PRIMARY SOURCES

ON COPYRIGHT

(1450-1900)

Tonson v. Collins, London (1761)

Source: Lincolns Inn Library

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Tonson v. Collins, London (1761), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

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Tonson v. Collins (1761) 1 Black W. 301

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Related documents in this database:
1762: Tonson v. Collins
1762: An Enquiry into Literary Property
1762: A Vindication of the Rights of Authors
1766: Blackstone's Commentaries, Vol.II (selected extracts)

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Publisher: N/A

Year: 1761

Location: London

Language: English

Source: Lincolns Inn Library

Persons referred to:
Addison, Joseph
Ambrose, St
Ames, Joseph
Anne
Barthelet, Thomas
Boyle, Roger, 1st Earl of Orrery
Bunyan, John
Caxton, William
Coke, Sir Edward
Collins, Benjamin
Edward VI
Elizabeth I
Grafton, Richard
Grotius, Hugo
Henry VIII
Hyde, Edward, 1st Earl of Clarendon
Lucretius
Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl
Middleton, Conyers
Milton, John
Newton, Sir Isaac
Newton, Thomas
Pope, Alexander
Pufendorf, Samuel, Freiherr von
Pynson, Richard
Selden, John
Steele, Sir Richard
Swift, Jonathan
Tacitus, Publius
Thurlow, Edward, 1st Baron
Tonson, Jacob
Tonson, Jacob, 'the Elder'
Tonson, Richard
Torrentinus, Laurentius
Tottell, Richard
Vergil, Polydore
Warburton, William
Ward, Roger
Wedderburn, Alexander, 1st Earl of Rosslyn
Wolfe, John
Worde, Wynkyn de
Yorke, Philip, 1st Earl of Hardwicke

Places referred to:
England
Europe
Netherlands

Cases referred to:
Austin v. Cave (1739) NA c.11 1552/3
Case of Gay's Works (1737)
Darcy v. Allen, Moor. 671
Eyre v. Walker (1735) NA, c.11 1520/29
Forester v. Walker (1741) NA, c.11 867/54
Motte v. Faulkner (1735) NA, c.11 2249/4
Ponder v. Bradyll (1679), 13 Car. 2. Lill. Entr. 67
Pope v. Curl (1741) 2 Atk. 342
Tonson v. Walker (1752) 3 Swans 672
Walthoe v. Walker (1736) NA, c.11 1534/62
Webb v. Rose (1732) NA, c.11 1881/156

Institutions referred to:
Caius College Library, Cambridge
Court of Chancery
Star Chamber
Stationers' Company
Stationers' Hall

Legislation:
Henrician Proclamation 1538
Star Chamber Decree 1586
Star Chamber Decree 1637
Statute of Anne, 1710, 8 Anne, c.19
Statute of Monopolies, 1624, 21 Jac.I, c.3

Keywords:
authors' remuneration
common law copyright
inventions
libraries
licensing
monopoly
printing, history of
privileges, printing
property theory, authors' property
property theory, publishers' property

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