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Statutes of the Venetian Guild of Printers and Booksellers, Venice (1549)

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Statutes of the Venetian Guild of Printers and Booksellers, Venice (1549), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

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no other members of our Guild, whether assembled
in the Chapter or elsewhere, must dare to injure one
another in any way, on pain of a fine of six ducats.

NINETEENTH STATUTE.

                  That no one else may make proposals
                  or introduce legislation in the Chapter
                  of our Guild, apart from the Prior and
                  the Counsellors, and also the Syndics
in matters which concern their official duties.

TWENTIETH STATUTE.

                  No one who is matriculated in our
                  Guild may be nominated for a ballot
                  nor occupy any office unless he has
been running a workshop or selling and printing books
from his house for at least five years.
      And, similarly, all matriculated members who
do not exercise the profession of bookselling, or the
art of printing, may not take part in ballots or occupy
any office.

14 May 1567

                  The Most Worthy Signori Francesco Donato,
                  Paolo Contarini, Iacomo Marcello, honourable
                  Provveditori di Comune, according to the resolution
                  adopted by the Most Illustrious Council of the Ten
on 18 January 1548, whereby they were assigned the task of issuing,
for the regulation of the Art of Printing and the Book Trade, any


    


cora non ardisca nicuno altro della nostra Uni=
versità, cosi ridotto in Capitolo come fuora ingiu=
riarsi in modo alcuno l'un l'altro, sotto pena di du=
cati sei.

CAPITOLO XIX.

                  Che nessun'altro possa proponere, ne
                  metter parte nel Capitolo della nostra
                  università se non il Priore, et Consegli=
                  eri, et i Sindici ancora nelle cose perti=
nenti al loro officio.

CAPITOLO XX.

                  Niuno matricolato nella nostra Uni=
                  versità possa esser ballottato ne haver
                  officio alcuno, se prima per anni cin=
                  que non haverà tenuto botega, overo
in casa haverà venduto libri, overo haverà per anni
cinque fatto stampar.
      Et medesimamente tutti quelli matricolati che non
eserciteranno la mercantía de libri, overo l'arte
de stamparia non possino ballottare, ne haver offi=
cio alcuno.

Die. 14. Maij. 1567.

                  I Clarissimi M. Francesco Donato, M.
                  Paolo Contarini, M. Iacomo Mar=
                  cello honorandi Proveditori di Comune
                  iusta la parte presa nell'Illustrissimo
Consiglio di X sotto di 18 zenaro 1548, per la qu=
al, è conmesso a loro off[ici]o che per la regolatione del=
l'arte della Stampa et Libraria debbano dar quelli

    

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