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b.c.1251

Moulins, Guyart des
1778 : France (* Pluquet's letters)


b.c.1735

Stößel, Johann Christoph
1765: Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel)


b.c.1770

Jones, Richard
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


b.c.1800

Argenti, Felix
1838: USA ( Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston)


b.c.64 B.C.

Nicolaus of Damascus
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


b.1589

Harper, Thomas
1637: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree)


b.1613

Rogers, Samuel
1774: United Kingdom ( Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property)


b.1699

Didot, François
1776 : France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )

Didot, François
1778: France
(* Pluquet's letters)


b.1729

Donaldson, John
1774: United Kingdom (* Donaldson v. Becket)


b.1740

Longman, James
1777: United Kingdom (* Bach v. Longman)

Longman, James
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


b.1765

Gardiner, Rev. John Silvester John
1790: USA ( Sample registrations)


b.1776

Romagnesi, Louis Alexander
1814 : France (* Court of Cassation on sculptures)


b.1793

Mareschal, Jules
1826 : France (* Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission)


b.1797

Lestiboudois, Gaspar-Thémistocle
1841: France (* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property)


b.1800

Whistling, Carl Friedrich
1829 : Germany ( Music publishers' agreement to ban reprinting)


b.1802

Caussin de Perceval, E.
1862 : France (* Court of Cassation on photography)


b.1805

Alloury, Louis
1862: France (* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


b.1821

Gounouilhou, Gustave
1861 : France (* Court of Cassation on telegraphic news)


b.1822

Ritch, John Warren
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


b.1825

Thiébault, Eugène
1862: France (* Court of Cassation on photography)


b.1826

Macevoy, Edward Francis
1862: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (31 March))


b.1828

Rosmini, Enrico
1886: United Kingdom ( Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union )


b.1829

Rennie, William Hepburn
1874: United Kingdom ( Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright )


b.1830

Caresme, Joseph Emile
1880 : Germany (* Kohler: Author's Right)


b.1836

Tate, George Price
1878: United Kingdom ( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


b.1840

Goddard, John Leybourn
1878: United Kingdom ( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


b.1843

Ruben de Couder, Joseph
1902 : France (* Court of Cassation on moral rights)


b.1847

Pataille, Jules-Henri-Paul
1902 : France (* Court of Cassation on moral rights)


b.1850

Couhin, Claude Raoul
1902 : France (* Court of Cassation on moral rights)


b.1854

Boivin-Champeaux, Paul
1902 : France (* Court of Cassation on moral rights)


b.1856

Cobb, Orris Perry
1900: USA ( Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co., Circuit Court Decision)


b.1859

Freeman, William Capron
1896: USA ( Hearing on H.R. 5976)


b.1861

Naujok, Gustav
1896: USA ( The Question of Copyright)


c.1003-1066

Edward 'the Confessor'
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)


c.1056-1100

William II 'Rufus'
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


c.1090-c.1143

William of Malmesbury
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

William of Malmesbury
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)


c.1097-1154

Stephen
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise)


c.110 B.C.-57 B.C.

Lucullus, Lucius Licinius
1590: Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


c.1146-c.1223

Giraldus Cambrensis
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise)


c.117-c.180

Lucian
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")

Lucian
1675: Germany
(* Counterfeited Privilege in Grimmelshausen's "The Magic Bird's Nest")


c.120 A.D.

Sextus Pomponius
1740 : Germany (* Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books")

Sextus Pomponius
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor)


c.1200-1259

Paris, Matthew
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Paris, Matthew
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )


c.1210-1268

Bracton, Henry de
1766: United Kingdom ( Blackstone's Commentaries, Vol.II (selected extracts))

Bracton, Henry de
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor)

Bracton, Henry de
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Bracton, Henry de
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)


c.1214-1292

Bacon, Roger
1840: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (4 Feb.))


c.1224-1319

Joinville, Jean, Sire de
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Joinville, Jean, Sire de
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


c.1266-1337

Giotto di Bondone
1883: USA ( Sarony's Brief)


c.1276-1348

Villani, Giovanni
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


c.130-c.201

Galen
1590: Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


c.1333-c.1404

Froissart, Jean
1774: United Kingdom ( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents )

Froissart, Jean
1812: United Kingdom
( Petition of the London Booksellers)

Froissart, Jean
1813: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Froissart, Jean
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


c.134 B.C.-62 B.C.

Roscius, Quintus
1762: United Kingdom (* Tonson v. Collins)

Roscius, Quintus
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


c.1345-1400

Chaucer, Geoffrey
1773: United Kingdom (* Hinton v. Donaldson)

Chaucer, Geoffrey
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)


c.1350-1419

Gascoigne, Sir William
1841: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (29 Jan.))


c.1369-1444

Aretino, Leonardo
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


c.1370-c.1440

Coster, Laurens Janszoon
1738: Germany (* Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books)

Coster, Laurens Janszoon
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor)

Coster, Laurens Janszoon
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)


c.1379-1471

Kempis, Thomas à
1675: Germany (* Counterfeited Privilege in Grimmelshausen's "The Magic Bird's Nest")


c.1385-1476

Fortescue, Sir John
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)


c.1390-1453

Monstrelet, Enguerrand de
1812: United Kingdom ( Petition of the London Booksellers)

Monstrelet, Enguerrand de
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


c.1400-1466

Fust, Johannes
1738 : Germany (* Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books)

Fust, Johannes
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor )

Fust, Johannes
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Fust, Johannes
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May))

Fust, Johannes
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Fust, Johannes
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


c.1400-1468

Gutenberg, Johannes
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")

Gutenberg, Johannes
1738: Germany
(* Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books)

Gutenberg, Johannes
1763: France
(* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)

Gutenberg, Johannes
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor)

Gutenberg, Johannes
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)

Gutenberg, Johannes
1841: France
(* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property )

Gutenberg, Johannes
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May))

Gutenberg, Johannes
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Gutenberg, Johannes
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


c.1400-1475

Theodorus Gaza
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


c.1401-1495

Rudolf of Scherenberg
1479 : Germany (* Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg)

Rudolf of Scherenberg
1485: Germany
( Censorship Edict of the Archbishop of Mainz)


c.1404-1486

Bourchier, Thomas
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)

Bourchier, Thomas
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Bourchier, Thomas
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


c.1410-1478

Mentelin, Johannes
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)

Mentel, Johannes
1738: Germany
(* Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books)


c.1412-1431

Joan of Arc, St
1841: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (29 Jan.))


c.1420-1501

Barbarigo, Agostino
1498 : Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent)


c.1422-c.1492

Caxton, William
1761: United Kingdom ( Tonson v. Collins)

Caxton, William
1762: United Kingdom
( A Vindication of the Rights of Authors)

Caxton, William
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor )

Caxton, William
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Caxton, William
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Caxton, William
1841: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.))

Caxton, William
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Caxton, William
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Caxton, William
1890: USA
( Report on H.R. 10881)


c.1424-c.1492

Caxton, William
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)


c.1425-1502

Schöffer, Peter
1738 : Germany (* Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books)

Schöffer, Peter
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor)

Schöffer, Peter
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)

Schöffer, Peter
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May))

Schöffer, Peter
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Schöffer, Peter
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


c.1430-1494

Merula, Georgius
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


c.1436-1506

Sabellico, Marco Antonio
1486: Italy (* Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege )

Sabellico, Marco Antonio
1516: Italy
(* Appointment of Andrea Navagero as Literary Censor)


c.1449-1529/30

Pynson, Richard
1518: United Kingdom (* The Articles of the Pope's Bulle)

Pynson, Richard
1761: United Kingdom
( Tonson v. Collins )

Pynson, Richard
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Pynson, Richard
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


c.1455-c.1525

Ugo da Carpi
1516: Italy ( Ugo da Carpi's Patent)


c.1456-1517

Giunti, Filippo
1531: Italy (* Bernardo Giunti's privilege for Machiavelli's works )

Giunti, Filippo
1690: France
(* Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers)


c.1457-1524

Serntein, Zyprian von
1511: Germany (* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick)

Serntein, Zyprian von
1516: Germany
( Imperial Privilege for Johannes Eck)


c.1460-1520

Estienne, Henri I
1650: France (* Vitré's memorandum on the prolongation of privileges)

Estienne, Henri I
1778: France
(* Pluquet's letters)


c.1460-1527

Froben, Johann
1738 : Germany (* Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books)

Froben, Johann
1740: Germany
(* Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books")

Froben, Johann
1778: France
(* Pluquet's letters)


c.1465-1536

Boece, Hector
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)


c.1468-1522

Lilye, William
1624: United Kingdom (* Statute of Monopolies)


c.1470-c.1555

Vergil, Polydore
1761: United Kingdom ( Tonson v. Collins)


c.1470-1526

Rösslin, Eucharius
1513: Germany (* Imperial privilege for Eucharius Rösslin )


c.1474-1499

Warbeck, Perkin
1663: United Kingdom ( L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals )


c.1475-1530

Wolsey, Thomas
1762: United Kingdom ( A Vindication of the Rights of Authors)

Wolsey, Thomas
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Wolsey, Thomas
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Wolsey, Thomas
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Wolsey, Thomas
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Wolsey, Thomas
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )


c.1475-1552

Barclay, Alexander
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Barclay, Alexander
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)


c.1475-1557

Cabot, Sebastian
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


c.1479

Beckenhub, Johannes
1479 : Germany (* Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg)

Dold, Stephan
1479: Germany
(* Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg)

Wilhelm of Limburg
1479: Germany
(* Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg)


c.1480-c.1534

Raimondi, Marcantonio
1568: Italy (* Giorgio Vasari, Life of Marcantonio of Bologna and Other Engravers of Prints)


c.1480-1554

Palsgrave, John
1842: United Kingdom (* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


c.1480-1564

Cordier, Mathurin
1762: United Kingdom ( A Vindication of the Rights of Authors)


c.1485-1540

Cromwell, Thomas
1842: United Kingdom (* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


c.1486-1555

Lindsay, Sir David of the Mount
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson )


c.1490-1546

Elyot, Sir Thomas
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)


c.1492-1556

Gryphe, Sébastien
1776: France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )


c.1494-c.1553

Rabelais, François
1834: France (* Balzac's letter to authors)

Rabelais, François
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")

Rabelais, François
1896: USA
( The Question of Copyright)


c.1494-1534

Correggio, Antonio Allegri da
1793: Germany (* Fichte: Proof of the Unlawfulness of Reprinting)


c.1494-1552

Attaignant, Pierre
1531 : France ( Francis I's letter patent to Pierre Attaignant)


c.1495-1471

Malory, Sir Thomas
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


c.1499-1547

Hall, Edward
1878: United Kingdom ( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


c.1501-1578

Heath, Nicholas
1557: United Kingdom ( The Privy Seal warrant concerning the Stationers' Charter)

Heath, Nicholas
1559: United Kingdom
(* Elizabethan Injunctions)


c.1504-1566

Ruscelli, Girolamo
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


c.1505-1585

Tallis, Thomas
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)


c.1506-1522

Leland, John
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)

Leland, John
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )


c.1506-1582

Buchanan, George
1663: United Kingdom ( L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals )


c.150-c.235

Dio Cassius
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


c.1510-1580

Leek, Sir Francis
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


c.1511-1564

d'Avanson, Jean de Saint-Marcel, sieur
1552: France (* General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard)


c.1513-1572

Knox, John
1663: United Kingdom ( L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals )


c.1514-1559

Cawarden, Sir Thomas
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


c.1514-1577

Jugge, Richard
1559: United Kingdom ( Jugge and Cawood's printing patent for statute books)

Jugge, Richard
1559: United Kingdom
(* Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass)

Jugge, Richard
1559: United Kingdom
(* Elizabethan Injunctions)


c.1514-1596

Knolles, Sir Francis
1566: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree)


c.1515-1555

Philpott, John
1554: United Kingdom ( Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers)


c.1516

Miller, Johann
1516: Germany ( Imperial Privilege for Johannes Eck)

Sampach, Erhard
1516: Germany
( Privilege of the Duke of Bavaria)


c.1517-1594

Cooper, Thomas
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)


c.1520-1589

Plantin, Christophe
1650: France (* Vitré's memorandum on the prolongation of privileges)


c.1520-1598

Le Roy, Adrien
1552 : France (* General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard)


c.1524-1584

Sigonio, Carlo
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


c.1525-1605

Stow, John
1554: United Kingdom ( Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers)

Stow, John
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor )

Stow, John
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )


c.1530-1604

Whitgift, John
1586: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree)

Whitgift, John
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor )


c.1532-1588

Leicester, Robert Dudley, Earl of
1566: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree )


c.1536-1610

Tylney, Edmund
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


c.1538-1608

Craig, Sir Thomas
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Craig, Sir Thomas
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Messrs John Hinton et al)


c.1540-1596

Drake, Sir Francis
1886: USA ( Committee on Patents Report)


c.1540-1606

Campana, Cesare
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


c.1543-c.1611

Saxton, Christopher
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)

Saxton, Christopher
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Alexander Donaldson)


c.1543-1617

Skene, Sir John
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Messrs John Hinton et al )


c.1543-1623

Byrd, William
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)


c.1550-1619

Leucht, Valentin
1608 : Germany (* "Books Constitution" of Emperor Rudolf II)


c.1552-1599

Spenser, Edmund
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Spenser, Edmund
1773: United Kingdom
(* Hinton v. Donaldson)

Spenser, Edmund
1840: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.))

Spenser, Edmund
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))


c.1552-1616

Hakluyt, Richard
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


c.1556-1630

Hemings, John
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Hemings, John
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)


c.1558-1625

Finch, Sir Henry
1766: United Kingdom ( Blackstone's Commentaries, Vol.II (selected extracts))


c.1565-1629

Geoffroy, David
1665 : France (* French book trade regulations)


c.1568-1645

Baker, Sir Richard
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)

Baker, Sir Richard
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)


c.1573-1652

Brent, Sir Nathaniel
1643: United Kingdom ( An Ordinance for the Regulation of Printing )


c.1575-1639

Ballard, Pierre I
1607 : France ( General privilege granted to Pierre Ballard)


c.1580-c.1650

Ouyn, Adrien
1665 : France (* French book trade regulations)


c.1584-1616

Beaumont, Francis
1832: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May))

Beaumont, Francis
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)


c.1589-1665

Burges, Cornelius
1774: United Kingdom ( Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property)

Burges, Cornelius
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


c.1590-1653

Filmer, Sir Robert
1690: United Kingdom (* Locke's Second Treatise on Government (selected extracts))

Filmer, Sir Robert
1704: United Kingdom
(* Defoe's Essay on the Press)


c.1590-1662

Bagshaw, Edward
1663: United Kingdom ( L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals )


c.1593-1666

Howell, James
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)

Howell, James
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )


c.1600

Robinot, Gilles
1618 : France (* Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade)


c.1600-after 1663

Beuvelet, Mathieu
1763: France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)


c.1600-1661

Walton, Brian
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


c.1601-1661

Temple, Thomas
1643: United Kingdom ( An Ordinance for the Regulation of Printing )


c.1601-1667

Worcester, Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquis of
1842: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May))


c.1604-1682

Cotin, Charles
1841 : France (* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property)


c.1607-1675

Seaman, Lazarus
1774: United Kingdom ( Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property)

Seaman, Lazarus
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


c.160-c.220

Tertullian
1690: France (* Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers)


c.1612-1663

Calvert, Giles
1663: United Kingdom ( L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals )


c.1615-1664

Schrevelius, Cornelius
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


c.1616-1681

Gonet, Jean Baptiste
1690: France (* Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers)


c.1617-1686

Le Petit, Pierre
1690: France (* Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers)

Le Petit, Pierre
1725: France
(* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum)


c.1620-1668

Josephus, Georgius
1657 : Germany ( Preface to Silesius's Chant Book)


c.1620-1677

Streater, John
1662: United Kingdom ( Licensing Act (parchment copy))

Streater, John
1662: United Kingdom
(* Licensing Act )

Streater, John
1695: United Kingdom
( Reasons for objecting to the renewal of the Licensing Act)

Streater, John
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor )

Streater, John
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Streater, John
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Streater, John
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


c.1620-1686

Watson, Thomas
1663: United Kingdom ( L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals )


c.1622-1657

Beuvelet, Matthieu
1665 : France (* French book trade regulations)


c.1622-1683

Sidney, Algernon
1704: United Kingdom (* Defoe's Essay on the Press)


c.1623-1683

Scroggs, Sir William
1774: United Kingdom (* Donaldson v. Becket)


c.1624-1716

Douglas, Robert
1663: United Kingdom ( L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals )


c.1630-1686

Henning, Aegidius
1666 : Germany ( Henning: The Highly Lauded Bookmaker)


c.1632-1711

Parkhurst, Thomas
1663: United Kingdom ( L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals )


c.1633-1685

Murray, Sir Thomas, of Glendoick
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Messrs John Hinton et al)


c.1635-1710

Betterton, Thomas
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


c.1635-1715

Burnet, Dr. Thomas
1721: United Kingdom ( Burnet v. Chetwood: Entries from the Court's Book of Orders)

Burnet, Dr. Thomas
1721: United Kingdom
( Burnet's Bill of Complaint and Chetwood's Answer)

Burnet, Dr. Thomas
1721: United Kingdom
(* Burnet v. Chetwood)

Burnet, Dr. Thomas
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Burnet, Dr. Thomas
1853: USA
(* Stowe v. Thomas)


c.1636-1723

Russell, Lady Rachel, née Wriothesley
1841: USA (* Folsom v. Marsh)


c.1640-1716

Wycherley, William
1832: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May))

Wycherley, William
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Wycherley, William
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))


c.1644-c.1714

Partridge, John
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)


c.1645-c.1719

Aylmer, Brabazon
1751: United Kingdom ( Tonson v. Walker)


c.1646-1720

Hamilton, Anthony
1777: France (* Linguet's memorandum)


c.1652-1730

Émery, Pierre
1725: France (* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum)


c.1656-1725

Coward, William
1704: United Kingdom (* Defoe's Essay on the Press)


c.1658-1707

Smith, Samuel
1693: United Kingdom ( Locke's Memorandum on the 1662 Act)


c.1661-1727

Harcourt, Simon, 1st Viscount
1762: United Kingdom (* Tonson v. Collins)

Harcourt, Simon, 1st Viscount
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor)

Harcourt, Simon, 1st Viscount
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)


c.1662-1738

Jekyll, Joseph
1762: United Kingdom (* Tonson v. Collins)

Jekyll, Joseph
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor )

Jekyll, Joseph
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Jekyll, Joseph
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Jekyll, Joseph
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)

Jekyll, Joseph
1890: USA
( Report on H.R. 10881)


c.1665-1723

Cowper, William, 1st Earl Cowper
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)


c.1665-1732

Wilks, Robert
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


c.1669-1734

King, Sir Peter
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)


c.1670-1721

Doggett, Thomas
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


c.1674-1744

Barbeyrac, Jean
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)

Barbeyrac, Jean
1774: United Kingdom
( Enfield's Observations)

Barbeyrac, Jean
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Barbeyrac, Jean
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Barbeyrac, Jean
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)


c.1675-1749

Vence, Henri-François, l'Abbé de
1776: France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers)


c.1675-1756

Marchand, Prosper,
1740 : Germany (* Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books")


c.1677-1707

Farquhar, George
1832: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May))

Farquhar, George
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)


c.1682-1749

Moseley, Edward
1746: USA ( North Carolina Printing Privilege to Commissioners)


c.1685-1758

Ramsay, Allan
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)


c.1686-1761

Clinton, Admiral George
1750: USA ( New York Law Printing Privilege)


c.1690-c.1750

Lovisa, Domenico
1781 : Italy (* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings )


c.1697-1797

Macklin, Charles
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Macklin, Charles
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Messrs John Hinton et al)

Macklin, Charles
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)


c.1700

Desvieux, Louis
1701 : France (* Royal letters patent)

Dezalliers, Antoine
1725: France
(* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum)

Muguet, François
1701: France
(* Royal letters patent)

Muguet, François
1725: France
(* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum)

Muguet, François
1776: France
(* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers)


c.1700-1750

Vandenhoeck, Abraham
1765 : Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel )

Vandenhoeck, Abraham
1774: Germany
(* Pütter: The Reprinting of Books)


c.1703-1775

Faulkner, George
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)

Faulkner, George
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Faulkner, George
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Faulkner, George
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


c.1704-1766

Ware, Isaac
1735: United Kingdom ( The Case of Designers, Engravers, Etchers, &c. )


c.1705-1765

Mallet, David
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)


c.1707-1767

Postlethwayt, Malachy
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Postlethwayt, Malachy
1773: United Kingdom
(* Hinton v. Donaldson)


c.1708-1772

Henley, Robert, 1st Earl of Northington
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)

Henley, Robert, 1st Earl of Northington
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Henley, Robert, 1st Earl of Northington
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Henley, Robert, 1st Earl of Northington
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Henley, Robert, 1st Earl of Northington
1841: USA
(* Folsom v. Marsh)

Henley, Robert, 1st Earl of Northington
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Henley, Robert, 1st Earl of Northington
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)


c.1709-1761

Walker, Robert
1729: United Kingdom ( Gay v. Read)

Walker, Robert
1737: United Kingdom
(* Baller v. Watson: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders)

Walker, Robert
1751: United Kingdom
( Tonson v. Walker )


c.1709-1789

Hogarth, Jane
1766: United Kingdom ( Engravers' Copyright Act)

Hogarth, Jane
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Hogarth, Jane
1799: United Kingdom
( Documents concerning the Models and Busts Act)

Hogarth, Jane
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Hogarth, Jane
1844: United Kingdom
( International Copyright Bill)

Hogarth, Jane
1844: United Kingdom
(* International Copyright Act)

Hogarth, Jane
1853: United Kingdom
( Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright)


c.170-228

Ulpianus, Domitius
1870: United Kingdom (* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


c.1710-1784

Sewell, Thomas
1847: USA (* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)


c.1712-1782

O'Hara, Kane
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


c.1712-1785

Davies, Thomas
1774: United Kingdom ( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents )


c.1714-1770

Parker, James
1750: USA ( New York Law Printing Privilege)


c.1715-1773

Hawkesworth, John
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Hawkesworth, John
1773: United Kingdom
(* Hinton v. Donaldson)

Hawkesworth, John
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Hawkesworth, John
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Hawkesworth, John
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Hawkesworth, John
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)

Hawkesworth, John
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)


c.1716-1775

Hill, Sir John
1774: United Kingdom ( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents )


c.1723-1773

Tilliard, Nicolas-Martin
1770: France (* Luneau de Boisjermain's case)


c.1723-1787

Willes, Edward
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)

Willes, Edward
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Willes, Edward
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Willes, Edward
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Willes, Edward
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Willes, Edward
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters)

Willes, Edward
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)

Willes, Edward
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Willes, Edward
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Willes, Edward
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Willes, Edward
1853: USA
(* Stowe v. Thomas)


c.1727-1788

Bellamy, George Ann
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise)


c.1728-c.1802

Knapen, André François
1761: France (* La Fontaine case)

Knapen, André François
1786: France
(* French Decree on Musical Publications)


c.1730-1807

Newland, Abraham
1870: United Kingdom (* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


c.1735-c.1807

Delalain, Nicolas-Augustin, Sr.
1770: France (* Luneau de Boisjermain's case )

Delalain, Nicolas-Augustin, Sr.
1786: France
(* French Decree on Musical Publications)


c.1739-1790

Kearsley, George
1774: United Kingdom ( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents )


c.1740-c.1773

Duplain, Benoît
1776: France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )


c.1741-1811

Rutledge, Hugh
1784: USA ( South Carolina Copyright Statute)


c.1745-1801

Barber, Francis
1841: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.))

Barber, Francis
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))


c.1750-1812

Dimond, William Wyatt
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


c.1750-1814

Tresham, Henry
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


c.1751-1823

Brookshaw, George
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Brookshaw, George
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


c.1753-1833

Daniel, William Barker
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


c.1758-1814

Davenport, George Gosling
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)


c.1759-1829

Farren, Elizabeth
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


c.1770-1833

Dickons, Maria, née Poole
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)


c.1770-1842

Morris, David Edward
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


c.1771-1834

Sennefelder, Aloys
1862: France (* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


c.1774-1835

Marsh, Charles
1814: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (12 July))

Marsh, Charles
1814: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (18 July))

Marsh, Charles
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


c.1774-1856

Braham, John
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


c.1776-1840

Godfrey, Arthur W.
1872: United Kingdom ( Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright )


c.1776-1859

Owenson, Sydney
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)


c.1777-1820

McLeod, John
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


c.1778-1857

Evans, Robert Harding
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Evans, Robert Harding
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)


c.1793-1868

Virtue, George
1870: United Kingdom (* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


c.1797-1852

Leavitt, Jonathan
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


c.1797-1877

Geldart, Thomas Charles
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


c.1797-1884

Babcock, Sidney
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


c.1800

Desprez
1826: France (* Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission)


c.1804-1879

Walker, Edward
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


c.1809-1852

Matthias, Benjamin
1837: USA ( Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States )


c.1811-1855

Jones, Joseph Seawell
1837: USA ( Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States )


c.1812-c.1866

Goetzel, Sigmund Heinrich
1863: USA ( Hardee's Memorial)


c.1823-1892

Bodda, Frank
1878: United Kingdom ( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


c.1824-1899

Bosworth, Thomas
1852: USA ( Copyright and Natural Right)

Bosworth, Thomas
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


c.1824-1907

Hall, Sir John
1872: United Kingdom ( Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright )


c.1830-1910

Dubourg, Augustus William
1878: United Kingdom ( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


c.1838-1905

Palmer, Albert Marshall
1896: USA ( Debate in Congress)


c.1848-1919

Braham, John Joseph
1896: USA ( Debate in Congress)


c.1849-1923

Fleming, Edwin
1899: USA ( Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co., District Court Decision)


c.1858-1912

Bandlow, August
1902: USA ( Bleistein's Brief)

Bandlow, August
1902: USA
( Bleistein: Donaldson Lithographing Co. Brief)


c.190 B.C.-159 B.C.

Terence
1503 : Italy (* Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon )

Terence
1554: United Kingdom
( Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers)

Terence
1762: United Kingdom
(* Tonson v. Collins )

Terence
1766: United Kingdom
( Blackstone's Commentaries, Vol.II (selected extracts))

Terence
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Terence
1778: France
(* Pluquet's letters)

Terence
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Terence
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Terence
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)

Terence
1880: Germany
(* Kohler: Author's Right)


c.190-c.225

Paulus, Julius
1738 : Germany (* Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books)

Paulus, Julius
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Paulus, Julius
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Paulus, Julius
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)


c.205 B.C.-c.123 B.C.

Polybius
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


c.205-270

Plotinus
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


c.245-c.325

Iamblichus
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


c.250 B.C.-184 B.C.

Plautus, Titus Maccius
1590: Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")

Plautus, Titus Maccius
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


c.264 B.C.-194 B.C.

Naevius, Gnaeus
1870: United Kingdom (* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


c.268 B.C.-c.208 B.C.

Marcellus, Marcus Claudius
1590: Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


c.27-66

Petronius Arbiter
1763 : France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)


c.296-317

Athanasius, St
1704: United Kingdom (* Defoe's Essay on the Press)


c.310 B.C.-250 B.C.

Theocritus
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


c.320-400

Oribasius
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


c.330-c.389

St Gregory of Nazianzus
1778: France (* Pluquet's letters)


c.339-397

Ambrose, St
1761: United Kingdom ( Tonson v. Collins)


c.342-420

St Jerome
1776 : France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )


c.343 B.C.-291 B.C.

Menander
1762: United Kingdom ( A Vindication of the Rights of Authors)

Menander
1762: United Kingdom
(* An Enquiry into Literary Property)

Menander
1762: United Kingdom
(* Tonson v. Collins )


c.346-395

Theodosius I, the Great
1738 : Germany (* Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books)

Theodosius I, the Great
1740: Germany
(* Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books")


c.350 B.C.-c.283 B.C.

Demetrius Phalereus
1590: Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


c.35-c.100

Quintilian
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")

Quintilian
1725: France
(* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum)

Quintilian
1738: Germany
(* Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books)


c.365 B.C.-270 B.C.

Pyrrho
1862: France (* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


c.372 B.C.-c.287 B.C.

Theophrastus
1590: Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


c.378 B.C.-c.300 B.C.

Theopompus of Chios
1590: Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


c.395 B.C.-314 B.C.

Xenocrates
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


c.4 B.C.-c.65 A.D.

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus
1586: France (* Simon Marion's plea on privileges)

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus
1590: Italy
(* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus
1776: France
(* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers)

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus
1834: France
(* Balzac's letter to authors)


c.400 B.C.-320 B.C.

Zoilus
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")

Zoilus
1675: Germany
(* Counterfeited Privilege in Grimmelshausen's "The Magic Bird's Nest")


c.40-c.104

Martial, Marcus Valerius Martialis
1503: Italy (* Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon)

Martial, Marcus Valerius Martialis
1738: Germany
(* Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books)

Martial, Marcus Valerius Martialis
1766: United Kingdom
( Blackstone's Commentaries, Vol.II (selected extracts))

Martial, Marcus Valerius Martialis
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor)

Martial, Marcus Valerius Martialis
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Martial, Marcus Valerius Martialis
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)

Martial, Marcus Valerius Martialis
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Martial, Marcus Valerius Martialis
1878: France
(* Morillot on the author's right)

Martial, Marcus Valerius Martialis
1880: Germany
(* Kohler: Author's Right)


c.40-c.90

Dioscorides, Pedanius
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


c.411 B.C.-c.337 B.C.

Timoleon
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


c.428 B.C.-c.348 B.C.

Plato
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")

Plato
1704: United Kingdom
(* Defoe's Essay on the Press)

Plato
1763: France
(* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)

Plato
1841: France
(* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property)

Plato
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


c.435 B.C.-354 B.C.

Xenophon
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")

Xenophon
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


c.435 B.C.-360 B.C.

Aristippus
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


c.440-491

Zeno
1738: Germany (* Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books)

Zeno
1740: Germany
(* Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books")


c.448 B.C.-c.388 B.C.

Aristophanes
1590: Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")

Aristophanes
1740: Germany
(* Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books")


c.458 B.C.-c.380 B.C.

Lysias
1762: United Kingdom (* An Enquiry into Literary Property)


c.45-96

Statius, Publius Papinius
1762: United Kingdom (* Tonson v. Collins)

Statius, Publius Papinius
1766: United Kingdom
( Blackstone's Commentaries, Vol.II (selected extracts))

Statius, Publius Papinius
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Statius, Publius Papinius
1774: United Kingdom
( Enfield's Observations)

Statius, Publius Papinius
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)

Statius, Publius Papinius
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


c.460 B.C.-c.400 B.C.

Thucydides
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")

Thucydides
1762: United Kingdom
(* An Enquiry into Literary Property)


c.460 B.C.-377 or 359 B.C.

Hippocrates
1590: Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")

Hippocrates
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))


c.46-c.120

Plutarch
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")

Plutarch
1704: United Kingdom
(* Defoe's Essay on the Press)

Plutarch
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Plutarch
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


c.48 B.C.-c.15 B.C.

Propertius, Sextus
1503: Italy (* Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon)


c.480 B.C.-406 B.C.

Euripides
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")

Euripides
1774: United Kingdom
( Enfield's Observations)

Euripides
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


c.482-565

Justinian I
1738 : Germany (* Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books)

Justinian I
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor )

Justinian I
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)


c.485 B.C.-425 B.C.

Herodotus
1762: United Kingdom (* An Enquiry into Literary Property)

Herodotus
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


c.490-c.580

Cassiodorus, Flavius Magnus Aurelius
1690: France (* Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers)


c.496 B.C.-405 B.C.

Sophocles
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")

Sophocles
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Sophocles
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")

Sophocles
1896: USA
( The Question of Copyright )


c.499-565

Procopius
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


c.500 B.C.-428 B.C.

Anaxagoras
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


c.522 B.C.-c.440 B.C.

Pindar
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")

Pindar
1762: United Kingdom
(* An Enquiry into Literary Property)

Pindar
1763: France
(* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)

Pindar
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Pindar
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


c.523 B.C.-c.458 B.C.

Themistocles
1590: Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


c.525 B.C.-c.456 B.C.

Aeschylus
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Aeschylus
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Aeschylus
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


c.53-117

Trajan
1590: Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")

Trajan
1738: Germany
(* Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books)


c.54 B.C.-19 B.C.

Tibullus, Albius
1503: Italy (* Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon )


c.55-c.140

Juvenal, Decimus Junius Juvenalis
1503: Italy (* Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon)

Juvenal, Decimus Junius Juvenalis
1762: United Kingdom
(* Tonson v. Collins)

Juvenal, Decimus Junius Juvenalis
1763: France
(* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)

Juvenal, Decimus Junius Juvenalis
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Juvenal, Decimus Junius Juvenalis
1774: United Kingdom
( Enfield's Observations)

Juvenal, Decimus Junius Juvenalis
1841: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.))

Juvenal, Decimus Junius Juvenalis
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


c.55-120

Tacitus, Publius
1761: United Kingdom ( Tonson v. Collins)

Tacitus, Publius
1778: France
(* Pluquet's letters)

Tacitus, Publius
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Tacitus, Publius
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May))


c.563 B.C.-c.483 B.C.

Buddha
1862: France (* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


c.570-c.632

Mohammed
1862: France (* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


c.5-67

St Paul the Apostle
1525 : Germany ( Luther's "Admonition to the Printers")

St Paul the Apostle
1541: Germany
(* Luther's "Warning to the Printers")

St Paul the Apostle
1740: Germany
(* Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books")

St Paul the Apostle
1778: France
(* Pluquet's letters)

St Paul the Apostle
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


c.60 B.C.-20 A.D.

Strabo
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


c.611 B.C.-546 B.C.

Anaximander
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


c.624 B.C.-c.545 B.C.

Thales
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


c.720-c.799

Paulus Diaconus
1511: Germany ( Imperial Privilege for Konrad Peutinger)


c.84 B.C.-c.54 B.C.

Catullus, Gaius Valerius
1503: Italy (* Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon)

Catullus, Gaius Valerius
1725: France
(* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum)


c.90-168

Ptolemy
1862: France (* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


c.95-c.165

Appian of Alexandria
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


c.99 B.C.-25 B.C.

Nepos, Cornelius
1590: Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


c.99 B.C.-55 B.C.

Lucretius
1761: United Kingdom ( Tonson v. Collins)

Lucretius
1762: United Kingdom
(* An Enquiry into Literary Property)

Lucretius
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May))

Lucretius
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


d.c.1492

Mylling, Thomas
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)

Mylling, Thomas
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )


d.c.1504

Reyser, Georg
1479 : Germany (* Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg)

Reyser, Georg
1485: Germany
( Censorship Edict of the Archbishop of Mainz)


d.c.1507

Zell, Ulrich
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)


d.c.1550

Giunti, Bernardo
1531: Italy (* Bernardo Giunti's privilege for Machiavelli's works )


d.c.1580

Holinshed, Raphael
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


d.c.1735

Aris, Samuel
1737: United Kingdom (* Baller v. Watson: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders)


d.c.1756

Hall, Enoch
1746: USA ( North Carolina Printing Privilege to Commissioners)


d.c.431 B.C.

Phidias
1841 : France (* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property)

Phidias
1880: Germany
(* Kohler: Author's Right)


d.c.500 B.C.

Anaximenes
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


d.c.62 A.D.

Festius, Porcius
1862: France (* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


d.c.84 B.C.

Apellicon of Teos
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


d.c.973

Hrotsvit of Gandersheim
1501 : Germany (* Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica)


d.1018 B.C./993 B.C.

David
1862: France (* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


d.1381

Tyler, Wat
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise)

Tyler, Wat
1841: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (29 Jan.))

Tyler, Wat
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)


d.1441

Large, Robert
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)


d.1470

Johannes of Speyer
1469 : Italy (* Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly)

Johannes of Speyer
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor)


d.1485

Persona, Cristofore
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


d.1494

Cilian of Bibra
1479 : Germany (* Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg)


d.1510

Han, Jakob
1511: Germany ( Privilege of the Bishop of Strasbourg)


d.1513

Fabian, Robert
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


d.1520

Despautère, Jean
1649 : France ( Book trade regulations)


d.1535

Worde, Wynkyn de
1761: United Kingdom ( Tonson v. Collins)

Worde, Wynkyn de
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


d.1540

Redman, Robert
1774: United Kingdom ( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents )


d.1541

Wilhelm III of Hohnstein
1511: Germany ( Privilege of the Bishop of Strasbourg)


d.1543

Gowghe, John
1842: United Kingdom (* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


d.1548

Goltz, Moritz
1534 : Germany ( Privilege of the Elector of Saxony)


d.1549

Schramm, Christoph
1534 : Germany ( Privilege of the Elector of Saxony)

Schramm, Christoph
1541: Germany
(* Luther's "Warning to the Printers")


d.1550

Blosio Palladio
1531 : Italy (* Antonio Blado's privilege for Machiavelli's works)

Blosio Palladio
1531: Italy
(* Bernardo Giunti's privilege for Machiavelli's works)


d.1553

Bochetel, Guillaume
1547 : France (* French Censorship Act)


d.1555

Berthelet, Thomas
1774: United Kingdom ( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents )

Berthelet, Thomas
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


d.1558

Brooke, Sir Robert
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)


d.1559

Dalison, William
1834: USA (* Wheaton v. Peters)

Dalison, William
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)


d.1567

Rogers, Sir Edward
1566: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree)


d.1569

Vogel, Bartholomäus
1534 : Germany ( Privilege of the Elector of Saxony)

Vogel, Bartholomäus
1541: Germany
(* Luther's "Warning to the Printers")


d.1572

Grafton, Richard
1761: United Kingdom ( Tonson v. Collins)

Grafton, Richard
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Grafton, Richard
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Grafton, Richard
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


d.1573

Wolfe, Reginald
1842: United Kingdom (* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


d.1574

Catlyn, Sir Robert
1643: United Kingdom (* The Humble Remonstrance of the Stationers' Company)


d.1578/80

Seres, William
1553: United Kingdom ( William Seres' Printing Patent)

Seres, William
1554: United Kingdom
( Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers)

Seres, William
1559: United Kingdom
( Seres' patent for Primers and Psalters)


d.1579

Horne, Robert
1566: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree)


d.1584

Millan, John
1774: United Kingdom ( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents )


d.1587

Bellenden, John
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Middleton, Henry
1554: United Kingdom
( Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers)


d.1588

Ballard, Robert I
1552 : France (* General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard)


d.1594

Tottell, Richard
1553: United Kingdom (* Totell's Printing Patent)

Tottell, Richard
1554: United Kingdom
( Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers)

Tottell, Richard
1559: United Kingdom
( Totell's patent for Common Law Books)

Tottell, Richard
1761: United Kingdom
( Tonson v. Collins)

Tottell, Richard
1762: United Kingdom
(* Tonson v. Collins)


d.1599

Charteris, Henry
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Trentacinquius, Alessandro
1740: Germany
(* Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books")


d.1600

Patisson, Mamert
1650: France (* Vitré's memorandum on the prolongation of privileges)

Patisson, Mamert
1725: France
(* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum)


d.1601

Wolfe, John
1761: United Kingdom ( Tonson v. Collins)

Wolfe, John
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)


d.1611

Le Cointe, Charles
1740 : Germany (* Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books")


d.1625

Hobart, Sir Henry
1834: USA (* Wheaton v. Peters)

Hobart, Sir Henry
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)


d.1627

Condell, Henry
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Condell, Henry
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)


d.1631

Bayly, Lewis
1709: United Kingdom ( Reasons Humbly Offer'd to the Consideration of the Honourable House of Commons)


d.1639

Mettayer, Pierre
1665 : France (* French book trade regulations)

Mettayer, Pierre
1776: France
(* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers)


d.1641

Cardon, Horace
1776 : France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )

Cotes, Thomas
1637: United Kingdom
(* Star Chamber Decree)


d.1644

Gibson, Sir Alexander
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)


d.1650

Lentz, Christian
1740 : Germany (* Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books")

Renouard, Nicolas
1665: France
(* French book trade regulations)


d.1651

Walker, George
1774: United Kingdom ( Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property)


d.1657

Langley, John
1643: United Kingdom ( An Ordinance for the Regulation of Printing )


d.1662

Courbé, Augustin
1665 : France (* French book trade regulations)


d.1665

Cole, Peter
1663: United Kingdom ( L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals )


d.1666

Loménie, Henri Auguste de
1618: France (* Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade)

Loménie, Henri Auguste de
1660: France
(* Decree on Engravings)


d.1687

Caumartin, Louis-François Lefebvre de
1665: France (* French book trade regulations)


d.1693

Anderton, William
1704: United Kingdom (* Defoe's Essay on the Press)


d.1702

Jullieron, Antoine
1776 : France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )


d.1710

Ruddiman, Barbara
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)


d.1714

Wellington, Richard
1751: United Kingdom ( Tonson v. Walker)


d.1715

Ballard, Christophe
1725: France (* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum)


d.1717

Dongois, Nicolas
1701 : France (* Royal letters patent)


d.1721

Anisson, Jean
1776 : France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )


d.1725

Hess, Johann Stephan
1740 : Germany (* Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books")

Seidel, Christoph
1765: Germany
(* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel)


d.1730

Dart, John
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


d.1743

Colombat, Jacques
1725: France (* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum)


d.1747

Ward, Aaron
1751: United Kingdom ( Tonson v. Walker)


d.1750

Austin, Stephen
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Austin, Stephen
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Messrs John Hinton et al)

Austin, Stephen
1773: United Kingdom
(* Hinton v. Donaldson)


d.1755

Birt, Samuel
1751: United Kingdom ( Tonson v. Walker)


d.1756

Draper, Somerset
1751: United Kingdom ( Tonson v. Walker)


d.1757

Maboul, Jean-François
1778: France (* Pluquet's letters)


d.1758

Brindley, John
1751: United Kingdom ( Tonson v. Walker)


d.1759

Styles, Joseph
1751: United Kingdom ( Tonson v. Walker)


d.1763

Watts, John
1721: United Kingdom ( Burnet v. Chetwood: Entries from the Court's Book of Orders)

Watts, John
1721: United Kingdom
( Burnet's Bill of Complaint and Chetwood's Answer)

Watts, John
1751: United Kingdom
( Tonson v. Walker )


d.1764

Hitch, Charles
1751: United Kingdom ( Tonson v. Walker)


d.1765

Dodd, Benjamin
1751: United Kingdom ( Tonson v. Walker)

Franklin, Richard
1721: United Kingdom
( Burnet v. Chetwood: Entries from the Court's Book of Orders)

Franklin, Richard
1721: United Kingdom
( Burnet's Bill of Complaint and Chetwood's Answer)


d.1766

Chetwood, William
1721: United Kingdom ( Burnet v. Chetwood: Entries from the Court's Book of Orders)

Chetwood, William
1721: United Kingdom
( Burnet's Bill of Complaint and Chetwood's Answer)

Chetwood, William
1721: United Kingdom
(* Burnet v. Chetwood)


d.1771

Tonson, Richard
1751: United Kingdom ( Tonson v. Walker)

Tonson, Richard
1761: United Kingdom
( Tonson v. Collins )


d.1774

Hodges, James
1741: United Kingdom (* Gyles v. Wilcox (Atkyn's Reports))

Hodges, James
1751: United Kingdom
( Tonson v. Walker )


d.1776

Brown, George
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Brown, George
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Messrs John Hinton et al)

Brown, George
1773: United Kingdom
(* Hinton v. Donaldson)

Desaint, Jean
1759: France
(* Sieur d'Anville's contract )

Desaint, Jean
1776: France
(* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers)

Desaint, Jean
1778: France
(* Pluquet's letters)


d.1780

Dilworth, Rev. Thomas
1782: USA ( Letter from Smith to Webster)

Newberry, Francis
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)


d.1781

Hinton, John
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Hinton, John
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Messrs John Hinton et al)

Hinton, John
1773: United Kingdom
(* Hinton v. Donaldson)


d.1787

Swann, Samuel
1746: USA ( North Carolina Printing Privilege to Commissioners)


d.1789

Renier, Paolo
1780 : Italy (* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents)

Renier, Paolo
1781: Italy
(* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings)


d.1792

Hell, François
1791: France (* Report of François Hell to the National Assembly )


d.1793

Brown, Josiah
1834: USA (* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)


d.1802

Coppinger, Anna Maria de Burgh
1774: United Kingdom ( Stella's Modest Exceptions)


d.1807

King, Edward
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

King, Edward
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


d.1810

Richards, John Inigo
1799: United Kingdom ( Documents concerning the Models and Busts Act )


d.1812

Macklot, Karl Friedrich
1809 : Germany (* Baden Civil Code)


d.1816

Strother, John
1790: USA ( Sample registrations)


d.1819

Marsham, Thomas
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Marsham, Thomas
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


d.1820

Davies, William
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Davies, William
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Harris, Thomas
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)


d.1831

Lowe, Joseph
1837: USA ( Address of Certain Authors)

Richter, Carl Friedrich Enoch
1815: Germany
(* Annotated Publishers' Petition to the Congress of Vienna)


d.1835

Brunet, Anthelme
1814: France (* Court of Cassation on compilations)


d.1839

Belden, Lemuel W.
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


d.1840

Smith, Samuel Jenks
1837: USA ( Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States )


d.1841

Fraser, James
1852: USA ( Copyright and Natural Right)


d.1842

Alexander, Sir William
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise)

Dufresne, Augustine
1841: France
( Court of Cassation on artistic property)

Platt, Thomas
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


d.1846

Meyer, Gottfried Martin
1829 : Germany ( Music publishers' agreement to ban reprinting)

Meyer, Gottfried Martin
1830: Germany
(* Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy)


d.1853

Maltby, A. H.
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


d.1854

Daniell, Edmund Robert
1873: USA ( Committee on the Library Report)

Daniell, Edmund Robert
1874: United Kingdom
( Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright)


d.1865

Attwood, Matthias Wolverley
1838: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (9 May))

Attwood, Matthias Wolverley
1839: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (1 May))

Miles, Pliny
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


d.1867

Otis, James F.
1843: USA ( An Address to the People of the United States)


d.1871

Selden, Charles
1879: USA ( Baker's Argument)

Selden, Charles
1879: USA
( Selden's Argument)

Selden, Charles
1879: USA
(* Baker v. Selden)


d.1877

Seymour, Edward
1872: United Kingdom ( Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright )

Seymour, Edward
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


d.1880

Himsworth, William Alfred
1874: United Kingdom ( Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright )


d.1885

Welford, Charles
1843: USA ( An Address to the People of the United States)

Welford, Charles
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

Welford, Charles
1896: USA
( Treloar Copyright Bill (H.R. 5976))


d.1886

Lippincott, Joshua B.
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

Lippincott, Joshua B.
1863: USA
( Hardee's Memorial)


d.1887

Bushe, John Scott
1874: United Kingdom ( Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright )


d.1888

Littleton, Henry
1878: United Kingdom ( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


d.1892

Newton, James King
1888: USA ( American Authors and British Pirates)


d.1893

Gavard, Charles
1878: United Kingdom ( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)

Gavard, Charles
1878: United Kingdom
(* Royal Commissioners' Report)


d.1899

Newmarch, Major General Sir Oliver Richardson
1886: United Kingdom ( Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union)


d.1903

Parr, Louisa, née Taylor
1878: United Kingdom ( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


d.1911

Meyer, Dr Ernst
1886: United Kingdom ( Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union )


d.1942

Craigen, Maida
1896: USA ( Debate in Congress)


d.283 B.C.

