PRIMARY SOURCES

ON COPYRIGHT

(1450-1900)

Notice of Rabbinic Reprinting Ban, Venice (1579)

Source: National Library of Israel

Citation:
Notice of Rabbinic Reprinting Ban, Venice (1579), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

Back | Record | Images | No Commentaries
Translation only | Transcription only | Show all | Bundled images as pdf
1 translated page
Chapter Page

And it shall be known throughout the land that there is in the scroll written and signed by Esteemed Authorities and Rabbis an unequivocal decree of excommunication that no person may print or sell this work in Italy except for those books printed by authority of the noble [the publisher] Bragadini, and this is for fifteen years beginning on the 11th of Ayar 5339 [May 11, 1579]. Thus all are warned [to keep away from] their domain, so as not to receive harsh punishment, may that not happen. And there shall be peace.



Translation by: Neil Netanel

    

Copyright History resource developed in partnership with:

Our Partners

Copyright statement

You may copy and distribute the translations and commentaries in this resource, or parts of such translations and commentaries, in any medium, for non-commercial purposes as long as the authorship of the commentaries and translations is acknowledged, and you indicate the source as Bently & Kretschmer (eds), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900) (www.copyrighthistory.org).

With the exception of commentaries that are available under a CC-BY licence (compliant with UKRI policy) you may not publish individual documents or parts of the database for any commercial purposes, including charging a fee for providing access to these documents via a network. This licence does not affect your statutory rights of fair dealing.

Although the original documents in this database are in the public domain, we are unable to grant you the right to reproduce or duplicate some of these documents in so far as the images or scans are protected by copyright or we have only been able to reproduce them here by giving contractual undertakings. For the status of any particular images, please consult the information relating to copyright in the bibliographic records.

Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900) is co-published by Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, 10 West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DZ, UK and CREATe, School of Law, University of Glasgow, 10 The Square, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK