ Case (1868-69) L.R. 4 Q.B. 715; (1869) XX LT 877...

1869

United Kingdom

English

1869 Act to secure to Proprietors of Designs for Articles an...

1869

United Kingdom

English

Statute concerning author's rights to works of literature, i...

1870

Germany

German

Ordinance on the Establishment of Societies of Copyright Exp...

1870

Germany

German

Law of Copyright in Works of Literature and Art...

1870

United Kingdom

English

Reports of the Committee of the Senate of the United States,...

1870

United States

English

An Act to revise, consolidate, and amend the Statutes relati...

1870

United States

English

On the personal character of the publication right to which ...

1872

France

French

Spanish Supreme Court on Artistic Copyright...

1872

Spain

Spanish

Correspondence and Papers on the Colonial Copyright Act 1847...

1872

United Kingdom

English

S. 688 A Bill for the securing to authors in certain cases t...

1872

United States

English

Report from the Committee on the Library...

1873

United States

English

Controversy in the Nieuwsblad voor den boekhandel (News Pape...

1873-1876

Netherlands

Dutch

Opuscles by Alexandre Herculano...

1873-1908

Portugal

Portuguese

Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright, 1874, C.1067, ...

1874

United Kingdom

English

Statute concerning author's rights to designs and models, of...

1876

Germany

German

The High Court's deliberation and judgement of 22 April of t...

1876

Scandinavia

Danish

Act on the Protection of Written Property...

1876

Scandinavia

Danish

The Juridical Nature of Author's Rights, as well as of Trade...

1877

Germany

German

Consultative reports of Mr. J. Fresemann Viëtor and Mr. N. d...

1877

Netherlands

Dutch

Spanish Supreme Court on Music Copyright ...

1877

Spain

Spanish

Law regarding ownership of writings...

1877

Scandinavia

Swedish

On the Nature of the Author's Right, considered from a gener...

1878

France

French

Copyright Formalities in Spain: Registration. Certificates...

1878

Spain

Spanish

Report of the Royal Commission on Copyright, 1878, xxiv, C.2...

1878

United Kingdom

English

Report of the Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evid...

1878

United Kingdom

English

Spanish Copyright Act...

1879

Spain

Spanish

Bill to consolidate and amend Law relating to Copyright, 187...

1879

United Kingdom

English

Memorial to Her Majesty’s Government by the Royal Academy of...

1879

United Kingdom

English

A treatise on the law of property in intellectual production...

1879

United States

English

Baker v. Selden, 101 U.S. 99...

1879

United States

English

Baker v. Selden, Argument for Appellee...

1879

United States

English

Baker v. Selden, Argument for Appellants...

1879

United States

English

Author's Right...

1880

Germany

German

Regulations for the application of the 1879 Spanish Copyrigh...

1880

Spain

Spanish

Convention on literary, artistic and scientific property bet...

1880

Spain

Spanish

Provisional Copyright Convention between Spain and Great Bri...

1880

Spain

Spanish

Act of the 28th of June 1881, regulating copyright (Bulletin...

1881

Netherlands

Dutch

Danvila y Collado’s Copyright Treatise (1882)...

1882

Spain

Spanish

'Oscar Wilde No. 18' photograph...

1882

United States

English

Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony, 111 U.S. 53...

1883

United States

English

Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony, Brief for defendant...

1883

United States

English

Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony, Brief for Plaintiff...

1883

United States

English

Bilateral treaty between Switzerland and France as printed i...

1884

Germany

German

'The Swiss Federal Statute of 23. April 1883 regarding copyr...

1884

Germany

German

Bill and Explanatory Memorandum on the regulation of copyrig...

1884

Netherlands

Dutch

Bilateral Copyright Treaty between Spain and El Salvador ...

1884

Spain

Spanish

Spanish Copyright Office Register- Vol. 1 - First Inscriptio...

1885

Spain

Spanish

Carte v. Duff, (The Mikado case) 25 F. 183 (C.C.S.D.N.Y. 188...

1885

United States

English

International Copyright Act, 1886, 49 & 50 Vict., c.33...

1886

United Kingdom

English

Bill to amend Law respecting International and Colonial Copy...

1886

United Kingdom

English

Correspondence respecting the formation of an International ...

1886

United Kingdom

English

The Berne Convention of the 9th September 1886 for the creat...

1886

United Kingdom

English

Report on the Bill S. 2496, From the Committee on Patents...

1886

United States

English

Grus v. Ricordi and Durdilly & Co., Court of Cassation. 25 J...

1887

France

French

Book Dedication (French Jurist Édouard Clunet to Spanish cop...

1887

Spain

Spanish

Spanish Civil Code ...

1888

Spain

Spanish

American Authors and British Pirates...

1888

United States

English

The International Copyright Bill...

1888

United States

English

Copyright Pocketbooks ...

1890

Spain

Spanish

Report on the Bill H.R. 10881 'Simonds Report'...

1890

United States

English

Fifty expert opinions on reprinting and reproduction given b...

1891

Germany

German

Falk v. Brett Lithographing Co., 48 F. 678 (S.D.N.Y. 1891)...

1891

United States

English

An act to amend title sixty, chapter three, of the Revised S...

1891

United States

English

Agreement of 15 January 1892 between the German Reich and th...

1892

Germany

German

Supreme Court of the Netherlands, 21 November 1892 (Festival...

1892

Netherlands

Dutch

Falk v. Donaldson, 57 F. 32 (S.D.N.Y. 1893)...

1893

United States

English

Copyright Formalities in Spain: Copyright Bulletin...

1894

Spain

Spanish

Report to Accompany H.R. 6835...

1894

United States

English

the United States relating to copyrights....

1894

United States

English

Núñez de Arce’s Will (1895)...

1895

Spain

Spanish

Regarding Norway’s Accession to the Berne Convention...

1896

Scandinavia

Danish

New Zealand Photographic Copyright Act 1896 (1896 No.16) ...

1896

United Kingdom

English

A bill to amend title 60, chapter 3 of the Revised Statutes ...

1896

United States

English

Report to Accompany H.R. 1978 (Cummings Bill)...

1896

United States

English

Report to Accompany S. 2306...

1896

United States

English

Treloar Copyright Bill: Hearing on H.R. 5976 Before the Hous...

1896

United States

English

a bill (H. R. 5976) to provide for the commissioner of copyr...

1896

United States

English

Debate in Congress over Dramatic and Musical Copyright...

1896

United States

English

The Question of Copyright...

1896

United States

English

relating to copyrights...

1897

United States

English

Treaty of Peace between the United States and Spain...

1898

Spain

Spanish

Responsa Beit Yitzhak, Yoreh De'ah, Part 5, No. 75...

1899

Jewish Law

Hebrew

Copyright (Artistic) Bill 1899; P.P. 1899 HL Bill 45...

1899

United Kingdom

Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co., United States Circ...

1899

United States

English

Copyright (Artistic) Bill; P.P. 1900 HL Bill 19...

1900

United Kingdom

English

Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co., United States Circ...

1900

United States

English

Cinquin v. Lecocq, Court of Cassation. 25 June 1902...

1902

France

French

Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co. United States, Brie...

1902

United States

English

Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co. United States, Brie...

1902

United States

English

Three Posters: 'Spectacular Ballet Design,' 'Stirk Family De...

1902

United States

English

Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co., 188 U.S. 239...

1903

United States

English

Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co. Cartoon...

1903

United States

English