Ptolemy I, Soter
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


d.381

Athanaric
1511: Germany ( Imperial Privilege for Konrad Peutinger)


d.395 B.C.

Lysander
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


d.503 B.C.

Publicola, Publius Valerius
1590: Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


d.8 B.C.

Maecenas, Gaius Cilnius
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")

Maecenas, Gaius Cilnius
1841: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.))


fl.100 B.C.

Agasias, son of Dositheus
1878: United Kingdom ( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


fl.121 B.C.

Fabius, Quintus Fabius Maximus Allobrogicus
1590: Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


fl.1440

Meidenbach, Johann
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)


fl.1447

Calcondile, Demetrio
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


fl.1450

Gobelin
1862: France (* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


fl.1455-1508

Eloy d'Amerval
1507 : France (* Eloy d'Amerval's privilege)


fl.1466

Corsellis, Frederick
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)

Corsellis, Frederick
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)

Tournour, Robert
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor)

Tournour, Robert
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)


fl.1469

Contarini, Bertuccio
1469 : Italy (* Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly)

Dandolo, Francesco
1469: Italy
(* Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly)

Gradenigo, Angelo
1469: Italy
(* Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly)

Morosini, Giacopo
1469: Italy
(* Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly)

Venerio, Angelo
1469: Italy
(* Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly)


fl.1470

Pierre, Jean de la
1763 : France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)


fl.1481

Lettou, John
1774: United Kingdom ( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents )


fl.1486

Barbara, Zacharias
1486 : Italy (* Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege)

Navagero, Lucas
1486: Italy
(* Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege)

Trevisano, Benedetto
1486: Italy
(* Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege)


fl.1489-1493

Treschel, Johannes
1776 : France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )


fl.1497-1517

Trevisano, Andrea
1517 : Italy (* Venetian Decree on Press Affairs)


fl.1500

Gregori, Giovanni de
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


fl.1500-1517

Capello, Paolo
1517 : Italy (* Venetian Decree on Press Affairs)


fl.1500-1525

Gregori, Gregorio de
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


fl.1504

Facques, William
1842: United Kingdom (* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


fl.1512-1517

Foscari, Francesco
1517 : Italy (* Venetian Decree on Press Affairs)


fl.1512-1561

Du Pré, Galliot
1515: France (* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege)


fl.1515-1530

Chaudière, Regnault
1618: France (* Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade)


fl.1519-1538

Cratander, Andreas
1531 : Germany (* Basel Printers' Statute)


fl.1520-1522

Curio, Valentin
1531 : Germany (* Basel Printers' Statute)


fl.1520-1533

Schott, Johann
1533 : Germany (* Schott v. Egenolph)

Whitinton, Robert
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


fl.1522-1564

Junte, Jacques
1526 : Italy ( Papal and Venetian Privileges for Sigismondo Fanti's "Triompho di Fortuna")

Junte, Jacques
1776: France
(* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers)


fl.1524-1549

Contarini, Paolo
1549: Italy (* Statutes of the Venetian Guild of Printers and Booksellers)


fl.1525

Grunenberg, Johannes
1525 : Germany ( Luther's "Admonition to the Printers")

Séguier, Louis
1618: France
(* Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade )


fl.1525-1540

Davidson, Thomas
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)


fl.1525-1542

Banks, Richard
1842: United Kingdom (* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


fl.1526

Fanti, Sigismondo
1526 : Italy ( Papal and Venetian Privileges for Sigismondo Fanti's "Triompho di Fortuna")

Portese, Agostino da
1526: Italy
( Papal and Venetian Privileges for Sigismondo Fanti's "Triompho di Fortuna" )


fl.1527

Trevers, Peter
1842: United Kingdom (* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


fl.1528

Chapman, Walter
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)


fl.1529-1547

Barthelet, Thomas
1761: United Kingdom ( Tonson v. Collins)

Schöffer, Peter, Jr.
1512: Germany
( Lyrical Reference to an Imperial privilege for Arnolt Schlick )


fl.1532

Godfrey, Thomas
1774: United Kingdom ( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents )

Growte, John
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor )


fl.1542

Tournes, Jean de, I
1776 : France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )


fl.1542-1561

Frellon, François
1776: France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )

Frellon, Jean
1776: France
(* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers)


fl.1543

Borgofranco, Giovanni Battista da
1590: Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


fl.1545

Catalano, Antonio
1545: Italy (* Antonio Catalano's Teaching Licence)


fl.1546

Cotta, Fabio
1554: United Kingdom ( Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers)


fl.1549

Marcello, Giacomo
1549: Italy (* Statutes of the Venetian Guild of Printers and Booksellers)


fl.1551

Jordanes
1511: Germany ( Imperial Privilege for Konrad Peutinger)


fl.1553

Scott, John
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)


fl.1554

Adams, Richard
1554: United Kingdom ( Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers)

Alde, John
1554: United Kingdom
( Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers)

Cherlewood, John
1554: United Kingdom
( Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers)

Fleming, Hugh
1554: United Kingdom
( Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers)

Griffith, William
1554: United Kingdom
( Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers)

Harrison, John
1554: United Kingdom
( Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers)

Hudson, Richard
1554: United Kingdom
( Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers)

Jones, Richard
1554: United Kingdom
( Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers)

Kingston, John
1554: United Kingdom
( Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers)

Lant, Richard
1554: United Kingdom
( Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers)

Laughton, Austin
1554: United Kingdom
( Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers)

Marshe, Thomas
1554: United Kingdom
( Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers)

Maylard, Leonard
1554: United Kingdom
( Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers)

Pickering, William
1554: United Kingdom
( Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers)

Rogers, Owen
1554: United Kingdom
( Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers)

Sampson, John
1554: United Kingdom
( Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers)

Sanderson, Henry
1554: United Kingdom
( Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers)

Scerle, Richard
1554: United Kingdom
( Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers)

Sutton, Henry
1554: United Kingdom
( Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers)

Whitehorne, Peter
1554: United Kingdom
( Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers)


fl.1554-1566

Huicke, Thomas
1566: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree)


fl.1557

Dockwray, Thomas
1557: United Kingdom (* Stationers' Charter)


fl.1558

Calye, Robert
1558: United Kingdom ( Calve's privilege for the 'Holsome and Catholick Doctrine')


fl.1558-1615

Rigaud, Pierre
1776 : France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )


fl.1559

Cuningham, William
1559: United Kingdom ( Day's The Cosmographical Glass)

Cuningham, William
1559: United Kingdom
(* Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass)


fl.1560

Berenger, Sir Thomas
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


fl.1560-1576

Vascosan, Michel de
1725: France (* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum)

Vascosan, Michel de
1776: France
(* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers)


fl.1560-1580

Giunti, Jacques
1690: France (* Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers)


fl.1562

Dyer
1643: United Kingdom (* The Humble Remonstrance of the Stationers' Company)


fl.1564-1585

Tournes, Jean de, II
1776 : France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )


fl.1566

Hendrieson, Edward
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Messrs John Hinton et al )

Lewes, David
1566: United Kingdom
(* Star Chamber Decree)

Weston, Robert
1566: United Kingdom
(* Star Chamber Decree)

Yale, Thomas
1566: United Kingdom
(* Star Chamber Decree)


fl.1566-1581

Gryphe, Antoine
1776 : France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )


fl.1567

Lickprivick, Robert
1773: United Kingdom (* Hinton v. Donaldson)

Vittorio, Pietro
1590: Italy
(* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


fl.1570

Nivelle, Sébastien
1725: France (* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum)

Rigaud, Benoist
1776: France
(* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers)


fl.1570-1586

Tinghi, Philippe
1690: France (* Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers)

Tinghi, Philippe
1776: France
(* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers)


fl.1572-1585

Huillier, Pierre l'
1650: France (* Vitré's memorandum on the prolongation of privileges)


fl.1575-1611

Fratta, Giovanni
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


fl.1580-1607

Douceur, David
1665 : France (* French book trade regulations)


fl.1581-1586

Ziletti, Francesco
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


fl.1582-1584

Bouhier, Pierre
1763 : France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)


fl.1584-1644

Eve, Clovis
1776 : France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )


fl.1586

Puys, Jacques du
1586 : France (* Simon Marion's plea on privileges)

Ward, Roger
1761: United Kingdom
( Tonson v. Collins )

Ward, Roger
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)


fl.1586-1595

Bey, Gilles
1586 : France (* Simon Marion's plea on privileges)


fl.1587

Verità, Count Marco
1590: Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


fl.1588-1605

Métayer, Jamet
1650: France (* Vitré's memorandum on the prolongation of privileges)


fl.1589-1604

Gibbon, Charles
1838: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April))


fl.1590-1618

Marogna, Nicolò
1590: Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


fl.1592-1681

Elzevir
1778 : France (* Pluquet's letters)

Elzevir
1841: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (29 Jan.))

Elzevir
1896: USA
( Treloar Copyright Bill (H.R. 5976) )


fl.1594-1622

Jullieron, Guichard
1776 : France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )


fl.1597-1646

Varennes, Olivier de
1618 : France (* Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade)

Varennes, Olivier de
1665: France
(* French book trade regulations)

Varennes, Olivier de
1776: France
(* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers)


fl.160 B.C.-125 B.C.

Hipparchus
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


fl.1600

Mirault, Antoine
1618 : France (* Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade)

Soubron, Jean
1618: France
(* Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade)


fl.1603-1631

Pinelli, Antonio
1603 : Italy (* Venetian Decree on Privileges for New Books and Reprints )

Pinelli, Antonio
1740: Italy
( Venetian Decree Against Unauthorized Printing of Songs)


fl.1604-1623

Buon, Nicolas
1618 : France (* Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade)


fl.1605

Coippeau, Gregoire
1618 : France (* Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade)


fl.1605-1624

Du Fossé, Nicolas
1618: France (* Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade)


fl.1605-1625

Hampel, Nikolaus
1659 : Germany (* Schupp: The Book Thief)


fl.1608-1625

Seiblin, Karl
1608 : Germany (* "Books Constitution" of Emperor Rudolf II)


fl.1609-1639

Boulley, Jean
1665 : France (* French book trade regulations)


fl.1610

Blaisot, Gilles
1618 : France (* Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade)

Humble, George
1624: United Kingdom
(* Statute of Monopolies)


fl.1610-1620

Langelier, la veuve
1776 : France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )


fl.1611-1664

Flesher, Miles
1637: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree)


fl.1612-1622

Astley, Sir John
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


fl.1612-1635

Holyoak, Francis
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)


fl.1616

Maxwell, James
1624: United Kingdom (* Statute of Monopolies)

Rigaud, Simon
1776: France
(* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers)


fl.1617-1629

Blaise, Thomas
1618 : France (* Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade)


fl.1618

Bailleur, Nicolas de
1618 : France (* Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade)

Bourde, Jean
1618: France
(* Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade)

Clopejeau, Gabriel
1618: France
(* Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade )

Cressonnet, Jean
1618: France
(* Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade )

Durand, Pierre
1618: France
(* Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade)

Feburier, Pierre Louis
1618: France
(* Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade )

Iulliot, François
1618: France
(* Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade )

Le Mur, Pierre
1618: France
(* Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade)

Mesnes, Henry de
1618: France
(* Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade )

Niuery, François
1618: France
(* Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade )

Remy, Jean
1618: France
(* Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade)


fl.1619

Baker, Abraham
1624: United Kingdom (* Statute of Monopolies)


fl.1620

Symcocke, Thomas
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)


fl.1620-1637

Alsop, Bernard
1637: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree)

Haviland, John
1637: United Kingdom
(* Star Chamber Decree)


fl.1622

Giffart, Louis
1618 : France (* Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade)


fl.1623-1629

Motte, Pierre de la
1665 : France (* French book trade regulations)


fl.1624-1644

Bilaine, Pierre
1690: France (* Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers)

Bilaine, Pierre
1725: France
(* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum)


fl.1624.

Morel, Claude
1618 : France (* Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade)


fl.1625-1637

Parsons, Marmaduke
1637: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree)


fl.1629-1641

Badger, Richard
1637: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree)


fl.1630

Hamillon, Nicolas
1665 : France (* French book trade regulations)


fl.1631

Turner, William
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)


fl.1632

Petit Val, David du
1665 : France (* French book trade regulations)


fl.1634

Camusat, Jean
1725: France (* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum)


fl.1636-1660

Bertier, Antoine
1690: France (* Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers)


fl.1637

Beale, John
1637: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree)

Bishop, Richard
1637: United Kingdom
(* Star Chamber Decree)

Dawson, John
1637: United Kingdom
(* Star Chamber Decree)

Fifield, Alexander
1637: United Kingdom
(* Star Chamber Decree)

Griffin, Edward
1637: United Kingdom
(* Star Chamber Decree)

Grismand, John
1637: United Kingdom
(* Star Chamber Decree)

Islip, Adam
1637: United Kingdom
(* Star Chamber Decree)

Kingstone, Felix
1637: United Kingdom
(* Star Chamber Decree)

Legat, John
1637: United Kingdom
(* Star Chamber Decree)

Miller, George
1637: United Kingdom
(* Star Chamber Decree)

Nichols, Arthur
1637: United Kingdom
(* Star Chamber Decree)

Purfoot, Thomas
1637: United Kingdom
(* Star Chamber Decree)

Purslow, Thomas
1637: United Kingdom
(* Star Chamber Decree)

Wright, Thomas
1637: United Kingdom
(* Star Chamber Decree)

Young, Robert
1637: United Kingdom
(* Star Chamber Decree)


fl.1637-1645

Raworth, John
1637: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree)


fl.1637-1656

Hodgkinsonne, Richard
1637: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree)


fl.1639-1651

Berthelin, Jean
1665 : France (* French book trade regulations)


fl.1640-1673

Jolly, George
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


fl.1641-1645

Du Bray, Jean
1665 : France (* French book trade regulations)


fl.1641-1657

Baumann, Georg
1657 : Germany ( Preface to Silesius's Chant Book)


fl.1643

Bechet, Denis
1665 : France (* French book trade regulations)

Byfield, Adoniran
1774: United Kingdom
( Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property)

Byfield, Adoniran
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Carrell, Joseph
1643: United Kingdom
( An Ordinance for the Regulation of Printing)

Cole, Richard
1774: United Kingdom
( Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property)

Cranford, James
1643: United Kingdom
( An Ordinance for the Regulation of Printing)

Downham, John
1643: United Kingdom
( An Ordinance for the Regulation of Printing)

Downing, Callibut
1643: United Kingdom
( An Ordinance for the Regulation of Printing)

Downing, Callibut
1774: United Kingdom
( Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property)

Gottaker, Thomas
1643: United Kingdom
( An Ordinance for the Regulation of Printing)

Jemat, William
1774: United Kingdom
( Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property)

Norris, James
1774: United Kingdom
( Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property)

Townley, Henry
1774: United Kingdom
( Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property)


fl.1643-1665

Chapman, Livewell
1663: United Kingdom ( L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals )


fl.1648

Combesis, Francisco
1690: France (* Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers)

Garde, Hierosme de la
1665: France
(* French book trade regulations)


fl.1648-1674

Meturas, Gaspard
1690: France (* Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers)


fl.1649-1663

Brewster, Thomas
1663: United Kingdom ( L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals )


fl.1650

Boulanger, Jean
1665 : France (* French book trade regulations)

Martin, Edme
1618: France
(* Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade)

Martin, Nicollas
1618: France
(* Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade )

Tyton, Francis
1663: United Kingdom
( L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals)


fl.1650-1660

Setton, Jacques de, Seigneur de l'Avenage
1660: France (* Decree on Engravings)


fl.1650-1665

Malassis, Clement
1665 : France (* French book trade regulations)


fl.1653-1662

Endter, Michael
1673 : Germany ( Nuremberg Printers' Ordinance)


fl.1657

Örnstedt, Franz Joel
1659 : Germany (* Schupp: The Book Thief)


fl.1660

Rothwell, John
1663: United Kingdom ( L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals )


fl.1660-1684

Angot, Charles
1776 : France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )


fl.1661

Dover, Simon
1663: United Kingdom ( L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals )

Porß, Johannes Martin
1659: Germany
(* Schupp: The Book Thief)


fl.1662

Hayes, John
1663: United Kingdom ( L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals )


fl.1663

Bridges, Henry
1663: United Kingdom ( L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals )


fl.1664-1715

Couterot, Edme
1690: France (* Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers)


fl.1665

Vanrobais, Josse
1777: France (* Linguet's memorandum)


fl.1665-1693

Josse, Georges
1665 : France (* French book trade regulations)

Josse, Georges
1776: France
(* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers)


fl.1668

Garthwait, Timothy
1773: United Kingdom (* Hinton v. Donaldson)


fl.1669

Pezzana, Niccolò
1780 : Italy (* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents)

Pezzana, Niccolò
1781: Italy
(* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings)


fl.1670

Leonard, Frédéric
1776: France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )


fl.1670-1677

Anisson, Laurent
1776 : France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )


fl.1670-1694

David, Charles
1761 : France (* La Fontaine case)


fl.1671

Anderson, Andrew
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)


fl.1672

Roper, Abel
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)

Roper, Abel
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Roper, Abel
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


fl.1672-1703

Zunner, Johann David
1666 : Germany ( Henning: The Highly Lauded Bookmaker)


fl.1673

Maissat, Pierre
1665 : France (* French book trade regulations)


fl.1675-1691

Le Jeune, Nicolas, Sieur de Franqueville
1690: France (* Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers)


fl.1675-1709

Mortlock, Henry
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)


fl.1676

Osinont, Charles
1725: France (* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum)

Ramet, M.
1676: France
(* Decree on Sculptures)

Sherman, Thomas
1774: United Kingdom
( Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property)

Shrewsbury, Thomas
1774: United Kingdom
( Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property)

Silvain, M.
1676: France
(* Decree on Sculptures )


fl.1680

Reid, John
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)


fl.1683-1698

Thierry, Denis
1725: France (* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum)


fl.1684-1697

Neufgermain, Michel de
1650: France (* Vitré's memorandum on the prolongation of privileges)


fl.1687

Martin, Gabriel
1725: France (* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum)


fl.1688

Riencourt, Simon de
1763 : France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)


fl.1688-1703

Wetstein, Henry
1709: United Kingdom ( Reasons Humbly Offer'd for the Bill for the Encouragement of Learning)


fl.1689-1718

Posuel, Jean
1776 : France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )


fl.1694

Bérulle, M. de
1776 : France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )


fl.1695

Kettleby, Walter
1721: United Kingdom ( Burnet v. Chetwood: Entries from the Court's Book of Orders)

Kettleby, Walter
1721: United Kingdom
( Burnet's Bill of Complaint and Chetwood's Answer)

Kettleby, Walter
1721: United Kingdom
(* Burnet v. Chetwood)


fl.1696-1718

Süstermann, Johann Melchior
1740: Germany (* Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books")


fl.1697

Mosman, George
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)


fl.1697-1702

Viret, Jean
1665 : France (* French book trade regulations)


fl.170

Pollux, Julius
1878 : France (* Morillot on the author's right)


fl.1700

Bennet, Robert
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)


fl.1703

Forbes, William
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Forbes, William
1773: United Kingdom
(* Hinton v. Donaldson)


fl.1705-1746

Midwinter, Daniel
1729: United Kingdom ( Gay v. Read)

Midwinter, Daniel
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Alexander Donaldson)


fl.1708-1726

Shard, Sir Isaac
1853: United Kingdom ( Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright)


fl.1709

Montalan
1725: France (* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum)


fl.1709-1730

Mariette, Jean
1725: France (* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum)


fl.1710-1719

Lilly, John
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)

Lilly, John
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


fl.1710-1733

Buckley, Samuel
1774: United Kingdom ( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents )

Buckley, Samuel
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


fl.1712

De La Roche, Léonard
1776: France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )


fl.1713

Ayblinger, Franz Ulrich
1713 : Germany ( Augsburg Printers' Ordinance)


fl.1713-1737

Watson, James
1737: United Kingdom (* Baller v. Watson: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders)

Watson, James
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Alexander Donaldson)


fl.1714

Babuty, François
1761 : France (* La Fontaine case)

Wellington, Bethel
1751: United Kingdom
( Tonson v. Walker)


fl.1718-1734

Poulson, John
1751: United Kingdom ( Tonson v. Walker)


fl.1721

Roussillion, Gabriel
1721: United Kingdom (* Burnet v. Chetwood)

Taylor, William
1721: United Kingdom
( Burnet's Bill of Complaint and Chetwood's Answer)

Wilkinson, Francis
1721: United Kingdom
( Burnet v. Chetwood: Entries from the Court's Book of Orders)

Wilkinson, Francis
1721: United Kingdom
(* Burnet v. Chetwood)


fl.1721-1734

d'Houry, Laurent
1725: France (* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum)


fl.1722

Brown, Thomas
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Nyon, Jean-Luc, Sr.
1761: France
(* La Fontaine case)


fl.1725-1730

Desessarts, Jean-Baptiste
1725: France (* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum)


fl.1728

Savioni, Girolamo
1780 : Italy (* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents)


fl.1728-1737

Astley, Thomas
1737: United Kingdom (* Baller v. Watson: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders)

Thompson, T.
1737: United Kingdom
(* Baller v. Watson: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders)

Walker, Jeffrey
1737: United Kingdom
(* Baller v. Watson: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders)


fl.1729

Read, Thomas
1729: United Kingdom ( Gay v. Read)

Read, Thomas
1737: United Kingdom
(* Baller v. Watson: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders)

Read, Thomas
1741: United Kingdom
(* Gyles v. Wilcox (Atkyn's Reports))


fl.1729-1734

Wright, John
1737: United Kingdom (* Baller v. Watson: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders)


fl.1729-1737

Jeffreys, Francis
1737: United Kingdom (* Baller v. Watson: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders)


fl.1729-1767

Worrall, Thomas
1729: United Kingdom ( Gay v. Read)


fl.1730-1741

Wilcox, John
1741: United Kingdom ( Gyles v. Wilcox (Barnardiston's Report))


fl.1731-1740

Emo, Giovanni
1740 : Italy ( Venetian Decree Against Unauthorized Printing of Songs )


fl.1731-1759

Gerlach, Johann Nicolaus
1765: Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel)


fl.1733

Fortescue, Joanna
1737: United Kingdom (* Baller v. Watson: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders)


fl.1733-1737

Baller, Katherine
1737: United Kingdom (* Baller v. Watson: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders)


fl.1734-1737

Feales, William
1751: United Kingdom ( Tonson v. Walker)


fl.1734-1768

Schmidt, Jonas
1765 : Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel )


fl.1735-1761

Orell, Conrad
1765 : Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel )


fl.1735-1780

Pitteri, Francesco
1780 : Italy (* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents)

Pitteri, Francesco
1781: Italy
(* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings)


fl.1735-1794

Hilscher, Christian Gottlob
1765: Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel)


fl.1736

La Landelle de Saint-Rémy, l'Abbé de
1763: France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)


fl.1737-1741

Barlow, J.
1741: United Kingdom ( Gyles v. Wilcox (Barnardiston's Report))


fl.1738

Foster, Elizabeth
1841: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.))

Lightbody, John
1751: United Kingdom
( Tonson v. Walker )


fl.1738-1765

Scheidhauer, Georg Ernst
1765: Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel)


fl.1740

Bancks, John
1741: United Kingdom (* Gyles v. Wilcox (Atkyn's Reports))

Tiepolo, Lorenzo
1740: Italy
( Venetian Decree Against Unauthorized Printing of Songs)


fl.1740-1756

Querini, Zuanne
1740 : Italy ( Venetian Decree Against Unauthorized Printing of Songs )


fl.1741

Faulkener, George
1741: United Kingdom ( Pope's Bill of Complaint, and Curl's Answer )

Gyles, Fletcher
1741: United Kingdom
( Gyles v. Wilcox (Barnardiston's Report))

Gyles, Fletcher
1741: United Kingdom
(* Gyles v. Wilcox (Atkyn's Reports))

Mair, John
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Alexander Donaldson)


fl.1741-1765

Hoffmann, Siegmund Heinrich
1765: Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel)


fl.1741-1779

Fenzo, Modesto
1780 : Italy (* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents)


fl.1742-1780

Occhi, Simone
1780 : Italy (* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents)

Occhi, Simone
1781: Italy
(* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings)


fl.1743

Bürckli, Johann Heinrich
1739: Germany ( Privilege of the Protestant Swiss Cantons )


fl.1743-1763

Savoye, Etienne François
1770: France (* Luneau de Boisjermain's case)


fl.1743-1780

Manfré, Marcantonio
1780: Italy (* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents)

Manfré, Marcantonio
1781: Italy
(* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings)


fl.1744

Paterson, James
1751: United Kingdom ( Tonson v. Walker)


fl.1744-1765

Rüdiger, Johann Heinrich, Jr.
1765: Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel)


fl.1744-1769

Ugolino, Blasio
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


fl.1744-1776

Richter, Paul Emanuel
1765: Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel)


fl.1746

Hayman, Mr.
1751: United Kingdom ( Tonson v. Walker)


fl.1746-1759

Collins, Benjamin
1761: United Kingdom ( Tonson v. Collins)

Collins, Benjamin
1762: United Kingdom
(* Tonson v. Collins)

Collins, Benjamin
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor)

Collins, Benjamin
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Alexander Donaldson)


fl.1747-1774

Humblot
1761 : France (* La Fontaine case)


fl.1747-1781

Milocco, Benedetto
1781 : Italy (* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings )

Savioli, Antonio
1781: Italy
(* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings)


fl.1748-1753

Wicksteed, Edward
1751: United Kingdom ( Tonson v. Walker)


fl.1749

Codet, Sylvain
1749 : France (* Crébillon case)

Prault, Pierre
1749: France
(* Crébillon case )


fl.1749-1765

Koppe, Johann Christian, Sr.
1765: Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel)


fl.1749-1782

Schmid, Johann Wilhelm
1765: Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel)


fl.1750-1780

Deregni, Domenico
1781 : Italy (* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings )


fl.1750-1785

Mérigot, Jacques
1786: France (* French Decree on Musical Publications )


fl.1751

Marchant, John
1751: United Kingdom ( Tonson v. Walker)

Oswald, John; info
1751: United Kingdom
( Tonson v. Walker)

Ward, John
1751: United Kingdom
( Tonson v. Walker )


fl.1751-1791

Chénon, Pierre
1776: France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )


fl.1752

Austin, Elisabeth
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Austin, Elisabeth
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Messrs John Hinton et al)

Austin, Elisabeth
1773: United Kingdom
(* Hinton v. Donaldson)


fl.1752-1763

Despilly, Jean-Baptiste
1761: France (* La Fontaine case)

Despilly, Jean-Baptiste
1770: France
(* Luneau de Boisjermain's case)


fl.1752-1765

Saillant, Charles
1759 : France (* Sieur d'Anville's contract)


fl.1752-1788

Kümmel, Carl Christian
1765: Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel)


fl.1752-1789

Valvasense, Pietro
1781 : Italy (* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings )


fl.1753

Barbou, Jean Joseph
1725: France (* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum)

Barbou, Jean Joseph
1761: France
(* La Fontaine case)


fl.1754

Davidts, R.
1761 : France (* La Fontaine case)


fl.1755-1770

Merkus
1763 : France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)


fl.1757-1761

Aumont
1761 : France (* La Fontaine case)


fl.1757-1792

Förster, Georg Ludwig
1765: Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel)


fl.1758-1776

Iversen, David
1765 : Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel )


fl.1758-1787

Günther, Christian Friedrich
1765: Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel)


fl.1759

Savoye
1761: France (* La Fontaine case)


fl.1760-1770

Meurose, James
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Meurose, James
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Messrs John Hinton et al)

Meurose, James
1773: United Kingdom
(* Hinton v. Donaldson)

Wood, John
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Wood, John
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Messrs John Hinton et al)

Wood, John
1773: United Kingdom
(* Hinton v. Donaldson)


fl.1760-1776

de Hondt, Peter Abraham
1774: United Kingdom ( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)


fl.1760-1778

Barret, Jean-Marie
1776 : France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )


fl.1760-1780

Storti, Gasparo
1781 : Italy (* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings )


fl.1760-1788

Meyer, Johann Ernst
1765 : Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel )


fl.1760-1791

Duchesne, la veuve
1776 : France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )


fl.1761

Gibert
1761: France (* La Fontaine case)

Roussel, M.
1761: France
(* La Fontaine case)


fl.1762

Nyon, Jean-Luc, Jr.
1786 : France (* French Decree on Musical Publications)


fl.1762-1765

Hartung, Johann Wilhelm
1765: Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel)


fl.1762-1779

Witte, J. M.
1765 : Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel )


fl.1762-1793

Donatius, Christian Gottfried
1765: Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel)


fl.1763

Lallemant, Nicolas
1776 : France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )

Taylor, Robert
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor )

Taylor, Robert
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Messrs John Hinton et al)

Taylor, Robert
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May))

Taylor, Robert
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Taylor, Robert
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)


fl.1763-1765

Horn, Georg Gottlieb
1765 : Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel )


fl.1764

Mumm, widow of Franz Christian
1765: Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel)


fl.1764-1771

Robertson, John
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Messrs John Hinton et al )


fl.1764-1773

Brandt, Johann Christian
1765: Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel)


fl.1764-1780

Caroboli, Giacomo
1780 : Italy (* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents)


fl.1765

Bartholomaei, Albrecht Friedrich
1765: Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel)

Gampert, Johann Michael
1765: Germany
(* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel)

Gebler, Christian Gottlieb
1765: Germany
(* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel)


fl.1765-1770

Braun, Anton Gottfried
1765: Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel)

Zimmermann, widow of Samuel Gottfried
1765: Germany
(* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel)


fl.1765-1780

Marchesini, Davidde
1780 : Italy (* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents)


fl.1765-1786

Cellot, Louis-Marie
1776 : France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )


fl.1765-1788

Felßecker, Carl
1765: Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel)

Meyer, Johann Christoph
1765: Germany
(* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel)


fl.1765-1789

Pompeati, Domenico
1781 : Italy (* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings )


fl.1765-1794

Mylius, August
1765 : Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel )


fl.1765-1797

Zatta, Antonio
1780 : Italy (* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents)

Zatta, Antonio
1781: Italy
(* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings)


fl.1766

Duplain, Pierre
1778 : France (* Pluquet's letters)

Richardson, William
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Messrs John Hinton et al)

Richardson, William
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Urquhart, Leonard
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Messrs John Hinton et al)


fl.1768

Millar, Jane
1774: United Kingdom ( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents )


fl.1768-1780

Novelli, Giambattista
1780: Italy (* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents)

Novelli, Giambattista
1781: Italy
(* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings)

Pezzana, Francesco di Niccolò
1780: Italy
(* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents)

Pezzana, Francesco di Niccolò
1781: Italy
(* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings)


fl.1768-1784

Barrois, Théophile
1761: France (* La Fontaine case)


fl.1768-1792

De La Roche, Aimé
1776: France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )


fl.1769

Lowndes, Thomas
1774: United Kingdom ( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents )

Richardson, John
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Stirling, John
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor )


fl.1769-1772

Junius
1774: United Kingdom ( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents )

Junius
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)


fl.1769-1785

Buchenröder, Johann Nicolaus Carl
1774: Germany (* Pütter: The Reprinting of Books)


fl.1769-1790

Grabit, Joseph-Sulpice
1776: France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers)


fl.1769-1793

Le Jay, M.
1776 : France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )


fl.1770

Le Clerc
1761: France (* La Fontaine case)


fl.1770-1780

Bembo, Diodato
1780 : Italy (* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents)

Bembo, Diodato
1781: Italy
(* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings)


fl.1770-1797

Soranzo, Tomà Mocenigo
1780: Italy (* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents)

Soranzo, Tomà Mocenigo
1781: Italy
(* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings)


fl.1770-1799

Palese, Carlo
1781 : Italy (* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings )


fl.1771-1785

Vallaresso, Alvise
1780 : Italy (* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents)


fl.1771-1790

Desaint, la veuve
1776 : France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )


fl.1773

Dalrymple, Hugh
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Messrs John Hinton et al )

Guillin
1761: France
(* La Fontaine case)

Johnston, William
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

McKonochie, Alexander
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

McKonochie, Alexander
1773: United Kingdom
(* Hinton v. Donaldson)

Menius, Christian August
1773: Germany
(* Saxonian Statute)

Robinson, Charles
1777: United Kingdom
(* Bach v. Longman)


fl.1774-1781

Regnault, Gabriel
1776 : France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )


fl.1774-1799

Savioni, Pietro
1780 : Italy (* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents)


fl.1775-1785

Locatelli, Francesco
1781 : Italy (* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings )

Sansoni, Francesco
1781: Italy
(* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings)


fl.1775-1800

Le Camus de Neville, François Claude Michel Benoît
1776: France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers)

Le Camus de Neville, François Claude Michel Benoît
1777: France
(* French Decree of 30 August 1777, on the duration of privileges )

Le Camus de Neville, François Claude Michel Benoît
1778: France
(* Pluquet's letters)

Le Camus de Neville, François Claude Michel Benoît
1780: Italy
( Venetian Reprint of the French Decree of 30 August 1777, on the duration of privileges)


fl.1776

Duplain, Joseph
1776 : France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )


fl.1776-1784

Dorez, J. J.
1776 : France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )


fl.1780

Baseggio, Giacomo
1781 : Italy (* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings )

Coleti, Giovanni Antonio
1781: Italy
(* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings)

Foscarini, Sebastian
1780: Italy
(* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents)

Gradenigo, Bortolo
1780: Italy
(* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents)

Gradenigo, Bortolo
1781: Italy
(* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings)

Memo, Anzolo
1780: Italy
(* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents)

Memo, Anzolo
1781: Italy
(* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings)


fl.1780-1790

Benvenuti, Rinaldo
1781 : Italy (* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings )


fl.1780-1794

Albrizzi, Angelo
1780 : Italy (* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents)


fl.1780-1797

Martinengo, Venceslao
1780: Italy (* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents)

Martinengo, Venceslao
1781: Italy
(* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings)

Zino, Carlo
1780: Italy
(* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents)

Zino, Carlo
1781: Italy
(* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings)


fl.1780-1804

Pezzana, Giannantonio
1780: Italy (* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents)

Pezzana, Giannantonio
1781: Italy
(* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings)


fl.1780-1807

Bettinelli, Niccolò
1780: Italy (* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents)

Bettinelli, Niccolò
1781: Italy
(* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings)


fl.1780-1811

Fenzo, Giuseppe
1780 : Italy (* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents)


fl.1781-1785

Zusto, Alvise
1781 : Italy (* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings )


fl.1781-1796

Rosa, Giuseppe
1781 : Italy (* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings )


fl.1785-1816

White, John
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


fl.1786-1792

Purcell, Joseph
1792: USA ( Purcell's Printing Privilege)


fl.1789-1796

Barry, John
1790: USA ( Sample registrations)


fl.1789-1817

Vesey, Francis
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


fl.1790

Sheldon, William
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


fl.1791

Salinelles, Meynier
1791: France (* Report of François Hell to the National Assembly )


fl.1792-1807

Holloway, Thomas
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


fl.1793-1810

Martin, William
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Martin, William
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


fl.1793-1827

Nauck, Gottfried Carl
1794: Germany (* Prussian Statute Book (ALR))


fl.1794-1819

Ridgway, James
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise)


fl.1794-1829

Spehr, Johann Peter
1829 : Germany ( Music publishers' agreement to ban reprinting)

Spehr, Johann Peter
1830: Germany
(* Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy)


fl.1794-1830

Andrews, Henry Charles
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


fl.1796

Hood, Mr.
1798: United Kingdom (* Beckford v. Hood)


fl.1797

Coffin, Edmund
1799: United Kingdom ( Documents concerning the Models and Busts Act )

Rosse, Charles
1799: United Kingdom
( Documents concerning the Models and Busts Act)


fl.1797-1815

Mawman, Joseph
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Mawman, Joseph
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


fl.1797-1818

Greenhill, George
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report on the Copyright Acts )

Greenhill, George
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Rees, Owen
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Rees, Owen
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )


fl.1798

Marryat, Mr.
1798: United Kingdom (* Beckford v. Hood)


fl.1799-1811

Simrock, Heinrich
1829 : Germany ( Music publishers' agreement to ban reprinting)


fl.1800

Allwood, Rev Philip
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Allwood, Rev Philip
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


fl.1802

Ogden, Robert
1790: USA ( Sample registrations)


fl.1802-1811

Greville, Col.
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


fl.1802-1815

Cardon, the Abbé
1814: France (* Court of Cassation on compilations)


fl.1802-1830

Lose, C. C.
1830: Germany (* Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy )


fl.1805-1829

Simon, C. A.
1829 : Germany ( Music publishers' agreement to ban reprinting)


fl.1805-1841

Meißner, Johann August
1853: Germany ( Bilateral Treaty between Hamburg and Great Britain)


fl.1808

Lyson, Daniel
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Lyson, Samuel
1813: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


fl.1811

Perry, George
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Perry, George
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )


fl.1812

Bryer, Henry
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise)

Bryer, Henry
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


fl.1813

Rose, Mr.
1813: United Kingdom ( Petition of the Printers of London and Westminster)

Smyth, J.H.
1813: United Kingdom
( Petition of the Printers of London and Westminster)

Smyth, J.H.
1814: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (12 July))


fl.1814

Audier-Massillon
1814 : France (* Court of Cassation on sculptures)

Butterworth, John
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Butterworth, John
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)

Chauchat
1814: France
(* Court of Cassation on compilations)

Durand-Delorme
1814: France
(* Court of Cassation on compilations)

Leclerc
1814: France
(* Court of Cassation on compilations)

Marnas
1814: France
(* Court of Cassation on compilations)

Robin, Gabrielle
1814: France
(* Court of Cassation on sculptures)

Wetherall, Mr.
1814: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (12 July))


fl.1814-1817

Parry, Henry
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Parry, Henry
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


fl.1817-1830

Webb, Rev. William
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


fl.1817-1831

Donaldson, Robert
1828: USA ( Letter from Donaldson to Peters)

Donaldson, Robert
1828: USA
( Letter from Donaldson to Wheaton)

Donaldson, Robert
1828: USA
( Letter from Peters to Donaldson)

Donaldson, Robert
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters)

Donaldson, Robert
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)


fl.1818

Clarke, John
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Clarke, John
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Glossop, Joseph
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Kerridge, Mr.
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Matthews, John
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


fl.1818-1830

Brooke, Samuel
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Brooke, Samuel
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )


fl.1818-1842

Scribe, Achille
1841: France ( Court of Cassation on artistic property)

Scribe, Achille
1842: France
(* Court of Cassation on artistic property)


fl.1820

Rodwell, Mr.
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


fl.1820-1835

Trautwein, Traugott
1835 : Germany (* Copyright statement of Johann Strauss for Austria and Prussia)


fl.1821

Power, James
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise)


fl.1822-1846

King, Col. John Anthony
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


fl.1825-1851

Rosa, F.
1845: France (* Court of Appeal on translations)


fl.1826

Ebbes, Thomas
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise)

Sherwood, T.M.
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )


fl.1826-1848

Cosmar, Alexander
1830: Germany (* Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy )


fl.1826-1857

Niemeyer, Georg Wilhelm
1830: Germany (* Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy)


fl.1826-1861

Hilliard, George S.
1843: USA ( An Address to the People of the United States)


fl.1827-1841

Wells, Thomas G.
1841: USA (* Folsom v. Marsh)


fl.1828-1843

Ingraham, J. W.
1843: USA ( An Address to the People of the United States)


fl.1829

Härtel, Wilhelm
1829 : Germany ( Music publishers' agreement to ban reprinting)

Härtel, Wilhelm
1830: Germany
(* Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy)

Laue, Friedrich
1829: Germany
( Music publishers' agreement to ban reprinting)

Laue, Friedrich
1830: Germany
(* Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy)


fl.1829-1832

Simrock, Franz Carl Anton
1829: Germany ( Music publishers' agreement to ban reprinting)


fl.1829-1833

Brüggemann, Karl
1829: Germany ( Music publishers' agreement to ban reprinting)


fl.1829-1837

Mellon, Grenville
1837: USA ( Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States )


fl.1830-1848

Krause, H.
1830: Germany (* Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy )


fl.1830-1889

Taylor, Frederick
1878: United Kingdom ( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


fl.1831

Grigg, John
1834: USA (* Wheaton v. Peters)

Grigg, John
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)

Halstead, O.
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)

Rayner, Benjamin Lionel
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)


fl.1831-1848

Dobson, Judah
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


fl.1832

Forbes, Capt. John
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )

Galley Knight, John
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Halls, Thomas
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Jephson, Anthony
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Kenneth, William
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Mash, Thomas Baucott
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Minshull, George Rowland
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Saul, John
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Thwaites, Henry
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)


fl.1832-1856

Bradley, Benjamin
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


fl.1833

O'Dwyer, Mr.
1833: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Dramatic Literary Property Act (12 March))


fl.1834

Rider, Jane C.
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


fl.1834-1848

Putnam, Francis
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


fl.1835

Ripelli, Johann Baptist
1835 : Germany (* Copyright statement of Johann Strauss for Austria and Prussia)

Weymann, Carl
1835: Germany
(* Copyright statement of Johann Strauss for Austria and Prussia)


fl.1836-1856

Halphen, Armand
1851 : France (* SACEM's act of constitution)


fl.1836-1857

Steele, Oliver G.
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


fl.1837

Biddle, H.
1837: USA ( Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States )

Morris, Robert
1837: USA
( Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States)


fl.1837-1853

Mussey, B. B.
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

Thomas, F. W.
1853: USA
( Affidavit of Harriet Beecher Stowe)

Thomas, F. W.
1853: USA
( Stowe v. Thomas, Complainant's Bill)

Thomas, F. W.
1853: USA
( Stowe v. Thomas, Defendant's Answer)

Thomas, F. W.
1853: USA
( "Uncle Tom" at Law)

Thomas, F. W.
1853: USA
(* Stowe v. Thomas)


fl.1837-1860

Gastambide, Adrien-Joseph
1814: France (* Court of Cassation on sculptures)

Gastambide, Adrien-Joseph
1902: France
(* Court of Cassation on moral rights)


fl.1838

Gassett, Oscar
1838: USA ( Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston)

Parshall, Benjamin C.
1838: USA
( Memorial of the New York Typographical Society)

Wareham, George S.
1838: USA
( Memorial of the New York Typographical Society)


fl.1838-1847

Blake, Alexander V.
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

Wright, James P.
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


fl.1838-1851

Northall, William Knight
1838: USA ( Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston )


fl.1839

Hobhouse, Thomas Benjamin
1839: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (1 May))

Hobhouse, Thomas Benjamin
1840: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (4 Feb.))


fl.1839-1847

Taylor, John S.
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


fl.1840

Crowther, Mr.
1842: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Delloye, H. L.
1841: France
(* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property)

Lowndes, John J.
1840: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.))

