1502 | Aldus Manutius's Petition against Counterfeiters (Italy) |
1503* | Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon (Italy) Commentary: [1] |
1525 | Luther's 'Admonition to the Printers' (Germany) |
1590* | Giovanni Fratta's 'On the Dedication of Books' (Italy) |
1618* | Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade (France) Commentary: [1] |
1666 | Henning: The Highly Lauded Bookmaker (Germany) |
1673 | Nuremberg Printers' Ordinance (Germany) |
1676* | Decree on Sculptures (France) |
1686* | Book trade regulations (France) |
1701* | Royal letters patent (France) Commentary: [1] |
1713* | 'Books Constitution' of Emperor Rudolf II (Germany) Commentary: [1] |
1713 | Augsburg Printers' Ordinance (Germany) |
1725-1726* | Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum (France) Commentary: [1] |
1738* | Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books (Germany) Commentary: [1] |
1740* | Encyclopaedia Article on 'The Reprinting of Books' (Germany) Commentary: [1] |
1765* | Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel (Germany) Commentary: [1] |
1793* | Fichte: Proof of the Unlawfulness of Reprinting (Germany) Commentary: [1] |
1802 | 1802 Amendment (United States) |
1824* | Neustetel: The Reprinting of Books (Germany) Commentary: [1] |
1838 | Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (20 March) (United Kingdom) |
1844 | International Copyright Bill (United Kingdom) |
1844 | H.R. 9 (Ingersoll Bill) (United States) |
1847* | Literary Property Act (Spain) Commentary: [1] |
1861 | Fine Art Copyright Bill (United Kingdom) |
1861* | Confederate States of America Copyright Act (United States) |
1862* | Fine Art Copyright Act (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1] |
1862 | Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (20 March) (United Kingdom) |
1862 | Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (22 May) (United Kingdom) |
1862 | Fine Art Copyright Bill (27 Feb.) (United Kingdom) |
1872* | Supreme Court on Artistic Copyright (Spain) |
1877* | Supreme Court on Music Copyright (Spain) |
1878* | Morillot on the author's right (France) |
1878 | Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence (United Kingdom) |
1896 | Hearing on H.R. 5976 (United States) |