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Regulations of the Association for the Book trade, Amsterdam (1821)
Source: Bijzondere Collecties, Universiteitsbibliotheek van Amsterdam, Bibliotheek van het Boekenvak, archief KVB, inv. nr. KVB A 175
Citation:
Regulations of the Association for the Book trade, Amsterdam (1821), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org
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We undersigned Booksellers, respectively residing within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, however, currently present in the City of Amsterdam, declare to have devised and determined the following today:
Regulations for the activities of the Association promoting the interests of the Book trade.
Art. 1.
The main objective of this Association remains to assist each other, by joined forces, in the preservation of each one's lawfully obtained property and copyright, and to all counteract and prevent infringement thereof, in particular the reproduction of Books, in the same manner as has taken place so far, and has been stated in detail in an Deed of Commitment established in the year 1816.
Furthermore, to yearly collectively discuss, at a General Meeting, what could be done additionally for the benefit of the Booksellers, to settle differences, if possible, to assist and support the wronged with all resources that could be used, and to consider all proposals of Members to accomplish the aforementioned objectives and decide thereon.
Art. 2.
Taken to be Members of this Association are they, who, by their accession until this date, have become Member of this Association, and who will sign up henceforth, on the condition of being
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bookseller; the latter, however, will have to be approved by the Members, for which purpose a list will be circulated every three months.
Art. 3.
All Members pay an annual membership fee of NLG 5. -, in order to satisfy the necessary expenses of the Management, such as: letter postage, travel costs, printing wages etc.; of he who fails to pay this NLG 5. -after given notification, membership is revoked.
Art. 4.
In case there had to be conducted proceedings, which prevented the Committee from incurring higher expenses, one shall be able to, after previously having heard the Members about it, ask multiple contributions.
Art.5.
The Committee of this Association will continue to consist of the three already appointed Members, and on death or resignation of one of them, the two remaining officers will form a nomination of three members, from which a new officer is appointed by all the Members through a majority vote.
Art. 6.
One of the officers will act as Treasurer, and give annual accounts at the General
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Meeting; these Accounts will be examined, confirmed, and signed by a Committee from the Members, and the Committee thus discharged from liability.
Art. 7.
Except the three Members of the Committee, there will be appointed, in the Cities Haarlem, Rotterdam, Dordrecht, Utrecht, Groningen, Leeuwarden and Middelburg, and further from the Members of the provinces Overijssel, Gelderland and Noord-Brabant, one or two corresponding Members each, to be nominated by the Members of this Association residing in those cities or provinces; it is decided regarding the Members of this Association residing in other than the aforesaid cities or provinces, that the Members of this Association residing in the city of Delft are supposed to belong to the Hague, those in Schiedam to Rotterdam, those in Gorinchem to Dordrecht, and those in Winschoten to Groningen.
Art. 8.
The activities of these corresponding Members will consist of the collection of the Membership fees of fellow Members under their jurisdiction. Furthermore, to communicate back and forth that what the Members of this Association have to propose to the officers, or the Committee to the Members; as well as to settle all small differences about both copyright and other, if possible, privately, or in case the Booksellers belonging to their
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jurisdiction were guilty of Piracy, to converse with them about it, if necessary, in loco assist in conducting the proceedings that have to be conducted on that, and report to the Committee on their doings, all in order to have the occurring cases be dealt with better, quicker and more often as could be done by the Committee at such a distance.
Art. 9.
Once a year, in the month of July or August, a General Meeting will take place, at which time and place a selling of unbound books is held, however, even in case in that year no such selling should take place, this meeting, held in Amsterdam, and pursuant to the Resolution of the General Meeting of 9th July 1818, will still be given the opportunity to have each other enjoy special advantages in the trade.
Art. 10.
Two months before the holding of their Meeting, the Committee will invite Members to submit in writing to the Committee, that which they wish to see dealt with as point of deliberation at the General Meeting within four weeks of receiving the reported invitation; and the Committee will have the reported proposals printed and send to all the members, which their considerations, if necessary, along with the date and location of where the General Meeting will be held,
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and the request to appear there at that time.