Lowndes, John J.
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Lowndes, John J.
1853: United Kingdom
( Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright)

Lowndes, John J.
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


fl.1840-1848

Owen, John
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


fl.1841

Lyon, Gardner P.
1841: USA (* Folsom v. Marsh)

Thurston, Lyman
1841: USA
(* Folsom v. Marsh)

Webb, Thomas B.
1841: USA
(* Folsom v. Marsh)


fl.1842

Mesnard, M.
1842 : France (* Court of Cassation on artistic property)


fl.1842-1847

Osborn, William
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


fl.1842-1848

Fowle, William B.
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


fl.1843

Adlard, George
1843: USA ( An Address to the People of the United States)

Delf, Thomas
1843: USA
( An Address to the People of the United States)

Roberts, George
1843: USA
( An Address to the People of the United States)

Snodgrass, Joseph E.
1843: USA
( An Address to the People of the United States)


fl.1843-1867

Langley, Henry G.
1843: USA ( An Address to the People of the United States)


fl.1844

Reade, Alfred
1872: United Kingdom ( Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright )


fl.1844-1904

Robert Cocks & Co.
1853: United Kingdom ( Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright)


fl.1845

Carpenter, W. H.
1878: United Kingdom ( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)

Hall, J. C.
1872: United Kingdom
( Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright)

Hardoin, M.
1861: France
(* Court of Cassation on telegraphic news)

Huntington, H.
1872: United Kingdom
( Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright)

Reid, Alexander
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


fl.1846

Aiken, Jesse B.
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)

Dodd, Edmund Murray
1872: United Kingdom
( Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright)

Mackellan, John
1872: United Kingdom
( Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright)


fl.1847

Dunigan, Edward
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

Sparks, James A.
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


fl.1847-1854

Smith, Thomas B.
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


fl.1847-1858

Arden, Joseph
1858: United Kingdom ( Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee )


fl.1847-1863

Crowen, T. J.
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


fl.1848

Hogg, George
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

Liner, James
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

Middlebrook, Samuel
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

Taylor, Edward G.
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

Webb, Thomas H.
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


fl.1848-1861

Chapman, T. Ellwood
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


fl.1848-1863

Hyer, John G.
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


fl.1849-1851

Turner, Thomas
1870: United Kingdom (* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


fl.1849-1877

Greenhill, Joseph
1878: United Kingdom ( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


fl.1850-1876

Coq, Paul
1862: France (* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")

Masters, Joseph
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


fl.1851-1868

Paillotet, Prosper
1862: France (* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


fl.1851-1880

Rollot, Léopold
1851: France (* SACEM's act of constitution)


fl.1852

Delisle, G.
1902 : France (* Court of Cassation on moral rights)

Hutton, Hugo Rudolph
1853: USA
( Affidavit of Harriet Beecher Stowe)

Hutton, Hugo Rudolph
1853: USA
(* Stowe v. Thomas)


fl.1853

Havas, Charles-Guillaume
1861 : France (* Court of Cassation on telegraphic news)

Perkins, Samuel C.
1853: USA
( Affidavit of Harriet Beecher Stowe)

Perkins, Samuel C.
1853: USA
( Stowe v. Thomas, Complainant's Bill)

Perkins, Samuel C.
1853: USA
(* Stowe v. Thomas)

Perkins, Samuel H.
1853: USA
( Affidavit of Harriet Beecher Stowe)

Perkins, Samuel H.
1853: USA
( Stowe v. Thomas, Complainant's Bill)

Perkins, Samuel H.
1853: USA
( Stowe v. Thomas, Defendant's Answer)

Perkins, Samuel H.
1853: USA
(* Stowe v. Thomas)


fl.1853-1879

Havas, Auguste
1861 : France (* Court of Cassation on telegraphic news)


fl.1854

Modeste, Victor
1862: France (* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


fl.1854-1862

Beaume, Alexandre
1858: United Kingdom ( Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee )

Beaume, Alexandre
1880: Germany
(* Kohler: Author's Right)


fl.1854-1886

Daldy, Frederick Richard
1872: United Kingdom ( Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright)

Daldy, Frederick Richard
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)

Daldy, Frederick Richard
1878: United Kingdom
(* Royal Commissioners' Report)

Daldy, Frederick Richard
1886: United Kingdom
( Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union)


fl.1855

Dutruc, Gustave
1902 : France (* Court of Cassation on moral rights)


fl.1855-1879

Gundry, John
1879: USA ( Selden's Argument)


fl.1856

Courtney, John
1870: United Kingdom (* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


fl.1856-1897

Haynes, John C.
1896: USA ( Hearing on H.R. 5976)


fl.1857-1866

Dareste, Pierre
1878 : France (* Morillot on the author's right)


fl.1857-1890

Gallwey, Sir M. H.
1872: United Kingdom ( Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright )


fl.1858

Closs, Thomas
1858: United Kingdom ( Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee )

Closs, Thomas
1862: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (22 May))

Darvill, Henry
1858: United Kingdom
( Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee)

Dillon, John
1858: United Kingdom
( Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee)

Edgar, Andrew
1858: United Kingdom
( Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee)

Ellis, Francis
1858: United Kingdom
( Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee)

Fletcher, Robert
1858: United Kingdom
( Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee)

Hallowes, William
1858: United Kingdom
( Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee)

Mollot, M.
1902: France
(* Court of Cassation on moral rights)

Smith, Bell
1858: United Kingdom
( Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee)


fl.1858-1862

Hawes, William
1858: United Kingdom ( Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee )


fl.1858-1870

Collier, William Francis
1878: United Kingdom ( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


fl.1858-1877

Routledge, Robert Warne
1878: United Kingdom ( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


fl.1859-1903

Donaldson, William M.
1902: USA ( Bleistein's Brief)


fl.1860

Dubus, J.
1857: France (* Court of cassation on originality)

Dubus, J.
1869: France
( Court of Cassation on originality )


fl.1860-1869

Prudhomme
1857 : France (* Court of cassation on originality)

Prudhomme
1869: France
( Court of Cassation on originality )


fl.1861

Boissieux, M.
1861 : France (* Court of Cassation on telegraphic news)

De Peyramont, M.
1861: France
(* Court of Cassation on telegraphic news)


fl.1861-1863

Titcomb, Francis
1863: USA ( Hardee's Memorial)


fl.1862

Betbéder
1862 : France (* Court of Cassation on photography)

Huard, Adrien-Henri
1880: Germany
(* Kohler: Author's Right)

Imhaus, G.
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")

Mayer, Léopold Ernst
1862: France
(* Court of Cassation on photography)

Mayer, Louis Frédéric
1862: France
(* Court of Cassation on photography)

Schwalbé
1862: France
(* Court of Cassation on photography)


fl.1862-1869

Guyho, Corentin
1857 : France (* Court of cassation on originality)

Guyho, Corentin
1862: France
(* Court of Cassation on photography)

Guyho, Corentin
1869: France
( Court of Cassation on originality)


fl.1863

Menzies, William
1878: United Kingdom ( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


fl.1864

Bürkel, Heinrich
1880 : Germany (* Kohler: Author's Right)


fl.1865-1879

Baldwin, Eleazer B.
1879: USA ( Selden's Argument)


fl.1866

Clément, Paul-Marie-Alexandre
1880: Germany (* Kohler: Author's Right)

Neuner, Carl
1877: Germany
(* Gareis: Juridical Nature of Author's Rights)

Neuner, Carl
1880: Germany
(* Kohler: Author's Right )

Riché, M.
1866: France
( Reports of Riché, Perras, Sainte-Beuve.)

Wrangell, Constantin
1880: Germany
(* Kohler: Author's Right)


fl.1866-1879

Campbell, Sheldon A.
1879: USA ( Selden's Argument)


fl.1867-1870

Gray, Thomas
1872: United Kingdom ( Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright )


fl.1867-1879

Baker, William C. M.
1879: USA ( Baker's Argument)

Baker, William C. M.
1879: USA
( Selden's Argument)

Baker, William C. M.
1879: USA
(* Baker v. Selden)


fl.1868

Crossby, P. A.
1872: United Kingdom ( Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright )

Kyte, Stephen C.
1872: United Kingdom
( Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright)

Watkins, John
1872: United Kingdom
( Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright)

Wilson, William
1872: United Kingdom
( Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright)


fl.1868-1891

Griffard, Pierre
1872: United Kingdom ( Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright )


fl.1870

Arthur, John
1872: United Kingdom ( Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright )

Chapman, Frederick
1872: United Kingdom
( Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright)

Ferguson, James
1872: United Kingdom
( Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright)


fl.1870-1871

Brett, Colonel W. F.
1872: United Kingdom ( Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright )


fl.1871

Schalch, E. A. C.
1872: United Kingdom ( Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright )


fl.1872

Elderkin, John
1878: United Kingdom ( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


fl.1872-1879

Selden, Elizabeth
1879: USA ( Baker's Argument)

Selden, Elizabeth
1879: USA
( Selden's Argument)

Selden, Elizabeth
1879: USA
(* Baker v. Selden)


fl.1873

Coryton, John
1880 : Germany (* Kohler: Author's Right)

Janisch, Hudson Ralph
1874: United Kingdom
( Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright)

Mayne, Robert D.
1874: United Kingdom
( Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright)


fl.1873-1878

Sealy, Sir John
1874: United Kingdom ( Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright )


fl.1875

Reid, G. W.
1878: United Kingdom ( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)

Wall, Mr.
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


fl.1875-1886

Thurmann, Renard
1886: United Kingdom ( Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union )


fl.1875-1890

Bozérian, Jules-François Jeannotte
1902: France (* Court of Cassation on moral rights)


fl.1876

Bennett, Rev. John William
1878: United Kingdom ( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)

Turner, Sharon Grote
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


fl.1876-1886

Graves, Boydell
1878: United Kingdom ( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


fl.1876-1902

Cinquin, Mlle
1902 : France (* Court of Cassation on moral rights)


fl.1877

Field, Basil
1878: United Kingdom ( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


fl.1877-1879

Lloyd, Harlan P.
1879: USA ( Baker's Argument)

Lloyd, Harlan P.
1879: USA
(* Baker v. Selden)


fl.1878

Samter, Adolph
1880 : Germany (* Kohler: Author's Right)


fl.1879

Gray, John L.
1879: USA ( Selden's Argument)

Mayberry, Samuel V.
1879: USA
( Selden's Argument)

Moulton, Charles W.
1879: USA
( Selden's Argument)

Moulton, Charles W.
1879: USA
(* Baker v. Selden)

Reber, Samuel F.
1879: USA
( Selden's Argument)


fl.1879-1889

Stoddart, Joseph M.
1896: USA ( The Question of Copyright)


fl.1880

Souchon, Victor
1851 : France (* SACEM's act of constitution)


fl.1880-1896

Browne, Alexander P.
1896: USA ( Hearing on H.R. 5976)


fl.1880-1903

Wilby, Joseph
1903: USA (* Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.)


fl.1882

Kern, J. C.
1882 : Germany ( Bilateral treaty between Switzerland and France)

Lardy, Karl Eduard
1882: Germany
( Bilateral treaty between Switzerland and France)


fl.1882-1892

Green, George Walton
1890: USA ( Report on H.R. 10881)

Green, George Walton
1896: USA
( The Question of Copyright)


fl.1883

Calman, David
1883: USA ( Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony)

Calman, David
1883: USA
( Burrow-Giles' Brief)

Vernet, H.
1886: United Kingdom
( Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union)


fl.1883-1901

Gurlitz, Augustus T.
1883: USA ( Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony)

Gurlitz, Augustus T.
1883: USA
( Sarony's Brief)

Gurlitz, Augustus T.
1896: USA
( The Question of Copyright)


fl.1884

Reichardt
1886: United Kingdom ( Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union)


fl.1885

Carpmael, Alfred
1870: United Kingdom (* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


fl.1885-1892

Donaldson, George W.
1893: USA ( Falk v. Donaldson)

Donaldson, Robert M.
1893: USA
( Falk v. Donaldson)


fl.1886

Delfosse, Maurice
1886: United Kingdom ( Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union )

Koentzer, Guillaume
1886: United Kingdom
( Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union)

Sangro y Rueda, Melchor, Conde de la Almina
1886: United Kingdom
( Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union)

Trincheri, Remigio
1886: United Kingdom
( Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union)

Verwey, B. L.
1886: United Kingdom
( Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union)

Walpole, Horace
1886: United Kingdom
( Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union)

Weder
1886: United Kingdom
( Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union)

Zádor Gyula
1886: United Kingdom
( Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union)


fl.1887-1903

Elder, Samuel J.
1896: USA ( The Question of Copyright)


fl.1890

Boone, Richard G.
1890: USA ( Report on H.R. 10881)

Kennedy, John L.
1890: USA
( Report on H.R. 10881)

Kennedy, John L.
1896: USA
( The Question of Copyright)

Morgan, Thomas Jefferson
1890: USA
( Report on H.R. 10881)


fl.1891

Brown, Davis S.
1891: USA ( Falk v. Brett Lithographing Co.)

Falk, Isaac N.
1891: USA
( Falk v. Brett Lithographing Co.)

Falk, Isaac N.
1893: USA
( Falk v. Donaldson)

Sadler, Josie
1891: USA
( Falk v. Brett Lithographing Co.)


fl.1892

Kennedy, Harry
1896: USA ( Hearing on H.R. 5976)


fl.1893

Jenner, William A.
1893: USA ( Falk v. Donaldson)

Mills, Charles K.
1893: USA
( Falk v. Donaldson)


fl.1893-1902

Wetmore, Edmund
1893: USA ( Falk v. Donaldson)


fl.1895

Hiatt, Charles
1902: USA ( Bleistein's Brief)

Hiatt, Charles
1903: USA
(* Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.)


fl.1896

Canary, Thomas
1896: USA ( Debate in Congress)


fl.1899

Bridgman, John W.
1899: USA ( Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co., District Court Decision)

Bridgman, John W.
1902: USA
( Bleistein's Brief)

Lansing, Gerritt B.
1899: USA
( Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co., District Court Decision)

Lansing, Gerritt B.
1902: USA
( Bleistein's Brief)

Maccari, Hilda
1902: USA
( Bleistein: Three Posters )

Rudolf, John A.
1899: USA
( Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co., District Court Decision)

Rudolf, John A.
1902: USA
( Bleistein's Brief)

Rudolf, John A.
1902: USA
( Bleistein: Donaldson Lithographing Co. Brief)


fl.200

Athenaeus
1590: Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


fl.220

Aelian
1590: Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


fl.300 B.C.

Euclid
1878: United Kingdom ( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)

Euclid
1902: USA
( Bleistein's Brief)


fl.330 B.C.

Apelles
1762: United Kingdom (* Tonson v. Collins)


fl.356 B.C.

Herostratus
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


fl.375

Donatus, Aelius
1650: France (* Vitré's memorandum on the prolongation of privileges)

Donatus, Aelius
1773: United Kingdom
(* Hinton v. Donaldson)


fl.399 B.C.

Parrhasius
1762: United Kingdom (* Tonson v. Collins)


fl.400 B.C.

Timaeus of Locri
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


fl.41-54

Curtius Rufus, Quintus
1778 : France (* Pluquet's letters)


fl.44 B.C.

Trebatius Testa, Gaius
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


fl.530 B.C.

Pythagoras
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")

Pythagoras
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


fl.685 B.C.-668 B.C.

Tyrtaeus
1862: France (* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


fl.700 B.C.

Hesiod
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


fl.700 B.C.-?

Homer
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")

Homer
1675: Germany
(* Counterfeited Privilege in Grimmelshausen's "The Magic Bird's Nest")

Homer
1763: France
(* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)

Homer
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Messrs John Hinton et al)

Homer
1773: United Kingdom
(* Hinton v. Donaldson )

Homer
1774: United Kingdom
( Stella's Modest Exceptions)

Homer
1813: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Homer
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Homer
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Homer
1841: France
(* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property)

Homer
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright )

Homer
1853: USA
(* Stowe v. Thomas)

Homer
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")

Homer
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)

Homer
1896: USA
( The Question of Copyright)


fl.715 B.C.-673 B.C.

Numa Pompilius
1590: Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")

Numa Pompilius
1762: United Kingdom
(* Tonson v. Collins )

Numa Pompilius
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


fl.753 B.C.

Romulus
1762: United Kingdom (* Tonson v. Collins)


fl.86 B.C.

Gaius Herennius
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


fl.90

Epictetus
1704: United Kingdom (* Defoe's Essay on the Press)

Epictetus
1841: France
(* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property)


100/102 B.C.-44 B.C.

Caesar, Gaius Julius
1693: United Kingdom ( Locke's Memorandum on the 1662 Act )

Caesar, Gaius Julius
1762: United Kingdom
(* Tonson v. Collins)

Caesar, Gaius Julius
1775: United Kingdom
(* Stationers' Company v. Carnan)

Caesar, Gaius Julius
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

Caesar, Gaius Julius
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1018-1042

Hardaknut Knutsson
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


102 B.C.-43 B.C.

Cicero, Quintus Tullius
1590: Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


1027-1087

William I, 'the Conqueror'
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)

William I, 'the Conqueror'
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)


106 B.C.-43 B.C.

Cicero, Marcus Tullius
1469: Italy (* Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly )

Cicero, Marcus Tullius
1590: Italy
(* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")

Cicero, Marcus Tullius
1693: United Kingdom
( Locke's Memorandum on the 1662 Act)

Cicero, Marcus Tullius
1701: France
(* Royal letters patent)

Cicero, Marcus Tullius
1704: United Kingdom
(* Defoe's Essay on the Press)

Cicero, Marcus Tullius
1738: Germany
(* Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books)

Cicero, Marcus Tullius
1740: Germany
(* Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books")

Cicero, Marcus Tullius
1747: United Kingdom
(* Warburton's Letter from an Author)

Cicero, Marcus Tullius
1762: United Kingdom
( A Vindication of the Rights of Authors)

Cicero, Marcus Tullius
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor)

Cicero, Marcus Tullius
1773: United Kingdom
(* Hinton v. Donaldson)

Cicero, Marcus Tullius
1774: United Kingdom
( Enfield's Observations)

Cicero, Marcus Tullius
1774: United Kingdom
( Macauley's A Modest Plea)

Cicero, Marcus Tullius
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Cicero, Marcus Tullius
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Cicero, Marcus Tullius
1776: France
(* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers)

Cicero, Marcus Tullius
1777: France
(* Linguet's memorandum)

Cicero, Marcus Tullius
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Cicero, Marcus Tullius
1834: France
(* Balzac's letter to authors)

Cicero, Marcus Tullius
1841: France
(* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property )

Cicero, Marcus Tullius
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Cicero, Marcus Tullius
1854: United Kingdom
(* Jeffreys v. Boosey)

Cicero, Marcus Tullius
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")

Cicero, Marcus Tullius
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


106 B.C.-48 B.C.

Pompey
1862: France (* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1070-1122

William of Champeaux
1778 : France (* Pluquet's letters)


1079-1142

Abelard, Peter
1778 : France (* Pluquet's letters)


110 B.C.-32 B.C.

Atticus, Titus Pomponius
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson )

Atticus, Titus Pomponius
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Atticus, Titus Pomponius
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Atticus, Titus Pomponius
1854: United Kingdom
(* Jeffreys v. Boosey)


1118-1170

Becket, Thomas à
1538: United Kingdom (* Henrician Proclamation)


1133-1189

Henry II
1538: United Kingdom (* Henrician Proclamation)

Henry II
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Alexander Donaldson)


1157-1199

Richard I, Coeur de Lion
1854: United Kingdom (* Jeffreys v. Boosey)


1160-1216

Innocent III
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


1194-1250

Frederick II of Germany
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


1207-1272

Henry III
1766: United Kingdom ( Blackstone's Commentaries, Vol.II (selected extracts))


1225-1274

Aquinas, St Thomas
1776 : France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )


1226-1277

Petrus Hispanus
1516: Germany ( Imperial Privilege for Johannes Eck)


1239-1307

Edward I
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise)

Edward I
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright )


1265-1321

Dante Alighieri
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")

Dante Alighieri
1813: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Dante Alighieri
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Dante Alighieri
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")

Dante Alighieri
1896: USA
( The Question of Copyright )


1278-1343

Robert of Anjou, 'the Wise'
1590: Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


1284-1327

Edward II
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise)


1304-1374

Petrarca, Francesco
1501: Italy ( Le Cose volgari.)

Petrarch
1590: Italy
(* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


1313-1375

Boccaccio, Giovanni
1763 : France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)


1316-1378

Charles IV
1608 : Germany (* "Books Constitution" of Emperor Rudolf II)


1360-1429

Medici, Giovanni de Bicci
1841: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.))


1367-1400

Richard II
1624: United Kingdom (* Statute of Monopolies)

Richard II
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Richard II
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Richard II
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)


1367-1413

Henry IV
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)


138 B.C.-78 B.C.

Sulla, Lucius Cornelius
1590: Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


1389-1464

Medici, Cosimo
1841: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.))


1391-1447

Gloucester, Humphrey, Duke of
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise)


1398-1444

Cesarini, Giuliano
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


1415-1493

Frederick III of Habsburg
1590: Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


1420-1480

Jenson, Nicolas
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)


1421-1471

Henry VI
1762: United Kingdom ( A Vindication of the Rights of Authors)

Henry VI
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor)

Henry VI
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Henry VI
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Henry VI
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket )

Henry VI
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Henry VI
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Henry VI
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1422-1481

Littleton, Sir Thomas
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise)


1423-1483

Louis XI
1841 : France (* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property)


1424-1498

Landino, Christoforo
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


1428-1524

Leoniceno, Niccolò
1590: Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


1429-1482

Margaret of Anjou
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1431-1505

Este, Ercole, I d'
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


1431-1514

Elphinstone, William
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)


1432-1484

Pulci, Luigi
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


1433-1477

Charles the Bold
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)


1433-1501

Gaguin, Robert
1776 : France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )


1436-1521

Loredan, Leonardo
1502 : Italy ( Aldus Manutius's Petition against Counterfeiters)

Loredan, Leonardo
1515: Italy
(* Ariosto's Printing Privilege)


1441-1504

Berthold of Henneberg
1485 : Germany ( Censorship Edict of the Archbishop of Mainz)


1442-1483

Edward IV
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)

Edward IV
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Edward IV
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


1442-1528

Ratdolt, Erhard
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)


1443-1513

Julius II
1834 : France (* Balzac's letter to authors)


1447-c.1511

Prüß, Johann, the Elder
1511: Germany ( Privilege of the Bishop of Strasbourg)


1447-1500

Valla, Giorgio
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


1448-1508

Philip of Wittelsbach
1511: Germany (* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick)


1449-1492

Medici, Lorenzo, 'the magnificent'
1841: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.))


1449/50-1515

Manutius, Aldus
1501: Italy ( Le Cose volgari.)

Manutius, Aldus
1501: Italy
( Vergilius)

Manutius, Aldus
1502: Italy
( Aldus Manutius's Petition against Counterfeiters)

Manutius, Aldus
1503: Italy
(* Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon)

Manutius, Aldus
1841: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.))


1450-1518

Griffo, Francesco
1501 : Italy ( Vergilius)


1451-1506

Columbus, Christopher
1841 : France (* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property)

Columbus, Christopher
1900: USA
( Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co., Circuit Court Decision)

Columbus, Christopher
1902: USA
( Bleistein's Brief)

Columbus, Christopher
1902: USA
( Bleistein: Three Posters)


1452-1485

Richard III
1643: United Kingdom (* The Humble Remonstrance of the Stationers' Company)

Richard III
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )


1454-1494

Ambrogini, Angelo
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")

Ambrogini, Angelo
1778: France
(* Pluquet's letters)


1455-1538

Gritti, Andrea
1517 : Italy (* Venetian Decree on Press Affairs)


1457-1509

Henry VII
1663: United Kingdom ( L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals )

Henry VII
1762: United Kingdom
( A Vindication of the Rights of Authors)

Henry VII
1775: United Kingdom
(* Stationers' Company v. Carnan)

Henry VII
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


1459-1508

Celtis, Conrad
1501 : Germany (* Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica)

Celtis, Conrad
1502: Germany
( Privilege of the Imperial Senate for Works of Conrad Celtis)


1459-1510

Corio, Bernardino
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


1459-1519

Maximilian I
1501 : Germany (* Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica)

Maximilian I
1502: Germany
( Privilege of the Imperial Senate for Works of Conrad Celtis)

Maximilian I
1511: Germany
( Imperial Privilege for Konrad Peutinger)

Maximilian I
1511: Germany
(* Imperial Privilege for Albrecht Dürer)

Maximilian I
1511: Germany
(* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick)

Maximilian I
1513: Germany
(* Imperial privilege for Eucharius Rösslin)

Maximilian I
1590: Italy
(* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


1460-after 1521

Schlick, Arnolt
1511: Germany (* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick)


1462-1515

Louis XII
1507 : France (* Eloy d'Amerval's privilege)

Louis XII
1515: France
(* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege )

Louis XII
1725: France
(* Louis d'Héricourt's memorandum)

Louis XII
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1462-1535

Badius, Josse
1763 : France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)

Badius, Josse
1776: France
(* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers)


1462-1545

Lando, Pietro
1545 : Italy (* Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations)


1463-1525

Frederick III of Saxony
1501 : Germany (* Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica)


1465-1547

Peutinger, Konrad
1511: Germany ( Imperial Privilege for Konrad Peutinger)


1466-1539

Petrucci, Ottaviano
1498 : Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent)

Petrucci, Ottaviano
1506: Italy
( "Lamentationum Jeremie Prophete")


1466/69-1536

Erasmus
1559: United Kingdom (* Elizabethan Injunctions)

Erasmus
1738: Germany
(* Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books)

Erasmus
1740: Germany
(* Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books")

Erasmus
1762: United Kingdom
( A Vindication of the Rights of Authors)

Erasmus
1778: France
(* Pluquet's letters)


1467-1540

Budé, Guillaume
1762: United Kingdom ( A Vindication of the Rights of Authors)


1468-1553

Donato, Francesco
1545: Italy (* Antonio Catalano's Teaching Licence)

Donato, Francesco
1549: Italy
(* Statutes of the Venetian Guild of Printers and Booksellers)


1469-1527

Machiavelli, Niccolo
1531 : Italy (* Antonio Blado's privilege for Machiavelli's works)

Machiavelli, Niccolo
1531: Italy
(* Bernardo Giunti's privilege for Machiavelli's works)

Machiavelli, Niccolo
1532: Italy
( Antonio Blado's edition of Machiavelli's "History of Florence")

Machiavelli, Niccolo
1896: USA
( The Question of Copyright)


1470-1483

Edward V
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise)


1470-1498

Charles VIII
1763 : France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)


1470-1536

Giustiniani, Agostino
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


1470-1547

Bembo, Pietro
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


1471-1528

Dürer, Albrecht
1511: Germany (* Imperial Privilege for Albrecht Dürer)

Dürer, Albrecht
1568: Italy
(* Giorgio Vasari, Life of Marcantonio of Bologna and Other Engravers of Prints)


1473-1543

Copernicus, Nicolas
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)

Copernicus, Nicolas
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1474-1533

Ariosto, Ludovico
1515 : Italy (* Ariosto's Printing Privilege)

Ariosto, Ludovico
1834: France
(* Balzac's letter to authors)


1475-1521

Leo X
1518: United Kingdom (* The Articles of the Pope's Bulle)


1475-1564

Michelangelo
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Michelangelo
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Michelangelo
1841: France
(* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property)

Michelangelo
1861: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Bill (6 May))

Michelangelo
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)

Michelangelo
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)

Michelangelo
1896: USA
( Hearing on H.R. 5976 )


1477-1534

Turmair, Johann
1516: Germany ( Privilege of the Duke of Bavaria)


1477-1551

Foscari, Marco
1517 : Italy (* Venetian Decree on Press Affairs)


1478-1534

Clement VII
1526 : Italy ( Papal and Venetian Privileges for Sigismondo Fanti's "Triompho di Fortuna")

Clement VII
1531: Italy
(* Antonio Blado's privilege for Machiavelli's works)

Clement VII
1531: Italy
(* Bernardo Giunti's privilege for Machiavelli's works)

Clement VII
1532: Italy
( Antonio Blado's edition of Machiavelli's "History of Florence")


1478-1535

More, Sir Thomas, St
1762: United Kingdom ( A Vindication of the Rights of Authors)


1479-1520

Este, Ippolito d'
1515 : Italy (* Ariosto's Printing Privilege)


1480-1546

Colines, Simon de
1725: France (* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum)


1483-1529

Navagero, Andrea
1516 : Italy (* Appointment of Andrea Navagero as Literary Censor)

Raphael
1834: France
(* Balzac's letter to authors )

Raphael
1841: France
(* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property)

Raphael
1861: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Bill (6 May))

Raphael
1880: Germany
(* Kohler: Author's Right)

Raphael
1896: USA
( Hearing on H.R. 5976)


1483-1540

Guicciardini, Francesco
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


1483-1546

Luther, Martin
1525 : Germany ( Luther's "Admonition to the Printers")

Luther, Martin
1534: Germany
( Privilege of the Elector of Saxony)

Luther, Martin
1541: Germany
(* Luther's "Warning to the Printers")

Luther, Martin
1549: Germany
(* Electoral Saxon Printing and Censorship Acts from 1549 to 1717)

Luther, Martin
1659: Germany
(* Schupp: The Book Thief )

Luther, Martin
1738: Germany
(* Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books)

Luther, Martin
1740: Germany
(* Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books")

Luther, Martin
1793: Germany
(* Fichte: Proof of the Unlawfulness of Reprinting)

Luther, Martin
1815: Germany
(* Annotated Publishers' Petition to the Congress of Vienna)

Luther, Martin
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1483-1552

Giovio, Paolo
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


1483-1553

Fracastoro, Girolamo
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


1484-1558

Scaliger, Julius Caesar
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


1486-1543

Eck, Johannes
1516: Germany ( Imperial Privilege for Johannes Eck)


1487-1557

Rebuffé, Pierre
1690: France (* Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers)


1490-1567

Blado, Antonio
1531 : Italy (* Antonio Blado's privilege for Machiavelli's works)

Blado, Antonio
1531: Italy
(* Bernardo Giunti's privilege for Machiavelli's works)

Blado, Antonio
1532: Italy
( Antonio Blado's edition of Machiavelli's "History of Florence")


1491-1547

Henry VIII
1518: United Kingdom (* The Articles of the Pope's Bulle)

Henry VIII
1559: United Kingdom
(* Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass)

Henry VIII
1559: United Kingdom
(* Elizabethan Injunctions)

Henry VIII
1643: United Kingdom
(* The Humble Remonstrance of the Stationers' Company)

Henry VIII
1737: United Kingdom
(* Booksellers' Bill )

Henry VIII
1761: United Kingdom
( Tonson v. Collins )

Henry VIII
1762: United Kingdom
( A Vindication of the Rights of Authors)

Henry VIII
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor )

Henry VIII
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Henry VIII
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Henry VIII
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Henry VIII
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Henry VIII
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Henry VIII
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Henry VIII
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Henry VIII
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Henry VIII
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1493-1550

Wilhelm IV of Bavaria
1516: Germany ( Privilege of the Duke of Bavaria)


1494-1547

Francis I
1515 : France (* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege)

Francis I
1725: France
(* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum)

Francis I
1776: France
(* Fragments on the Freedom of the Press)

Francis I
1777: France
(* Royal declaration on sculpture and painting)

Francis I
1826: France
(* Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission)


1495-1584

Lufft, Hans
1541 : Germany (* Luther's "Warning to the Printers")


1499-1551

Mejía, Pedro
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


1499-1563

Torrentinus, Laurentius
1761: United Kingdom ( Tonson v. Collins)


1499-1565

Pius IV
1560: Germany ( Counterfeited papal privilege)


1500-1558

Charles V of Habsburg
1533 : Germany (* Schott v. Egenolph)

Charles V of Habsburg
1590: Italy
(* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")

Charles V of Habsburg
1740: Germany
(* Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books")

Charles V of Habsburg
1790: Germany
(* J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire)

Pole, Reginald
1554: United Kingdom
( Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers)


1500-1566

Dumoulin, Charles
1763 : France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)


1500-1588

Speroni degli Alvarotti, Sperone
1590: Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


1501-1555

Egenolph, Christian Sr.
1533 : Germany (* Schott v. Egenolph)


1501-1577

Mattioli, Pietro Andrea
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


1502-1585

Gregory XIII
1775: United Kingdom (* Stationers' Company v. Carnan)


1503-1554

John Frederick I
1534 : Germany ( Privilege of the Elector of Saxony)

John Frederick I
1541: Germany
(* Luther's "Warning to the Printers")


1503-1559

Estienne, Robert
1650: France (* Vitré's memorandum on the prolongation of privileges)

Estienne, Robert
1725: France
(* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum)

Estienne, Robert
1763: France
(* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)

Estienne, Robert
1778: France
(* Pluquet's letters)


1503-1566

Nostradamus
1554: United Kingdom ( Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers)


1504-1564

Estienne, Charles
1650: France (* Vitré's memorandum on the prolongation of privileges)

Estienne, Charles
1778: France
(* Pluquet's letters)


1504-1572

Pius V
1568: Italy (* Giorgio Vasari, Life of Marcantonio of Bologna and Other Engravers of Prints)


1504-1575

Parker, Matthew
1559: United Kingdom (* Elizabethan Injunctions)

Parker, Matthew
1566: United Kingdom
(* Star Chamber Decree)

Parker, Matthew
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor )

Parker, Matthew
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1505-1544

More, Margaret
1762: United Kingdom ( A Vindication of the Rights of Authors)


1508-1565

Rastell, William
1774: United Kingdom ( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents )


1508-1568

Dolce, Lodovico
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


1509-1546

Dolet, Etienne
1776 : France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )


1509-1564

Calvin, John
1554: United Kingdom ( Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers)

Calvin, John
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1509-1572

Este, Ippolito, II d'
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


1509-1579

Bacon, Sir Nicholas
1566: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree)


1510-1560

Phayer, Thomas
1558: United Kingdom ( Phayer's privilege for Virgil's Aeneid)


1510-1567

Laubespine, Claude de
1552 : France (* General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard)


1510-1580

Tremellius, Immanuel
1624: United Kingdom (* Statute of Monopolies)


1511-1575

Junius, Hadrianus
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)


1512-1542

James V
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

James V
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Messrs John Hinton et al)


1512-1565

Turnèbe, Adrien
1725: France (* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum)


1512-1585

Clinton, Edward, 1st Earl of Lincoln
1566: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree )


1512-1594

Mercator, Gerardus
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise)


1513-1574

Savorgnano, Count Mario
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


1514-1572

Cawood, John
1557: United Kingdom (* Stationers' Charter)

Cawood, John
1559: United Kingdom
( Jugge and Cawood's printing patent for statute books)

Cawood, John
1559: United Kingdom
(* Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass)

Cawood, John
1559: United Kingdom
(* Elizabethan Injunctions)


1515-1584

Watson, Thomas
1558: United Kingdom ( Calve's privilege for the 'Holsome and Catholick Doctrine')


1515-1585

Lobwasser, Ambrosius
1675 : Germany (* Counterfeited Privilege in Grimmelshausen's "The Magic Bird's Nest")


1516-1558

Mary I
1554: United Kingdom ( Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers )

Mary I
1558: United Kingdom
( Calve's privilege for the 'Holsome and Catholick Doctrine')

Mary I
1558: United Kingdom
( Phayer's privilege for Virgil's Aeneid)

Mary I
1559: United Kingdom
( Seres' patent for Primers and Psalters)

Mary I
1684: United Kingdom
( Stationers' Charter )

Mary I
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor)

Mary I
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Mary I
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket )

Mary I
1775: United Kingdom
(* Stationers' Company v. Carnan)

Mary I
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Mary I
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Mary I
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Mary I
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)

Mary I
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1516-1567

Robortello, Francesco
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


1516-1590

Habermann, Johann
1675 : Germany (* Counterfeited Privilege in Grimmelshausen's "The Magic Bird's Nest")


1517-1576

Tomitano, Bernardino
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


1518-1585

Plowden, Edmund
1834: USA (* Wheaton v. Peters)


1518-1589

Rovillé, Guillaume
1776: France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers)


1519-1559

Henri II
1547 : France (* French Censorship Act)

Henri II
1552: France
(* General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard)

Henri II
1725: France
(* Louis d'Héricourt's memorandum)

Henri II
1763: France
(* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)


1519-1574

Medici, Cosimo I, 'the Great'
1841: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.))


