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Statute of Anne, London (1710)
Source: scanned from the parchment copy in the UK Parliamentary Archives
Citation:
Statute of Anne, London (1710), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org
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Record at Westminster by Action of Debt Bill
plaint or information in which no wager of Law
Essoigne privilege or protection or more than one
imparlance shall be allowed Provided neverthe
less and it is hereby further Enacted by the
authority aforesaid That if any Bookseller or
Booksellers printer or printers shall after the said
Five and twentieth day of March One thousand
Seven hundred and ten set a price upon or sell
or expose to sale any Book or Books at such a
price or rate as shall be conceived by any person or
persons to be too high and unreasonable It shall
and may be Lawful for any person or persons to make
Complaint thereof to the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury
for the time being the Lord Chancellor or Lord Keeper
of the Great Seal of Great Britain for the time being
the Lord Bishop of London for the time being the Lord
Cheife Justice of the Court of Queens Bench the Lord Cheife
Justice of the Court of Common Pleas the Lord Cheife Baron
of the Court of Exchequer for the time being the
Vice-Chancellors of the two Universities for the
time being in that part of Great Britain called England
the Lord President of the Sessions for the time being
the Lord Justice General for the time being the Lord
Cheife Baron of the Exchequer for the time being the
Rector of the College of Edinburgh for the time being in
that part of Great Britain called Scotland who or
any one of them shall and have hereby full power
and authority from time to time to send for summon
or call before him or them such Bookseller or
Booksellers printer or printers and to Examine and
Enquire of the reason of the dearness and enhancement
of the price or value of such book or books by him
or them so sold or exposed to sale And if upon such
enquiry and Examination it shall be found That the
price of such book or books is inhanced or any
wise to high or unreasonable Then and in such case
the said Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Chancellor
or Lord Keeper Bishop of London two Cheife Justices
Cheife Baron Vice Chancellors of the Universities
in that part of Great Britain called England And
the said Lord President of the Sessions Lord Justice
General Lord Cheife Baron and Rector of the College of
Edinburgh in that part of Great Britain called
Scotland or any one or more of them so enquiring
and examining have hereby full power and authority
to reform and redress the same and to limit and settle
the price of every such printed book and books
from time to time according to the best of their
judgments and as to them shall seem just and
reasonable And in case of alteration of the rate or
price from what was set or demanded by such
Bookseller or Booksellers printer or printers to
Award and order such Bookseller or Booksellers
printer or printers to pay all the costs and charges
that the person or persons so complaining shall be
put unto by reason of such complaint and of the
causing such rate or price to be so limited and settled
All which shall be done by the said Archbishop of
Canterbury Lord Chancellor or Lord Keeper Bishop of
London two Cheife Justices Cheife Baron Vice Chancellors
of the two Universities in that part of Great Britain
called England and the said Lord President of the Sessions
Lord Justice General Lord Cheife Baron and Rector
of the College of Edinburgh in that part of Great
Britain called Scotland or any one of them by
writing under their hands and seals And thereof
publick notice shall be forthwith given by the said
Bookseller or Booksellers printer or printers by
an Advertisement in the Gazette And if any
Bookseller or Booksellers printer or printers
shall after such settlement made of the said rate
Source: scanned from the parchment copy in the UK Parliamentary Archives
Citation:
Statute of Anne, London (1710), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org
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No Translation available.
Record at Westminster by Action of Debt Bill
plaint or information in which no wager of Law
Essoigne privilege or protection or more than one
imparlance shall be allowed Provided neverthe
less and it is hereby further Enacted by the
authority aforesaid That if any Bookseller or
Booksellers printer or printers shall after the said
Five and twentieth day of March One thousand
Seven hundred and ten set a price upon or sell
or expose to sale any Book or Books at such a
price or rate as shall be conceived by any person or
persons to be too high and unreasonable It shall
and may be Lawful for any person or persons to make
Complaint thereof to the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury
for the time being the Lord Chancellor or Lord Keeper
of the Great Seal of Great Britain for the time being
the Lord Bishop of London for the time being the Lord
Cheife Justice of the Court of Queens Bench the Lord Cheife
Justice of the Court of Common Pleas the Lord Cheife Baron
of the Court of Exchequer for the time being the
Vice-Chancellors of the two Universities for the
time being in that part of Great Britain called England
the Lord President of the Sessions for the time being
the Lord Justice General for the time being the Lord
Cheife Baron of the Exchequer for the time being the
Rector of the College of Edinburgh for the time being in
that part of Great Britain called Scotland who or
any one of them shall and have hereby full power
and authority from time to time to send for summon
or call before him or them such Bookseller or
Booksellers printer or printers and to Examine and
Enquire of the reason of the dearness and enhancement
of the price or value of such book or books by him
or them so sold or exposed to sale And if upon such
enquiry and Examination it shall be found That the
price of such book or books is inhanced or any
wise to high or unreasonable Then and in such case
the said Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Chancellor
or Lord Keeper Bishop of London two Cheife Justices
Cheife Baron Vice Chancellors of the Universities
in that part of Great Britain called England And
the said Lord President of the Sessions Lord Justice
General Lord Cheife Baron and Rector of the College of
Edinburgh in that part of Great Britain called
Scotland or any one or more of them so enquiring
and examining have hereby full power and authority
to reform and redress the same and to limit and settle
the price of every such printed book and books
from time to time according to the best of their
judgments and as to them shall seem just and
reasonable And in case of alteration of the rate or
price from what was set or demanded by such
Bookseller or Booksellers printer or printers to
Award and order such Bookseller or Booksellers
printer or printers to pay all the costs and charges
that the person or persons so complaining shall be
put unto by reason of such complaint and of the
causing such rate or price to be so limited and settled
All which shall be done by the said Archbishop of
Canterbury Lord Chancellor or Lord Keeper Bishop of
London two Cheife Justices Cheife Baron Vice Chancellors
of the two Universities in that part of Great Britain
called England and the said Lord President of the Sessions
Lord Justice General Lord Cheife Baron and Rector
of the College of Edinburgh in that part of Great
Britain called Scotland or any one of them by
writing under their hands and seals And thereof
publick notice shall be forthwith given by the said
Bookseller or Booksellers printer or printers by
an Advertisement in the Gazette And if any
Bookseller or Booksellers printer or printers
shall after such settlement made of the said rate