1469* | Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly (Italy) Commentary: [1] |
1474* | Venetian Statute on Industrial Brevets (Italy) Commentary: [1] |
1486* | Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege (Italy) Commentary: [1] |
1498* | Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent (Italy) Commentary: [1] |
1502 | Aldus Manutius's Petition against Counterfeiters (Italy) |
1503* | Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon (Italy) Commentary: [1] |
1504* | Privilege Granted to Benedetto Bordon (Italy) Commentary: [1] |
1516* | Appointment of Andrea Navagero as Literary Censor (Italy) |
1517* | Venetian Decree on Press Affairs (Italy) Commentary: [1] |
1526 | Papal and Venetian Privileges for Sigismondo Fanti's 'Triompho di Fortuna' (Italy) |
1545* | Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations (Italy) Commentary: [1] |
1545* | Antonio Catalano's Teaching Licence (Italy) |
1546* | Privilege Granted to Enea Vico (Parmigiano) (Italy) Commentary: [1] |
1549* | Decree Establishing the Venetian Guild of Printers and Booksellers (Italy) Commentary: [1] |
1549* | Statutes of the Venetian Guild of Printers and Booksellers (Italy) |
1550* | Rema Ruling re: Maharam of Padua (Jewish Law) Commentary: [1] |
1556 (1555 m.v.)* | Privilege Granted to Antonio Floriano (Italy) Commentary: [1] |
1556* | Privilege Granted to Giovanni Ostaus (Italy) Commentary: [1] |
1568* | Giorgio Vasari, Life of Marcantonio of Bologna and Other Engravers of Prints (Italy) |
1579* | Notice of Rabbinic Reprinting Ban (Jewish Law) |
1587* | Privilege to Giovanni Giolito di Ferrari for publication of Paolo Comitolo's "Catena in Beatissimum Job," and revocation of Jean Stratius' privilege in the same work (Vatican) Commentary: [1] |
1589* | Bosio's edition of the Statutes of the Knights of Malta (Vatican) Commentary: [1] |
1590* | Giovanni Fratta's 'On the Dedication of Books' (Italy) |
1596* | Motu proprio controversy (Italy) |
1603* | Venetian Decree on Privileges for New Books and Reprints (Italy) |
1606* | Reprinting Ban for Bedek Ha-Bayit (Jewish Law) |
1690s* | Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers (France) Commentary: [1] |
1740 | Venetian Decree Against Unauthorized Printing of Songs (Italy) |
1762* | An Enquiry into Literary Property (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1] |
1769* | Millar v. Taylor (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1] |
1776* | Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers (France) Commentary: [1] |
1776* | Fragments on the Freedom of the Press (France) Commentary: [1] |
1780* | 'Pezzana e Consorti' case: supporting documents (Italy) |
1781* | 'Pezzana e Consorti' case: counter-petition and rulings (Italy) |
1818 | Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence (United Kingdom) |
1838* | Remarks on Literary Property (Spain) |
1841* | Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property (France) |