1519-1583

Grindal, Edmund
1559: United Kingdom (* Elizabethan Injunctions)

Grindal, Edmund
1566: United Kingdom
(* Star Chamber Decree)


1520-1559

Digges, Leonard
1554: United Kingdom ( Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers)


1520-1598

Cecil, William, 1st Baron Burghley
1566: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree)

Cecil, William, 1st Baron Burghley
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor)


1521-1553

Maurice I
1549 : Germany (* Electoral Saxon Printing and Censorship Acts from 1549 to 1717)


1521-1594

Aylmer, John
1586: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree)


1521/22-1584

Day, John
1553: United Kingdom ( John Day's Privilege for the Catechism)

Day, John
1559: United Kingdom
( Day's The Cosmographical Glass)

Day, John
1559: United Kingdom
(* Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass)


1522-1590

Cujas, Jacques
1763 : France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)


1523-1577

Arnigio, Bartolomeo
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


1523-1583

Morel, Fédéric
1650: France (* Vitré's memorandum on the prolongation of privileges)

Morel, Fédéric
1725: France
(* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum)

Morel, Fédéric
1778: France
(* Pluquet's letters)


1523-1598

Le Bé, Guillaume
1650: France (* Vitré's memorandum on the prolongation of privileges)


1524-1580

Camoens, Luis de
1834 : France (* Balzac's letter to authors)


1525-1562

Socinus, Laelius
1643: United Kingdom (* The Humble Remonstrance of the Stationers' Company)

Socinus, Laelius
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1525-1584

Wentworth, Sir Thomas
1554: United Kingdom ( Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers)


1526-1585

Muret, Marc Antoine de
1586 : France (* Simon Marion's plea on privileges)


1526-1586

Augustus I
1549 : Germany (* Electoral Saxon Printing and Censorship Acts from 1549 to 1717)


1527-1576

Maximilian II
1790: Germany (* J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire)


1527-1591

Doneau, Hugues
1690: Germany ( Beier: On the Book Trade and its Privileges)


1527-1598

Philip II
1558: United Kingdom ( Calve's privilege for the 'Holsome and Catholick Doctrine')

Philip II
1558: United Kingdom
( Phayer's privilege for Virgil's Aeneid)

Philip II
1590: Italy
(* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")

Philip II
1650: France
(* Vitré's memorandum on the prolongation of privileges)

Philip II
1684: United Kingdom
( Stationers' Charter)

Philip II
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Philip II
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Philip II
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Philip II
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Philip II
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)

Philip II
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1528-1598

Estienne, Henri II
1650: France (* Vitré's memorandum on the prolongation of privileges)

Estienne, Henri II
1776: France
(* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers)

Estienne, Henri II
1778: France
(* Pluquet's letters)

Estienne, Henri II
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1528-1604

Spangenberg, Cyriacus
1591 : Germany ( A publisher's "Friendly Reminder" about reprints)


1531-1611

Ceruti, Federico
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


1533-1592

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem de
1841: France (* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property)


1533-1603

Elizabeth I
1559: United Kingdom ( Day's The Cosmographical Glass)

Elizabeth I
1559: United Kingdom
( Jugge and Cawood's printing patent for statute books)

Elizabeth I
1559: United Kingdom
( Seres' patent for Primers and Psalters)

Elizabeth I
1559: United Kingdom
( Totell's patent for Common Law Books)

Elizabeth I
1559: United Kingdom
(* Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass)

Elizabeth I
1559: United Kingdom
(* Elizabethan Injunctions)

Elizabeth I
1566: United Kingdom
(* Star Chamber Decree)

Elizabeth I
1586: United Kingdom
(* Star Chamber Decree)

Elizabeth I
1624: United Kingdom
(* Statute of Monopolies)

Elizabeth I
1637: United Kingdom
(* Star Chamber Decree)

Elizabeth I
1643: United Kingdom
(* The Humble Remonstrance of the Stationers' Company)

Elizabeth I
1761: United Kingdom
( Tonson v. Collins )

Elizabeth I
1762: United Kingdom
( A Vindication of the Rights of Authors)

Elizabeth I
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Elizabeth I
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Elizabeth I
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Elizabeth I
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Elizabeth I
1775: United Kingdom
(* Stationers' Company v. Carnan)

Elizabeth I
1813: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Elizabeth I
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Elizabeth I
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Elizabeth I
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Elizabeth I
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)

Elizabeth I
1840: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.))

Elizabeth I
1841: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.))

Elizabeth I
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Elizabeth I
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Elizabeth I
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Elizabeth I
1854: United Kingdom
(* Jeffreys v. Boosey )


1533-1617

Baldi, Bernardino
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


1535-1583

Kerver, Jacques
1763 : France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)

Kerver, Jacques
1778: France
(* Pluquet's letters)


1535-1600

Schmück, Michel
1591 : Germany ( A publisher's "Friendly Reminder" about reprints)


1536-1589

Specklin, Daniel
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)


1536-1624

Howard, Charles, Lord Howard of Effingham
1624: United Kingdom (* Statute of Monopolies )


1537-1553

Edward VI
1553: United Kingdom ( John Day's Privilege for the Catechism)

Edward VI
1553: United Kingdom
( William Seres' Printing Patent)

Edward VI
1559: United Kingdom
( Seres' patent for Primers and Psalters)

Edward VI
1559: United Kingdom
(* Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass)

Edward VI
1643: United Kingdom
(* The Humble Remonstrance of the Stationers' Company)

Edward VI
1761: United Kingdom
( Tonson v. Collins )

Edward VI
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Edward VI
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Edward VI
1775: United Kingdom
(* Stationers' Company v. Carnan)

Edward VI
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Edward VI
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Edward VI
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1539-1604

Socinus, Faustus
1643: United Kingdom (* The Humble Remonstrance of the Stationers' Company)

Socinus, Faustus
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1539-1619

Serres, Olivier de
1665 : France (* French book trade regulations)


1540-c.1597

Grégoire, Pierre
1590: Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


1540-1587

Busée, Pierre
1725: France (* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum)

Busée, Pierre
1763: France
(* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)


1540-1603

Vieta, Franciscus
1862: France (* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1540-1605

Marion, Simon
1586 : France (* Simon Marion's plea on privileges)


1540-1609

Scaliger, Josephus Justus
1842: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))


1541-1598

Boderie, Guy Lefèvre de la
1650: France (* Vitré's memorandum on the prolongation of privileges)


1542-1587

Mary, Queen of Scots
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Mary, Queen of Scots
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Messrs John Hinton et al)

Mary, Queen of Scots
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1544-1595

Tasso, Torquato
1834 : France (* Balzac's letter to authors)


1545-1613

Bodley, Sir Thomas
1637: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree)

Bodley, Sir Thomas
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report on the Copyright Acts)

Bodley, Sir Thomas
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Bodley, Sir Thomas
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)

Bodley, Sir Thomas
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Bodley, Sir Thomas
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1546-1591

Franco, Veronica
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


1547-1606

Lipsius, Justus
1738 : Germany (* Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books)


1547-1616

Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de
1834: France
(* Balzac's letter to authors)

Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de
1853: USA
(* Stowe v. Thomas)

Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de
1880: Germany
(* Kohler: Author's Right)

Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de
1896: USA
( The Question of Copyright)


1549-1622

Godefroy, Denis
1650: France (* Vitré's memorandum on the prolongation of privileges)


1550-1574

Charles IX
1618 : France (* Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade)

Charles IX
1725: France
(* Louis d'Héricourt's memorandum)

Charles IX
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Alexander Donaldson)


1550-1617

Napier, John
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Napier, John
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1550-1619

Erstenberger, Georg
1608 : Germany (* "Books Constitution" of Emperor Rudolf II)


1551-1623

Camden, William
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Camden, William
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Camden, William
1841: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.))


1551-1626

Cavendish, William, 1st Earl of Devonshire
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)


1551/52-1629

Speed, John
1624: United Kingdom (* Statute of Monopolies)


1552-1612

Rudolf II of Habsburg
1608 : Germany (* "Books Constitution" of Emperor Rudolf II)

Rudolf II of Habsburg
1790: Germany
(* J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire)


1552-1634

Coke, Sir Edward
1761: United Kingdom ( Tonson v. Collins)

Coke, Sir Edward
1762: United Kingdom
(* Tonson v. Collins)

Coke, Sir Edward
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor)

Coke, Sir Edward
1774: United Kingdom
( Macauley's A Modest Plea)

Coke, Sir Edward
1774: United Kingdom
( Stella's Modest Exceptions)

Coke, Sir Edward
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Coke, Sir Edward
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)

Coke, Sir Edward
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)

Coke, Sir Edward
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Coke, Sir Edward
1853: United Kingdom
( Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright)

Coke, Sir Edward
1854: United Kingdom
(* Jeffreys v. Boosey)


1552-1638

Chiabrera, Gabriel
1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


1553-1610

Henri IV
1618 : France (* Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade)

Henri IV
1776: France
(* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers)

Henri IV
1778: France
(* Pluquet's letters)


1553-1617

Thou, Jacques Auguste de
1774: United Kingdom ( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents )

Thou, Jacques Auguste de
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1554-1600

Hooker, Richard
1773: United Kingdom (* Hinton v. Donaldson)


1554-1618

Raleigh, Sir Walter
1709: United Kingdom ( More Reasons Humbly Offer'd for the Bill for the Encouragement of Learning)

Raleigh, Sir Walter
1762: United Kingdom
( A Vindication of the Rights of Authors)

Raleigh, Sir Walter
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Alexander Donaldson)


1555-1621

Arndt, Johann
1781 : Germany (* Austrian Statutes on Censorship and Printing)


1555-1628

Dodderidge, John
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)


1557-1603

Morley, Thomas
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)


1558-1592

Greene, Robert
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1558-1665

Le Bret, Cardin
1778 : France (* Pluquet's letters)


1560-1609

Arminius, Jacobus
1663: United Kingdom ( L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals )


1560-1622

Buck, Sir George
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1560-1642

Croke, Sir George
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)

Croke, Sir George
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Croke, Sir George
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)

Croke, Sir George
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Croke, Sir George
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1561-1626

Bacon, Francis
1762: United Kingdom ( A Vindication of the Rights of Authors)

Bacon, Francis
1762: United Kingdom
(* An Enquiry into Literary Property)

Bacon, Francis
1762: United Kingdom
(* Tonson v. Collins )

Bacon, Francis
1774: United Kingdom
( Macauley's A Modest Plea)

Bacon, Francis
1774: United Kingdom
( Stella's Modest Exceptions)

Bacon, Francis
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Bacon, Francis
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Bacon, Francis
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Bacon, Francis
1776: France
(* Fragments on the Freedom of the Press)

Bacon, Francis
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Bacon, Francis
1834: France
(* Balzac's letter to authors )

Bacon, Francis
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April))

Bacon, Francis
1841: France
(* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property)

Bacon, Francis
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Bacon, Francis
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Bacon, Francis
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Bacon, Francis
1853: USA
(* Stowe v. Thomas)

Bacon, Francis
1896: USA
( The Question of Copyright )

Bacon, Francis
1896: USA
( Treloar Copyright Bill (H.R. 5976))


1562-1635

Vega Carpio, Lope Félix de
1880: Germany (* Kohler: Author's Right)


1563-1612

Hondius, Jodocus
1776 : France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )


1563-1616

Hutter, Leonhard
1549 : Germany (* Electoral Saxon Printing and Censorship Acts from 1549 to 1717)


1564-1616

Shakespeare, William
1762: United Kingdom ( A Vindication of the Rights of Authors)

Shakespeare, William
1762: United Kingdom
(* An Enquiry into Literary Property)

Shakespeare, William
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Shakespeare, William
1773: United Kingdom
(* Hinton v. Donaldson)

Shakespeare, William
1774: United Kingdom
( Macauley's A Modest Plea)

Shakespeare, William
1774: United Kingdom
( Stella's Modest Exceptions)

Shakespeare, William
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Shakespeare, William
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Shakespeare, William
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Shakespeare, William
1813: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Shakespeare, William
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Shakespeare, William
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)

Shakespeare, William
1832: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May) )

Shakespeare, William
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Shakespeare, William
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April))

Shakespeare, William
1840: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.))

Shakespeare, William
1840: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (4 Feb.))

Shakespeare, William
1841: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (29 Jan.))

Shakespeare, William
1841: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.))

Shakespeare, William
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Shakespeare, William
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May))

Shakespeare, William
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Shakespeare, William
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)

Shakespeare, William
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)

Shakespeare, William
1883: USA
( Sarony's Brief)

Shakespeare, William
1890: USA
( Report on H.R. 10881)

Shakespeare, William
1896: USA
( Hearing on H.R. 5976)

Shakespeare, William
1896: USA
( The Question of Copyright)


1564-1642

Galilei, Galileo
1762: United Kingdom (* An Enquiry into Literary Property)

Galilei, Galileo
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Galilei, Galileo
1776: France
(* Fragments on the Freedom of the Press)


1566-1601

Essex, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl
1841: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.))

Essex, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl
1880: Germany
(* Kohler: Author's Right)


1566-1625

James I
1624: United Kingdom (* Statute of Monopolies)

James I
1643: United Kingdom
(* The Humble Remonstrance of the Stationers' Company)

James I
1695: United Kingdom
( Reasons for objecting to the renewal of the Licensing Act)

James I
1704: United Kingdom
(* Defoe's Essay on the Press)

James I
1762: United Kingdom
(* Tonson v. Collins )

James I
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

James I
1774: United Kingdom
( Macauley's A Modest Plea )

James I
1774: United Kingdom
( Stella's Modest Exceptions)

James I
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

James I
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

James I
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket )

James I
1775: United Kingdom
(* Stationers' Company v. Carnan)

James I
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

James I
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

James I
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April))

James I
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright )

James I
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1567-1622

St Francis of Sales
1776 : France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )

St Francis of Sales
1778: France
(* Pluquet's letters)


1567-1643

Sutton, Edward, 5th Baron Dudley
1624: United Kingdom (* Statute of Monopolies)


1567-1650

Huguetan, Jean Antoine
1665 : France (* French book trade regulations)

Huguetan, Jean Antoine
1776: France
(* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers)


1568-1625

d'Urfé, Honoré, Marquis de Valromey and Comte de Châteauneuf
1776: France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers)


1568-1648

Jonsson, Arngrim
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)


1570-1624

Marius, Simon
1762: United Kingdom (* An Enquiry into Literary Property)

Marius, Simon
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Alexander Donaldson)


1571-1630

Kepler, Johannes
1776: France (* Fragments on the Freedom of the Press)

Kepler, Johannes
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)


1572-1637

Jonson, Ben
1762: United Kingdom ( A Vindication of the Rights of Authors)

Jonson, Ben
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Jonson, Ben
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Jonson, Ben
1832: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May))

Jonson, Ben
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Jonson, Ben
1896: USA
( The Question of Copyright )


1572-1638

Lucaris, Cyril
1643: United Kingdom (* The Humble Remonstrance of the Stationers' Company)


1573-1645

Laud, William
1637: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree)


1573-1656

Mansel, Sir Robert
1624: United Kingdom (* Statute of Monopolies)


1574-1610

Langelier, Abel
1776 : France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )


1575-1639

Dieterich, Cunrad
1549 : Germany (* Electoral Saxon Printing and Censorship Acts from 1549 to 1717)


1575-1648

Trussell, John
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)

Trussell, John
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )


1575-1653

Gouge, William
1774: United Kingdom ( Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property)

Gouge, William
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


1577-1626

Purchas, Samuel
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1577-1635

Sibbes, Richard
1643: United Kingdom (* The Humble Remonstrance of the Stationers' Company)


1577-1638

Besold, Christoph
1738 : Germany (* Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books)


1577-1640

Rubens, Peter Paul
1896: USA ( Hearing on H.R. 5976)


1577-1649

Vossius, Gerardus Joannes
1842: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))


1577-1654

Bramston, Sir John
1643: United Kingdom ( An Ordinance for the Regulation of Printing )


1578-1640

Coventry, Thomas, 1st Baron Coventry
1637: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree)


1578-1645

Featley, Daniel
1774: United Kingdom ( Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property)


1578-1657

Harvey, William
1842: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Harvey, William
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)


1579-1625

Fletcher, John
1832: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May))

Fletcher, John
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)


1580-1626

Capra, Baldessar
1762: United Kingdom (* An Enquiry into Literary Property)

Capra, Baldessar
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Alexander Donaldson)


1580-1631

Smith, John
1784: USA ( Letter from Noah Webster to James Madison)


1581-1617

Helwig, Christoph
1659 : Germany (* Schupp: The Book Thief)


1581-1660

St Vincent de Paul
1862: France (* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1582-1663

Juxon, William
1637: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree)

Juxon, William
1662: United Kingdom
( Licensing Act (parchment copy))

Juxon, William
1662: United Kingdom
(* Licensing Act )


1583-1611

Christian II
1549 : Germany (* Electoral Saxon Printing and Censorship Acts from 1549 to 1717)


1583-1619

Hilliger, Oswald
1690: Germany ( Beier: On the Book Trade and its Privileges)


1583-1640

Massinger, Philip
1832: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May))

Massinger, Philip
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)


1583-1645

Grotius, Hugo
1761: United Kingdom ( Tonson v. Collins)

Grotius, Hugo
1762: United Kingdom
(* Tonson v. Collins )

Grotius, Hugo
1766: United Kingdom
( Blackstone's Commentaries, Vol.II (selected extracts))

Grotius, Hugo
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor )

Grotius, Hugo
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Grotius, Hugo
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Messrs John Hinton et al)

Grotius, Hugo
1774: United Kingdom
( Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property)

Grotius, Hugo
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Grotius, Hugo
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Grotius, Hugo
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Grotius, Hugo
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)


1584-1654

Selden, John
1761: United Kingdom ( Tonson v. Collins)

Selden, John
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)


1585-1623

Thierry, Rolin
1618 : France (* Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade)


1585-1642

Richelieu, Armand Jean Duplessis, Cardinal de
1650: France (* Vitré's memorandum on the prolongation of privileges)

Richelieu, Armand Jean Duplessis, Cardinal de
1690: France
(* Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers)

Richelieu, Armand Jean Duplessis, Cardinal de
1704: United Kingdom
(* Defoe's Essay on the Press)

Richelieu, Armand Jean Duplessis, Cardinal de
1763: France
(* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)

Richelieu, Armand Jean Duplessis, Cardinal de
1841: France
(* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property )

Richelieu, Armand Jean Duplessis, Cardinal de
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1585-1656

Johann Georg I
1549 : Germany (* Electoral Saxon Printing and Censorship Acts from 1549 to 1717)

Johann Georg I
1740: Germany
(* Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books")


1585-1669

Cramoisy, Sébastien
1665: France (* French book trade regulations)

Cramoisy, Sébastien
1690: France
(* Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers)

Cramoisy, Sébastien
1725: France
(* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum)


1586-1653

Renaudot, Théophraste
1862: France (* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1587-1620

Field, Nathan
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1587-1628

Preston, John
1643: United Kingdom (* The Humble Remonstrance of the Stationers' Company)


1588-1629

Bouchel, Laurent
1776 : France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )


1588-1657

Vinnius, Arnoldus
1738 : Germany (* Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books)


1588-1664

Frewen, Accepted
1662: United Kingdom (* Licensing Act)


1588-1672

Séguier, Pierre
1763 : France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)


1588-1674

Arnauld d'Andilly, Robert
1690: France (* Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers)


1588-1679

Hobbes, Thomas
1842: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))


1589-1615

Augustus of Saxony
1549 : Germany (* Electoral Saxon Printing and Censorship Acts from 1549 to 1717)


1589-1644

Bankes, Sir John
1637: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree)


1589-1656

Bignon, Jérôme
1665: France (* French book trade regulations)

Bignon, Jérôme
1778: France
(* Pluquet's letters)

Rolle, Henry
1762: United Kingdom
(* Tonson v. Collins )

Rolle, Henry
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor )

Rolle, Henry
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Rolle, Henry
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)


1589-1669

Escobar y Mendoza, Antonio
1791: France ( Beaumarchais's petition)


1591-1659

Morin, Jean
1690: France (* Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers)


1591-1664

Mallinckrodt, Bernhard
1738 : Germany (* Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books)


1591-1677

Junius, Franciscus
1624: United Kingdom (* Statute of Monopolies)


1592-1603

Limnaeus, Johannes
1690: Germany ( Beier: On the Book Trade and its Privileges)


1592-1662

Boisrobert, François le Métel de
1777: France (* Linguet's memorandum)


1592-1670

Comenius
1690: France (* Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers)


1593-1660

Bacon, Sir Nathaniel
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)


1593-1661

De la Haye, Jean
1690: France (* Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers)


1593-1683

Walton, Izaac
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise)

Walton, Izaac
1896: USA
( The Question of Copyright )


1593/94-1671

Falconer, Alexander
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Falconer, Alexander
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Messrs John Hinton et al)


1594-1642

Fouet, Robert
1618 : France (* Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade)


1594-1674

Estienne, Antoine
1665 : France (* French book trade regulations)


1595-1666

Carpzov, Benedict Jr
1690: Germany ( Beier: On the Book Trade and its Privileges)

Carpzov, Benedict Jr
1738: Germany
(* Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books)

Carpzov, Benedict Jr
1740: Germany
(* Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books")

Carpzov, Benedict Jr
1750: Germany
( Fritsch: Treatise on Book Printers, Booksellers, Paper Manufacturers and Bookbinders)


1595-1673

Herbert, Sir Henry
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1595-1674

Chapelain, Jean
1777: France (* Linguet's memorandum)

Vitré, Antoine
1618: France
(* Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade )

Vitré, Antoine
1650: France
(* Vitré's memorandum on the prolongation of privileges)

Vitré, Antoine
1725: France
(* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum)


1596-1647

Mengering, Arnold
1738 : Germany (* Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books)


1596-1650

Descartes, René
1776: France (* Fragments on the Freedom of the Press)

Descartes, René
1841: France
(* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property )

Descartes, René
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Descartes, René
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1598-1659

Herle, Charles
1643: United Kingdom ( An Ordinance for the Regulation of Printing )


1598-1677

Sheldon, Gilbert
1662: United Kingdom ( Licensing Act (parchment copy))

Sheldon, Gilbert
1662: United Kingdom
(* Licensing Act)


1599-1658

Cromwell, Oliver
1649: United Kingdom ( An Act against Unlicensed and Scandalous Books and Pamphlets)

Cromwell, Oliver
1663: United Kingdom
( L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals)

Cromwell, Oliver
1774: United Kingdom
( Stella's Modest Exceptions)

Cromwell, Oliver
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Cromwell, Oliver
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Cromwell, Oliver
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Cromwell, Oliver
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1599-1660

Velasquez, Diego de Silva y
1902: USA ( Bleistein's Brief)


1599-1667

Alexander VII
1659 : Germany (* Schupp: The Book Thief)


1600-1649

Charles I
1663: United Kingdom ( L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals )

Charles I
1762: United Kingdom
( A Vindication of the Rights of Authors)

Charles I
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Messrs John Hinton et al)

Charles I
1774: United Kingdom
( Enfield's Observations)

Charles I
1774: United Kingdom
( Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property)

Charles I
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Charles I
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Charles I
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Charles I
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Charles I
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Charles I
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Charles I
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")

Charles I
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1600-1658

Sedgwick, Obadaiah
1643: United Kingdom ( An Ordinance for the Regulation of Printing )


1600-1666

Calamy, Edmund, 'the elder'
1643: United Kingdom ( An Ordinance for the Regulation of Printing)

Calamy, Edmund, 'the elder'
1663: United Kingdom
( L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals)

Calamy, Edmund, 'the elder'
1774: United Kingdom
( Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property)

Calamy, Edmund, 'the elder'
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


1600-1669

Prynne, William
1774: United Kingdom ( Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property)

Prynne, William
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Prynne, William
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Prynne, William
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Prynne, William
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Prynne, William
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )


1600-1681

Calderón de la Barca, Pedro
1880: Germany (* Kohler: Author's Right)

Calderón de la Barca, Pedro
1896: USA
( The Question of Copyright)


1601-1643

Louis XIII
1618 : France (* Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade)

Louis XIII
1725: France
(* Louis d'Héricourt's memorandum)

Louis XIII
1763: France
(* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)

Louis XIII
1826: France
(* Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission)

Louis XIII
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1601-1665

Fermat, Pierre de
1862: France (* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1601-1667

Booker, John
1643: United Kingdom ( An Ordinance for the Regulation of Printing )


1601-1689

Moscherosch, Johann Michel
1659: Germany (* Schupp: The Book Thief)

Moscherosch, Johann Michel
1740: Germany
(* Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books")


1602-1661

Mazarin, Jules
1690: France (* Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers)


1602-1686

Guericke, Otto von
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)


1604-1636

Du Bray, Toussant
1665 : France (* French book trade regulations)

Du Bray, Toussant
1776: France
(* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers)


1605-1660

Hammond, Henry
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)

Hammond, Henry
1773: United Kingdom
(* Hinton v. Donaldson)


1605-1671

Gilmour, Sir John
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)


1605-1686

Dugdale, Sir William
1812: United Kingdom ( Petition of the London Booksellers)

Dugdale, Sir William
1813: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Dugdale, Sir William
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Dugdale, Sir William
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)

Dugdale, Sir William
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


1606-1668

d'Avenant, Sir William
1832: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May))

d'Avenant, Sir William
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)


1606-1669

Rembrandt
1902: USA ( Bleistein's Brief)

Rembrandt
1903: USA
(* Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.)


1606-1684

Corneille, Pierre
1763 : France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)

Corneille, Pierre
1777: France
(* Linguet's memorandum)

Corneille, Pierre
1778: France
(* Pluquet's letters)

Corneille, Pierre
1791: France
(* Le Chapelier's report)

Corneille, Pierre
1793: France
(* French Literary and Artistic Property Act)

Corneille, Pierre
1826: France
(* Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission)

Corneille, Pierre
1832: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May) )

Corneille, Pierre
1834: France
(* Balzac's letter to authors)

Corneille, Pierre
1841: France
(* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property )

Corneille, Pierre
1880: Germany
(* Kohler: Author's Right)


1607-1647

Payne, John
1774: United Kingdom ( Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property)


1607-1671

Sebastian of Rostock
1657 : Germany ( Preface to Silesius's Chant Book)


1607-1688

Howard, James, 3rd Earl of Suffolk
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)


1608-1660

Cooke, John
1663: United Kingdom ( L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals )


1608-1661

Fuller, Thomas
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1608-1674

Milton, John
1667: United Kingdom (* Milton's Contract)

Milton, John
1751: United Kingdom
( Tonson v. Walker )

Milton, John
1761: United Kingdom
( Tonson v. Collins )

Milton, John
1762: United Kingdom
(* Tonson v. Collins )

Milton, John
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor )

Milton, John
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Milton, John
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Messrs John Hinton et al)

Milton, John
1773: United Kingdom
(* Hinton v. Donaldson)

Milton, John
1774: United Kingdom
( Enfield's Observations)

Milton, John
1774: United Kingdom
( Macauley's A Modest Plea)

Milton, John
1774: United Kingdom
( Stella's Modest Exceptions)

Milton, John
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Milton, John
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Milton, John
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Milton, John
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Milton, John
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Milton, John
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April))

Milton, John
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (6 June))

Milton, John
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (9 May))

Milton, John
1839: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (1 May))

Milton, John
1840: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.))

Milton, John
1840: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (4 Feb.))

Milton, John
1841: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (29 Jan.))

Milton, John
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Milton, John
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May))

Milton, John
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Milton, John
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Milton, John
1854: United Kingdom
(* Jeffreys v. Boosey )

Milton, John
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)

Milton, John
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)

Milton, John
1890: USA
( Report on H.R. 10881)

Milton, John
1896: USA
( The Question of Copyright )


1608-1680

Brooks, Thomas
1663: United Kingdom ( L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals )


1609-1674

Bridgeman, Sir Orlando
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)

Bridgeman, Sir Orlando
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Hyde, Edward, 1st Earl of Clarendon
1663: United Kingdom
( L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals)

Hyde, Edward, 1st Earl of Clarendon
1761: United Kingdom
( Tonson v. Collins)

Hyde, Edward, 1st Earl of Clarendon
1762: United Kingdom
(* Tonson v. Collins)

Hyde, Edward, 1st Earl of Clarendon
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor)

Hyde, Edward, 1st Earl of Clarendon
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Messrs John Hinton et al)

Hyde, Edward, 1st Earl of Clarendon
1773: United Kingdom
(* Hinton v. Donaldson)

Hyde, Edward, 1st Earl of Clarendon
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Hyde, Edward, 1st Earl of Clarendon
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)

Hyde, Edward, 1st Earl of Clarendon
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April))

Hyde, Edward, 1st Earl of Clarendon
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Hyde, Edward, 1st Earl of Clarendon
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Hyde, Edward, 1st Earl of Clarendon
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)

Hyde, Edward, 1st Earl of Clarendon
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)

Hyde, Edward, 1st Earl of Clarendon
1878: United Kingdom
(* Royal Commissioners' Report)


1609-1676

Hale, Sir Matthew
1741: United Kingdom ( Gyles v. Wilcox (Barnardiston's Report))

Hale, Sir Matthew
1741: United Kingdom
(* Gyles v. Wilcox (Atkyn's Reports))

Hale, Sir Matthew
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor)

Hale, Sir Matthew
1774: United Kingdom
( Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property)

Hale, Sir Matthew
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Hale, Sir Matthew
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)

Hale, Sir Matthew
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters)

Hale, Sir Matthew
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)

Hale, Sir Matthew
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)


1610-1640

Offspring, Charles
1842: United Kingdom (* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


1610-1660

Scobell, Henry
1774: United Kingdom ( Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property)

Scobell, Henry
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )


1610-1661

Schupp, Johann Balthasar
1659: Germany (* Schupp: The Book Thief)

Schupp, Johann Balthasar
1666: Germany
( Henning: The Highly Lauded Bookmaker)


1610-1683

Mézeray, François-Eudes de
1763: France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)


1610-1686

Maimbourg, Louis
1690: France (* Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers)


1610-1688

Du Cange, Charles Dufresne, Sieur
1690: France (* Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers)

Du Cange, Charles Dufresne, Sieur
1725: France
(* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum)

Du Cange, Charles Dufresne, Sieur
1763: France
(* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)

Du Cange, Charles Dufresne, Sieur
1776: France
(* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers)

Du Cange, Charles Dufresne, Sieur
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Nisbet, Sir John
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Nisbet, Sir John
1773: United Kingdom
(* Hinton v. Donaldson)


1610-1703

Saint-Evremond, Charles Marguetel de Saint Denis, Seigneur de
1842: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))


1611-1672

Webb, John
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)


1612-1671

Fairfax, Thomas, 3rd Baron Fairfax of Cameron
1649: United Kingdom ( An Act against Unlicensed and Scandalous Books and Pamphlets)


1612-1680

Butler, Samuel
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Butler, Samuel
1773: United Kingdom
(* Hinton v. Donaldson)


1612-1683

Killigrew, Thomas
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1612-1694

Arnauld, Antoine
1776 : France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )

Arnauld, Antoine
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1613-1662

Vane, Sir Henry
1663: United Kingdom ( L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals )


1613-1680

Johann Georg II
1549 : Germany (* Electoral Saxon Printing and Censorship Acts from 1549 to 1717)

Johann Georg II
1740: Germany
(* Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books")

La Rochefoucauld, François, 6th Duc de
1840: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.))

La Rochefoucauld, François, 6th Duc de
1841: France
(* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property )


1613-1684

De Sacy, Louis-Isaac Lemaistre, sieur
1690: France (* Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers)

De Sacy, Louis-Isaac Lemaistre, sieur
1725: France
(* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum)


1613-1686

Pearson, John
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1614-1686

Annesley, Arthur, 1st Earl of Anglesey
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)

Annesley, Arthur, 1st Earl of Anglesey
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


1615-1677

Atkyns, Richard
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)

Atkyns, Richard
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Atkyns, Richard
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


1615-1691

Baxter, Richard
1663: United Kingdom ( L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals )

Baxter, Richard
1704: United Kingdom
(* Defoe's Essay on the Press)


1616-1686

Ormesson, Olivier Le Fèvre d'
1665: France (* French book trade regulations)

Ormesson, Olivier Le Fèvre d'
1763: France
(* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)


1616-1695

Aubéry, Antoine
1690: France (* Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers)


1616-1699

Boucherat, Louis
1665 : France (* French book trade regulations)

Boucherat, Louis
1686: France
(* Book trade regulations)

Boucherat, Louis
1725: France
(* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum)


1616-1703

Wallis, John
1847: USA (* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)


1616-1704

L'Estrange, Roger
1663: United Kingdom ( L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals )


1616-80

Bartholin, Thomas, the Elder
1738: Germany (* Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books)


1618-1667

Cowley, Abraham
1841: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.))


1618-1682

Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban
1880: Germany (* Kohler: Author's Right)


1619-1677

Voet, Paulus
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)


1619-1679

Bourbon-Condé, Anne Genevieve de
1841: France (* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property)


1619-1681

Allestree, Richard
1709: United Kingdom ( More Reasons Humbly Offer'd for the Bill for the Encouragement of Learning)

Allestree, Richard
1709: United Kingdom
( Reasons Humbly Offer'd to the Consideration of the Honourable House of Commons)

Allestree, Richard
1762: United Kingdom
(* Tonson v. Collins)


1619-1683

Colbert, Jean Baptiste
1676 : France (* Decree on Sculptures)

Colbert, Jean Baptiste
1686: France
(* Book trade regulations)

Colbert, Jean Baptiste
1763: France
(* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)

Colbert, Jean Baptiste
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Colbert, Jean Baptiste
1776: France
(* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers)


1619-1688

Furetière, Antoine
1690: France (* Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers)


1619-1695

Stair, James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson )

Stair, James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Messrs John Hinton et al)

Stair, James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount
1773: United Kingdom
(* Hinton v. Donaldson)

Stair, James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount
1841: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (29 Jan.))


1621-1679

Boyle, Roger, 1st Earl of Orrery
1761: United Kingdom ( Tonson v. Collins)


1621-1690

Ziegler, Caspar
1740 : Germany (* Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books")


1621-1695

La Fontaine, Jean de
1725: France (* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum)

La Fontaine, Jean de
1761: France
(* La Fontaine case)

La Fontaine, Jean de
1763: France
(* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)

La Fontaine, Jean de
1777: France
(* Linguet's memorandum)

La Fontaine, Jean de
1815: Germany
(* Annotated Publishers' Petition to the Congress of Vienna)

La Fontaine, Jean de
1826: France
(* Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission)

La Fontaine, Jean de
1834: France
(* Balzac's letter to authors)

La Fontaine, Jean de
1837: USA
( Address of Certain Authors)

La Fontaine, Jean de
1841: France
(* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property )

La Fontaine, Jean de
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

La Fontaine, Jean de
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1622-1660

Karl X Gustav
1659 : Germany (* Schupp: The Book Thief)


1622-1672

Boyneburg, Johann Christian Baron von
1659: Germany (* Schupp: The Book Thief)


1622-1673

Molière
1763 : France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)

Molière
1778: France
(* Pluquet's letters)

Molière
1791: France
(* Le Chapelier's report )

Molière
1826: France
(* Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission)

Molière
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Molière
1834: France
(* Balzac's letter to authors )

Molière
1841: France
(* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property)

Molière
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")

Molière
1880: Germany
(* Kohler: Author's Right )

Molière
1896: USA
( The Question of Copyright )


1622-1690

Savary, Jacques
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)


1623-1647

Masaniello
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1623-1662

Pascal, Blaise
1841 : France (* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property)

Pascal, Blaise
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")

Pascal, Blaise
1880: Germany
(* Kohler: Author's Right )


1623-1666

Ravaud, Marc Antoine
1665 : France (* French book trade regulations)


1624-1677

Angelus Silesius
1657 : Germany ( Preface to Silesius's Chant Book)


1624-1689

Sydenham, Thomas
1842: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))


1625-1686

Fell, John
1842: United Kingdom (* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


1625-1695

Nicole, Pierre
1725: France (* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum)

Nicole, Pierre
1776: France
(* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers)


1625-1697

Pemberton, Sir Francis
1762: United Kingdom ( A Vindication of the Rights of Authors)

Pemberton, Sir Francis
1762: United Kingdom
(* Tonson v. Collins)

Pemberton, Sir Francis
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor)


1625-1709

Reynie, Gabriel Nicolas de la
1725: France (* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum)


1626-1689

Christina
1776: France (* Fragments on the Freedom of the Press)


1626-1698

Richelet, César-Pierre
1690: France (* Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers)


1626-1703

Goibaud-Dubois, Philippe
1690: France (* Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers)


1627-1687

Buckingham, George Villiers, 2nd Duke of
1773: United Kingdom (* Hinton v. Donaldson )


1627-1691

Boyle, The Hon Robert
1773: United Kingdom (* Hinton v. Donaldson)


1627-1704

Bossuet, Jacques Bénigne
1763: France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)

Bossuet, Jacques Bénigne
1777: France
(* Linguet's memorandum)

Bossuet, Jacques Bénigne
1778: France
(* Pluquet's letters)

Bossuet, Jacques Bénigne
1841: France
(* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property )

Bossuet, Jacques Bénigne
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")

Gadbury, John
1762: United Kingdom
( A Vindication of the Rights of Authors)

Gadbury, John
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor )

Gadbury, John
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)


1628-1683

Schertzer, Johann Adam
1549 : Germany (* Electoral Saxon Printing and Censorship Acts from 1549 to 1717)


1628-1688

Bunyan, John
1761: United Kingdom ( Tonson v. Collins)

Bunyan, John
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor )

Bunyan, John
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Bunyan, John
1840: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.))

Bunyan, John
1841: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.))

Bunyan, John
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)

Bunyan, John
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1628-1699

Temple, Sir William
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise)


1628-1703

Perrault, Charles
1834 : France (* Balzac's letter to authors)

Perrault, Charles
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1629-1693

Scriver, Christian Gotthold
1740: Germany (* Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books")


1629-1695

Huyghens, Christiaan
1776: France (* Fragments on the Freedom of the Press)


1629-1701

Fritsch, Ahasver
1738 : Germany (* Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books)

Fritsch, Ahasver
1750: Germany
( Fritsch: Treatise on Book Printers, Booksellers, Paper Manufacturers and Bookbinders)


1630-1677

Barrow, Isaac
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1630-1685

Charles II
1662: United Kingdom (* Licensing Act)

Charles II
1663: United Kingdom
( L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals)

Charles II
1684: United Kingdom
( Stationers' Charter)

Charles II
1704: United Kingdom
(* Defoe's Essay on the Press)

Charles II
1762: United Kingdom
( A Vindication of the Rights of Authors)

Charles II
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Charles II
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Messrs John Hinton et al)

Charles II
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Charles II
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Charles II
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Charles II
1814: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (18 July))

Charles II
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Charles II
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Charles II
1832: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May))

Charles II
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Charles II
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters)

Charles II
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)

Charles II
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April))

Charles II
1840: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.))

Charles II
1841: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.))

Charles II
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Charles II
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Charles II
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Charles II
1854: United Kingdom
(* Jeffreys v. Boosey )

Charles II
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)

Charles II
1878: United Kingdom
(* Royal Commissioners' Report)


1630-1694

Tillotson, John
1706: United Kingdom ( Reasons Humbly Offer'd for the Bill for the Encouragement of Learning)

Tillotson, John
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Tillotson, John
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)


1630-1698

Atkyns, Sir Edward
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)

Atkyns, Sir Edward
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)

Atkyns, Sir Edward
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Atkyns, Sir Edward
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)


1630-1709

Desprez, Guillaume
1690: France (* Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers)

Desprez, Guillaume
1725: France
(* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum)

Desprez, Guillaume
1776: France
(* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers)


1631-1692

Cotta, Johann Georg
1815: Germany (* Annotated Publishers' Petition to the Congress of Vienna)


1631-1700

Dryden, John
1762: United Kingdom (* An Enquiry into Literary Property)

Dryden, John
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Dryden, John
1813: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Dryden, John
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Dryden, John
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Dryden, John
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April))

Dryden, John
1839: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (1 May))

Dryden, John
1840: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.))

Dryden, John
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Dryden, John
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


1632-1677

Spinoza, Baruch de
1821 : Germany (* Hegel: Remarks on Intellectual Property)

Spinoza, Baruch de
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1632-1695

Wood, Anthony
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)

Wood, Anthony
1812: United Kingdom
( Petition of the London Booksellers)

Wood, Anthony
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Wood, Anthony
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )


1632-1698

Pradon, Jacques
1777: France (* Linguet's memorandum)

Pradon, Jacques
1841: France
(* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property)

Pradon, Jacques
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Pradon, Jacques
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1632-1703

Graevius, Johann Georg
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1632-1704

Locke, John
1690: United Kingdom (* Locke's Second Treatise on Government (selected extracts))

Locke, John
1693: United Kingdom
( Locke's Memorandum on the 1662 Act)

Locke, John
1762: United Kingdom
(* Tonson v. Collins )

Locke, John
1766: United Kingdom
( Blackstone's Commentaries, Vol.II (selected extracts))

Locke, John
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Locke, John
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Messrs John Hinton et al)

Locke, John
1774: United Kingdom
( Enfield's Observations)

Locke, John
1774: United Kingdom
( Macauley's A Modest Plea)

Locke, John
1774: United Kingdom
( Stella's Modest Exceptions)

Locke, John
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Locke, John
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Locke, John
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Locke, John
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Locke, John
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Locke, John
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Locke, John
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Locke, John
1896: USA
( The Question of Copyright )


1632-1712

Leeds, Thomas Osborne, Duke of
1842: United Kingdom (* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


1632-1723

Wren, Sir Christopher
1870: United Kingdom (* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1632-1794

Bourdaloue, Louis
1777: France (* Linguet's memorandum)

Bourdaloue, Louis
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1632-94

Pufendorf, Samuel, Freiherr von
1738: Germany (* Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books)

Pufendorf, Samuel, Freiherr von
1761: United Kingdom
( Tonson v. Collins)

Pufendorf, Samuel, Freiherr von
1762: United Kingdom
(* An Enquiry into Literary Property)

Pufendorf, Samuel, Freiherr von
1762: United Kingdom
(* Tonson v. Collins)

Pufendorf, Samuel, Freiherr von
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor)

Pufendorf, Samuel, Freiherr von
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Pufendorf, Samuel, Freiherr von
1774: United Kingdom
( Enfield's Observations)

Pufendorf, Samuel, Freiherr von
1774: United Kingdom
( Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property)

Pufendorf, Samuel, Freiherr von
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)

Pufendorf, Samuel, Freiherr von
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)

Pufendorf, Samuel, Freiherr von
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Pufendorf, Samuel, Freiherr von
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Pufendorf, Samuel, Freiherr von
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1633-1701

James II
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

James II
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

James II
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

James II
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report on the Copyright Acts)

James II
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

James II
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

James II
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

James II
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")

Williamson, Sir Joseph
1841: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (29 Jan.))


1633-1703

Pepys, Samuel
1841: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (29 Jan.))


1633-1708

Seymour, Sir Edward
1762: United Kingdom ( A Vindication of the Rights of Authors)

Seymour, Sir Edward
1762: United Kingdom
(* Tonson v. Collins)

Seymour, Sir Edward
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor)


1634-1698

Beier, Adrian
1740 : Germany (* Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books")


1634-1719

Quesnel, Pasquier
1778 : France (* Pluquet's letters)


1635-c.1721

Pralard, André
1690: France (* Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers)

Pralard, André
1778: France
(* Pluquet's letters)


1635-1699

Stillingfleet, Edward
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1635-1713

Stuart, Sir James
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)


1636-1691

Mackenzie, Sir George
1773: United Kingdom (* Hinton v. Donaldson)


1636-1694

Huber, Ulrik
1774: United Kingdom ( Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property)


1636-1700

Chevillier, André
1740: Germany (* Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books" )


1636-1711

Boileau-Despréaux, Nicolas
1777: France (* Linguet's memorandum)

Boileau-Despréaux, Nicolas
1841: France
(* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property )

Boileau-Despréaux, Nicolas
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1636/38-1691

Mackenzie, Sir George
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Mackenzie, Sir George
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Messrs John Hinton et al)


1637-1694

Deshouliers, Antoinette
1725: France (* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum)


1638-1709

Hyde, Henry, 2nd Earl of Clarendon
1847: USA (* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)


1638-1712

Simon, Père Richard
1740: Germany (* Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books")


1638-1715

Louis XIV
1649 : France ( Book trade regulations)

Louis XIV
1660: France
(* Decree on Engravings)

Louis XIV
1665: France
(* French book trade regulations )

Louis XIV
1676: France
(* Decree on Sculptures)

Louis XIV
1686: France
(* Book trade regulations)

Louis XIV
1690: France
(* Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers)

Louis XIV
1701: France
(* Royal letters patent)

Louis XIV
1704: United Kingdom
(* Defoe's Essay on the Press)

Louis XIV
1714: France
( Decree on Fine Arts)

Louis XIV
1735: United Kingdom
( The Case of Designers, Engravers, Etchers, &c.)