Art. 11.
At the General Meeting, the Committee will have the ordinary yearly Report of the doings read, as it has taken place so far; subsequently, the Treasurer will give accounts, and finally all the proposals will be considered and decided upon by majority vote.
Art. 12.
At the General Meeting, no other issues will be dealt with or decided upon as those reported in the items of description.
Art. 13.
Of all doings at the General Meeting, proper Minutes will be kept, and the ordinary yearly report thereof, as was also decided on, will be send to all the Members.
Art. 14.
This agreement is held to be binding for all the Members of this Association, as also, provisionally and awaiting deliberation of the request in this respect, the Acts on the Book shop of 1814, 1815 and 1817 are held to be binding to all Members, pledging to behave themselves accordingly.
Art. 15.
All changes, which should be deemed necessary for this agreement in future, shall have no binding effect,
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unless approved and established by majority vote at a General Meeting of the Members.
For the compliance therewith, and achievement thereof, we, respective undersigned, declare to not only undertake as men of honour, but also to bind ourselves as if by law.
There have been made two true copies of this, reciprocally signed within Amsterdam 24th July 1821. -- And subsequently by us respective, and other undersigned, at the time and place as is reported at our separate signatures.
J. Brandt and son
The Brothers van Cleef
C.L. Schleijer
J.C. van Kesteren
The Heirs H. Gartman
J.J. Beets
P.F. Bohn
Utrecht, 2nd of October 1821.
J.G. van Terveen
A. J. van Weelden
Joh. Mensing Cornz.
H.S.J. de Groot
H. van Teeckelenburgh
W. Brave
Johannes van der Hey
Pieter van Cleef
P. C. van Marle
W. van Vliet
P. Meijer Warnars
G.J.A. Beijerinck
P. den Hengst & Son
C.G. Sulpke
A.B. Saakes
Widow G.A. Diederichs and Son
Hend. M. Houtgraaf
Schalekamp & v.d. Grampel
J. Mueller & Company
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Breda, 26th of September 1821.
W. van Bergen & Company
Haarlem, 29th of September 1821
J.L. Augustini
Widow A. Loosjes Pz.
pp. V. Loosjes
Joh. Enschede and Sons
The Hague, the 8th of October 1821.
A. Bakhuijzen
L. de Visser
Leyden, the 24th of October 1821.
D. du Mortier & Son
L. Herdingh & Son
S. & J. Luchtmans
A. and J. Honkoop
Widow D. du Saar
Groningen, the 27th of October 1821.
R.J. Schierbeek
J. Oomkens
R. van Groenenberg
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W. Zuidema
Wijbe Wouters
A. Hazelhoff
M. van Heijningen Bosch
J. Kuijpers Hz.
J. Groenewolt
W. van Boekeren
Winschoten, the 28th of October 1821.
H.V. Huisingh
Rotterdam, November 1821.
J. van Baalen
Jacob J. Thompson
J. Immerzeel
J. Hendriksen
N. Cornel
Arbon & Krap
Zwolle, the 24th of November 1821.
D. van Stegeren
Zwolle, the 24th of November 1821.
H. Aszoon Doijer
J.L. Zeehuisen
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Deventer, the 28th of November 1821.
J.H. de Lange
Zutphen, the 28th of November 1821.
H.C.A. Thieme
Arnhem, the 30th of November 1821.
P. Nijhoff
Nijmegen, the 1st of December 1821.
The Widow J.C. Vieweg and Son
Leeuwarden, the 6th of December 1821.
J. W. Brouwer
Franeker, the 9th of December 1821.
G. Ypma
Heerenveen, the 12th of December 1821.
F. Hessel
Blusse and Van Braam
Dordrecht, the 3rd of January 1822.
J. de Vos & Co.
F. Boekee
Gorinchem, the 7th of January 1822.
J. van de Wal
Delft, the 31st of July 1822.
