PRIMARY SOURCES

ON COPYRIGHT

(1450-1900)

Exclusive Rights to the Book Trade in Christiania, Copenhagen (1670)

Source: The Danish National Archives via Digitalarkivet, Danske Kanselli 1572-1799, RA/EA-3023/F/Fc/Fca/Fcaa/L0011: Norske registre (mikrofilm), 1670-1673, s. 129a.

Citation:
Exclusive Rights to the Book Trade in Christiania, Copenhagen (1670), 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 1 Page 1

Upon humble petition and appeal, We now permit and grant, and it is henceforth permitted and granted, that Hans Hoff, bookseller in our merchant town of Christiania, may from now on, during his and his wife’s lifetimes, trade exclusively in books in Christiania and its diocese, without the involvement or interference of any other person. He must, however, undertake to remain in the same place, to procure and sell books of good quality at a low and reasonable price, and not to sell any almanacs other than those printed by our printer, Henrik Giöde, if he wishes to make use of this kind permission. Everyone is forbidden to obstruct what is thus prescribed, especially Christian Cassuber and others who have [similar] privileges.

 

Copenhagen, 23rd August, anno 1670.

                                                                                       




Translation by: Mersiha Bruncevic

    

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