Louis XIV
1763: France
(* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)

Louis XIV
1776: France
(* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers)

Louis XIV
1777: France
(* Royal declaration on sculpture and painting)

Louis XIV
1778: France
(* Pluquet's letters)

Louis XIV
1791: France
(* Le Chapelier's report)

Louis XIV
1826: France
(* Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission)

Louis XIV
1834: France
(* Balzac's letter to authors )

Louis XIV
1841: France
(* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property)

Louis XIV
1841: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.))

Louis XIV
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Louis XIV
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")

Malebranche, Nicolas
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1639-1674

Lederer, Michael Friedrich
1740: Germany (* Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books")


1639-1699

Racine, Jean
1763 : France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)

Racine, Jean
1770: France
(* Luneau de Boisjermain's case)

Racine, Jean
1777: France
(* Linguet's memorandum )

Racine, Jean
1791: France
(* Le Chapelier's report )

Racine, Jean
1832: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May))

Racine, Jean
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Racine, Jean
1834: France
(* Balzac's letter to authors )

Racine, Jean
1841: France
(* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property)

Racine, Jean
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Racine, Jean
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Racine, Jean
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")

Racine, Jean
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1640-1687

Simmons, Samuel
1667: United Kingdom (* Milton's Contract)

Simmons, Samuel
1751: United Kingdom
( Tonson v. Walker )

Simmons, Samuel
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)


1640-1706

Le Brun, Denis
1776 : France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )


1640-1710

Stryk, Samuel
1738 : Germany (* Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books)

Stryk, Samuel
1740: Germany
(* Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books")


1640-1715

Gonnelieu, Jérôme de
1776: France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )


1640-1723

Fleury, Claude
1725: France (* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum)

Fleury, Claude
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1641-1675

Romanus, Paul Franz
1740 : Germany (* Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books")


1641-1713

Rymer, Thomas
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)


1642-1710

Holt, Sir John
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)

Holt, Sir John
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Holt, Sir John
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Holt, Sir John
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Holt, Sir John
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)


1642-1715

Hickes, George
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1642-1727

Newton, Sir Isaac
1709: United Kingdom ( More Reasons Humbly Offer'd for the Bill for the Encouragement of Learning)

Newton, Sir Isaac
1761: United Kingdom
( Tonson v. Collins)

Newton, Sir Isaac
1762: United Kingdom
(* An Enquiry into Literary Property)

Newton, Sir Isaac
1762: United Kingdom
(* Tonson v. Collins)

Newton, Sir Isaac
1763: France
(* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)

Newton, Sir Isaac
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Newton, Sir Isaac
1774: United Kingdom
( Macauley's A Modest Plea)

Newton, Sir Isaac
1774: United Kingdom
( Stella's Modest Exceptions)

Newton, Sir Isaac
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Newton, Sir Isaac
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Newton, Sir Isaac
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Newton, Sir Isaac
1776: France
(* Fragments on the Freedom of the Press)

Newton, Sir Isaac
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Newton, Sir Isaac
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)

Newton, Sir Isaac
1841: France
(* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property )

Newton, Sir Isaac
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Newton, Sir Isaac
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Newton, Sir Isaac
1854: United Kingdom
(* Jeffreys v. Boosey)

Newton, Sir Isaac
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")

Newton, Sir Isaac
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1643-1680

Moréri, Louis
1725: France (* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum)

Moreri, Louis
1763: France
(* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)


1643-1706

Sackville, Charles, 6th Earl of Dorset and 1st Earl of Middlesex
1840: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.))


1643-1727

Phélypeaux, Louis
1701: France (* Royal letters patent)

Phélypeaux, Louis
1714: France
( Decree on Fine Arts)

Phélypeaux, Louis
1776: France
(* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers)


1643-1737

Strype, John
1775: United Kingdom (* Stationers' Company v. Carnan)

Strype, John
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


1644-1718

Penn, William
1834: USA (* Wheaton v. Peters)

Penn, William
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)


1645-1696

La Bruyère, Jean de
1862: France (* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")

La Bruyère, Jean de
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1645-1713

Powell, Sir John
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)


1645-1716

Gronovius, Jacobus
1693: United Kingdom ( Locke's Memorandum on the 1662 Act)

Gronovius, Jacobus
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1646-1716

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm
1762: United Kingdom (* An Enquiry into Literary Property )

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1647-1680

Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of
1842: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))


1647-1691

Johann Georg III
1549 : Germany (* Electoral Saxon Printing and Censorship Acts from 1549 to 1717)


1647-1706

Bayle, Pierre
1763 : France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)

Bayle, Pierre
1776: France
(* Fragments on the Freedom of the Press)


1647-1712?

Papin, Denis
1862: France (* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1647-1713

Voet, Johannes
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)


1648-1689

Jeffreys, George Jeffreys, 1st Baron
1774: United Kingdom (* Donaldson v. Becket )


1648-1724

Prideaux, Humphrey
1762: United Kingdom (* Tonson v. Collins)

Prideaux, Humphrey
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)


1648-1726

Usher, John
1672: USA (* Usher's Printing Privilege)


1648-1734

Gwyn, Francis
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)

Gwyn, Francis
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Gwyn, Francis
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Gwyn, Francis
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Gwyn, Francis
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)


1649-1703

Johnson, Samuel
1774: United Kingdom (* Donaldson v. Becket)


1649-1728

Daniel, Gabriel
1763 : France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)


1650-1702

William III
1693: United Kingdom ( Locke's Memorandum on the 1662 Act)

William III
1704: United Kingdom
(* Defoe's Essay on the Press)

William III
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

William III
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

William III
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

William III
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

William III
1854: United Kingdom
(* Jeffreys v. Boosey )

William III
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1650-1716

Bagford, John
1762: United Kingdom (* Tonson v. Collins)

Bagford, John
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor )


1650-1722

Marlborough, John Churchill, 1st Duke of
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Marlborough, John Churchill, 1st Duke of
1840: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.))

Marlborough, John Churchill, 1st Duke of
1841: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.))

Marlborough, John Churchill, 1st Duke of
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


1651-1715

Fénelon, François de Salignac de la Mothe
1841: France (* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property)

Fénelon, François de Salignac de la Mothe
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1651-1716

Somers, John, 1st Baron
1773: United Kingdom (* Hinton v. Donaldson)

Somers, John, 1st Baron
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Somers, John, 1st Baron
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Somers, John, 1st Baron
1813: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Somers, John, 1st Baron
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Somers, John, 1st Baron
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)


1651-1743

Hough, John
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Hough, John
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1652-1685

Otway, Thomas
1762: United Kingdom (* An Enquiry into Literary Property)

Otway, Thomas
1832: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May))

Otway, Thomas
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)


1652-1720

Bode, Heinrich
1740 : Germany (* Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books")


1653-1716

Gleditsch, Johann Friedrich
1765: Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel)


1654-1693

Blount, Charles
1721: United Kingdom (* Burnet v. Chetwood)


1654-1705

Bernoulli, Jacques
1862: France (* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1654-1727

Savary, Louis-Philémon
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)


1654-1739

Martène, Edmond
1763 : France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)


1655-1725

Killigrew, Charles
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1655-1733

Le Gendre, Louis
1763 : France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)


1655-1741

Montfaucon, Bernard de
1725: France (* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum)

Montfaucon, Bernard de
1763: France
(* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)


1655/56-1736

Tonson, Jacob, 'the Elder'
1751: United Kingdom ( Tonson v. Walker)

Tonson, Jacob, 'the Elder'
1761: United Kingdom
( Tonson v. Collins)

Tonson, Jacob, 'the Elder'
1841: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.))

Tonson, Jacob, 'the Elder'
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Tonson, Jacob, 'the Elder'
1880: Germany
(* Kohler: Author's Right)


1656-1710

Basnage, Henri
1763 : France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)


1656-1714

Nelson, Robert
1762: United Kingdom (* Tonson v. Collins)

Nelson, Robert
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor )

Nelson, Robert
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Nelson, Robert
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Nelson, Robert
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Nelson, Robert
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1657-1716

Savary, Jacques des Bruslons
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson )

Savary, Jacques des Bruslons
1776: France
(* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers)


1657-1719

Dupin, Louis Ellies
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)

Dupin, Louis Ellies
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)


1657-1732

Berger, Johann Heinrich von
1740: Germany (* Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books" )


1657-1734

Dennis, John
1839: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.))


1657-1757

Fontenelle, Bernard le Bovier de
1776: France (* Fragments on the Freedom of the Press )

Fontenelle, Bernard le Bovier de
1841: France
(* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property )


1658-1693

Weidmann, Moritz Georg, Sr.
1765: Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel)


1658-1726

Mencke, Lüder
1738 : Germany (* Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books)

Mencke, Lüder
1740: Germany
(* Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books")


1658-1728

Churchill, Awnsham
1693: United Kingdom ( Locke's Memorandum on the 1662 Act)


1658-1746

Dorigny, Sir Nicholas
1870: United Kingdom (* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1659-1737

Catrou, François
1763 : France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)

Saurin, Joseph
1763: France
(* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)


1660-1719

Seignette, Pierre
1778 : France (* Pluquet's letters)


1660-1727

George I
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )

George I
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1660-1728

Kennet, White
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1660-1731

Defoe, Daniel
1704: United Kingdom (* Defoe's Essay on the Press)

Defoe, Daniel
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April))

Defoe, Daniel
1841: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.))

Defoe, Daniel
1896: USA
( The Question of Copyright )


1660-1734

Stahl, Georg
1776: France (* Fragments on the Freedom of the Press)


1660?-1731

Defoe, Daniel
1862: France (* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1661-1715

Halifax, Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of
1841: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.))


1661-1724

Harley, Robert, 1st Earl of Oxford
1841: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.))


1662-1694

Mary II
1842: United Kingdom (* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


1662-1714

Henry, Matthew
1838: USA ( Memorial of the New York Typographical Society)

Henry, Matthew
1838: USA
( Report, from the Committee on Patents)


1662-1717

Carrières, Louis de
1778: France (* Pluquet's letters)


1662-1725

Gastrell, Francis
1773: United Kingdom (* Hinton v. Donaldson)


1662-1740

Lünig, Johann Christian
1608: Germany (* "Books Constitution" of Emperor Rudolf II )


1662-1742

Bently, Richard
1751: United Kingdom ( Tonson v. Walker)

Bently, Richard
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor )

Bently, Richard
1773: United Kingdom
(* Hinton v. Donaldson)

Bently, Richard
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Bently, Richard
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Bently, Richard
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)


1663-1707

Stepney, George
1842: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))


1663-1729

Newcomen, Thomas
1842: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May))


1663-1732

Atterbury, Francis
1741: United Kingdom ( Pope v Curl: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders)

Atterbury, Francis
1741: United Kingdom
( Pope's Bill of Complaint, and Curl's Answer)


1663-1735

Moore, Sir Thomas
1840: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.))

Moore, Sir Thomas
1841: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.))


1663-1742

Massillon, Jean Baptiste
1777: France (* Linguet's memorandum)


1664-1695

Wharton, Henry
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)

Wharton, Henry
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )


1664-1721

Prior, Matthew
1842: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))


1664-1726

Vanbrugh, Sir John
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1665-1714

Anne
1710: United Kingdom ( A Bill for Encouragement of Learning)

Anne
1710: United Kingdom
(* Statute of Anne)

Anne
1721: United Kingdom
( Burnet v. Chetwood: Entries from the Court's Book of Orders)

Anne
1721: United Kingdom
( Burnet's Bill of Complaint and Chetwood's Answer)

Anne
1729: United Kingdom
( Gay v. Read)

Anne
1737: United Kingdom
( An Act for the Encouragement of Learning (Draft))

Anne
1737: United Kingdom
(* Baller v. Watson: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders)

Anne
1737: United Kingdom
(* Booksellers' Bill )

Anne
1741: United Kingdom
( Gyles v. Wilcox (Barnardiston's Report))

Anne
1741: United Kingdom
( Pope's Bill of Complaint, and Curl's Answer)

Anne
1741: United Kingdom
(* Pope v. Curl)

Anne
1747: United Kingdom
(* Warburton's Letter from an Author)

Anne
1761: United Kingdom
( Tonson v. Collins )

Anne
1762: United Kingdom
( A Vindication of the Rights of Authors)

Anne
1762: United Kingdom
(* Tonson v. Collins )

Anne
1766: United Kingdom
( Blackstone's Commentaries, Vol.II (selected extracts))

Anne
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor)

Anne
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Anne
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Messrs John Hinton et al)

Anne
1773: United Kingdom
(* Hinton v. Donaldson )

Anne
1774: United Kingdom
( Booksellers' Bill )

Anne
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Anne
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Anne
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket )

Anne
1812: United Kingdom
( Petition of the London Booksellers)

Anne
1813: United Kingdom
( Petition of the Printers of London and Westminster)

Anne
1813: United Kingdom
( Report of the Acts Respecting Copyright)

Anne
1813: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report on Acts for the Encouragement of Learning)

Anne
1814: United Kingdom
( Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (12 July))

Anne
1814: United Kingdom
( Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (15 July))

Anne
1814: United Kingdom
( Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (18 May))

Anne
1814: United Kingdom
( Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (7 June))

Anne
1814: United Kingdom
(* Copyright Act)

Anne
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report on the Copyright Acts)

Anne
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Anne
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Anne
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Anne
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters)

Anne
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report )

Anne
1837: United Kingdom
( Copyright Bill (6 June) )

Anne
1838: United Kingdom
( Copyright Bill (27 Feb.) )

Anne
1838: United Kingdom
( Copyright Bill (6 June) )

Anne
1839: United Kingdom
( Copyright Bill)

Anne
1840: United Kingdom
( Copyright Bill)

Anne
1841: United Kingdom
( Copyright Bill)

Anne
1842: United Kingdom
( Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (21 April))

Anne
1842: United Kingdom
( Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (23 March))

Anne
1842: United Kingdom
( Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (4 March))

Anne
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Anne
1842: United Kingdom
(* Copyright Act)

Anne
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Anne
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright )


1666-1727

Wotton, William
1741: United Kingdom ( Pope v Curl: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders)

Wotton, William
1741: United Kingdom
( Pope's Bill of Complaint, and Curl's Answer)


1667-1732

Parker, Thomas
1721: United Kingdom (* Burnet v. Chetwood)

Parker, Thomas
1762: United Kingdom
(* Tonson v. Collins )

Parker, Thomas
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor )

Parker, Thomas
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Parker, Thomas
1853: United Kingdom
( Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright)

Parker, Thomas
1853: USA
(* Stowe v. Thomas)

Parker, Thomas
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1667-1735

Arbuthnot, John
1741: United Kingdom ( Pope v Curl: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders)

Arbuthnot, John
1741: United Kingdom
( Pope's Bill of Complaint, and Curl's Answer)

Coignard, Jean-Baptiste
1725: France
(* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum)


1667-1745

Swift, Jonathan
1741: United Kingdom ( Pope v Curl: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders)

Swift, Jonathan
1741: United Kingdom
( Pope's Bill of Complaint, and Curl's Answer)

Swift, Jonathan
1741: United Kingdom
(* Pope v. Curl )

Swift, Jonathan
1761: United Kingdom
( Tonson v. Collins )

Swift, Jonathan
1762: United Kingdom
(* Tonson v. Collins )

Swift, Jonathan
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor )

Swift, Jonathan
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Swift, Jonathan
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Messrs John Hinton et al)

Swift, Jonathan
1773: United Kingdom
(* Hinton v. Donaldson)

Swift, Jonathan
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Swift, Jonathan
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Swift, Jonathan
1813: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Swift, Jonathan
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Swift, Jonathan
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Swift, Jonathan
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Swift, Jonathan
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Swift, Jonathan
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1667-1748

Bernoulli, Jean
1862: France (* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1668-1743

Ludewig, Johann Peter von
1738: Germany (* Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books)

Ludewig, Johann Peter von
1740: Germany
(* Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books")


1668-1744

Vico, Giovanni Battista
1834 : France (* Balzac's letter to authors)

Vico, Giovanni Battista
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1668-1747

Le Sage, Alain René
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Maittaire, Michael
1738: Germany
(* Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books)

Maittaire, Michael
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor)

Maittaire, Michael
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Alexander Donaldson)


1668-1751

Aguesseau, Henri-François d'
1763: France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)

Aguesseau, Henri-François d'
1776: France
(* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers)

Aguesseau, Henri-François d'
1778: France
(* Pluquet's letters)


1669-1744

Anstis, John, Sr.
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise)


1669-1748

Gibson, Edmund
1775: United Kingdom (* Stationers' Company v. Carnan)


1670-1729

Congreve, William
1832: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May))

Congreve, William
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Congreve, William
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))


1670-1733

Frederick Augustus I
1549 : Germany (* Electoral Saxon Printing and Censorship Acts from 1549 to 1717)


1671-1713

Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl of
1774: United Kingdom ( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl of
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl of
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)


1671-1715

Salkeld, William
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)


1671-1729

Gundling, Nikolaus Hieronymus
1738: Germany (* Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books)

Gundling, Nikolaus Hieronymus
1815: Germany
(* Annotated Publishers' Petition to the Congress of Vienna)

Law, John of Lauriston
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1671-1741

Rousseau, Jean Baptiste
1763 : France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)


1671-1744

Capperonier, Claude
1763 : France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)


1671-1757

Cibber, Colley
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1672-1719

Addison, Joseph
1751: United Kingdom ( Tonson v. Walker)

Addison, Joseph
1761: United Kingdom
( Tonson v. Collins )

Addison, Joseph
1762: United Kingdom
( A Vindication of the Rights of Authors)

Addison, Joseph
1773: United Kingdom
(* Hinton v. Donaldson)

Addison, Joseph
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Addison, Joseph
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Addison, Joseph
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Addison, Joseph
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Addison, Joseph
1832: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May))

Addison, Joseph
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Addison, Joseph
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Addison, Joseph
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Addison, Joseph
1854: United Kingdom
(* Jeffreys v. Boosey )

Addison, Joseph
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1672-1725

Peter I, the Great
1741: United Kingdom ( Gyles v. Wilcox (Barnardiston's Report))

Peter I, the Great
1741: United Kingdom
(* Gyles v. Wilcox (Atkyn's Reports))


1672-1729

Steele, Sir Richard
1761: United Kingdom ( Tonson v. Collins)

Steele, Sir Richard
1762: United Kingdom
(* Tonson v. Collins)

Steele, Sir Richard
1832: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May) )

Steele, Sir Richard
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Steele, Sir Richard
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)


1672-1731

La Motte, Antoine Houdar de
1777: France (* Linguet's memorandum)


1672-1750

Muratori, Ludovico Antonio
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1672-1757

Calmet, Antoine Augustin
1725: France (* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum)

Calmet, Antoine Augustin
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1672-1769

Hoyle, Edmond
1762: United Kingdom (* Tonson v. Collins)

Hoyle, Edmond
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )


1673-1718

Bladen, William
1700: USA ( Bladen's Privilege)


1673-1743

Bynkershoek, Cornelis van
1762: United Kingdom (* Tonson v. Collins)

Bynkershoek, Cornelis van
1766: United Kingdom
( Blackstone's Commentaries, Vol.II (selected extracts))

Bynkershoek, Cornelis van
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor)


1674-1718

Rowe, Nicholas
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Rowe, Nicholas
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)


1674-1726

Gilbert, Sir Geoffrey
1774: United Kingdom ( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents )

Gilbert, Sir Geoffrey
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Gilbert, Sir Geoffrey
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)


1674-1727

Coke, Thomas
1709: United Kingdom ( Reasons Humbly Offer'd for the Bill for the Encouragement of Learning)


1674-1739

Goode, Barnham
1741: United Kingdom ( Pope's Bill of Complaint, and Curl's Answer )


1674-1746

Schönborn, Friedrich Karl Count von
1713: Germany ( Augsburg Printers' Ordinance )


1674-1748

Watts, Isaac
1774: United Kingdom ( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents )


1674-1749

Böhmer, Justus Henning
1740: Germany (* Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books")

Böhmer, Justus Henning
1815: Germany
(* Annotated Publishers' Petition to the Congress of Vienna)


1674-1757

Ruddiman, Thomas
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Ruddiman, Thomas
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Messrs John Hinton et al)


1674-1762

Crébillon, Prosper Jolyot de
1749: France (* Crébillon case)

Crébillon, Prosper Jolyot de
1762: United Kingdom
(* An Enquiry into Literary Property)

Crébillon, Prosper Jolyot de
1763: France
(* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)

Crébillon, Prosper Jolyot de
1791: France
(* Le Chapelier's report)

Crébillon, Prosper Jolyot de
1826: France
(* Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission)

Crébillon, Prosper Jolyot de
1841: France
(* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property )


1675-1729

Clarke, Samuel
1862: France (* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1675-1742

Werner, Johann Balthasar
1740: Germany (* Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books" )

Werner, Johann Balthasar
1815: Germany
(* Annotated Publishers' Petition to the Congress of Vienna)


1675-1755

Saint-Simon, Louis de Rouvroy, Duc de
1862: France (* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1676-1745

Walpole, Sir Robert, Earl of Orford
1832: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May))

Walpole, Sir Robert, Earl of Orford
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Walpole, Sir Robert, Earl of Orford
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))


1676-1748

Gianone, Pietro
1776: France (* Fragments on the Freedom of the Press)


1677-1745

Fritsch, Caspar
1765: Germany ( Reich v. Pauli)

Fritsch, Caspar
1765: Germany
(* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel)


1677-1746

Hanmer, Sir Thomas
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)


1677-1763

Mesenguy, François-Philippe, Abbé
1776: France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers)


1678-1735

Hearne, Thomas
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report on the Copyright Acts )


1678-1751

Bolingbroke, Henry St John, 1st Viscount
1741: United Kingdom ( Pope v Curl: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders)

Bolingbroke, Henry St John, 1st Viscount
1741: United Kingdom
( Pope's Bill of Complaint, and Curl's Answer)

Bolingbroke, Henry St John, 1st Viscount
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Bolingbroke, Henry St John, 1st Viscount
1841: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.))


1678-1756

Viner, Charles
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)


1678-1761

Wortley Montagu, Sir Edward
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson )

Wortley Montagu, Sir Edward
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May))

Wortley Montagu, Sir Edward
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


1680-1738

Coignard, Louis
1725: France (* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum)


1680-1747

Brockes, Barthold Heinrich
1739: Germany ( Privilege of the Protestant Swiss Cantons )


1680-1754

Pezzana, Lorenzo
1780 : Italy (* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents)

Pezzana, Lorenzo
1781: Italy
(* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings)


1681-1765

Coleti, Niccolò
1781 : Italy (* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings )


1681/82-1752

Stackhouse, Rev. Thomas
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson )

Stackhouse, Rev. Thomas
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Messrs John Hinton et al)

Stackhouse, Rev. Thomas
1773: United Kingdom
(* Hinton v. Donaldson)


1682-1735

Tonson, Jacob, 'the Younger'
1751: United Kingdom ( Tonson v. Walker)


1682-1744

Hadley, John
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)


1682-1760

Willis, Browne
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise)


1682-1773

Frézier, Amédée-François
1725: France (* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum)


1683-1730

Fenton, Elijah
1751: United Kingdom ( Tonson v. Walker)

Fenton, Elijah
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor )

Fenton, Elijah
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Fenton, Elijah
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Fenton, Elijah
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1683-1739

Blondel, Pierre-Jacques
1725: France (* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum)


1683-1747

Curl, Edmund
1729: United Kingdom ( Gay v. Read)

Curl, Edmund
1741: United Kingdom
( Gyles v. Wilcox (Barnardiston's Report))

Curl, Edmund
1741: United Kingdom
( Pope v Curl: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders)

Curl, Edmund
1741: United Kingdom
( Pope's Bill of Complaint, and Curl's Answer)

Curl, Edmund
1741: United Kingdom
(* Pope v. Curl )

Curl, Edmund
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)


1683-1750

Middleton, Conyers
1761: United Kingdom ( Tonson v. Collins)

Middleton, Conyers
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor)

Middleton, Conyers
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)


1683-1752

Leyser, Augustin von
1740 : Germany (* Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books")


1683-1760

George II
1735: United Kingdom ( Engravers' Copyright Act (parchment copy) )

George II
1735: United Kingdom
(* Engravers' Copyright Act)

George II
1737: United Kingdom
( An Act for the Encouragement of Learning (Draft))

George II
1737: United Kingdom
(* Booksellers' Bill )

George II
1741: United Kingdom
( Pope's Bill of Complaint, and Curl's Answer)

George II
1746: USA
( North Carolina Printing Privilege to Commissioners)

George II
1750: USA
( New York Law Printing Privilege)

George II
1751: United Kingdom
( Tonson v. Walker )

George II
1766: United Kingdom
( Engravers' Copyright Act)

George II
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

George II
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Messrs John Hinton et al)

George II
1773: United Kingdom
(* Hinton v. Donaldson)

George II
1777: United Kingdom
( Engravers' Copyright Act)

George II
1799: United Kingdom
( Documents concerning the Models and Busts Act)

George II
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

George II
1830: United Kingdom
( Dramatic Writings Bill)

George II
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

George II
1837: United Kingdom
( Copyright Bill (6 June))

George II
1844: United Kingdom
( International Copyright Bill)

George II
1844: United Kingdom
(* International Copyright Act)

George II
1852: United Kingdom
(* International Copyright Act)

George II
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)

George II
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1683-1765

Young, Edward
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)


1683-1772

Lamoignon, Guillaume II, seigneur de Blancmesmil et de Malesherbes
1776: France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers)


1684-1756

Vertue, George
1735: United Kingdom ( The Case of Designers, Engravers, Etchers, &c. )


1684-1761

Müller, August Friedrich
1740: Germany (* Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books")


1684-1764

Pulteney, William
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Pulteney, William
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)


1684-1766

Astruc, Jean
1763 : France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)


1685-1731

Taylor, Brook
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1685-1732

Gay, John
1729: United Kingdom ( Gay v. Read)

Gay, John
1737: United Kingdom
(* Baller v. Watson: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders)

Gay, John
1741: United Kingdom
( Pope v Curl: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders)

Gay, John
1741: United Kingdom
( Pope's Bill of Complaint, and Curl's Answer)

Gay, John
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Gay, John
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Gay, John
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Gay, John
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)


1685-1737

Talbot, Charles, 1st Baron Talbot
1737: United Kingdom (* Baller v. Watson: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders)

Talbot, Charles, 1st Baron Talbot
1762: United Kingdom
(* Tonson v. Collins)

Talbot, Charles, 1st Baron Talbot
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor)

Talbot, Charles, 1st Baron Talbot
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Messrs John Hinton et al)

Talbot, Charles, 1st Baron Talbot
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)

Talbot, Charles, 1st Baron Talbot
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Talbot, Charles, 1st Baron Talbot
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)

Talbot, Charles, 1st Baron Talbot
1890: USA
( Report on H.R. 10881)


1685-1740

Charles VI of Habsburg
1608 : Germany (* "Books Constitution" of Emperor Rudolf II)

Charles VI of Habsburg
1713: Germany
( Augsburg Printers' Ordinance)

Charles VI of Habsburg
1815: Germany
(* Annotated Publishers' Petition to the Congress of Vienna)


1685-1745

Desfontaines, Pierre François
1763: France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)


1685-1750

Bach, Johann Sebastian
1854: United Kingdom (* Jeffreys v. Boosey)


1685-1759

Handel, Georg Friederic
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )

Handel, Georg Friederic
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1685-1760

Macdowall, Andrew
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Macdowall, Andrew
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Messrs John Hinton et al)

Macdowall, Andrew
1773: United Kingdom
(* Hinton v. Donaldson)


1685-1766

Farina, Giovanni Maria
1834 : France (* Balzac's letter to authors)


1685-1770

Hénault, Charles-Jean-François
1763: France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)


1686-1721

Craggs, James, 'the Younger'
1842: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))


1686-1740

Tickell, Thomas
1751: United Kingdom ( Tonson v. Walker)


1686-1747

Woodfall, Henry
1751: United Kingdom ( Tonson v. Walker)

Woodfall, Henry
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Woodfall, Henry
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)


1686-1754

Carte, Thomas
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise)

Carte, Thomas
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)


1687-1752

Héricourt, Louis d'
1725: France (* Louis d'Héricourt's memorandum)

Héricourt, Louis d'
1763: France
(* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)

Héricourt, Louis d'
1778: France
(* Pluquet's letters)


1688-1744

Pope, Alexander
1741: United Kingdom ( Pope v Curl: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders)

Pope, Alexander
1741: United Kingdom
( Pope's Bill of Complaint, and Curl's Answer)

Pope, Alexander
1741: United Kingdom
(* Pope v. Curl )

Pope, Alexander
1761: United Kingdom
( Tonson v. Collins )

Pope, Alexander
1762: United Kingdom
(* Tonson v. Collins )

Pope, Alexander
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor )

Pope, Alexander
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Pope, Alexander
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Messrs John Hinton et al)

Pope, Alexander
1774: United Kingdom
( Macauley's A Modest Plea)

Pope, Alexander
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Pope, Alexander
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Pope, Alexander
1813: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Pope, Alexander
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Pope, Alexander
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Pope, Alexander
1834: France
(* Balzac's letter to authors )

Pope, Alexander
1839: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (1 May))

Pope, Alexander
1841: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.))

Pope, Alexander
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Pope, Alexander
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Pope, Alexander
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Pope, Alexander
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Pope, Alexander
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)

Pope, Alexander
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)

Theobald, Lewis
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Alexander Donaldson)


1688-1749

Fréret, Nicolas
1862: France (* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1688-1754

Lee, Sir William
1774: United Kingdom ( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents )

Lee, Sir William
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)


1688-1766

Stewart, Prince James Francis Edward
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)


1689-1755

Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, Baron de la Brède et de
1763: France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)

Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, Baron de la Brède et de
1776: France
(* Fragments on the Freedom of the Press)

Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, Baron de la Brède et de
1834: France
(* Balzac's letter to authors)

Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, Baron de la Brède et de
1841: France
(* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property )

Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, Baron de la Brède et de
1853: United Kingdom
( Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright)

Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, Baron de la Brède et de
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1689-1759

Ames, Joseph
1761: United Kingdom ( Tonson v. Collins)

Ames, Joseph
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor )

Ames, Joseph
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Ames, Joseph
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Ames, Joseph
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Ames, Joseph
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Ames, Joseph
1813: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Ames, Joseph
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Ames, Joseph
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )


1689-1761

Richardson, Samuel
1751: United Kingdom ( Tonson v. Walker)

Richardson, Samuel
1834: France
(* Balzac's letter to authors)

Richardson, Samuel
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April))

Richardson, Samuel
1841: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.))

Richardson, Samuel
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Richardson, Samuel
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


1689-1762

Pierrepoint, Lady Mary
1841: USA (* Folsom v. Marsh)

Pierrepoint, Lady Mary
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


1690-1756

Pine, John
1735: United Kingdom ( Engravers' Copyright Act (parchment copy) )

Pine, John
1735: United Kingdom
( The Case of Designers, Engravers, Etchers, &c.)

Pine, John
1735: United Kingdom
(* Engravers' Copyright Act)

Pine, John
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )


1690-1761

Furgole, Jean Baptiste
1776 : France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )


1690-1764

Yorke, Philip, 1st Earl of Hardwicke
1741: United Kingdom ( Gyles v. Wilcox (Barnardiston's Report))

Yorke, Philip, 1st Earl of Hardwicke
1741: United Kingdom
( Pope's Bill of Complaint, and Curl's Answer)

Yorke, Philip, 1st Earl of Hardwicke
1741: United Kingdom
(* Gyles v. Wilcox (Atkyn's Reports))

Yorke, Philip, 1st Earl of Hardwicke
1741: United Kingdom
(* Pope v. Curl)

Yorke, Philip, 1st Earl of Hardwicke
1751: United Kingdom
( Tonson v. Walker)

Yorke, Philip, 1st Earl of Hardwicke
1761: United Kingdom
( Tonson v. Collins)

Yorke, Philip, 1st Earl of Hardwicke
1762: United Kingdom
(* Tonson v. Collins)

Yorke, Philip, 1st Earl of Hardwicke
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor)

Yorke, Philip, 1st Earl of Hardwicke
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Messrs John Hinton et al)

Yorke, Philip, 1st Earl of Hardwicke
1773: United Kingdom
(* Hinton v. Donaldson)

Yorke, Philip, 1st Earl of Hardwicke
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Yorke, Philip, 1st Earl of Hardwicke
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Yorke, Philip, 1st Earl of Hardwicke
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Yorke, Philip, 1st Earl of Hardwicke
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)

Yorke, Philip, 1st Earl of Hardwicke
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters)

Yorke, Philip, 1st Earl of Hardwicke
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)

Yorke, Philip, 1st Earl of Hardwicke
1841: USA
(* Folsom v. Marsh)

Yorke, Philip, 1st Earl of Hardwicke
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Yorke, Philip, 1st Earl of Hardwicke
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Yorke, Philip, 1st Earl of Hardwicke
1853: United Kingdom
( Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright)

Yorke, Philip, 1st Earl of Hardwicke
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)

Yorke, Philip, 1st Earl of Hardwicke
1890: USA
( Report on H.R. 10881)


1690-1774

Pearce, Zachary
1751: United Kingdom ( Tonson v. Walker)


1691-1771

Miller, Philip
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Miller, Philip
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Miller, Philip
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )


1692-1732

Palmer, Samuel
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)


1692-1761

Rich, John
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1693-1739

Lillo, George
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1693-1762

Bradley, James
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Bradley, James
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )


1693-1776

Harrison, John
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)

Harrison, John
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Harrison, John
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Harrison, John
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Harrison, John
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Harrison, John
1840: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.))

Harrison, John
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


1694-1748

Burlamaqui, Jean Jacques
1847: USA (* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)


1694-1757

Argenson, René-Louis de Voyer de Paulmy, marquis d'
1778: France (* Pluquet's letters)


1694-1761

Taylor, Dr. John
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Taylor, Dr. John
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1694-1772

Gifford, Henry
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1694-1773

Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise )

Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of
1832: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May) )

Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of
1841: USA
(* Folsom v. Marsh)

Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1694-1774

Quesnay, François
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)


1694-1778

Voltaire, François Marie Arouet de
1763: France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)

Voltaire, François Marie Arouet de
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Voltaire, François Marie Arouet de
1773: United Kingdom
(* Hinton v. Donaldson)

Voltaire, François Marie Arouet de
1776: France
(* Fragments on the Freedom of the Press)

Voltaire, François Marie Arouet de
1776: France
(* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers)

Voltaire, François Marie Arouet de
1778: France
(* Pluquet's letters)

Voltaire, François Marie Arouet de
1791: France
( Beaumarchais's petition)

Voltaire, François Marie Arouet de
1791: France
(* Le Chapelier's report)

Voltaire, Francois Marie Arouet de
1815: Germany
(* Annotated Publishers' Petition to the Congress of Vienna)

Voltaire, François Marie Arouet de
1834: France
(* Balzac's letter to authors)

Voltaire, François Marie Arouet de
1841: France
(* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property )

Voltaire, François Marie Arouet de
1854: United Kingdom
(* Jeffreys v. Boosey)

Voltaire, François Marie Arouet de
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1695-1755

Bachofen, Johann Caspar
1739 : Germany ( Privilege of the Protestant Swiss Cantons)


1695-1777

Breitkopf, Bernhard Christoph
1765: Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel)


1696-1743

Hervey, John, 2nd Baron Hervey
1878: United Kingdom ( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1696-1762

Daviel, Jacques
1842: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))


1696-1774

Lacy, James
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1696-1775

Geßner, Hans Conrad
1765: Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel)


1696-1782

Kames, Henry Home, Lord
1762: United Kingdom (* Tonson v. Collins)

Kames, Henry Home, Lord
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Messrs John Hinton et al)

Kames, Henry Home, Lord
1773: United Kingdom
(* Hinton v. Donaldson)

Kames, Henry Home, Lord
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Kames, Henry Home, Lord
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Kames, Henry Home, Lord
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)


1696/67-1776

Vandergucht, Gerrard
1735: United Kingdom ( The Case of Designers, Engravers, Etchers, &c. )


1697-1764

Hogarth, William
1735: United Kingdom ( The Case of Designers, Engravers, Etchers, &c. )

Hogarth, William
1766: United Kingdom
( Engravers' Copyright Act)

Hogarth, William
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Hogarth, William
1773: United Kingdom
(* Hinton v. Donaldson)

Hogarth, William
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Hogarth, William
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Hogarth, William
1799: United Kingdom
( Documents concerning the Models and Busts Act)

Hogarth, William
1813: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Hogarth, William
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Hogarth, William
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)

Hogarth, William
1853: United Kingdom
( Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright)

Hogarth, William
1858: United Kingdom
( Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee)

Hogarth, William
1862: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (28 Feb.) )

Hogarth, William
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)

Hogarth, William
1902: USA
( Bleistein's Brief)


1697-1773

Morand, Sauveur François
1763: France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)


1697-1782

d'Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon, Sieur
1759: France (* Sieur d'Anville's contract )


1698-1777

Albrizzi, Giambattista
1780 : Italy (* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents)


1698-1778

Douglas, Charles, 3rd Duke of Queensberry
1741: United Kingdom ( Pope v Curl: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders)

Douglas, Charles, 3rd Duke of Queensberry
1741: United Kingdom
( Pope's Bill of Complaint, and Curl's Answer)

Douglas, Charles, 3rd Duke of Queensberry
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)


1698-1779

Warburton, William
1747: United Kingdom (* Warburton's Letter from an Author)

Warburton, William
1761: United Kingdom
( Tonson v. Collins)

Warburton, William
1762: United Kingdom
( A Vindication of the Rights of Authors)

Warburton, William
1762: United Kingdom
(* An Enquiry into Literary Property)

Warburton, William
1762: United Kingdom
(* Tonson v. Collins)

Warburton, William
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Warburton, William
1773: United Kingdom
(* Hinton v. Donaldson)

Warburton, William
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)


1698-1782

Metastasio
1781 : Italy (* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings )


1699-1752

Johnston, Gabriel
1746: USA ( North Carolina Printing Privilege to Commissioners)


1699-1755

Longman, Thomas, I
1751: United Kingdom ( Tonson v. Walker)


1699-1772

Pothier, Robert-Joseph
1790: USA ( Sample registrations)

Pothier, Robert-Joseph
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)


1699-1777

Bowyer, William
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)


1699-1778

Damm, Christian Tobias
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Damm, Christian Tobias
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)


1699-1780

Cuno, Christian Heinrich
1765: Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel)


1700-1748

Thomson, James
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)

Thomson, James
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Messrs John Hinton et al)

Thomson, James
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Thomson, James
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Thomson, James
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Thomson, James
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Thomson, James
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May))

Thomson, James
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Thomson, James
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Thomson, James
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1700-1765

Lambert, George
1735: United Kingdom ( The Case of Designers, Engravers, Etchers, &c. )


1700-1772

Swieten, Gerhard van
1775 : Germany ( Chodowiecki's Allegory "Works of Darkness")


1700-1775

Briasson, Antoine-Claude
1776: France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )

Fritsch, Thomas Freiherr von
1773: Germany
(* Saxonian Statute)


1700-1782

Bernoulli, Daniel
1862: France (* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1701-1761

Baskett, Thomas
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise)

Baskett, Thomas
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)


1701-1777

Douglas, Catherine
1741: United Kingdom ( Pope v Curl: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders)

Douglas, Catherine
1741: United Kingdom
( Pope's Bill of Complaint, and Curl's Answer)


1701-1778

Mocenigo, Alvise IV Giovanni
1740: Italy ( Venetian Decree Against Unauthorized Printing of Songs)


1701-1782

Burrow, Sir James
1774: United Kingdom ( Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property)

Burrow, Sir James
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Burrow, Sir James
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Burrow, Sir James
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Burrow, Sir James
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters)

Burrow, Sir James
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)

Burrow, Sir James
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Burrow, Sir James
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1702-1748

Birnbaum, Johann Abraham
1740: Germany (* Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books" )


1702-1751

Doddridge, Philip
1839: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.))


1702-1784

Pasquali, Giambattista
1780 : Italy (* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents)

Pasquali, Giambattista
1781: Italy
(* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings)


1702-1785

Lippert, Philipp Daniel
1785 : Germany (* Kant: On the Unlawfulness of Reprinting)


1703-1751

Lampe, John Frederick
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1703-1758

Edwards, Jonathan
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1703-1768

Deparcieux, Antoine
1763 : France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)


1703-1778

Clémencet, Charles
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1703-1781

Beaumont, Christophe de
1763 : France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)


1703-1784

Morell, Thomas
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1703-1787

Law, Rt Rev Edmund
1774: United Kingdom ( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House )

Law, Rt Rev Edmund
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)


1703-1791

Wesley, John
1841: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.))