J. Regeer
Translation by: Miluska Kooij
Source: Bijzondere Collecties, Universiteitsbibliotheek van Amsterdam, Bibliotheek van het Boekenvak, archief KVB, inv. nr. KVB A 175
Citation:
Regulations of the Association for the Book trade, Amsterdam (1821), 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
8 translated pages
Chapter 1 Page 1
1
We undersigned Booksellers, respectively residing within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, however, currently present in the City of Amsterdam, declare to have devised and determined the following today:
Regulations for the activities of the Association promoting the interests of the Book trade.
Art. 1.
The main objective of this Association remains to assist each other, by joined forces, in the preservation of each one's lawfully obtained property and copyright, and to all counteract and prevent infringement thereof, in particular the reproduction of Books, in the same manner as has taken place so far, and has been stated in detail in an Deed of Commitment established in the year 1816.
Furthermore, to yearly collectively discuss, at a General Meeting, what could be done additionally for the benefit of the Booksellers, to settle differences, if possible, to assist and support the wronged with all resources that could be used, and to consider all proposals of Members to accomplish the aforementioned objectives and decide thereon.
Art. 2.
Taken to be Members of this Association are they, who, by their accession until this date, have become Member of this Association, and who will sign up henceforth, on the condition of being
Chapter 1 Page 2
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bookseller; the latter, however, will have to be approved by the Members, for which purpose a list will be circulated every three months.
Art. 3.
All Members pay an annual membership fee of NLG 5. -, in order to satisfy the necessary expenses of the Management, such as: letter postage, travel costs, printing wages etc.; of he who fails to pay this NLG 5. -after given notification, membership is revoked.
Art. 4.
In case there had to be conducted proceedings, which prevented the Committee from incurring higher expenses, one shall be able to, after previously having heard the Members about it, ask multiple contributions.
Art.5.
The Committee of this Association will continue to consist of the three already appointed Members, and on death or resignation of one of them, the two remaining officers will form a nomination of three members, from which a new officer is appointed by all the Members through a majority vote.
Art. 6.
One of the officers will act as Treasurer, and give annual accounts at the General
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Meeting; these Accounts will be examined, confirmed, and signed by a Committee from the Members, and the Committee thus discharged from liability.
Art. 7.
Except the three Members of the Committee, there will be appointed, in the Cities Haarlem, Rotterdam, Dordrecht, Utrecht, Groningen, Leeuwarden and Middelburg, and further from the Members of the provinces Overijssel, Gelderland and Noord-Brabant, one or two corresponding Members each, to be nominated by the Members of this Association residing in those cities or provinces; it is decided regarding the Members of this Association residing in other than the aforesaid cities or provinces, that the Members of this Association residing in the city of Delft are supposed to belong to the Hague, those in Schiedam to Rotterdam, those in Gorinchem to Dordrecht, and those in Winschoten to Groningen.
Art. 8.
The activities of these corresponding Members will consist of the collection of the Membership fees of fellow Members under their jurisdiction. Furthermore, to communicate back and forth that what the Members of this Association have to propose to the officers, or the Committee to the Members; as well as to settle all small differences about both copyright and other, if possible, privately, or in case the Booksellers belonging to their
Chapter 1 Page 4
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jurisdiction were guilty of Piracy, to converse with them about it, if necessary, in loco assist in conducting the proceedings that have to be conducted on that, and report to the Committee on their doings, all in order to have the occurring cases be dealt with better, quicker and more often as could be done by the Committee at such a distance.
Art. 9.
Once a year, in the month of July or August, a General Meeting will take place, at which time and place a selling of unbound books is held, however, even in case in that year no such selling should take place, this meeting, held in Amsterdam, and pursuant to the Resolution of the General Meeting of 9th July 1818, will still be given the opportunity to have each other enjoy special advantages in the trade.
Art. 10.
Two months before the holding of their Meeting, the Committee will invite Members to submit in writing to the Committee, that which they wish to see dealt with as point of deliberation at the General Meeting within four weeks of receiving the reported invitation; and the Committee will have the reported proposals printed and send to all the members, which their considerations, if necessary, along with the date and location of where the General Meeting will be held,
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and the request to appear there at that time.
