PRIMARY SOURCES

ON COPYRIGHT

(1450-1900)

Charles II (1630 - 1685)

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Referred to in records:
1662 * : Licensing Act (English)
1663: L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals (English)
1684: Stationers' Charter (English)
1704 * : Defoe's Essay on the Press (English)
1762: A Vindication of the Rights of Authors (English)
1773: Information for Alexander Donaldson (English)
1773: Information for Messrs John Hinton et al (English)
1774 * : Donaldson v. Becket (English)
1774: The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents (English)
1774: The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House (English)
1814: Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (18 July) (English)
1818: Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence (English)
1828 * : Maugham's Treatise (English)
1832: Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May) (English)
1832: Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature (English)
1834 * : Wheaton v. Peters (English)
1834 * : Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report (English)
1838: Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April) (English)
1840: Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.) (English)
1841: Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.) (English)
1842 * : Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright (English)
1842: Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) (English)
1847 * : A Treatise on the Law of Copyright (English)
1854 * : Jeffreys v. Boosey (English)
1878: Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence (English)
1878 * : Royal Commissioners' Report (English)
1882 * : Danvila’s Copyright Treatise (Spanish)

Referred to in commentaries about:
1637: Star Chamber Decree
1662: Licensing Act
1667: Milton's Contract
1833: Dramatic Literary Property Act


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