1703-70

Winckler, Johann Heinrich
1738 : Germany (* Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books)


1703/04-1764

Clarke, Sir Thomas
1774: United Kingdom ( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents )

Clarke, Sir Thomas
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Clarke, Sir Thomas
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Clarke, Sir Thomas
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)

Clarke, Sir Thomas
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Clarke, Sir Thomas
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1704-1749

Godfrey, Thomas
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)


1704-1770

Kircheisen, Karl David
1766 : Germany ( Prussian Cabinet Order)


1704-1781

Jousse, Daniel
1778 : France (* Pluquet's letters)


1704-1782

Newton, Thomas
1751: United Kingdom ( Tonson v. Walker)

Newton, Thomas
1761: United Kingdom
( Tonson v. Collins )

Newton, Thomas
1762: United Kingdom
(* Tonson v. Collins )

Newton, Thomas
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor )

Newton, Thomas
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Newton, Thomas
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Newton, Thomas
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Newton, Thomas
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Newton, Thomas
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Newton, Thomas
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Newton, Thomas
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1705-1754

Baglioni, Giovanni Antonio
1781: Italy (* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings)


1705-1768

Millar, Andrew
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)

Millar, Andrew
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Messrs John Hinton et al)

Millar, Andrew
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Millar, Andrew
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May))

Millar, Andrew
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Millar, Andrew
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)


1705-1774

Clement XIV
1776 : France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )


1705-1777

Phélypeaux, Louis, Duc de La Vrillière
1749: France (* Crébillon case)

Phélypeaux, Louis, Duc de La Vrillière
1762: France
(* Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors)

Phélypeaux, Louis, Duc de La Vrillière
1776: France
(* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers)

Phélypeaux, Louis, Duc de La Vrillière
1791: France
( Beaumarchais's petition)


1705-1778

Smythe, Sir Sidney Stafford
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson )

Smythe, Sir Sidney Stafford
1774: United Kingdom
( Macauley's A Modest Plea)

Smythe, Sir Sidney Stafford
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Smythe, Sir Sidney Stafford
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Smythe, Sir Sidney Stafford
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Smythe, Sir Sidney Stafford
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)

Smythe, Sir Sidney Stafford
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Smythe, Sir Sidney Stafford
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1705-1793

Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl
1741: United Kingdom ( Pope v Curl: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders)

Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl
1761: United Kingdom
( Tonson v. Collins)

Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl
1762: United Kingdom
(* Tonson v. Collins)

Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor)

Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl
1775: United Kingdom
(* Stationers' Company v. Carnan)

Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl
1777: United Kingdom
(* Bach v. Longman)

Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl
1798: United Kingdom
(* Beckford v. Hood)

Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl
1826: USA
( Letter from Daniel Webster to Noah Webster)

Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)

Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters)

Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)

Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May))

Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl
1853: United Kingdom
( Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright)

Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl
1853: USA
(* Stowe v. Thomas)

Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl
1854: United Kingdom
(* Jeffreys v. Boosey)

Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl
1858: United Kingdom
( Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee)

Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl
1862: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (22 May))

Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)

Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)

Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl
1878: United Kingdom
(* Royal Commissioners' Report)

Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl
1879: USA
( Baker's Argument)

Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl
1883: USA
( Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony)

Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl
1890: USA
( Report on H.R. 10881)


1706-1775

Baskerville, John
1776 : France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )


1706-1790

Franklin, Benjamin
1841: USA (* Folsom v. Marsh)

Franklin, Benjamin
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

Franklin, Benjamin
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Franklin, Benjamin
1896: USA
( The Question of Copyright)


1707-1754

Fielding, Henry
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )

Fielding, Henry
1841: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.))

Fielding, Henry
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Fielding, Henry
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)


1707-1776

Foulis, Robert
1776 : France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )


1707-1781

Ernesti, John August
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1707-1782

Boswell, Alexander
1773: United Kingdom (* Hinton v. Donaldson)


1707-1783

Euler, Leonhard
1853: USA (* Stowe v. Thomas)


1707-1788

Buffon, George-Louis Leclerc, Comte de
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Buffon, George-Louis Leclerc, Comte de
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Buffon, George-Louis Leclerc, Comte de
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)

Buffon, George-Louis Leclerc, Comte de
1834: France
(* Balzac's letter to authors)

Buffon, George-Louis Leclerc, Comte de
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1709-1759

Velly, l'abbé Paul François
1763: France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)


1709-1765

Ladvocat, Jean-Baptiste
1763 : France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)

Ladvocat, Jean-Baptiste
1778: France
(* Pluquet's letters)


1709-1784

Johnson, Samuel
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)

Johnson, Samuel
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Johnson, Samuel
1774: United Kingdom
( Macauley's A Modest Plea)

Johnson, Samuel
1774: United Kingdom
( Stella's Modest Exceptions)

Johnson, Samuel
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Johnson, Samuel
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Johnson, Samuel
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Johnson, Samuel
1813: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Johnson, Samuel
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Johnson, Samuel
1826: USA
( Letter from Noah Webster to Daniel Webster)

Johnson, Samuel
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Johnson, Samuel
1832: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May))

Johnson, Samuel
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Johnson, Samuel
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)

Johnson, Samuel
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April))

Johnson, Samuel
1839: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (1 May))

Johnson, Samuel
1840: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.))

Johnson, Samuel
1841: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.))

Johnson, Samuel
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Johnson, Samuel
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Johnson, Samuel
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Johnson, Samuel
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)

Johnson, Samuel
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)

Johnson, Samuel
1896: USA
( The Question of Copyright )


1709-1785

Burn, Richard
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Burn, Richard
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1709-1787

Vandenhoeck, Anna, née Parry
1765: Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel)

Vandenhoeck, Anna, née Parry
1774: Germany
(* Pütter: The Reprinting of Books)


1709-1788

Shebbeare, John
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)

Shebbeare, John
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Shebbeare, John
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Shebbeare, John
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)


1709/10-1774

Adams, Richard
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)

Adams, Richard
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Adams, Richard
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Adams, Richard
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)


170-240

Herodian
1590: Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books")


1710-1752

Corbett, Charles
1751: United Kingdom ( Tonson v. Walker)


1710-1772

Gebauer, Johann Justinus
1765: Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel)


1710-1774

Louis XV
1723 : France (* Code de la Librairie)

Louis XV
1749: France
(* Crébillon case)

Louis XV
1761: France
(* La Fontaine case)

Louis XV
1762: France
(* Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors)

Louis XV
1763: France
(* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)

Louis XV
1770: France
(* Luneau de Boisjermain's case )

Louis XV
1777: France
(* Royal declaration on sculpture and painting)

Louis XV
1826: France
(* Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission)

Louis XV
1841: France
(* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property)

Whitehead, Paul
1774: United Kingdom
( Stella's Modest Exceptions)


1710-1778

Walther, Georg Conrad
1765 : Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel )


1710-1780

Perrott, George
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)

Perrott, George
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Perrott, George
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Perrott, George
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Perrott, George
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )


1710-1785

Trumbull, Jonathan, Sr.
1783: USA ( Petition of John Ledyard)


1710-1787

Lowth, Robert
1782: USA ( Letter from Smith to Webster)


1710-1794

Gould, Henry
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)

Gould, Henry
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Gould, Henry
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Gould, Henry
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Gould, Henry
1775: United Kingdom
(* Stationers' Company v. Carnan)

Gould, Henry
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )


1710-1796

Reid, Thomas
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)

Wyllys, George
1783: USA
( Ledyard Petition Committee Report)

Wyllys, George
1783: USA
( Petition of John Ledyard )


1710-1799

Melmoth, William, 'the Younger'
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)


1711-1765

Duchesne, Nicolas Bonaventure
1761: France (* La Fontaine case)


1711-1776

Hume, David
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Hume, David
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Hume, David
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Hume, David
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Hume, David
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Hume, David
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Hume, David
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April))

Hume, David
1840: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.))

Hume, David
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Hume, David
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Hume, David
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Hume, David
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Hume, David
1873: USA
( Committee on the Library Report)

Hume, David
1874: United Kingdom
( Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright)


1711-1780

Hutchinson, Thomas
1772: USA ( William Billings' Printing Privilege)

Hutchinson, Thomas
1772: USA
( William Billings' Second Petition)


1712-1763

Durand, Laurent
1759 : France (* Sieur d'Anville's contract)

Durand, Laurent
1761: France
(* La Fontaine case)

Durand, Laurent
1763: France
(* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)

Durand, Laurent
1776: France
(* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers)


1712-1768

Fournier, Pierre Simon
1761 : France (* La Fontaine case)

Fournier, Pierre Simon
1763: France
(* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)


1712-1771

Rutherforth, Thomas
1847: USA (* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)


1712-1773

Bohn, Johann Carl
1765 : Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel )

Bohn, Johann Carl
1774: Germany
(* Pütter: The Reprinting of Books)


1712-1775

Foulis, Andrew
1776 : France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )


1712-1778

Rousseau, Jean Jacques
1763 : France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)

Rousseau, Jean Jacques
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Rousseau, Jean Jacques
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Rousseau, Jean Jacques
1776: France
(* Fragments on the Freedom of the Press)

Rousseau, Jean Jacques
1834: France
(* Balzac's letter to authors)

Rousseau, Jean Jacques
1841: France
(* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property )

Rousseau, Jean Jacques
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Rousseau, Jean Jacques
1854: United Kingdom
(* Jeffreys v. Boosey)

Rousseau, Jean Jacques
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1712-1780

Prault, Laurent-François
1749: France (* Crébillon case)

Prault, Laurent-François
1761: France
(* La Fontaine case)


1712-1785

Raspe, Gabriel Nicolaus
1765 : Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel )

Tron, Andrea
1780: Italy
(* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents)


1712-1786

Frederick II, the Great
1766 : Germany ( Prussian Cabinet Order)

Frederick II, the Great
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Frederick II, the Great
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Frederick II, the Great
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Frederick II, the Great
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)

Frederick II, the Great
1834: France
(* Balzac's letter to authors)

Frederick II, the Great
1841: France
(* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property )

Frederick II, the Great
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))


1713-c.1786

Barker, Col. Thomas
1746: USA ( North Carolina Printing Privilege to Commissioners)


1713-1744

Chandler, Richard
1751: United Kingdom ( Tonson v. Walker)


1713-1765

Clairaut, Alexis Claude
1763 : France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)


1713-1768

Sterne, Laurence
1834 : France (* Balzac's letter to authors)


1713-1784

Diderot, Denis
1763 : France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)

Diderot, Denis
1777: France
(* Linguet's memorandum )

Diderot, Denis
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1713-1787

Dundas, Robert
1773: United Kingdom (* Hinton v. Donaldson)


1713-1788

Stuart, James
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1714-1767

Tonson, Jacob
1751: United Kingdom ( Tonson v. Walker)

Tonson, Jacob
1761: United Kingdom
( Tonson v. Collins )

Tonson, Jacob
1762: United Kingdom
(* Tonson v. Collins )

Tonson, Jacob
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor )

Vattel, Emerich de
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters)

Vattel, Emerich de
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)


1714-1792

Riccoboni, Marie-Jeanne
1790: USA ( Sample registrations)


1714-1794

Bathurst, Henry, 2nd Earl
1774: United Kingdom ( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Bathurst, Henry, 2nd Earl
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Bathurst, Henry, 2nd Earl
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)

Bathurst, Henry, 2nd Earl
1841: USA
(* Folsom v. Marsh)

Bathurst, Henry, 2nd Earl
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Bathurst, Henry, 2nd Earl
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Bathurst, Henry, 2nd Earl
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)

Camden, Charles Pratt, 1st Earl
1774: United Kingdom
( Macauley's A Modest Plea)

Camden, Charles Pratt, 1st Earl
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Camden, Charles Pratt, 1st Earl
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Camden, Charles Pratt, 1st Earl
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Camden, Charles Pratt, 1st Earl
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)

Camden, Charles Pratt, 1st Earl
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters)

Camden, Charles Pratt, 1st Earl
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)

Camden, Charles Pratt, 1st Earl
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Camden, Charles Pratt, 1st Earl
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Camden, Charles Pratt, 1st Earl
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1714-1799

Monboddo, James Burnett, Lord
1773: United Kingdom (* Hinton v. Donaldson)

Monboddo, James Burnett, Lord
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)

Monboddo, James Burnett, Lord
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Monboddo, James Burnett, Lord
1854: United Kingdom
(* Jeffreys v. Boosey)


1715-1762

Dyck, Johann Gottfried, Sr.
1765: Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel)


1715-1778

Terray, Joseph Marie
1776 : France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )

Terray, Joseph Marie
1778: France
(* Pluquet's letters)


1715-1780

Condillac, Étienne Bonnot de
1862: France (* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" )


1715-1785

Strahan, William
1774: United Kingdom ( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents )

Strahan, William
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)

Strahan, William
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)


1715-1789

Mirabeau, Victor Riqueti, Marquis de
1776: France (* Fragments on the Freedom of the Press)


1715-1790

Bergier, Nicolas-Sylvestre
1862: France (* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1715-1804

Bryant, Jacob
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)


1716-1771

Gray, Thomas
1814: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (18 July))

Gray, Thomas
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Gray, Thomas
1841: USA
(* Folsom v. Marsh)

Gray, Thomas
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Gray, Thomas
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1716-1774

Thurneysen, Johann Rudolf, II
1738: Germany (* Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books)


1716-1775

Capperonnier, Jean
1759 : France (* Sieur d'Anville's contract)


1716-1786

Nares, John
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)

Nares, John
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Nares, John
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Nares, John
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Nares, John
1775: United Kingdom
(* Stationers' Company v. Carnan)

Nares, John
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )


1716-1790

Pluquet, François-André-Adrien
1778: France (* Pluquet's letters)

Pluquet, François-André-Adrien
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1716-1795

Barthélemy, Jean Jacques
1763: France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)

Barthélemy, Jean-Jacques
1759: France
(* Sieur d'Anville's contract)

Hutton, James
1751: United Kingdom
( Tonson v. Walker )


1717-1778

Aston, Richard
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)

Aston, Richard
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Aston, Richard
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Aston, Richard
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Aston, Richard
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Aston, Richard
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters)

Aston, Richard
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)

Aston, Richard
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Aston, Richard
1853: USA
(* Stowe v. Thomas)


1717-1779

Garrick, David
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise)

Garrick, David
1832: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May))

Garrick, David
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Garrick, David
1841: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.))

Garrick, David
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


1717-1783

Alembert, Jean le Rond D'
1776: France (* Fragments on the Freedom of the Press)

Alembert, Jean le Rond D'
1777: France
(* Linguet's memorandum)

Alembert, Jean le Rond D'
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May))

Alembert, Jean le Rond D'
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1717-1787

Reich, Philipp Erasmus
1765: Germany ( Reich v. Pauli)

Reich, Philipp Erasmus
1765: Germany
(* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel)

Reich, Philipp Erasmus
1773: Germany
( On Klopstock's proclamation of a "Republic of Scholars")

Reich, Philipp Erasmus
1773: Germany
( Reich: On Book Publishing)

Reich, Philipp Erasmus
1775: Germany
( Chodowiecki's Allegory "Works of Darkness")


1717-1789

Miller, Sir Thomas, 1st Baronet
1773: United Kingdom (* Hinton v. Donaldson)


1717-1797

Walpole, Horace, 4th Earl of Orford
1841: USA (* Folsom v. Marsh)

Walpole, Horace, 4th Earl of Orford
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1717-1798

Trattner, Johann Thomas von
1774: Germany (* Pütter: The Reprinting of Books)

Trattner, Johann Thomas von
1775: Germany
( Chodowiecki's Allegory "Works of Darkness")

Trattner, Johann Thomas von
1778: France
(* Pluquet's letters)

Trattner, Johann Thomas von
1781: Germany
(* Austrian Statutes on Censorship and Printing)

Trattner, Johann Thomas von
1793: Germany
(* Fichte: Proof of the Unlawfulness of Reprinting)


1718-1782

Taboureau des Réaux
1761: France (* La Fontaine case)


1718-1783

Hunter, William
1842: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))


1718-1785

Bruce, Robert
1773: United Kingdom (* Hinton v. Donaldson)


1718-1792

Sandwich, John Montagu, 4th Earl of
1783: USA ( Petition of John Ledyard)


1718-1795

Herbert, William
1842: United Kingdom (* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


1718-1800

Blair, Hugh
1840: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.))

Blair, Hugh
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)


1719-1777

Barry, Spranger
1832: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May))


1719-1781

de Grey, William
1774: United Kingdom ( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents )

de Grey, William
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

de Grey, William
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

de Grey, William
1775: United Kingdom
(* Stationers' Company v. Carnan)

de Grey, William
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)

de Grey, William
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)


1719-1784

Guyot, Pierre Jean Jacques Guillaume
1841: France (* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property)

Guyot, Pierre Jean Jacques Guillaume
1853: Germany
(* Bluntschli: On Authors' Rights)


1719-1788

Sheridan, Thomas
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1719-1789

Baretti, Giuseppe Marc Antonio
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Hawkins, Sir John
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1719-1790

Bellamy, Joseph
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1719-1793

Bruyset, Jean-Marie
1791: France (* Report of François Hell to the National Assembly )


1719-1794

Breitkopf, Johann Gottlob Immanuel
1765: Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel)


1719-1800

Feilding, Basil, 6th Earl of Denbigh and 5th Earl of Desmond
1842: United Kingdom (* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


1720-1772

Woolman, John
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1720-1777

Foote, Samuel
1774: United Kingdom (* Donaldson v. Becket)

Foote, Samuel
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)


1720-1785

Frederick II
1776 : France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )


1720-1788

Chudleigh, Elizabeth
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise)

Stewart, Prince Charles Edward Louis Philip Casimir
1773: United Kingdom
(* Hinton v. Donaldson)


1720-1789

Stair, John Dalrymple, 5th Earl
1774: United Kingdom ( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Stair, John Dalrymple, 5th Earl
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Stair, John Dalrymple, 5th Earl
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Stair, John Dalrymple, 5th Earl
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)

Stair, John Dalrymple, 5th Earl
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)


1720-1792

Rivington, John
1774: United Kingdom ( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents )


1720-1808

Hurd, Richard
1847: USA (* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)


1721-1764

Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de
1841: France (* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property)


1721-1771

Smollett, Tobias George
1774: United Kingdom ( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents )

Smollett, Tobias George
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Smollett, Tobias George
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))


1721-1793

Garden, Francis
1773: United Kingdom (* Hinton v. Donaldson)

Robertson, William
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Robertson, William
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Robertson, William
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Robertson, William
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Robertson, William
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)

Robertson, William
1840: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.))

Robertson, William
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Robertson, William
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Robertson, William
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Robertson, William
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)


1721-1794

Malesherbes, Chrétien Guillaume de Lamoignon de
1776: France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers)

Malesherbes, Chrétien Guillaume de Lamoignon de
1834: France
(* Balzac's letter to authors)

Malesherbes, Chrétien Guillaume de Lamoignon de
1841: France
(* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property )


1721-1801

Manning, Owen
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Manning, Owen
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1722-1759

Boulanger, Nicolas-Antoine
1763: France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade)


1722-1770

Yates, Joseph
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)

Yates, Joseph
1774: United Kingdom
( Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property)

Yates, Joseph
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Yates, Joseph
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Yates, Joseph
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Yates, Joseph
1775: United Kingdom
(* Stationers' Company v. Carnan)

Yates, Joseph
1798: United Kingdom
(* Beckford v. Hood )

Yates, Joseph
1826: USA
( Letter from Daniel Webster to Noah Webster)

Yates, Joseph
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Yates, Joseph
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters)

Yates, Joseph
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)

Yates, Joseph
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Yates, Joseph
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Yates, Joseph
1854: United Kingdom
(* Jeffreys v. Boosey )

Yates, Joseph
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)

Yorke, Charles
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor )

Yorke, Charles
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)


1722-1787

Simon, Pierre-Guillaume
1762 : France (* Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors )


1722-1795

Voß, Christian Friedrich
1765: Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel)


1722-1796

Erskine, James
1773: United Kingdom (* Hinton v. Donaldson)


1722-1800

Warton, Joseph
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1722-1813

Becket, Thomas
1774: United Kingdom ( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents )

Becket, Thomas
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)


1723-1761

Davies, Samuel
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

Davies, Samuel
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)


1723-1780

Blackstone, William
1762: United Kingdom (* Tonson v. Collins)

Blackstone, William
1766: United Kingdom
( Blackstone's Commentaries, Vol.II (selected extracts))

Blackstone, William
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor)

Blackstone, William
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Messrs John Hinton et al)

Blackstone, William
1774: United Kingdom
( Enfield's Observations)

Blackstone, William
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Blackstone, William
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Blackstone, William
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Blackstone, William
1775: United Kingdom
(* Stationers' Company v. Carnan)

Blackstone, William
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Blackstone, William
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)

Blackstone, William
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters)

Blackstone, William
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)

Blackstone, William
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May))

Blackstone, William
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Blackstone, William
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Blackstone, William
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)

Blackstone, William
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)

Blackstone, William
1890: USA
( Report on H.R. 10881)


1723-1787

Reed, Joseph
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1723-1789

Brotier, Gabriel
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Brotier, Gabriel
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)

Grasset, François
1776: France
(* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers)


1723-1790

Livingston, William
1750: USA ( New York Law Printing Privilege)

Livingston, William
1782: USA
( Letter from Smith to Webster)

Livingston, William
1783: USA
( New Jersey Copyright Statute)

Smith, Adam
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Smith, Adam
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April))

Smith, Adam
1840: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.))

Smith, Adam
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Smith, Adam
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Smith, Adam
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)


1723-1792

Reynolds, Sir Joshua
1853: United Kingdom ( Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright)

Reynolds, Sir Joshua
1861: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Bill (6 May))

Reynolds, Sir Joshua
1883: USA
( Sarony's Brief)


1723-1794

Estienne, Robert
1776 : France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )


1723-1796

Miromesnil, Armand Thomas Hue de
1778: France (* Pluquet's letters)


1723-1799

Marmontel, Jean François
1777: France (* Linguet's memorandum)

Marmontel, Jean François
1778: France
(* Pluquet's letters)

Marmontel, Jean François
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))


1723-1805

Skynner, Sir John
1847: USA (* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)


1724-c.1790

Brocas, Paul-Denis
1761 : France (* La Fontaine case)


1724-1770

Rolt, Richard
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)


1724-1794

Smeaton, John
1814: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (18 July))

Smeaton, John
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1724-1803

Klopstock, Friedrich Gottlieb
1799: Germany (* Kehr: Apology of the Reprinting of Books )


1724-1804

Kant, Immanuel
1793 : Germany (* Fichte: Proof of the Unlawfulness of Reprinting)

Kant, Immanuel
1815: Germany
(* Annotated Publishers' Petition to the Congress of Vienna)

Kant, Immanuel
1841: France
(* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property)

Kant, Immanuel
1853: Germany
(* Bluntschli: On Authors' Rights)

Kant, Immanuel
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")

Kant, Immanuel
1877: Germany
(* Gareis: Juridical Nature of Author's Rights)

Kant, Immanuel
1880: Germany
(* Kohler: Author's Right )

Kant, Immanuel
1896: USA
( Treloar Copyright Bill (H.R. 5976))


1725-1779

Stettin, August Lebrecht
1765: Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel)


1725-1794

Junius, Johann Friedrich
1765: Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel)


1725-1797

Mason, William
1814: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (18 July))

Mason, William
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Mason, William
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1725-1800

Gray, George
1784: USA ( Pennsylvania Copyright Statute)

Helwing, Christian Friedrich
1765: Germany
(* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel)


1725-1807

Ashurst, William
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)

Ashurst, William
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Ashurst, William
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Ashurst, William
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Ashurst, William
1798: United Kingdom
(* Beckford v. Hood)

Ashurst, William
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)

Ashurst, William
1854: United Kingdom
(* Jeffreys v. Boosey)

Lallemant, Richard-Gontran
1776: France
(* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers)

Pütter, Johann Stephan
1774: Germany
(* Pütter: The Reprinting of Books)

Pütter, Johann Stephan
1790: Germany
(* J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire)

Pütter, Johann Stephan
1815: Germany
(* Annotated Publishers' Petition to the Congress of Vienna)

Pütter, Johann Stephan
1857: Germany
(* Wächter: "Publishing Right")

Pütter, Johann Stephan
1880: Germany
(* Kohler: Author's Right)


1726-1773

La Beaumelle, Laurent Angliviel de
1776: France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers)


1726-1783

Cochin, Jacques-Denis
1814: France (* Court of Cassation on compilations)


1726-1791

Harrison, Benjamin, V
1782: USA ( Letter from Smith to Webster)


1726-1792

Dalrymple, Sir David
1773: United Kingdom (* Hinton v. Donaldson)

Séguier, Antoine-Louis
1826: France
(* Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission)

Séguier, Antoine-Louis
1841: France
(* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property )


1726-1793

Lottin, Augustin-Martin
1777: France (* French Decree of 30 August 1777, on the duration of privileges)


1726-1798

Pennant, Thomas
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Pennant, Thomas
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1726-1800

Gibbons, William
1786: USA ( Georgia Copyright Statute)


1726-1801

Chodowiecki, Daniel
1775 : Germany ( Chodowiecki's Allegory "Works of Darkness")


1726-1807

Gaine, Hugh
1772: USA ( Second New York Law Printing Privilege)


1727-1781

Turgot, Anne Robert Jacques
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)


1727-1794

Donaldson, Alexander
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Donaldson, Alexander
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Messrs John Hinton et al)

Donaldson, Alexander
1773: United Kingdom
(* Hinton v. Donaldson)

Donaldson, Alexander
1774: United Kingdom
( Macauley's A Modest Plea)

Donaldson, Alexander
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Donaldson, Alexander
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Lhomond, Charles François
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1727-1797

Wilkes, John
1773: United Kingdom (* Hinton v. Donaldson)


1727-1805

Murphy, Arthur
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)

Murphy, Arthur
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Murphy, Arthur
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)


1728-1774

Goldsmith, Oliver
1896: USA ( The Question of Copyright)


1728-1779

Cook, James
1789: USA ( House Joint copyright and patent bill decision)

Cook, James
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )


1728-1793

Hunter, John
1842: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Smith, William Jr.
1750: USA
( New York Law Printing Privilege)


1728-1797

Tissot, Simon Auguste André David
1776: France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers)


1728-1807

Gordon, Rev. William
1841: USA ( Master in Chancery Report)


1728-1811

Karl Friedrich
1806 : Germany ( Reprinting Regulation for the Grand Duchy of Baden)


1729-1774

Mossop, Henry
1832: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May))


1729-1777

Dodd, William
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)


1729-1781

Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim
1896: USA ( The Question of Copyright)


1729-1796

Catherine II 'the Great'
1834: France (* Balzac's letter to authors)


1729-1797

Burke, Edmund
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )

Burke, Edmund
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Burke, Edmund
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Burke, Edmund
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)


1729-1801

Sartine, Antoine de
1770 : France (* Luneau de Boisjermain's case)

Sartine, Antoine de
1776: France
(* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers)


1729-1804

Rae, David
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Messrs John Hinton et al )

Rae, David
1773: United Kingdom
(* Hinton v. Donaldson)


1729-1810

Lallemant, Xavier-Félix
1776: France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )


1729-1814

Reimarus, Johann Albert Heinrich
1793: Germany (* Fichte: Proof of the Unlawfulness of Reprinting)


1730-1783

Bezout, Étienne
1862: France (* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1730-1794

Bruce, James
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Goezmann, Louis Valentin de
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1730-1797

Longman, Thomas, II
1774: United Kingdom ( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents )


1730-1801

Didot, François-Ambroise
1776: France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )

Didot, François-Ambroise
1778: France
(* Pluquet's letters)


1730-1825

Porter, Joshua
1783: USA ( Petition of John Ledyard)


1731-1783

Dunning, John
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)

Dunning, John
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Dunning, John
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Dunning, John
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Dunning, John
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Dunning, John
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)


1731-1786

Bettinelli, Giuseppe
1781 : Italy (* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings )


1731-1791

Macaulay, Catherine
1774: United Kingdom ( Enfield's Observations)

Macaulay, Catherine
1774: United Kingdom
( Stella's Modest Exceptions)

Macaulay, Catherine
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Macaulay, Catherine
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)


1731-1792

Onslow, George
1847: USA (* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)


1731-1796

Huntington, Samuel
1783: USA ( Ledyard Petition Committee Report)

Huntington, Samuel
1783: USA
( Petition of John Ledyard)


1731-1798

Cailleau, André-Charles
1786: France (* French Decree on Musical Publications)


1731-1800

Cowper, William
1841: USA (* Folsom v. Marsh)

Cowper, William
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))


1731-1801

Legge, William, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)


1731-1802

de La Rochette, Louis Stanislas d'Arcy
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise )

de La Rochette, Louis Stanislas d'Arcy
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Schlettwein, Johann August
1815: Germany
(* Annotated Publishers' Petition to the Congress of Vienna)


1731-1806

Thurlow, Edward, 1st Baron
1761: United Kingdom ( Tonson v. Collins)

Thurlow, Edward, 1st Baron
1762: United Kingdom
(* Tonson v. Collins)

Thurlow, Edward, 1st Baron
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor)

Thurlow, Edward, 1st Baron
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Thurlow, Edward, 1st Baron
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Thurlow, Edward, 1st Baron
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Thurlow, Edward, 1st Baron
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Thurlow, Edward, 1st Baron
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Thurlow, Edward, 1st Baron
1854: United Kingdom
(* Jeffreys v. Boosey)


1731-1807

Bomare, Valmont de
1791: France (* Report of François Hell to the National Assembly )


1731-1809

Greene, William
1783: USA ( Rhode Island Copyright Statute)


1731-1824

Maseres, Francis
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1732-1786

Edmondson, Joseph
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1732-1792

Arkwright, Sir Richard
1838: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (9 May))

Arkwright, Sir Richard
1839: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.))

Arkwright, Sir Richard
1840: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.))

Arkwright, Sir Richard
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May))


1732-1794

Colman, George, Sr.
1870: United Kingdom (* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1732-1795

Amelot de Chaillou, Antoine-Jean
1777: France (* French Decree of 30 August 1777, on the duration of privileges)

Amelot de Chaillou, Antoine-Jean
1780: France
(* Dramatic Act)

Amelot de Chaillou, Antoine-Jean
1780: Italy
( Venetian Reprint of the French Decree of 30 August 1777, on the duration of privileges)

Didot, Pierre-François
1776: France
(* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers)

Didot, Pierre-François
1778: France
(* Pluquet's letters)

Gerstlacher, Carl Friedrich
1790: Germany
(* J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire)


1732-1799

Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de
1780: France ( Beaumarchais's report)

Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de
1791: France
( Beaumarchais's petition)

Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de
1834: France
(* Balzac's letter to authors)

Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")

Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de
1902: France
(* Court of Cassation on moral rights)

Washington, George
1782: USA
( Letter from Smith to Webster)

Washington, George
1841: USA
( Master in Chancery Report)

Washington, George
1841: USA
(* Folsom v. Marsh)

Washington, George
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Washington, George
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

Washington, George
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1732-1800

Ehlers, Martin
1857 : Germany (* Wächter: "Publishing Right")


1732-1801

Luneau de Boisjermain, Pierre-Joseph-Francois
1770: France (* Luneau de Boisjermain's case )


1732-1802

Dreyer, Johann Carl Heinrich
1877: Germany (* Gareis: Juridical Nature of Author's Rights )

Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron
1798: United Kingdom
(* Beckford v. Hood)

Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)

Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)

Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron
1854: United Kingdom
(* Jeffreys v. Boosey)

Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1732-1803

Volkmann, Johann Jacob
1857 : Germany (* Wächter: "Publishing Right")


1732-1810

Lock, William
1799: United Kingdom ( Documents concerning the Models and Busts Act )


1732-1811

Maskelyne, Nevil
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Maskelyne, Nevil
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)


1732-1812

Colloredo, Hieronymus von
1785: Germany ( Imperial privilege for Aloysius Blumauer's Travesty of Virgil's "Aeneid")


1732-1817

Sonnenfels, Joseph von
1790: Germany (* J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire)

Sonnenfels, Joseph von
1815: Germany
(* Annotated Publishers' Petition to the Congress of Vienna)


1733-1788

Tirsch, Leopold
1781 : Germany (* Austrian Statutes on Censorship and Printing)


1733-1793

Lemierre, Antoine-Marin
1902 : France (* Court of Cassation on moral rights)


1733-1801

Himburg, Christian Friedrich
1775: Germany ( Chodowiecki's Allegory "Works of Darkness" )


1733-1804

Priestley, Joseph
1774: United Kingdom ( Enfield's Observations)

Priestley, Joseph
1776: France
(* Fragments on the Freedom of the Press)

Priestley, Joseph
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)

Priestley, Joseph
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Priestley, Joseph
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Priestley, Joseph
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)

Priestley, Joseph
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)

Schuyler, Philip John
1782: USA
( Letter from Smith to Webster)


1733-1805

Wedderburn, Alexander, 1st Earl of Rosslyn
1761: United Kingdom ( Tonson v. Collins )

Wedderburn, Alexander, 1st Earl of Rosslyn
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Wedderburn, Alexander, 1st Earl of Rosslyn
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Wedderburn, Alexander, 1st Earl of Rosslyn
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Wedderburn, Alexander, 1st Earl of Rosslyn
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)

Wedderburn, Alexander, 1st Earl of Rosslyn
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)


1733-1806

Horsley, Samuel
1840: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.))


1733-1811

Nicolai, Friedrich
1775 : Germany ( Chodowiecki's Allegory "Works of Darkness")


1733-1812

Pauli, Joachim
1765: Germany ( Reich v. Pauli)


1733-1813

Wieland, Christoph Martin
1799: Germany (* Kehr: Apology of the Reprinting of Books )

Wieland, Christoph Martin
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1733-1814

Deane, Rev. Samuel
1790: USA ( Sample registrations)


1733-1816

Ducis, Jean François
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )

Ducis, Jean François
1902: France
(* Court of Cassation on moral rights)


1734-1794

Göbhardt, Tobias
1815: Germany (* Annotated Publishers' Petition to the Congress of Vienna)


1734-1796

MacLaurin, John
1773: United Kingdom (* Hinton v. Donaldson)

MacLaurin, John
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1734-1799

Eyre, Sir James
1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor)

Eyre, Sir James
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Eyre, Sir James
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Eyre, Sir James
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Eyre, Sir James
1798: United Kingdom
(* Beckford v. Hood )

Eyre, Sir James
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Eyre, Sir James
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)

Eyre, Sir James
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Eyre, Sir James
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)

Eyre, Sir James
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1734-1807

Heinsius, Johann Samuel
1765 : Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel )


1734-1813

Baldwin, Henry
1774: United Kingdom ( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents )


1734-1817

McKean, Thomas
1834: USA (* Wheaton v. Peters)

McKean, Thomas
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)


1734-1823

Campbell, Ilay
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Alexander Donaldson)

Campbell, Ilay
1773: United Kingdom
(* Hinton v. Donaldson)


1735-1782

Bach, Johann Christian
1777: United Kingdom (* Bach v. Longman)

Bach, Johann Christian
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1735-1784

Bergman,Torbern Olof
1776: France (* Fragments on the Freedom of the Press)


1735-1803

Astle, Thomas
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Astle, Thomas
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Beattie, James
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)


1735-1807

Lloyd, John
1784: USA ( South Carolina Copyright Statute)


1735-1809

Gough, Richard
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Gough, Richard
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Gough, Richard
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )


1735-1811

Hemmenway, Rev. Moses
1790: USA ( Sample registrations)


1735-1819

Williamson, Hugh
1782: USA ( Letter from Smith to Webster)

Williamson, Hugh
1783: USA
( Continental Congress Resolution)


1735-1826

Adams, John
1789: USA ( Ramsay's Petition)

Adams, John
1841: USA
( Master in Chancery Report )


1736-1782

Solander, Daniel Carl
1774: United Kingdom ( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents )


1736-1786

Frommann, Nathanael Sigismund
1765: Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel)


1736-1794

Linguet, Simon Nicolas Henri
1776: France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers)

Linguet, Simon Nicolas Henri
1777: France
(* Linguet's memorandum)

Linguet, Simon Nicolas Henri
1778: France
(* Pluquet's letters)

Linguet, Simon Nicolas Henri
1815: Germany
(* Annotated Publishers' Petition to the Congress of Vienna)


1736-1795

Murray, Alexander
1773: United Kingdom (* Hinton v. Donaldson)


1736-1796

Macpherson, James
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)


1736-1800

Huntington, Benjamin
1789: USA ( House Joint copyright and patent bill decision)

Huntington, Benjamin
1789: USA
( Ramsay's Petiton House Record)

Steevens, George
1813: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Steevens, George
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Steevens, George
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)


1736-1819

Watt, James
1839: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.))

Watt, James
1840: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.))

Watt, James
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May))

Watt, James
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1737-1780

Cröker, widow of Johann Rudolf
1765: Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel)


1737-1788

Carnan, Thomas
1775: United Kingdom (* Stationers' Company v. Carnan)

Carnan, Thomas
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )


1737-1794

Gibbon, Edward
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Gibbon, Edward
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Gibbon, Edward
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (9 May))

Gibbon, Edward
1840: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.))

Gibbon, Edward
1841: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.))

Gibbon, Edward
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Gibbon, Edward
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Gibbon, Edward
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1737-1795

Harum, Johann Christian von
1857: Germany (* Wächter: "Publishing Right")

Harum, Johann Christian von
1878: France
(* Morillot on the author's right)

Quistorp, Johann Christian von
1857: Germany
(* Wächter: "Publishing Right")


1737-1803

Chambers, Sir Robert
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise)


1737-1805

Almon, John
1841: USA ( Master in Chancery Report)


1737-1809

Paine, Thomas
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1737-1814

Heath, William
1841: USA ( Master in Chancery Report)

Saint Pierre, Jacques Henri Bernardin de
1834: France
(* Balzac's letter to authors)


1738-1804

Boucher, Jonathan
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Boucher, Jonathan
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)

White, Alexander
1789: USA
( Ramsay's Petiton House Record)


1738-1809

Johnson, Joseph
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1738-1820

George III
1766: United Kingdom ( Engravers' Copyright Act)

George III
1769: United Kingdom
(* Millar v. Taylor )

George III
1772: USA
( William Billings' Printing Privilege)

George III
1772: USA
( William Billings' Second Petition)

George III
1773: United Kingdom
( Information for Messrs John Hinton et al)

George III
1774: Germany
(* Pütter: The Reprinting of Books)

George III
1774: United Kingdom
( Booksellers' Bill )

George III
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

George III
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

George III
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

George III
1777: United Kingdom
( Engravers' Copyright Act)

George III
1777: United Kingdom
(* Bach v. Longman )

George III
1787: United Kingdom
( Calico Printers' Act (parchment copy))

George III
1787: United Kingdom
(* Calico Printers' Act)

George III
1798: United Kingdom
(* Models and Busts Act)

George III
1799: United Kingdom
( Documents concerning the Models and Busts Act)

George III
1801: United Kingdom
( A Bill for the Further Encouragement of Learning)

George III
1801: United Kingdom
( Copyright Act (parchment copy))

George III
1801: United Kingdom
(* Copyright Act )

George III
1813: United Kingdom
( Petition of the Printers of London and Westminster)

George III
1813: United Kingdom
( Report of the Acts Respecting Copyright)

George III
1813: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report on Acts for the Encouragement of Learning)

George III
1814: United Kingdom
( Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (12 July))

George III
1814: United Kingdom
( Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (15 July))

George III
1814: United Kingdom
( Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (18 May))

George III
1814: United Kingdom
( Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (7 June))

George III
1814: United Kingdom
( Sculpture Copyright Act)

George III
1814: United Kingdom
(* Copyright Act )

George III
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report on the Copyright Acts)

George III
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

George III
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

George III
1830: United Kingdom
( Dramatic Writings Bill)

George III
1832: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May))

George III
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

George III
1833: United Kingdom
( Bill to amend the Laws relating to Dramatic Literary Property)

George III
1833: United Kingdom
(* Dramatic Literary Property Act)

George III
1835: United Kingdom
(* Publication of Lectures Act)

George III
1836: United Kingdom
( Copyright in Prints and Engravings (Ireland) Act)

George III
1838: United Kingdom
( Copyright Bill (27 Feb.))

George III
1838: United Kingdom
( Copyright Bill (6 June))

George III
1839: United Kingdom
( Copyright Bill )

George III
1840: United Kingdom
( Copyright Bill )

George III
1841: United Kingdom
( Copyright Bill )

George III
1842: United Kingdom
( Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (21 April))

George III
1842: United Kingdom
( Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (23 March))

George III
1842: United Kingdom
( Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (4 March))

George III
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

George III
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May))

George III
1842: United Kingdom
(* Copyright Act )

George III
1844: United Kingdom
( International Copyright Bill)

George III
1844: United Kingdom
(* International Copyright Act)

George III
1852: United Kingdom
(* International Copyright Act)

George III
1853: United Kingdom
( Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright)

West, Benjamin
1799: United Kingdom
( Documents concerning the Models and Busts Act)


1738-1822

Herschel, Sir William
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)


1738-1825

Paterson, Capt. Daniel
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise)

Paterson, Capt. Daniel
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1739-1803

La Harpe, Jean François de
1791: France ( Beaumarchais's petition)

La Harpe, Jean François de
1826: France
(* Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission)

La Harpe, Jean François de
1902: France
(* Court of Cassation on moral rights)


1739-1806

Korn, Wilhelm Gottlieb
1765 : Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel )


1739-1815

Bowen, Jabez
1783: USA ( Rhode Island Copyright Statute)

Gaultier de Biauzat, Jean-François
1776: France
(* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers)

Vincent, William
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1740-1784

Gamble, Archibald
1782: USA ( Letter from Smith to Webster)


1740-1786

Canfield, John
1782: USA ( Letter from Smith to Webster)


1740-1795

Boswell, James
1773: United Kingdom (* Hinton v. Donaldson)

Boswell, James
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Boswell, James
1841: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.))

Boswell, James
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Boswell, James
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Boswell, James
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)

Richardson, John
1813: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Richardson, John
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1740-1799

Bacon, John
1799: United Kingdom ( Documents concerning the Models and Busts Act )


1740-1811

Beckford, Peter
1798: United Kingdom (* Beckford v. Hood)


1740-1814

Grose, Nash
1775: United Kingdom (* Stationers' Company v. Carnan)

Grose, Nash
1798: United Kingdom
(* Beckford v. Hood )

Grose, Nash
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Grose, Nash
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters)

Grose, Nash
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


1740-1821

Boudinot, Elias
1783: USA ( Letter from Joel Barlow to the Continental Congress )


1740-1829

Molina, Juan Ignacio
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1740/41-1821

Hargrave, Francis
1774: United Kingdom ( Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property)

Hargrave, Francis
1774: United Kingdom
( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Hargrave, Francis
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Hargrave, Francis
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)


1741-1790

Joseph II
1781 : Germany (* Austrian Statutes on Censorship and Printing)

Joseph II
1785: Germany
( Imperial privilege for Aloysius Blumauer's Travesty of Virgil's "Aeneid")

Joseph II
1790: Germany
(* J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire)

Joseph II
1793: Germany
(* Fichte: Proof of the Unlawfulness of Reprinting)


1741-1794

Chamfort, Nicolas Sébastien Roch
1902: France (* Court of Cassation on moral rights)


1741-1797

Enfield, William
1774: United Kingdom ( Enfield's Observations)

Enfield, William
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)


1741-1801

Lavater, Johann Kaspar
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Lavater, Johann Kaspar
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1741-1804

Izard, Ralph
1782: USA ( Letter from Smith to Webster)

Izard, Ralph
1783: USA
( Continental Congress Resolution)


1741-1806

Goodale, Nathan
1790: USA ( Sample registrations)


1741-1809

Adam, Alexander
1847: USA (* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)


1741-1811

Chase, Samuel
1834: USA (* Wheaton v. Peters)

Chase, Samuel
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)


1741-1812

Malone, Edmond
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1741-1824

Flood, Sir Frederick
1814: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (10 May))

Larpent, John
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)


1742-1786

Scheele, Carl Wilhelm
1776: France (* Fragments on the Freedom of the Press)


1742-1802

Cadell, Thomas, Sr.
1774: United Kingdom ( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents )

Cadell, Thomas, Sr.
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Strutt, Joseph
1813: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Strutt, Joseph
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1742-1807

Reed, Isaac
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Reed, Isaac
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1742-1811

Dundas, Henry, 1st Viscount Melville
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise )

Dundas, Henry, 1st Viscount Melville
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1742-1814

Andrews, Miles Peter
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )

Astley, Philip
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)


1742-1819

Blücher, Gebbard Lebrecht von
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)


1742-1820

Hatsell, John
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1742-1823

Cadwalader, Lambert
1789: USA ( House Joint copyright and patent bill decision)


1742-1825

Chalmers, George
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)


1742-1833

Dacier, Bon-Joseph
1826 : France (* Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission)


1743-1794

Condorcet, Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis de
1776: France (* Fragments on the Freedom of the Press)

Condorcet, Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis de
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")

Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent
1834: France
(* Balzac's letter to authors)


1743-1800

Edwards, Bryan
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise)


1743-1805

Paley, William
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Paley, William
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Paley, William
1839: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.))

