PRIMARY SOURCES

ON COPYRIGHT

(1450-1900)

Locke, John (1632 - 1704)

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Referred to in records:
1690 * : Locke's Second Treatise on Government (selected extracts) (English)
1693: Locke's Memorandum on the 1662 Act (English)
1762 * : Tonson v. Collins (English)
1766: Blackstone's Commentaries, Vol.II (selected extracts) (English)
1773: Information for Alexander Donaldson (English)
1773: Information for Messrs John Hinton et al (English)
1774 * : Donaldson v. Becket (English)
1774: Enfield's Observations (English)
1774: Macauley's A Modest Plea (English)
1774: Stella's Modest Exceptions (English)
1774: The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents (English)
1774: The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House (English)
1828 * : Maugham's Treatise (English)
1842: Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) (English)
1847 * : A Treatise on the Law of Copyright (English)
1853: Letters on International copyright (English)
1896: The Question of Copyright (English)

Referred to in commentaries about:
1785: Kant: On the Unlawfulness of Reprinting
1794: Prussian Statute Book (ALR)
1821: Hegel: Remarks on Intellectual Property
1880: Kohler: Author's Right
1586: Simon Marion's plea on privileges
1761: La Fontaine case
1763: Diderot's Letter on the book trade
1662: Licensing Act
1667: Milton's Contract
1690: Locke's Second Treatise on Government (selected extracts)
1704: Defoe's Essay on the Press
1710: Statute of Anne
1737: Booksellers' Bill
1762: Tonson v. Collins
1769: Millar v. Taylor
1838: International Copyright Act
1870: Copinger's Law of Copyright

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