PRIMARY SOURCES

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(1450-1900)

Aldus Manutius's Petition against Counterfeiters, Venice (1502)

Source: Venetian State Archives: ASV, Senato Terra, reg. 14, c. 112r.

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Aldus Manutius's Petition against Counterfeiters, Venice (1502), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

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Full title:
Petition by Aldus Manutius to the Venetian Senate against Counterfeiters

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Related documents in this database:
1474: Venetian Statute on Industrial Brevets
1503: Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon
1545: Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations

Author: Aldus Manutius

Publisher: N/A

Year: 1502

Location: Venice

Language: Italian

Source: Venetian State Archives: ASV, Senato Terra, reg. 14, c. 112r.

Persons referred to:
Loredan, Leonardo
Manutius, Aldus

Places referred to:
Brescia
Florence
Lyon
Venice

Cases referred to:
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Institutions referred to:
Venetian Senate

Legislation:
Venetian monopoly to Aldus Manutius for printing in Greek typeface (1496)
Venetian privilege to Aldus Manutius for the exclusive use of a chancery cursive typeface (1502)

Keywords:
classics, Greek and Latin
counterfeit
fraud
importation
typography
utility

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