Paley, William
1841: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.))

Paley, William
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))


1743-1806

Weygand, Johann Friedrich
1765: Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel)


1743-1809

Cowley, Hannah
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1743-1817

Williams, Rev. Samuel
1790: USA ( Sample registrations)


1743-1822

Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Francis, 2nd Marquess of
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)


1743-1824

Wood, Sir George
1777: United Kingdom (* Bach v. Longman)


1743-1825

Rees, Abraham
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Rees, Abraham
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Rees, Abraham
1840: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (4 Feb.))


1743-1826

Davy, William
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Jefferson, Thomas
1784: USA
( Letter from Noah Webster to James Madison)

Jefferson, Thomas
1841: USA
( Master in Chancery Report)

Jefferson, Thomas
1841: USA
(* Folsom v. Marsh)

Jefferson, Thomas
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

Jefferson, Thomas
1902: USA
( Bleistein's Brief)


1743-1828

Müller, Johann Gottwerth
1793: Germany (* Fichte: Proof of the Unlawfulness of Reprinting)


1743-1831

Freeman, Samuel
1790: USA ( Sample registrations)


1744-1779

Lyttelton, Thomas, 2nd Baron Lyttelton of Frankley
1774: United Kingdom ( The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents)

Lyttelton, Thomas, 2nd Baron Lyttelton of Frankley
1774: United Kingdom
( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Lyttelton, Thomas, 2nd Baron Lyttelton of Frankley
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)

Lyttelton, Thomas, 2nd Baron Lyttelton of Frankley
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)

Lyttelton, Thomas, 2nd Baron Lyttelton of Frankley
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Lyttelton, Thomas, 2nd Baron Lyttelton of Frankley
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)


1744-1797

Frederick William II
1794 : Germany (* Prussian Statute Book (ALR))

Hodges, William
1812: United Kingdom
( Petition of the London Booksellers)

Hodges, William
1813: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1744-1802

Bayley, Thomas Butterworth
1774: United Kingdom ( Enfield's Observations)


1744-1803

Herder, Johann Gottfried
1870: United Kingdom (* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1744-1804

Arden, Sir Richard, 1st Baron Alvanley
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise)

Arden, Sir Richard, 1st Baron Alvanley
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters)

Arden, Sir Richard, 1st Baron Alvanley
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)

Arden, Sir Richard, 1st Baron Alvanley
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1744-1820

Banks, Sir Joseph
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1744-1824

Berger, Daniel
1794 : Germany (* Prussian Statute Book (ALR))


1744-1829

Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, Chevalier de
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)


1745-1806

Holland, Henry
1799: United Kingdom ( Documents concerning the Models and Busts Act )


1745-1809

Holcroft, Thomas
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1745-1811

Remondini, Giuseppe
1780 : Italy (* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents)

Remondini, Giuseppe
1781: Italy
(* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings)


1745-1814

Dibdin, Charles
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1745-1820

Hayley, William
1841: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.))


1745-1826

Murray, Lindley
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

Nichols, John
1813: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Nichols, John
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Nichols, John
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )


1745-1827

Volta, Alessandro Giuseppe Anastasio, Count
1862: France (* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1745-1828

Tucker, Thomas Tudor
1789: USA ( House Joint copyright and patent bill decision)

Tucker, Thomas Tudor
1789: USA
( Ramsay's Petiton House Record)


1745-1829

Jay, John
1841: USA ( Master in Chancery Report)

Jay, John
1841: USA
(* Folsom v. Marsh)


1745-1833

More, Hannah
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

More, Hannah
1841: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.))

More, Hannah
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)


1745-1836

Scott, Sir William, 1st Baron Stowell
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Scott, Sir William, 1st Baron Stowell
1814: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (12 July))


1746-1791

Howard, Thomas, 3rd Earl of Effingham
1774: United Kingdom ( The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House)

Howard, Thomas, 3rd Earl of Effingham
1774: United Kingdom
(* Donaldson v. Becket)


1746-1794

Du Buisson, Paul-Ulrich
1791: France ( Beaumarchais's petition)


1746-1799

Curtis, William
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1746-1800

Billings, William
1772: USA ( William Billings' Printing Privilege)

Billings, William
1772: USA
( William Billings' Second Petition)

Buller, Sir Francis
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Buller, Sir Francis
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)


1746-1815

Lackington, James
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Lackington, James
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1746-1817

Maury, Jean Siffrein
1847: USA (* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)


1746-1820

Grattan, Henry
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)

Wyttenbach, Daniel Albert
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1746-1825

Lindet, Jean-Baptiste Robert
1793: France (* French Literary and Artistic Property Act )

Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth
1787: USA
( Madison's Edited Journal Record)

Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth
1787: USA
( Madison's Journal Record)

Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth
1883: USA
( Burrow-Giles' Brief)

Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth
1883: USA
( Sarony's Brief)


1746-1828

Goya y Lucientes, Francisco José de
1903: USA (* Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.)


1746-1831

Gutch, John
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1747-1785

Henderson, John
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1747-1813

Tytler, Alexander Fraser
1842: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))


1747-1822

Aikin, John
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Aikin, John
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Aikin, John
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Bertuch, Friedrich Justin
1815: Germany
(* Annotated Publishers' Petition to the Congress of Vienna)


1747-1826

MacDonald, Sir Archibald
1773: United Kingdom ( Information for Messrs John Hinton et al )


1747-1828

Coxe, William
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Coxe, William
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1747-1832

Van Schaack, Peter
1772: USA ( Second New York Law Printing Privilege)


1747-1833

O'Keefe, John
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise)

O'Keefe, John
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

O'Keefe, John
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1748-1794

Anisson-Duperron, Etienne
1778: France (* Pluquet's letters)


1748-1805

Holmes, Robert
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1748-1809

Schott, Bernhard
1830: Germany (* Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy )


1748-1811

Lewis, William Thomas
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1748-1816

Johnes, Thomas
1812: United Kingdom ( Petition of the London Booksellers)

Johnes, Thomas
1813: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Johnes, Thomas
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1748-1819

Playfair, John
1842: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May))

Playfair, John
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)


1748-1823

Cecil, James, 1st Marquess of Salisbury
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)


1748-1825

David, Jacques Louis
1841 : France (* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property)


1748-1832

Bentham, Jeremy
1839: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.))

Bentham, Jeremy
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Bentham, Jeremy
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1748-1833

Reinagle, Philip
1853: United Kingdom ( Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright)


1748-1836

Sieyès, Emmanuel Joseph Comte
1790: France (* Sieyès' report)

Sieyès, Emmanuel Joseph Comte
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1748/49-1816

Le Blanc, Sir Simon
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise)


1749-1791

Mirabeau, Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de
1841: France (* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property)

Mirabeau, Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1749-1801

Cimarosa, Domenico
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1749-1802

Fitzgibbon, John, 1st Earl of Clare
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise)

Fitzgibbon, John, 1st Earl of Clare
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1749-1806

Couret de Villeneuve, Louis-Pierre
1776: France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers)

Fox, Charles James
1839: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (9 July))

Fox, Charles James
1840: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.))

Fox, Charles James
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Fox, Charles James
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Fox, Charles James
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1749-1809

Cavallo, Tiberius
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1749-1813

Jeanbon, André
1793 : France (* French Literary and Artistic Property Act)

Parsons, Theophilus
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)


1749-1815

Ramsay, David
1789: USA ( House Joint copyright and patent bill decision)

Ramsay, David
1789: USA
( Ramsay's Petition)

Ramsay, David
1789: USA
( Ramsay's Petiton House Record)

Ramsay, David
1792: USA
( Purcell's Printing Privilege )

Ramsay, David
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)


1749-1819

Forbes, James
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Forbes, James
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Piggott, Sir Arthur Leary
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)


1749-1821

Law, Andrew
1781: USA ( Andrew Law's Privilege)

Law, Andrew
1781: USA
(* Andrew Law's Petition )


1749-1823

Jenner, Edward
1842: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))


1749-1827

Azuni, Domenico Alberto
1847: USA (* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Laplace, Pierre Simon, Marquis de
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Laplace, Pierre Simon, Marquis de
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)


1749-1831

Thomas, Isaiah
1790: USA ( Sample registrations)


1749-1832

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang
1834 : France (* Balzac's letter to authors)

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang
1857: Germany
(* Wächter: "Publishing Right")

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang
1896: USA
( The Question of Copyright)


1749-1840

Daniell, Thomas
1812: United Kingdom ( Petition of the London Booksellers)

Daniell, Thomas
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Daniell, Thomas
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )


1750-1806

Knox, Henry
1841: USA ( Master in Chancery Report)


1750-1817

Curran, John Philpot
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)


1750-1818

Bernard, Sir Thomas
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Ellenborough, Edward Law, 1st Baron
1813: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Ellenborough, Edward Law, 1st Baron
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Ellenborough, Edward Law, 1st Baron
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)

Ellenborough, Edward Law, 1st Baron
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters)

Ellenborough, Edward Law, 1st Baron
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)

Ellenborough, Edward Law, 1st Baron
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (19 July) )

Ellenborough, Edward Law, 1st Baron
1841: USA
(* Folsom v. Marsh)

Ellenborough, Edward Law, 1st Baron
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Ellenborough, Edward Law, 1st Baron
1853: United Kingdom
( Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright)

Ellenborough, Edward Law, 1st Baron
1854: United Kingdom
(* Jeffreys v. Boosey)


1750-1821

Villeprend, Marc
1814: France (* Court of Cassation on compilations)


1750-1822

Hardenberg, Karl August, Fürst von
1878: United Kingdom ( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1750-1823

Erskine, Thomas, 1st Baron
1799: United Kingdom ( Documents concerning the Models and Busts Act)

Erskine, Thomas, 1st Baron
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)

Erskine, Thomas, 1st Baron
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters)

Erskine, Thomas, 1st Baron
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)

Erskine, Thomas, 1st Baron
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Erskine, Thomas, 1st Baron
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1750-1827

Frederick August III
1773 : Germany (* Saxonian Statute)

Schmieder, Christian Gottlieb
1793: Germany
(* Fichte: Proof of the Unlawfulness of Reprinting)

Schmieder, Christian Gottlieb
1799: Germany
(* Kehr: Apology of the Reprinting of Books)


1750-1830

Peel, Sir Robert, Sr.
1839: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.))

Peel, Sir Robert, Sr.
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)


1750-1831

Trumbull, John
1783: USA ( Letter from Joel Barlow to the Continental Congress )


1750-1848

Herschel, Caroline Lucretia
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)


1751-1789

Ledyard, John
1783: USA ( Ledyard Petition Committee Report)

Ledyard, John
1783: USA
( Petition of John Ledyard )

Ledyard, John
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1751-1814

Lawrence, Soulden
1798: United Kingdom (* Beckford v. Hood)

Lawrence, Soulden
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)


1751-1816

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley
1832: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May))

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley
1896: USA
( The Question of Copyright)


1751-1819

Smith, Samuel Stanhope
1782: USA ( Letter from Smith to Webster)


1751-1820

Gibbs, Sir Vicary
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise)

Gibbs, Sir Vicary
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)

Ruding, Rogers
1813: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Ruding, Rogers
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Ruding, Rogers
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )


1751-1830

Donaldson, Sir James
1773: United Kingdom (* Hinton v. Donaldson)

Lally-Tollendal, Gérard de
1826: France
(* Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission)


1751-1832

Simrock, Nikolaus
1829 : Germany ( Music publishers' agreement to ban reprinting)

Simrock, Nikolaus
1830: Germany
(* Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy)


1751-1836

Madison, James
1782: USA ( Letter from Smith to Webster)

Madison, James
1783: USA
( Continental Congress Resolution)

Madison, James
1784: USA
( Letter from Noah Webster to James Madison)

Madison, James
1787: USA
( Madison's Edited Journal Record)

Madison, James
1787: USA
( Madison's Journal Record )

Madison, James
1788: USA
( The Federalist No. 43 )

Madison, James
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters)

Madison, James
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)

Madison, James
1841: USA
(* Folsom v. Marsh)

Madison, James
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Madison, James
1883: USA
( Burrow-Giles' Brief)

Madison, James
1883: USA
( Sarony's Brief)


1751-1837

Smith, William
1789: USA ( Ramsay's Petiton House Record)

Wyndham, George O'Brien, 3rd Earl of Egremont
1799: United Kingdom
( Documents concerning the Models and Busts Act)


1751-1838

Eldon, John Scott, 1st Earl of
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Eldon, John Scott, 1st Earl of
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)

Eldon, John Scott, 1st Earl of
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters)

Eldon, John Scott, 1st Earl of
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)

Eldon, John Scott, 1st Earl of
1835: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Lectures Act (24 Aug.))

Eldon, John Scott, 1st Earl of
1841: USA
(* Folsom v. Marsh)

Eldon, John Scott, 1st Earl of
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Eldon, John Scott, 1st Earl of
1853: United Kingdom
( Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright)

Eldon, John Scott, 1st Earl of
1858: United Kingdom
( Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee)

Eldon, John Scott, 1st Earl of
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)

Eldon, John Scott, 1st Earl of
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1751-1865

Nott, Dr. John
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1752-1770

Chatterton, Thomas
1883: USA ( Sarony's Brief)

Chatterton, Thomas
1893: USA
( Falk v. Donaldson)


1752-1788

Stahlbaum, Christian Friedrich
1765: Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel)


1752-1796

Knigge, Adolph Baron von
1793: Germany (* Fichte: Proof of the Unlawfulness of Reprinting )


1752-1816

Read, Jacob
1792: USA ( Purcell's Printing Privilege)


1752-1817

Dwight, Timothy
1782: USA ( Letter from Smith to Webster)

Dwight, Timothy
1783: USA
( Letter from Joel Barlow to the Continental Congress)

Dwight, Timothy
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1752-1818

Repton, Humphrey
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1752-1821

Barrett, George
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1752-1822

Becker, Rudolph Zacharias
1790: Germany (* J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire)


1752-1828

Göschen, Georg Joachim
1799: Germany (* Kehr: Apology of the Reprinting of Books )

Hansard, Luke
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Hansard, Luke
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April))


1752-1829

Reeves, John
1870: United Kingdom (* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1752-1834

Jacquard, Joseph Marie
1841 : France (* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property)


1752-1840

Burney, Fanny
1842: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))


1752-1843

Chipman, Nathaniel
1790: USA ( Sample registrations)


1752-1844

Duvall, Gabriel
1834: USA ( Letters from Sumner to Story)

Duvall, Gabriel
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)


1752-1845

Sewall, Gen. Henry
1790: USA ( Sample registrations)

Smirke, Robert
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1752/53-1800

Macklin, Thomas
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Macklin, Thomas
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1753-1803

Wignell, Thomas
1790: USA ( Sample registrations)


1753-1805

Churchman, John
1789: USA ( House Joint copyright and patent bill decision)

Churchman, John
1789: USA
( Ramsay's Petiton House Record)

Churchman, John
1790: USA
( Sample registrations )


1753-1813

Randolph, Edmund Jennings
1841: USA ( Master in Chancery Report)


1753-1815

Montagu, George
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Montagu, George
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1753-1816

McHenry, James
1841: USA ( Master in Chancery Report)

Stanhope, Charles, 3rd Earl Stanhope
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1753-1821

Inchbald, Elizabeth, née Simpson
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Inchbald, Elizabeth, née Simpson
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Inchbald, Elizabeth, née Simpson
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)

Inchbald, Elizabeth, née Simpson
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)


1753-1824

Cambacérès, Jean Jacques Régis
1862: France (* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")

Plumer, Sir Thomas
1841: USA
(* Folsom v. Marsh)

Plumer, Sir Thomas
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Plumer, Sir Thomas
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1753-1825

Knapp, Georg Christian
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1753-1828

Stewart, Dugald
1842: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May))

Stewart, Dugald
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)


1753-1829

Thuriot, Jacques-Alexis
1793 : France (* French Literary and Artistic Property Act)


1753-1830

Champein, Stanislas
1826 : France (* Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission)


1753-1831

Roscoe, William
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Roscoe, William
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Roscoe, William
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)


1754-1793

Louis XVI
1776 : France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers )

Louis XVI
1777: France
(* French Decree of 30 August 1777, on the duration of privileges)

Louis XVI
1777: France
(* Royal declaration on sculpture and painting)

Louis XVI
1778: France
(* Pluquet's letters)

Louis XVI
1780: France
(* Dramatic Act)

Louis XVI
1780: Italy
( Venetian Reprint of the French Decree of 30 August 1777, on the duration of privileges)

Louis XVI
1786: France
(* French Decree on Musical Publications)

Louis XVI
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Louis XVI
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")

Roland de la Platière, Marie-Jeanne
1841: France
(* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property )


1754-1794

Le Chapelier, Isaac René Guy
1791: France (* Le Chapelier's report)

Le Chapelier, Isaac René Guy
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")

Le Chapelier, Isaac René Guy
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1754-1812

Barlow, Joel
1782: USA ( Letter from Smith to Webster)

Barlow, Joel
1783: USA
( Letter from Joel Barlow to the Continental Congress)


1754-1816

Courtois, Edme-Bonaventure
1862: France (* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1754-1824

Maurice, Rev Thomas
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Maurice, Rev Thomas
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1754-1832

Crabbe, George
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)


1754-1835

Sinclair, Sir John of Ulbster
1799: United Kingdom ( Documents concerning the Models and Busts Act)


1754-1840

Bonald, Louis Gabriel Ambroise, Vicomte de
1862: France (* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1754-1844

Thacher, James
1841: USA ( Master in Chancery Report)


1755-1798

Blumauer, Aloys
1785: Germany ( Imperial privilege for Aloysius Blumauer's Travesty of Virgil's "Aeneid")


1755-1809

Fourcroy, Antoine François de
1841: France (* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property)

Fourcroy, Antoine François de
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)


1755-1815

Contee, Benjamin
1789: USA ( House Joint copyright and patent bill decision)


1755-1824

Louis XVIII
1814 : France (* Court of Cassation on sculptures)

Louis XVIII
1826: France
(* Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission)

Louis XVIII
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1755-1826

Flaxman, John
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Flaxman, John
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1755-1831

Adams, Hannah
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

Siddons, Sarah, née Kemble
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Siddons, Sarah, née Kemble
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1755-1834

Schuckmann, Kaspar Friedrich von
1827: Germany (* Treaties on reciprocal protection between Prussia and various German States)

Stothard, Thomas
1853: United Kingdom
( Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright)


1755-1835

Marshall, John
1834: USA ( Letters from Sumner to Story)

Marshall, John
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters)

Marshall, John
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)

Marshall, John
1837: USA
( Address of Certain Authors )

Marshall, John
1838: USA
( Report, from the Committee on Patents)

Marshall, John
1841: USA
( Master in Chancery Report )

Marshall, John
1841: USA
(* Folsom v. Marsh)

Marshall, John
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

Marshall, John
1883: USA
( Sarony's Brief)


1755-1836

Graham, James, 3rd Duke of Montrose
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)


1755-1839

Bancroft, Aaron
1841: USA ( Master in Chancery Report)


1755-1841

Barrère de Vieuzac, Bertrand
1862: France (* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1755-1843

Hahnemann, Christian Friedrich Samuel
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright )


1756-1791

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
1834: France (* Balzac's letter to authors)


1756-1801

Wakefield, Gilbert
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Wakefield, Gilbert
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Wakefield, Gilbert
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)


1756-1811

Kayser, Albrecht Christoph
1790: Germany (* J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire)


1756-1812

Cooke, George Frederick
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1756-1819

Billaud-Varenne, Jacques Nicolas
1793: France (* French Literary and Artistic Property Act )


1756-1825

Bourbon-Conti, Amélie Gabrielle Stephanie Louise de
1790: USA ( Sample registrations )

Lens, John
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )


1756-1826

Gifford, William
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Gifford, William
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)


1756-1828

Boissy d'Anglas, François Antoine de
1841: France (* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property)


1756-1829

Egerton, Francis Henry, 8th Earl of Bridgewater
1838: USA ( Memorial of the New York Typographical Society)

Egerton, Francis Henry, 8th Earl of Bridgewater
1838: USA
( Report, from the Committee on Patents)


1756-1836

McAdam, John Loudon
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise)


1756-1839

Lodge, Sir Edmund
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Lodge, Sir Edmund
1837: USA
( Petition of British Authors)


1756-1841

Noël, François-Joseph-Michel
1862: France (* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1757-1815

Reeve, William
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1757-1817

Burney, Charles Jr.
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1757-1818

Romilly, Samuel
1813: United Kingdom ( Petition of the Printers of London and Westminster)

Romilly, Samuel
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Romilly, Samuel
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May))

Romilly, Samuel
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Romilly, Samuel
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Romilly, Samuel
1853: United Kingdom
( Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright)

Romilly, Samuel
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Romilly, Samuel
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)

Romilly, Samuel
1902: USA
( Bleistein: Donaldson Lithographing Co. Brief)


1757-1820

Volney, Constantin François Chasseboeuf, Comte de
1862: France (* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1757-1821

Fontanes, Louis, Marquis de
1862: France (* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1757-1822

Sowerby, James
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Sowerby, James
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1757-1823

Kemble, John Philip
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1757-1826

Tyler, Royall
1790: USA ( Sample registrations)


1757-1829

Abbot, Charles, 1st Baron Colchester
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1757-1831

Stein, Heinrich Friedrich Carl, Baron vom
1878: United Kingdom ( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1757-1832

Cooke, William
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1757-1834

Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Motier, Marquis de
1785: USA ( Virginia Copyright Statute)

Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Motier, Marquis de
1841: USA
( Master in Chancery Report)


1757-1835

Bankes, Henry
1814: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (19 May))

Kummer, Paul Gotthelf
1815: Germany
(* Annotated Publishers' Petition to the Congress of Vienna)


1757-1836

Charles X
1826 : France (* Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission)

Charles X
1830: USA
( Judiciary Committee Report )

Charles X
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Charles X
1834: France
(* Balzac's letter to authors )

Charles X
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1757-1837

Davenport, Davies
1853: United Kingdom ( Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright)


1757-1838

Hume, David
1842: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Villiers, John
1813: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Villiers, John
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Villiers, John
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


1757-1839

Alison, Archibald
1839: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.))


1757-1842

Paine, Elijah
1828: USA ( Letter from Donaldson to Wheaton)

Paine, Elijah
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters)

Paine, Elijah
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)


1758-1794

Robespierre, Maximilien Marie Isidore de
1862: France (* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1758-1796

Sibthorpe, John
1812: United Kingdom ( Petition of the London Booksellers)

Sibthorpe, John
1813: United Kingdom
( Petition of the Printers of London and Westminster)

Sibthorpe, John
1813: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Sibthorpe, John
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Sibthorpe, John
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )


1758-1805

Nelson, Horatio, Viscount Nelson
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Nelson, Horatio, Viscount Nelson
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Nelson, Horatio, Viscount Nelson
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)

Nelson, Horatio, Viscount Nelson
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Nelson, Horatio, Viscount Nelson
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


1758-1815

Whitbread, Samuel
1799: United Kingdom ( Documents concerning the Models and Busts Act )

Whitbread, Samuel
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)


1758-1816

Dampier, Sir Henry
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise)


1758-1822

Kemble, Stephen
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1758-1823

Christian, Edward
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Christian, Edward
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)

Christian, Edward
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters)

Christian, Edward
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)

Christian, Edward
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


1758-1827

Eddy, Thomas
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1758-1831

Holroyd, Sir George Sowley
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise)

Holroyd, Sir George Sowley
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1758-1832

Munden, Joseph Shepherd
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )

Whiter, Walter
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1758-1834

Bowyer, Robert
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Bowyer, Robert
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Spencer, George John Spencer, 2nd Earl
1813: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1758-1835

Taylor, Thomas
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)


1758-1837

Mavor, William Fordyce
1878: United Kingdom ( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)

Worcester, Noah
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1758-1838

Colt Hoare, Sir Richard
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise)


1758-1840

Locré, Jean-Guillaume, Baron de
1847: USA (* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright )

Locré, Jean-Guillaume, Baron de
1902: France
(* Court of Cassation on moral rights)


1758-1843

Webster, Noah
1782: USA ( Letter from Smith to Webster)

Webster, Noah
1784: USA
( Letter from Noah Webster to James Madison)

Webster, Noah
1826: USA
( Letter from Daniel Webster to Noah Webster)

Webster, Noah
1826: USA
( Letter from Noah Webster to Daniel Webster)

Webster, Noah
1831: USA
( House Debate)

Webster, Noah
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters)

Webster, Noah
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)

Webster, Noah
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (20 March))

Webster, Noah
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

Webster, Noah
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Webster, Noah
1853: USA
(* Stowe v. Thomas)

Webster, Noah
1883: USA
( Burrow-Giles' Brief)

Webster, Noah
1883: USA
( Sarony's Brief)

Webster, Noah
1896: USA
( The Question of Copyright )


1759-1796

Burns, Robert
1839: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.))

Burns, Robert
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Burns, Robert
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Burns, Robert
1853: USA
(* Stowe v. Thomas)

Burns, Robert
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1759-1805

Schiller, Friedrich
1794: Germany (* Contract between Schiller and Cotta)

Schiller, Friedrich
1815: Germany
(* Annotated Publishers' Petition to the Congress of Vienna)

Schiller, Friedrich
1834: France
(* Balzac's letter to authors)

Schiller, Friedrich
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Schiller, Friedrich
1857: Germany
(* Wächter: "Publishing Right")

Schiller, Friedrich
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)

Schiller, Friedrich
1896: USA
( The Question of Copyright)


1759-1806

Pitt, William 'the Younger'
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)

Pitt, William 'the Younger'
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1759-1808

Porson, Richard
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Porson, Richard
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )


1759-1817

Dallas, Alexander James
1834: USA (* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)


1759-1821

Whitaker, Thomas Dunham
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1759-1828

Smith, Sir James Edward
1813: United Kingdom ( Petition of the Printers of London and Westminster)

Smith, Sir James Edward
1813: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1759-1831

Schleusner, Johann Friedrich
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Schleusner, Johann Friedrich
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1759-1833

Andrieux, François Guillaume Jean Stanislaw
1826: France (* Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission)

Wilberforce, William
1841: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.))

Wilberforce, William
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))


1759-1835

Bensley, Thomas
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Bensley, Thomas
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1759-1840

Pratt, John Jeffreys Pratt, 2nd Earl and 1st Marquess Camden
1839: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (9 July))


1759-1843

Davenport, Mary Ann, née Harvey
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)


1759-1850

Kirby, William
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Kirby, William
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Kirby, William
1837: USA
( Petition of British Authors )


1760-1797

Blanchard, Thomas
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1760-1814

Tomkins, Petro William
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1760-1825

Saint-Simon, Claude Henri de Rouvroy, Comte de
1862: France (* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1760-1826

Garrard, George
1799: United Kingdom ( Documents concerning the Models and Busts Act )


1760-1832

Birnie, Sir Richard
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )

Havell, Robert, Sr.
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1760-1834

Leach, Sir John
1847: USA (* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Leach, Sir John
1853: United Kingdom
( Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright)

Leach, Sir John
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1760-1836

Rouget de Lisle, Claude Joseph
1841: France (* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property)

Rouget de Lisle, Claude Joseph
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1760-1839

Carey, Matthew
1834: USA (* Wheaton v. Peters)

Carey, Matthew
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)


1760-1840

Garrow, Sir William
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise)


1760-1844

Duponceau, Peter Stephen
1834: USA (* Wheaton v. Peters)

Duponceau, Peter Stephen
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)


1760-1846

Clarkson, Thomas
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)


1761-1815

Alsop, Richard
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1761-1816

Jordan, Dorothy, née Bland
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)


1761-1819

Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angély, Count Michel-Louis-Etienne
1902: France (* Court of Cassation on moral rights)


1761-1821

Rennie, John, 'the Elder'
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1761-1826

Morse, Jedidiah
1790: USA ( Sample registrations)

Morse, Jedidiah
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

Morse, Jedidiah
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)


1761-1834

Taylor, Josiah
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1761-1836

Raynouard, François Juste Marie
1826: France (* Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission)


1761-1842

Kellogg, Rev. Elijah, Sr.
1790: USA ( Sample registrations)

Lambert, Aylmer Bourke
1813: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Lambert, Aylmer Bourke
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1761-1849

Gallatin, Albert
1843: USA ( An Address to the People of the United States)


1761-1851

Paulus, Heinrich Eberhard Gottlob
1846: Germany ( Expert Opinion on Schelling v. Paulus)


1762-1794

Chénier, Marie André
1834: France (* Balzac's letter to authors)


1762-1802

Shaw, Rev Stebbing
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Shaw, Rev Stebbing
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1762-1814

Fichte, Johann Gottlieb
1793 : Germany (* Fichte: Proof of the Unlawfulness of Reprinting)

Fichte, Johann Gottlieb
1815: Germany
(* Annotated Publishers' Petition to the Congress of Vienna)

Fichte, Johann Gottlieb
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")

Fichte, Johann Gottlieb
1877: Germany
(* Gareis: Juridical Nature of Author's Rights)

Fichte, Johann Gottlieb
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1762-1816

Bawdwen, William
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Bawdwen, William
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)

Willyams, Rev Cooper
1813: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Willyams, Rev Cooper
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1762-1824

Rowson, Susanna, née Haswell
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)


1762-1829

Buchanan, Dr Francis
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Buchanan, Dr Francis
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Washington, Bushrod
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters)

Washington, Bushrod
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)

Washington, Bushrod
1841: USA
(* Folsom v. Marsh)

Washington, Bushrod
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)


1762-1830

George IV
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise)

George IV
1830: United Kingdom
( Dramatic Writings Bill)

George IV
1832: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May))

George IV
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)


1762-1832

Abbott, Charles
1853: United Kingdom ( Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright)

Tenterden, Charles Abbott, 1st Baron
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)

Tenterden, Charles Abbott, 1st Baron
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Tenterden, Charles Abbott, 1st Baron
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Tenterden, Charles Abbott, 1st Baron
1854: United Kingdom
(* Jeffreys v. Boosey)

Tenterden, Charles Abbott, 1st Baron
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1762-1836

Colman, George, Jr.
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1762-1837

Brydges, Sir Samuel Egerton
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Brydges, Sir Samuel Egerton
1814: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (18 July))

Brydges, Sir Samuel Egerton
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Brydges, Sir Samuel Egerton
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)

Brydges, Sir Samuel Egerton
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May))

Brydges, Sir Samuel Egerton
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Klüber, Johann Ludwig
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


1762-1841

Tomlins, Sir Thomas Edlyne
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1762-1845

Dundas, William
1814: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (18 July))

Lakanal, Joseph
1793: France
(* French Literary and Artistic Property Act)

Lakanal, Joseph
1826: France
(* Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission)

Lakanal, Joseph
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Lakanal, Joseph
1902: France
(* Court of Cassation on moral rights)


1762-1846

Martin, François Xavier
1790: USA ( Sample registrations)


1762-1851

Baillie, Joanna
1837: USA ( Petition of British Authors)

Baillie, Joanna
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Baillie, Joanna
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)


1762-1852

Bowles, William Lisle
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Bowles, William Lisle
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Bowles, William Lisle
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)


1763-1796

Storace, Stephen
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise)


1763-1816

Joyce, Jeremiah
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1763-1819

Lysons, Samuel
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Lysons, Samuel
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )


1763-1825

Richter, Johann Paul Friedrich
1870: United Kingdom (* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1763-1826

Incledon, Benjamin Charles
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Talma, François Joseph
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)


1763-1829

Fouché, Joseph, Duke of Otranto
1862: France (* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1763-1841

Bayley, Sir John
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise)

Bayley, Sir John
1853: United Kingdom
( Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright)

Bayley, Sir John
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1763-1845

Todd, Rev. Henry John
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1763-1847

Kent, James
1834: USA (* Wheaton v. Peters)

Kent, James
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Kent, James
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Kent, James
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

Kent, James
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Kent, James
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1763-1855

Rogers, Samuel
1837: USA ( Petition of British Authors)

Rogers, Samuel
1841: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.))

Rogers, Samuel
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Rogers, Samuel
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)


1764-1808

Mildmay, Sir Henry St. John
1799: United Kingdom ( Documents concerning the Models and Busts Act)


1764-1823

Radcliffe, Ann, née Ward
1896: USA ( Treloar Copyright Bill (H.R. 5976))


1764-1829

Buttman, Philipp Karl
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1764-1831

Abernethy, John
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise)

Abernethy, John
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)

Abernethy, John
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)

Hall, Robert
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)


1764-1832

Cotta, Johann Friedrich
1794: Germany (* Contract between Schiller and Cotta)


1764-1833

Waithman, Robert
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1764-1834

Ackerman, Rudolph
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1764-1838

Morton, Thomas
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1764-1846

Jouy, Victor Joseph Étienne de
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)


1764-1847

East, Sir Edward Hyde
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1764-1848

Barrow, Sir John
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)

Barrow, Sir John
1873: USA
( Committee on the Library Report)

Barrow, Sir John
1874: United Kingdom
( Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright)


1764-1851

Dowton, William
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1764-1854

Perkins, Thomas
1838: USA ( Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston)


1764-1857

Elphinstone, Hester Maria, née Thrale
1842: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))


1765-1802

Russell, Francis, 5th Duke of Bedford
1799: United Kingdom ( Documents concerning the Models and Busts Act)

Russell, Francis, 5th Duke of Bedford
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)


1765-1815

Fulton, Robert
1841 : France (* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property)

Fulton, Robert
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)


1765-1819

Somerville, John Southey, 15th Lord
1799: United Kingdom ( Documents concerning the Models and Busts Act)


1765-1832

Mackintosh, Sir James
1814: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (18 July))

Mackintosh, Sir James
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (20 March) )

Mackintosh, Sir James
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Mackintosh, Sir James
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)


1765-1837

William IV
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )

William IV
1833: United Kingdom
( Bill to amend the Laws relating to Dramatic Literary Property)

William IV
1833: United Kingdom
(* Dramatic Literary Property Act)

William IV
1835: United Kingdom
( Publication of Lectures Bill)

William IV
1835: United Kingdom
(* Publication of Lectures Act)

William IV
1836: United Kingdom
( Copyright in Prints and Engravings (Ireland) Act)

William IV
1838: United Kingdom
( Copyright Bill (27 Feb.))

William IV
1838: United Kingdom
( Copyright Bill (6 June))

William IV
1839: United Kingdom
( Copyright Bill )

William IV
1840: United Kingdom
( Copyright Bill )

William IV
1841: United Kingdom
( Copyright Bill )

William IV
1842: United Kingdom
( Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (21 April))

William IV
1842: United Kingdom
( Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (23 March))

William IV
1842: United Kingdom
( Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (4 March))

William IV
1842: United Kingdom
(* Copyright Act )

William IV
1844: United Kingdom
( International Copyright Bill)

William IV
1844: United Kingdom
(* International Copyright Act)

William IV
1852: United Kingdom
(* International Copyright Act)


1765-1843

Lacroix, Sylvestre François de
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1765-1844

Nicholson, Peter
1838: USA ( Memorial of the New York Typographical Society)

Nicholson, Peter
1838: USA
( Report, from the Committee on Patents)


1765-1845

Adolphus, John
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1765-1848

Dubois, Jean-Antoine
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1765-1854

Thibaudeau, Antoine
1862: France (* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1766-1813

Wilson, Alexander
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)

Wilson, Alexander
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1766-1817

Storace, Anna Selina
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise)


1766-1822

Price, Jonathan
1790: USA ( Sample registrations)


1766-1828

Wollaston, William Hyde
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)


1766-1834

Malthus, Thomas Robert
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)

Malthus, Thomas Robert
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1766-1836

Smith, Sir William Cusack
1814: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (18 July))


1766-1837

Botta, Carlo Giuseppe Guglielmo
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

Latour, Théodore
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)


1766-1839

Dunlap, William
1837: USA ( Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States )

Dunlap, William
1838: USA
( Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston)

Dunlap, William
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1766-1841

Elgin, Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1766-1844

Dalton, John
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)

Hope, Thomas Charles
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))


1766-1847

Böhme, Johann August
1829: Germany ( Music publishers' agreement to ban reprinting)

Pitkin, Timothy
1841: USA
( Master in Chancery Report )


1766-1848

D'Israeli, Isaac
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

D'Israeli, Isaac
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)

D'Israeli, Isaac
1837: USA
( Petition of British Authors)

D'Israeli, Isaac
1838: USA
( Report, from the Committee on Patents)


1766-1851

Andrews, Ebenezer Turrell
1790: USA ( Sample registrations)


1766-1853

Appleton, Samuel A.
1838: USA ( Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston)


1767-1821

Evans, Sir William David
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise)

Evans, Sir William David
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Evans, Sir William David
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1767-1824

Girodet de Roussy-Trioson, Anne-Louis
1834: France (* Balzac's letter to authors )


1767-1830

Constant de Rebecque, Henri Benjamin
1862: France (* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" )


1767-1832

Dodwell, Edward
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Dodwell, Edward
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Say, Jean Baptiste
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")

Say, Jean Baptiste
1880: Germany
(* Kohler: Author's Right)


1767-1839

Giddy, Davies
1812: United Kingdom ( Petition of the London Booksellers)

Giddy, Davies
1813: United Kingdom
( Petition of the Printers of London and Westminster)

Giddy, Davies
1813: United Kingdom
( Report of the Acts Respecting Copyright)

Giddy, Davies
1813: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Giddy, Davies
1814: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (10 May))

Giddy, Davies
1814: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (12 July))

Giddy, Davies
1814: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (18 July))

Giddy, Davies
1814: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (19 May))

Giddy, Davies
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (9 May))

Giddy, Davies
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Michaud, Joseph François
1826: France
(* Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission)


1767-1842

Duval, Alexandre-Vincent Pineux
1826: France (* Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission)

Littledale, Joseph
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)


1767-1844

Woodfall, George
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1767-1845

Best, William Draper
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise)

Best, William Draper
1853: United Kingdom
( Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright)

Jackson, Andrew
1834: USA
( Letters from Sumner to Story )

Knapp, John Leonard
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1767-1848

Adams, John Quincy
1828: USA ( Letter from Donaldson to Wheaton)

Adams, John Quincy
1843: USA
( An Address to the People of the United States)

Adams, John Quincy
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)


1767-1849

Lyell, Charles
1837: USA ( Petition of British Authors)


1768-1830

Danckelmann, Heinrich Wilhelm August Alexander, Count von
1827: Germany (* Treaties on reciprocal protection between Prussia and various German States)


1768-1831

Duppa, Richard
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Duppa, Richard
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )


1768-1835

Lainé, Joseph Henri Joachim
1826: France (* Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission)


1768-1837

Donovan, Edward
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Donovan, Edward
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Fawcett, John
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Thornton, Robert John
1813: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Thornton, Robert John
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1768-1841

Cooper, Sir Astley Paston
1842: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))


1768-1842

Harris, Thaddeus Mason
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

Porter, Robert
1834: USA
( Letters from Sumner to Story )


1768-1843

Thompson, Smith
1828: USA ( Letter from Donaldson to Wheaton)

Thompson, Smith
1834: USA
( Letters from Sumner to Story )

Thompson, Smith
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters)

Thompson, Smith
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)

Thompson, Smith
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Thompson, Smith
1879: USA
( Baker's Argument)

Thompson, Smith
1879: USA
(* Baker v. Selden)

Thompson, Smith
1890: USA
( Report on H.R. 10881)

Thompson, Smith
1902: USA
( Bleistein: Donaldson Lithographing Co. Brief)


1768-1847

Turner, Sharon
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Turner, Sharon
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Turner, Sharon
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )


1768-1848

Chateaubriand, François René, Vicomte de
1834: France (* Balzac's letter to authors )

Chateaubriand, François René, Vicomte de
1841: France
(* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property )

Chateaubriand, François René, Vicomte de
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1768-1849

Edgeworth, Maria
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Edgeworth, Maria
1837: USA
( Petition of British Authors)

Edgeworth, Maria
1837: USA
(* Senate Report)

Edgeworth, Maria
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)


1769-1819

Anstruther, Sir Alexander
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Hartknoch, Johann Friedrich Jr
1815: Germany
(* Annotated Publishers' Petition to the Congress of Vienna)


1769-1821

Napoleon I
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Napoleon I
1815: Germany
(* Annotated Publishers' Petition to the Congress of Vienna)

Napoleon I
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Napoleon I
1834: France
(* Balzac's letter to authors )

Napoleon I
1837: USA
( Address of Certain Authors )

Napoleon I
1840: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.))

Napoleon I
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Napoleon I
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Napoleon I
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")

Napoleon I
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)

Napoleon I
1896: USA
( Treloar Copyright Bill (H.R. 5976))

Napoleon I
1902: France
(* Court of Cassation on moral rights)


1769-1822

Clarke, Edward Daniel
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Clarke, Edward Daniel
1840: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (4 Feb.))