Art. 11.
At the General Meeting, the Committee will have the ordinary yearly Report of the doings read, as it has taken place so far; subsequently, the Treasurer will give accounts, and finally all the proposals will be considered and decided upon by majority vote.
Art. 12.
At the General Meeting, no other issues will be dealt with or decided upon as those reported in the items of description.
Art. 13.
Of all doings at the General Meeting, proper Minutes will be kept, and the ordinary yearly report thereof, as was also decided on, will be send to all the Members.
Art. 14.
This agreement is held to be binding for all the Members of this Association, as also, provisionally and awaiting deliberation of the request in this respect, the Acts on the Book shop of 1814, 1815 and 1817 are held to be binding to all Members, pledging to behave themselves accordingly.
Art. 15.
All changes, which should be deemed necessary for this agreement in future, shall have no binding effect,
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6
unless approved and established by majority vote at a General Meeting of the Members.
For the compliance therewith, and achievement thereof, we, respective undersigned, declare to not only undertake as men of honour, but also to bind ourselves as if by law.
There have been made two true copies of this, reciprocally signed within Amsterdam 24th July 1821. -- And subsequently by us respective, and other undersigned, at the time and place as is reported at our separate signatures.
J. Brandt and son
The Brothers van Cleef
C.L. Schleijer
J.C. van Kesteren
The Heirs H. Gartman
J.J. Beets
P.F. Bohn
Utrecht, 2nd of October 1821.
J.G. van Terveen
A. J. van Weelden
Joh. Mensing Cornz.
H.S.J. de Groot
H. van Teeckelenburgh
W. Brave
Johannes van der Hey
Pieter van Cleef
P. C. van Marle
W. van Vliet
P. Meijer Warnars
G.J.A. Beijerinck
P. den Hengst & Son
C.G. Sulpke
A.B. Saakes
Widow G.A. Diederichs and Son
Hend. M. Houtgraaf
Schalekamp & v.d. Grampel
J. Mueller & Company
Chapter 1 Page 7
7
Breda, 26th of September 1821.
W. van Bergen & Company
Haarlem, 29th of September 1821
J.L. Augustini
Widow A. Loosjes Pz.
pp. V. Loosjes
Joh. Enschede and Sons
The Hague, the 8th of October 1821.
A. Bakhuijzen
L. de Visser
Leyden, the 24th of October 1821.
D. du Mortier & Son
L. Herdingh & Son
S. & J. Luchtmans
A. and J. Honkoop
Widow D. du Saar
Groningen, the 27th of October 1821.
R.J. Schierbeek
J. Oomkens
R. van Groenenberg
-- striked-through: ? [XXXXX] --
W. Zuidema
Wijbe Wouters
A. Hazelhoff
M. van Heijningen Bosch
J. Kuijpers Hz.
J. Groenewolt
W. van Boekeren
Winschoten, the 28th of October 1821.
H.V. Huisingh
Rotterdam, November 1821.
J. van Baalen
Jacob J. Thompson
J. Immerzeel
J. Hendriksen
N. Cornel
Arbon & Krap
Zwolle, the 24th of November 1821.
D. van Stegeren
Zwolle, the 24th of November 1821.
H. Aszoon Doijer
J.L. Zeehuisen
Chapter 1 Page 8
8
Deventer, the 28th of November 1821.
J.H. de Lange
Zutphen, the 28th of November 1821.
H.C.A. Thieme
Arnhem, the 30th of November 1821.
P. Nijhoff
Nijmegen, the 1st of December 1821.
The Widow J.C. Vieweg and Son
Leeuwarden, the 6th of December 1821.
J. W. Brouwer
Franeker, the 9th of December 1821.
G. Ypma
Heerenveen, the 12th of December 1821.
F. Hessel
Blusse and Van Braam
Dordrecht, the 3rd of January 1822.
J. de Vos & Co.
F. Boekee
Gorinchem, the 7th of January 1822.
J. van de Wal
Delft, the 31st of July 1822.
J. Regeer
Translation by: Miluska Kooij