Clarke, Edward Daniel
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)


1769-1825

Dubost, Antoine
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise)


1769-1828

Clinton, DeWitt
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

Picard, Louis-Benoît
1826: France
(* Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission)


1769-1829

Taylor, John Louis
1790: USA ( Sample registrations)


1769-1830

Lawrence, Sir Thomas
1878: United Kingdom ( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1769-1832

Cuvier, Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert, baron
1826: France (* Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission)

Cuvier, Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert, baron
1834: France
(* Balzac's letter to authors)

Cuvier, Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert, baron
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (9 May))

Cuvier, Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert, baron
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

Cuvier, Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert, baron
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Cuvier, Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert, baron
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)

Cuvier, Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert, baron
1880: Germany
(* Kohler: Author's Right)


1769-1835

Bernstorff, Christian Günther, Count von
1827: Germany (* Treaties on reciprocal protection between Prussia and various German States)

Hosack, David
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1769-1837

Daniell, William
1812: United Kingdom ( Petition of the London Booksellers)

Daniell, William
1813: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Daniell, William
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Daniell, William
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)


1769-1838

Schlesinger, Adolf Martin
1829: Germany ( Music publishers' agreement to ban reprinting)


1769-1842

Fergusson, James
1853: United Kingdom ( Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright)


1769-1844

Scarlett, James
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise)

Scarlett, James
1854: United Kingdom
(* Jeffreys v. Boosey )

Scarlett, James
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1769-1847

Howard, Henry
1853: United Kingdom ( Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright)


1769-1849

Kamptz, Karl Albert von
1837: Germany (* Prussian Copyright Act)

Kamptz, Karl Albert von
1838: Germany
( Ordinance on the Establishment of Societies of Copyright Experts )


1769-1850

Monteil, Amans-Alexis
1834 : France (* Balzac's letter to authors)

Shee, Sir Martin Archer
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Shee, Sir Martin Archer
1853: United Kingdom
( Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright)


1769-1851

Odiorne, Thomas
1838: USA ( Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston)


1769-1852

Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise )

Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of
1839: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.))

Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of
1841: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.))

Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of
1841: USA
(* Folsom v. Marsh)

Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)

Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1769-1853

Opie, Amelia
1837: USA ( Petition of British Authors)


1769-1855

Cranch, William
1828: USA ( Letter from Peters to Donaldson)

Cranch, William
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters)

Cranch, William
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)


1769-1859

Humboldt, Alexander, Baron von
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Humboldt, Alexander, Baron von
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)

Humboldt, Alexander, Baron von
1852: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (13 Feb.) )

Humboldt, Alexander, Baron von
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Humboldt, Alexander, Baron von
1880: Germany
(* Kohler: Author's Right)


176-217

Caracalla
1511: Germany ( Imperial Privilege for Konrad Peutinger)


1770-1804

Tobin, John
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1770-1820

Thistlewood, Arthur
1870: United Kingdom (* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1770-1827

Beethoven, Ludwig van
1834 : France (* Balzac's letter to authors)

Beethoven, Ludwig van
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)

Beethoven, Ludwig van
1880: Germany
(* Kohler: Author's Right)

Canning, George
1840: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.))

Canning, George
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Hamilton, Lord Archibald
1813: United Kingdom
( Petition of the Printers of London and Westminster)


1770-1831

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
1821: Germany (* Hegel: Remarks on Intellectual Property )

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1770-1835

Hogg, James
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)


1770-1838

Clark, William
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1770-1840

Frederick William III
1827: Germany (* Treaties on reciprocal protection between Prussia and various German States)

Frederick William III
1837: Germany
(* Directive for reciprocal copyright protection within the German Confederation)

Frederick William III
1837: Germany
(* Prussian Copyright Act)

Frederick William III
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


1770-1841

Brent, Daniel Carroll
1834: USA (* Wheaton v. Peters)

Brent, Daniel Carroll
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)


1770-1842

Hopkinson, Joseph
1834: USA (* Wheaton v. Peters)

Hopkinson, Joseph
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)


1770-1843

Abercromby, George, 2nd Baron Abercromby
1842: United Kingdom (* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Bell, George Joseph
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)


1770-1844

Annesley, George, 9th Viscount Valentia
1812: United Kingdom ( Petition of the London Booksellers)

Annesley, George, 9th Viscount Valentia
1813: United Kingdom
( Petition of the Printers of London and Westminster)

Annesley, George, 9th Viscount Valentia
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)


1770-1846

Nagler, Karl Ferdinand Friedrich von
1838: Germany ( Ordinance on the Establishment of Societies of Copyright Experts)

Wetherell, Sir Charles
1832: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May) )

Wetherell, Sir Charles
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)


1770-1850

Kidd, Thomas
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Wordsworth, William
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April))

Wordsworth, William
1839: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.))

Wordsworth, William
1840: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.))

Wordsworth, William
1841: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.))

Wordsworth, William
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Wordsworth, William
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May))

Wordsworth, William
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Wordsworth, William
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Wordsworth, William
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Wordsworth, William
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1770-1851

Montagu, Basil
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)


1770-1854

Clint, George
1853: United Kingdom ( Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright)


1770-1859

Maltby, Edward
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1770-1860

Schönberg, Moritz Haubold, Baron von
1827: Germany (* Treaties on reciprocal protection between Prussia and various German States)


1771-1806

Park, Mungo
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)


1771-1810

Brown, Charles Brockden
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)


1771-1832

Scott, Sir Walter
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Scott, Sir Walter
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Scott, Sir Walter
1832: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May) )

Scott, Sir Walter
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Scott, Sir Walter
1834: France
(* Balzac's letter to authors)

Scott, Sir Walter
1837: USA
( Address of Certain Authors)

Scott, Sir Walter
1837: USA
( Petition of British Authors)

Scott, Sir Walter
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April))

Scott, Sir Walter
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (9 May))

Scott, Sir Walter
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (19 July) )

Scott, Sir Walter
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (20 March) )

Scott, Sir Walter
1838: USA
( Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston)

Scott, Sir Walter
1838: USA
( Memorial of the New York Typographical Society)

Scott, Sir Walter
1838: USA
( Report, from the Committee on Patents)

Scott, Sir Walter
1839: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.))

Scott, Sir Walter
1840: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (4 Feb.))

Scott, Sir Walter
1841: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.))

Scott, Sir Walter
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Scott, Sir Walter
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May))

Scott, Sir Walter
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Scott, Sir Walter
1852: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (13 Feb.) )

Scott, Sir Walter
1853: United Kingdom
( Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright)

Scott, Sir Walter
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Scott, Sir Walter
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)

Scott, Sir Walter
1880: Germany
(* Kohler: Author's Right)

Scott, Sir Walter
1896: USA
( The Question of Copyright)


1771-1834

Johnson, William
1841: USA ( Master in Chancery Report)


1771-1835

Gros, Antoine-Jean, Baron
1841: France ( Court of Cassation on artistic property )

Gros, Antoine-Jean, Baron
1842: France
(* Court of Cassation on artistic property)


1771-1836

Ottley, William Young
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1771-1840

Lemercier, Népomucène
1826: France (* Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission)


1771-1841

Dibdin, Thomas John
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1771-1842

Longman, Thomas Norton
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Longman, Thomas Norton
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Longman, Thomas Norton
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Longman, Thomas Norton
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May))

Longman, Thomas Norton
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1771-1845

Smith, Sydney
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)


1771-1851

Lingard, John
1842: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))


1771-1854

Montgomery, James
1837: USA ( Petition of British Authors)

Place, Francis
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)


1771-1857

Britton, John
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Britton, John
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1771-1858

Owen, Robert
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)


1772-1823

Ricardo, David
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)


1772-1825

Courier, Paul Louis
1834 : France (* Balzac's letter to authors)


1772-1826

Rhodes, William Barnes
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1772-1829

Auger, Louis-Simon
1826 : France (* Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission)


1772-1832

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
1838: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April))

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
1839: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.))

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
1841: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.))

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
1896: USA
( The Question of Copyright)


1772-1834

Porter, Ebenezer
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1772-1836

Ruthven, Edward Southwell
1835: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Lectures Act (26 Aug.))


1772-1840

Thibaut, Anton Friedrich Justus
1846: Germany ( Expert Opinion on Schelling v. Paulus )


1772-1842

Gérando, Joseph Marie, baron de
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials )


1772-1845

Cook, George
1839: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.))


1772-1851

Alexander, Archibald
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

Alexander, Archibald
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)


1772-1852

Walsh, Rev. Robert
1840: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.))


1772-1853

Pardessus, Jean-Marie
1826 : France (* Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission)

Pardessus, Jean-Marie
1845: France
(* Court of Appeal on translations)

Pardessus, Jean-Marie
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Pardessus, Jean-Marie
1853: Germany
(* Bluntschli: On Authors' Rights)

Pardessus, Jean-Marie
1853: USA
(* Stowe v. Thomas)


1772-1859

Werther, Heinrich Wilhelm von
1838: Germany ( Ordinance on the Establishment of Societies of Copyright Experts)


1772-1863

Copley, John Singleton, 1st Baron Lyndhurst
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise )

Copley, John Singleton, 1st Baron Lyndhurst
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May))

Copley, John Singleton, 1st Baron Lyndhurst
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May))

Copley, John Singleton, 1st Baron Lyndhurst
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Copley, John Singleton, 1st Baron Lyndhurst
1853: United Kingdom
( Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright)

Copley, John Singleton, 1st Baron Lyndhurst
1853: USA
(* Stowe v. Thomas)

Copley, John Singleton, 1st Baron Lyndhurst
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)

Copley, John Singleton, 1st Baron Lyndhurst
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1773-1827

Woodhouse, Robert
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1773-1836

Cadell, Thomas, Jr.
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Mill, James
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)


1773-1838

Bowditch, Nathaniel
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

Bowditch, Nathaniel
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)


1773-1841

Campbell, Vice-Admiral Sir Patrick
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise)


1773-1842

Sismondi, Jean Charles Léonard Simond de
1862: France (* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1773-1843

Winston, James
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1773-1846

Bostock, John
1837: USA ( Petition of British Authors)


1773-1850

Frey, Joseph Samuel Christian Frederick
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials )

Jeffrey, Francis Jeffrey, Lord
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Louis-Philippe
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (9 May))

Louis-Philippe
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Louis-Philippe
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1773-1854

Aikin, Arthur
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1773-1859

Metternich, Clemens Lothar Wenzel von
1840: Germany (* Bilateral Treaty between Austria and Sardinia)


1773-1861

Einsiedel, Detlev, Count von
1827: Germany (* Treaties on reciprocal protection between Prussia and various German States)


1773-1863

Thorburn, Grant
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1774-1809

Lewis, Meriwether
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1774-1827

Constable, Archibald
1837: USA ( Address of Certain Authors)


1774-1831

Elliston, Robert William
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1774-1839

Bentinck, Lord William Cavendish
1878: United Kingdom ( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1774-1842

Bell, Sir Charles
1837: USA ( Petition of British Authors)

Bell, Sir Charles
1853: United Kingdom
( Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright)

Hector, C. J.
1835: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Lectures Act (26 Aug.))


1774-1843

Southey, Robert
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Southey, Robert
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Southey, Robert
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Southey, Robert
1837: USA
( Petition of British Authors )

Southey, Robert
1837: USA
(* Senate Report)

Southey, Robert
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April))

Southey, Robert
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (9 May))

Southey, Robert
1839: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.))

Southey, Robert
1840: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.))

Southey, Robert
1841: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (29 Jan.))

Southey, Robert
1841: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.))

Southey, Robert
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Southey, Robert
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Southey, Robert
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Southey, Robert
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1774-1848

Baring, Alexander, 1st Baron Ashburton
1872: United Kingdom ( Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright)

Grant, Sir John Peter, of Rothiemurchus
1813: United Kingdom
( Petition of the Printers of London and Westminster)

Grant, Sir John Peter, of Rothiemurchus
1814: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (18 July))


1774-1852

Arnold, Samuel James
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )

Schmid, Karl Ernst
1880: Germany
(* Kohler: Author's Right)


1774-1857

Dick, Rev. Thomas
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)


1774/75-1844

Scholefield, Joshua
1853: United Kingdom ( Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright)


1775-1813

Murray, Alexander
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1775-1817

Austen, Jane
1842: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Austen, Jane
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)


1775-1818

Lewis, Matthew Gregory
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1775-1822

Boswell, Sir Alexander
1842: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))


1775-1826

Allen, Paul
1841: USA ( Master in Chancery Report)


1775-1829

Grolmann, Karl Ludwig Wilhelm von
1824: Germany (* Neustetel: The Reprinting of Books)

Grolmann, Karl Ludwig Wilhelm von
1857: Germany
(* Wächter: "Publishing Right")


1775-1834

Lamb, Charles
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)

Tittmann, Karl August
1857: Germany
(* Wächter: "Publishing Right")


1775-1840

Bonaparte, Lucien, 1st Prince of Canino
1837: USA ( Petition of British Authors)


1775-1842

André, Johann Anton
1830: Germany (* Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy)


1775-1847

O'Connell, Daniel
1832: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May))

O'Connell, Daniel
1839: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.))

O'Connell, Daniel
1840: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (4 Feb.))

O'Connell, Daniel
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


1775-1848

Kehr, Ludwig Christian
1799 : Germany (* Kehr: Apology of the Reprinting of Books)


1775-1850

Williams-Wynn, Charles Watkins
1813: United Kingdom ( Petition of the Printers of London and Westminster)

Williams-Wynn, Charles Watkins
1814: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (18 July))

Williams-Wynn, Charles Watkins
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Williams-Wynn, Charles Watkins
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April))

Williams-Wynn, Charles Watkins
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (20 March) )

Williams-Wynn, Charles Watkins
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Williams-Wynn, Charles Watkins
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


1775-1851

Turner, Joseph Mallord William
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Turner, Joseph Mallord William
1861: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Bill (6 May))


1775-1852

Sharpe, Rev. Lancelot
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1775-1854

Kemble, Charles
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )

Kemble, Charles
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)

Schelling, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von
1846: Germany
( Expert Opinion on Schelling v. Paulus)


1775-1855

Phillimore, Joseph
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1775-1858

Turner, Dawson
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1775-1861

Bury, Lady Charlotte Susan Maria
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)


1775-1864

Landor, Walter Savage
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)


1775-1865

Richardson, Charles
1838: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (20 March))


1775-1867

Robinson, Henry Crabb
1873: USA ( Committee on the Library Report)

Robinson, Henry Crabb
1874: United Kingdom
( Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright)

Robinson, Henry Crabb
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1775-1869

Baber, Henry Hervey
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Baber, Henry Hervey
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1776-1834

Blackwood, William
1872: United Kingdom ( Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright )


1776-1835

Mathews, Charles
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1776-1842

Vogel, Friedrich Christian Wilhelm
1815: Germany (* Annotated Publishers' Petition to the Congress of Vienna)


1776-1844

Schweighauser, Johann Gottfried
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1776-1846

Liston, John
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )

Tegg, Thomas
1837: USA
( Address of Certain Authors )

Tegg, Thomas
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April))

Tegg, Thomas
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (9 May))

Tegg, Thomas
1839: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.))

Tegg, Thomas
1840: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (4 Feb.))

Tegg, Thomas
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Tegg, Thomas
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Tegg, Thomas
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

Tindal, Sir Nicholas Conyngham
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Tindal, Sir Nicholas Conyngham
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1776-1847

Ballanche, Pierre-Simon
1834 : France (* Balzac's letter to authors)

Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
1812: United Kingdom
( Petition of the London Booksellers)

Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
1813: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)

Napier, Macvey
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May))


1776-1850

Porter, Jane
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1776-1867

Smart, Sir George
1870: United Kingdom (* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1777-1822

Emery, John
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1777-1836

Gell, Sir William
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Gell, Sir William
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1777-1837

Mellon, Harriet
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1777-1839

Bretfeld-Chlumczansky, Franz Joseph Thomas, Baron von
1835: Germany (* Copyright statement of Johann Strauss for Austria and Prussia)


1777-1840

Altenstein, Karl Sigmund Franz Freiherr von Stein zum
1827: Germany (* Treaties on reciprocal protection between Prussia and various German States)

Altenstein, Karl Sigmund Franz Freiherr von Stein zum
1837: Germany
(* Prussian Copyright Act)

Altenstein, Karl Sigmund Franz Freiherr von Stein zum
1838: Germany
( Ordinance on the Establishment of Societies of Copyright Experts )

Grundy, Felix
1837: USA
( Debates in Congress)


1777-1843

Fouqué, Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Baron de la Motte
1815: Germany (* Annotated Publishers' Petition to the Congress of Vienna)

Fouqué, Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Baron de la Motte
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

Mathieu de Dombasle, Christophe-Joseph-Alexandre
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1777-1844

Campbell, Thomas
1837: USA ( Petition of British Authors)

Campbell, Thomas
1840: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.))

Campbell, Thomas
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Campbell, Thomas
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May))

Campbell, Thomas
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Campbell, Thomas
1896: USA
( Treloar Copyright Bill (H.R. 5976))


1777-1845

Étienne, Charles-Guillaume
1826: France (* Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission)

Étienne, Charles-Guillaume
1834: France
(* Balzac's letter to authors)


1777-1852

Clay, Henry
1834: USA (* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)

Clay, Henry
1837: USA
( Address of Certain Authors )

Clay, Henry
1837: USA
( Debates in Congress)

Clay, Henry
1837: USA
( Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States)

Clay, Henry
1837: USA
( Petition of British Authors )

Clay, Henry
1837: USA
(* Senate Report)

Clay, Henry
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Clay, Henry
1843: USA
( An Address to the People of the United States)

Clay, Henry
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)

Clay, Henry
1890: USA
( Report on H.R. 10881)

Clay, Henry
1896: USA
( The Question of Copyright )


1777-1855

Hume, Joseph
1832: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May))

Hume, Joseph
1833: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Dramatic Literary Property Act (12 March))

Hume, Joseph
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April))

Hume, Joseph
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (6 June))

Hume, Joseph
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (20 March))

Hume, Joseph
1839: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.))

Hume, Joseph
1840: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.))

Hume, Joseph
1840: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (4 Feb.))

Hume, Joseph
1841: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (29 Jan.))

Hume, Joseph
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


1777-1856

Young, Charles Mayne
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1777-1857

Thénard, Louis Jacques
1841: France (* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property)


1777-1859

Hallam, Henry
1837: USA ( Petition of British Authors)

Hallam, Henry
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April))

Hallam, Henry
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Hallam, Henry
1872: United Kingdom
( Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright)

Hallam, Henry
1873: USA
( Committee on the Library Report)

Hallam, Henry
1874: United Kingdom
( Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright)

Hallam, Henry
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1777-1863

Tooke, William
1858: United Kingdom ( Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee )


1777-1864

Taney, Roger Brooke
1883: USA ( Sarony's Brief)


1777-1869

Ellis, Sir Henry
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1777-1875

Swifte, Edmund Lewis Lenthall
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)


1778-1817

Horner, Francis
1814: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (12 July))

Horner, Francis
1814: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (18 July))

Horner, Francis
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)


1778-1820

Brown, Thomas
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)


1778-1829

Davy, Sir Humphry
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)


1778-1830

Hazlitt, William
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)


1778-1839

Wilkins, William
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise)

Wilkins, William
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Wilkins, William
1853: United Kingdom
( Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright)


1778-1843

Murray, John, II
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Murray, John, II
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)

Murray, John, II
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Murray, John, II
1840: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.))

Murray, John, II
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Murray, John, II
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May))

Murray, John, II
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1778-1845

Warden, David Bailie
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1778-1850

Grimshawe, Thomas Shuttleworth
1837: USA ( Petition of British Authors)


1778-1852

Holford, Margaret
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1778-1853

Hoëne-Wronski, Józef Maria
1862: France (* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")

Odry, Jacques-Charles
1834: France
(* Balzac's letter to authors)


1778-1854

Merlin, Philippe-Antoine
1814: France (* Court of Cassation on sculptures)

Merlin, Philippe-Antoine
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)

Merlin, Philippe-Antoine
1841: France
(* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property )

Merlin, Philippe-Antoine
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Merlin, Philippe-Antoine
1853: Germany
(* Bluntschli: On Authors' Rights)

Merlin, Philippe-Antoine
1853: USA
(* Stowe v. Thomas)

Merlin, Philippe-Antoine
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)

Merlin, Philippe-Antoine
1902: France
(* Court of Cassation on moral rights)


1778-1855

Bristed, John
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

Cooke, William Bernard
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Cooke, William Bernard
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)


1778-1857

Rutland, John Henry Manners, 5th Duke of
1878: United Kingdom ( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)

Ure, Andrew
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)


1778-1858

Portalis, Joseph Marie Portalis, 1st Count
1841: France (* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property)

Portalis, Joseph Marie Portalis, 1st Count
1842: France
(* Court of Cassation on artistic property)

Portalis, Joseph Marie Portalis, 1st Count
1902: France
(* Court of Cassation on moral rights)

Talatzko, Johann Adam, Baron von Gestieticz
1835: Germany
(* Copyright statement of Johann Strauss for Austria and Prussia )


1778-1860

Paulding, James Kirke
1843: USA ( An Address to the People of the United States)

Paulding, James Kirke
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1778-1862

Harraden, Richard Bankes
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1778-1868

Brougham, Henry Peter, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise )

Brougham, Henry Peter, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May))

Brougham, Henry Peter, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Brougham, Henry Peter, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Brougham, Henry Peter, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
1854: United Kingdom
(* Jeffreys v. Boosey)

Brougham, Henry Peter, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1779-1808

Macdiarmid, John
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1779-1827

Peters, Carl Friedrich
1829 : Germany ( Music publishers' agreement to ban reprinting)

Peters, Carl Friedrich
1830: Germany
(* Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy)


1779-1839

Galt, John
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)


1779-1843

Allston, Washington
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1779-1845

Story, Joseph
1834: USA ( Letters from Sumner to Story)

Story, Joseph
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters)

Story, Joseph
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)

Story, Joseph
1841: USA
(* Folsom v. Marsh)

Story, Joseph
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Story, Joseph
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

Story, Joseph
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Story, Joseph
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)

Story, Joseph
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)

Story, Joseph
1878: United Kingdom
(* Royal Commissioners' Report)

Story, Joseph
1879: USA
( Baker's Argument)

Story, Joseph
1883: USA
( Sarony's Brief)

Upcott, William
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1779-1847

Clowes, William
1878: United Kingdom ( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)

Mars, Mademoiselle
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)


1779-1848

Berzelius, Johan Jakob
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)

Buchanan, David
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April))

Melbourne, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount
1832: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May) )

Melbourne, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount
1833: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Dramatic Literary Property Act (12 March))


1779-1849

Smith, Horace
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)


1779-1850

Shadwell, Lancelot
1841: USA (* Folsom v. Marsh)

Shadwell, Lancelot
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Shadwell, Lancelot
1853: United Kingdom
( Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright)

Shadwell, Lancelot
1854: United Kingdom
(* Jeffreys v. Boosey)

Shadwell, Lancelot
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1779-1851

Poinsett, Joel Roberts
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1779-1852

Moore, Thomas
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise)

Moore, Thomas
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Moore, Thomas
1837: USA
( Petition of British Authors )

Moore, Thomas
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Moore, Thomas
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Moore, Thomas
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Moore, Thomas
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1779-1853

Wardlaw, Ralph
1839: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.))


1779-1854

Denman, Thomas
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise)

Denman, Thomas
1853: United Kingdom
( Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright)

Denman, Thomas
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)

Denman, Thomas
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1779-1855

Gaisford, Thomas
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report on the Copyright Acts )

Gaisford, Thomas
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1779-1861

Buckingham, Joseph Tinker
1843: USA ( An Address to the People of the United States )

Campbell, John, 1st Baron Campbell
1832: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May) )

Campbell, John, 1st Baron Campbell
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Campbell, John, 1st Baron Campbell
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Campbell, John, 1st Baron Campbell
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May))

Campbell, John, 1st Baron Campbell
1853: United Kingdom
( Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright)

Campbell, John, 1st Baron Campbell
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Campbell, John, 1st Baron Campbell
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)

Savigny, Friedrich Carl von
1877: Germany
(* Gareis: Juridical Nature of Author's Rights)


1779-1863

Trollope, Frances, née Milton
1838: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (20 March))


1779-1866

Parker, Rev. Samuel
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1779-1869

Roget, Peter Mark
1837: USA ( Petition of British Authors)


1780-1827

Salt, Henry
1812: United Kingdom ( Petition of the London Booksellers)

Salt, Henry
1813: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Salt, Henry
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Salt, Henry
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )


1780-1840

Flint, Timothy
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1780-1842

Channing, William Ellery
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1780-1844

Abercrombie, John
1842: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Baldwin, Henry
1834: USA
( Letters from Sumner to Story )

Baldwin, Henry
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters)

Baldwin, Henry
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)

Baldwin, Henry
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Nodier, Charles
1834: France
(* Balzac's letter to authors )

Nodier, Charles
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1780-1845

Manners-Sutton, Charles, 1st Viscount Canterbury
1814: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (12 July))


1780-1847

Chalmers, Thomas
1837: USA ( Petition of British Authors)

Chalmers, Thomas
1839: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.))


1780-1848

Peters, Richard, Jr.
1828: USA ( Letter from Donaldson to Peters)

Peters, Richard, Jr.
1828: USA
( Letter from Donaldson to Wheaton)

Peters, Richard, Jr.
1828: USA
( Letter from Peters to Donaldson)

Peters, Richard, Jr.
1830: USA
( Letter from John McLean to Richard Peters Jr.)

Peters, Richard, Jr.
1834: USA
( Letters from Sumner to Story)

Peters, Richard, Jr.
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters)

Peters, Richard, Jr.
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)

Peters, Richard, Jr.
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)


1780-1849

Hitzig, Julius Eduard
1842: United Kingdom (* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Kenney, James
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)


1780-1852

Stuart, Moses
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1780-1857

Béranger, Pierre Jean de
1834: France (* Balzac's letter to authors)

Béranger, Pierre Jean de
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")

Croker, John Wilson
1814: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (18 July))

Croker, John Wilson
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Mühler, Heinrich Gottlob von
1837: Germany
(* Prussian Copyright Act)

Mühler, Heinrich Gottlob von
1838: Germany
( Ordinance on the Establishment of Societies of Copyright Experts )


1780-1858

Baldwin, Robert
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Baldwin, Robert
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Cleaveland, Parker
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

Duer, William Alexander
1837: USA
( Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States)


1780-1859

Rush, Richard
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1780-1860

Chalon, Alfred Edward
1858: United Kingdom ( Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee )

Croly, George
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Decazes, Élie, Duc
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1780-1863

Lebzeltern-Collenbach, Franz Ritter von
1840: Germany (* Bilateral Treaty between Austria and Sardinia)

Petty-Fitzmaurice, Henry, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (19 July) )

Petty-Fitzmaurice, Henry, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Petty-Fitzmaurice, Henry, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)


1780-1865

Lee, Hannah Farnham, née Sawyer
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1780-1867

Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique
1834: France (* Balzac's letter to authors)

Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique
1862: France
(* Court of Cassation on photography)


1780-1872

Somerville, Mary, née Fairfax
1837: USA ( Petition of British Authors)

Somerville, Mary, née Fairfax
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Somerville, Mary, née Fairfax
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1780-1873

Ségur, Philippe Paul
1840: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.))

Ségur, Philippe Paul
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Ségur, Philippe Paul
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1780-1875

Binney, Horace
1834: USA (* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)


1781-1839

Traeg, Johann Baptist Adalbert
1835: Germany (* Copyright statement of Johann Strauss for Austria and Prussia)


1781-1841

Chantrey, Sir Francis Legatt
1842: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May))


1781-1849

Leigh, Benjamin Watkins
1834: USA ( Letters from Sumner to Story)


1781-1851

Pepys, Charles Christopher, 1st Earl of Cottenham
1841: USA (* Folsom v. Marsh)

Pepys, Charles Christopher, 1st Earl of Cottenham
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May))

Pepys, Charles Christopher, 1st Earl of Cottenham
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Pepys, Charles Christopher, 1st Earl of Cottenham
1858: United Kingdom
( Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee)

Pepys, Charles Christopher, 1st Earl of Cottenham
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1781-1852

Cochrane, John George
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Cochrane, John George
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Cochrane, John George
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (8 Feb.))


1781-1858

Taylor, Richard
1813: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Taylor, Richard
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Taylor, Richard
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Taylor, Richard
1840: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (4 Feb.))


1781-1861

Bandinel, Rev. Dr. Bulkeley
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Crawford, William Sharman
1835: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Lectures Act (26 Aug.))


1781-1862

Traill, Thomas Stewart
1842: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))


1781-1864

Mailher de Chassat, Antoine
1902: France (* Court of Cassation on moral rights)


1781-1866

Bruce, George
1843: USA ( An Address to the People of the United States)


1781-1868

Brewster, Sir David
1839: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.))

Brewster, Sir David
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Pryme, George
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April))

Pryme, George
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


1781-1875

Sugden, Edward Burtenshaw, 1st Baron St Leonards
1832: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May) )

Sugden, Edward Burtenshaw, 1st Baron St Leonards
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April))

Sugden, Edward Burtenshaw, 1st Baron St Leonards
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (6 June))

Sugden, Edward Burtenshaw, 1st Baron St Leonards
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Sugden, Edward Burtenshaw, 1st Baron St Leonards
1854: United Kingdom
(* Jeffreys v. Boosey)

Sugden, Edward Burtenshaw, 1st Baron St Leonards
1858: United Kingdom
( Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee)

Sugden, Edward Burtenshaw, 1st Baron St Leonards
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)

Sugden, Edward Burtenshaw, 1st Baron St Leonards
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)

Sugden, Edward Burtenshaw, 1st Baron St Leonards
1896: USA
( The Question of Copyright)


1782-1836

Fisher, Thomas
1814: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (18 July))

Fisher, Thomas
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Fisher, Thomas
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )

Fisher, Thomas
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


1782-1842

Cotman, John Sell
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Cotman, John Sell
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)


1782-1848

Guthrie, Samuel
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)


1782-1849

Warrender, Sir George
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1782-1850

Boyle, Rev. Isaac
1838: USA ( Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston)

Calhoun, John Caldwell
1834: USA
( Letters from Sumner to Story)

Calhoun, John Caldwell
1837: USA
( Debates in Congress)


1782-1852

Webster, Daniel
1826: USA ( Letter from Daniel Webster to Noah Webster)

Webster, Daniel
1826: USA
( Letter from Noah Webster to Daniel Webster)

Webster, Daniel
1834: USA
( Letters from Sumner to Story )

Webster, Daniel
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters)

Webster, Daniel
1837: USA
( Debates in Congress)

Webster, Daniel
1837: USA
( Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States)

Webster, Daniel
1837: USA
( Petition of British Authors )

Webster, Daniel
1843: USA
( An Address to the People of the United States)

Webster, Daniel
1853: USA
(* Stowe v. Thomas)

Webster, Daniel
1890: USA
( Report on H.R. 10881)

Webster, Daniel
1896: USA
( The Question of Copyright )


1782-1854

Ferrier, Susan Edmonstone
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)

Lamennais, Félicité Robert de
1834: France
(* Balzac's letter to authors)

Lamennais, Félicité Robert de
1841: France
(* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property )


1782-1855

Dunn, William
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )

Wilde, Thomas, 1st Baron Truro
1854: United Kingdom
(* Jeffreys v. Boosey)


1782-1858

Bartley, George
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1782-1859

Ripon, Frederick John Robinson, Earl of
1832: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May))


1782-1860

Sergeant, Thomas
1834: USA (* Wheaton v. Peters)

Sergeant, Thomas
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)


1782-1862

Ingersoll, Charles Jared
1844: USA ( H.R. 9 (Ingersoll Bill))

Van Buren, Martin
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)


1782-1864

Hofmeister, Friedrich
1829 : Germany ( Music publishers' agreement to ban reprinting)

Hofmeister, Friedrich
1830: Germany
(* Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy)


1782-1866

Barante, Amable Guillaume Prosper Brugière, baron de
1834: France (* Balzac's letter to authors)

Barante, Amable Guillaume Prosper Brugière, baron de
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))


1782-1868

Lincoln, Levi, Jr.
1834: USA ( Letters from Sumner to Story)

Parke, James, 1st Baron Wensleydale
1832: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May) )

Parke, James, 1st Baron Wensleydale
1854: United Kingdom
(* Jeffreys v. Boosey)

Triphook, Robert
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1782-1871

Auber, Daniel François Esprit
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Auber, Daniel François Esprit
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")

Auber, Daniel François Esprit
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1782-1872

Moore, Nathaniel Fish
1843: USA ( An Address to the People of the United States)


1782-1874

Pye, John
1853: United Kingdom ( Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright)

Pye, John
1858: United Kingdom
( Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee)

Strickland, Sir George
1839: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (1 May))


1783-1826

Heber, Reginald
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Heber, Reginald
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)


1783-1827

Payson, Rev. Edward
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1783-1837

Brotherton, Joseph
1853: United Kingdom ( Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright)


1783-1840

Price, Stephen
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1783-1841

Barbour, Philip Pendleton
1828: USA ( H.R. 140 Committee Bill)


1783-1843

Louganis, John Claudius
1837: USA ( Petition of British Authors)


1783-1844

Harding, Joseph
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Sanderson, John
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1783-1851

Bickersteth, Henry, 1st Baron Langdale
1841: USA (* Folsom v. Marsh)

Bickersteth, Henry, 1st Baron Langdale
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Bickersteth, Henry, 1st Baron Langdale
1853: United Kingdom
( Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright)

Bickersteth, Henry, 1st Baron Langdale
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1783-1853

Greenleaf, Simon
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)

Kaye, John
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1783-1855

Black, John
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )

Sibthorp, Charles de Laet Waldo
1839: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (1 May))


1783-1856

Attwood, Thomas
1835: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Lectures Act (26 Aug.))


1783-1857

Jackson, Joseph Devonsher
1842: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (20 April))

Oakley, Thomas Jackson
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)


1783-1858

Davison, Maria Rebecca, née Duncan
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Havas, Charles-Louis
1861: France
(* Court of Cassation on telegraphic news)


1783-1859

Irving, Washington
1837: USA ( Address of Certain Authors)

Irving, Washington
1837: USA
(* Senate Report)

Irving, Washington
1843: USA
( An Address to the People of the United States)

Irving, Washington
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Irving, Washington
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

Irving, Washington
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Irving, Washington
1873: USA
( Committee on the Library Report)

Irving, Washington
1874: United Kingdom
( Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright)

Irving, Washington
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)

Irving, Washington
1896: USA
( The Question of Copyright)

Irving, Washington
1902: USA
( Bleistein's Brief)


1783-1860

Slade, James
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1783-1862

Brodie, Sir Benjamin Collins
1842: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))


1783-1863

Ellice, Edward, Sr.
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1783-1865

Dupin, André Marie Jean Jacques
1842: France (* Court of Cassation on artistic property)

Dupin, André Marie Jean Jacques
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")

Dupin, André Marie Jean Jacques
1902: France
(* Court of Cassation on moral rights)


1783-1867

Lawrence, Sir William
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise)

Lawrence, Sir William
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Lawrence, Sir William
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)

Lawrence, Sir William
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1783-1870

Pollock, Jonathan Frederick
1854: United Kingdom (* Jeffreys v. Boosey)

Pollock, Jonathan Frederick
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1784-1812

Buckminster, Joseph Stevens
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1784-1834

Lamb, George
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1784-1842

Woodworth, Samuel
1837: USA ( Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States )


1784-1849

Smith, John
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Smith, John
1839: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.))

Smith, John
1840: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.))

Smith, John
1872: United Kingdom
( Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright)


1784-1856

Buckland, William
1837: USA ( Petition of British Authors)

Goulburn, Henry
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (20 March))


1784-1858

Warburton, Henry
1833: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Dramatic Literary Property Act (12 March))

Warburton, Henry
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April))

Warburton, Henry
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (6 June))

Warburton, Henry
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (9 May))

Warburton, Henry
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (20 March) )

Warburton, Henry
1839: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (1 May))

Warburton, Henry
1839: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.))

Warburton, Henry
1839: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (9 July))

Warburton, Henry
1840: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.))

Warburton, Henry
1841: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Jan.))

Warburton, Henry
1841: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (29 Jan.))

Warburton, Henry
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


1784-1859

Hunt, Leigh
1838: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (9 May))

Hunt, Leigh
1840: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.))

Hunt, Leigh
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Hunt, Leigh
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Spohr, Ludwig
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Westmorland, John Fane, 11th Earl of
1846: Germany
(* Bilateral Treaty between Prussia and Britain)


1784-1862

Knowles, James Sheridan
1832: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May))

Knowles, James Sheridan
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Knowles, James Sheridan
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)

Knowles, James Sheridan
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1784-1864

Klenze, Leo von
1853: United Kingdom ( Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright)


1784-1865

Palmerston, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount
1814: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (12 July))

Palmerston, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount
1852: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (13 Feb.) )

Palmerston, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount
1852: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (30 April) )

Palmerston, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount
1862: France
(* Court of Cassation on photography)

Palmerston, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")

Palmerston, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)

Palmerston, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount
1896: USA
( The Question of Copyright)

Worcester, Joseph Emerson
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1784-1868

Burnet, John
1853: United Kingdom ( Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright)


1784-1870

Mackinnon, William Alexander
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)


1784-1873

Phillips, Willard
1838: USA ( Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston)

Phillips, Willard
1841: USA
(* Folsom v. Marsh)


1784-1874

Black, Adam
1878: United Kingdom ( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)

Black, Adam
1896: USA
( The Question of Copyright )


1784/85-1855

Colburn, Henry
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )

Colburn, Henry
1872: United Kingdom
( Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright)


1785-1837

Karl Friedrich August, Duke of Mecklenburg
1837: Germany (* Prussian Copyright Act)


1785-1841

Barnes, Thomas
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1785-1845

McHenry, James
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1785-1846

Hawes, William
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1785-1848

Wheaton, Henry
1828: USA ( Letter from Donaldson to Peters)

Wheaton, Henry
1828: USA
( Letter from Donaldson to Wheaton)

Wheaton, Henry
1828: USA
( Letter from Peters to Donaldson)

Wheaton, Henry
1834: USA
( Letters from Sumner to Story )

Wheaton, Henry
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters)

Wheaton, Henry
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)

Wheaton, Henry
1843: USA
( An Address to the People of the United States)

Wheaton, Henry
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Wheaton, Henry
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1785-1850

Prout, William
1837: USA ( Petition of British Authors)


1785-1851

Audubon, John James
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

Audubon, John James
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Noah, Mordecai Manuel
1837: USA
( Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States)

Noah, Mordecai Manuel
1843: USA
( An Address to the People of the United States)


1785-1852

Guest, Sir Josiah John
1878: United Kingdom ( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1785-1853

Ricordi, Giovanni
1854: United Kingdom (* Jeffreys v. Boosey)

Ricordi, Giovanni
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1785-1854

Wilson, John
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)


1785-1855

Cone, Spencer Houghton
1843: USA ( An Address to the People of the United States)


1785-1859

De Quincey, Thomas
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)

Walsh, Robert
1843: USA
( An Address to the People of the United States)

Walsh, Robert
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1785-1860

Napier, Gen. Sir William Francis Patrick
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright )


1785-1861

McLean, John
1830: USA ( Letter from John McLean to Richard Peters Jr.)

McLean, John
1834: USA
( Letters from Sumner to Story )

McLean, John
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters)

McLean, John
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

McLean, John
1879: USA
( Baker's Argument)


1785-1863

Grimm, Jacob Ludwig Carl
1853: Germany (* Bluntschli: On Authors' Rights)

Wightman, William
1853: United Kingdom
( Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright)

Wightman, William
1854: United Kingdom
(* Jeffreys v. Boosey)


1785-1864

La Rochefoucauld, Sosthène de
1826: France (* Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission)

La Rochefoucauld, Sosthène de
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

La Rochefoucauld, Sosthène de
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1785-1865

Binder, Nicolaus
1827: Germany (* Kramer: Rights of Writers and Publishers)

Hooker, William Jackson
1813: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Hooker, William Jackson
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1785-1866

Esterhazy, Prince Paul Anton
1841: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.))

Pierpont, John
1843: USA
( An Address to the People of the United States)

Pierpont, John
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1785-1873

Manzoni, Alessandro
1880 : Germany (* Kohler: Author's Right)

Ormerod, George
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Ormerod, George
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Spring, Rev. Gardiner
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1786-1821

Stothard, Charles
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Stothard, Charles
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)


1786-1826

Weber, Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Weber, Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von
1834: France
(* Balzac's letter to authors)


1786-1839

Hilton, William
1853: United Kingdom ( Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright)


1786-1842

Calcott, Lady Maria, née Graham
1837: USA ( Petition of British Authors)

Gesenius, Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

Nicklin, Philip Houlbrooke
1837: USA
( Address of Certain Authors)

Nicklin, Philip Houlbrooke
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


1786-1844

Biddle, Nicholas
1843: USA ( An Address to the People of the United States)


1786-1846

Haydon, Benjamin Robert
1853: United Kingdom ( Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright)


1786-1847

Franklin, Sir John
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)


1786-1848

Burke, John
1838: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April))

Burke, John
1840: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.))

Taylor, Dr. Thomas
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1786-1849

Horn, Charles Edward
1870: United Kingdom (* Copinger's Law of Copyright)

Thomson, Prof. James
1839: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.))

Tulk, Charles Augustus
1835: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Lectures Act (26 Aug.))


1786-1851

Beazley, Samuel
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )

Haviland, John
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Jarvis, Samuel Farmar
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1786-1853

Arago, Dominique François Jean
1842: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May))

Arago, Dominique François Jean
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")

Norton, Andrews
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1786-1855

Bishop, Sir Henry Rowley
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )

Bishop, Sir Henry Rowley
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)

Buckingham, James Silk
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Buckingham, James Silk
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)

Inglis, Sir Robert
1837: United Kingdom
( Copyright Bill (6 June))

Inglis, Sir Robert
1838: United Kingdom
( Copyright Bill (27 Feb.))

Inglis, Sir Robert
1838: United Kingdom
( Copyright Bill (6 June))

Inglis, Sir Robert
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April))

Inglis, Sir Robert
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (6 June))

Inglis, Sir Robert
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (9 May))

Inglis, Sir Robert
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (20 March) )

Inglis, Sir Robert
1839: United Kingdom
( Copyright Bill)

Inglis, Sir Robert
1839: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.))

Inglis, Sir Robert
1840: United Kingdom
( Copyright Bill)

Inglis, Sir Robert
1840: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.))

Inglis, Sir Robert
1840: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (4 Feb.))

Inglis, Sir Robert
1841: United Kingdom
( Copyright Bill)

Inglis, Sir Robert
1841: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.))

Inglis, Sir Robert
1842: United Kingdom
( Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (21 April))

Inglis, Sir Robert
1842: United Kingdom
( Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (23 March))

Inglis, Sir Robert
1842: United Kingdom
( Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (4 March))

Inglis, Sir Robert
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (20 April))

Inglis, Sir Robert
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Inglis, Sir Robert
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


1786-1857

Blomfield, Charles James
1842: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May))

Laplagne-Barris, Raymond-Jean-François-Marie Lacave, Baron de
1814: France
(* Court of Cassation on compilations)

Marcy, William Learned
1853: USA
( British-American Copyright Convention Draft)


1786-1859

Grimm, Wilhelm Carl
1853: Germany (* Bluntschli: On Authors' Rights)


1786-1863

Mulready, William
1858: United Kingdom ( Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee )


1786-1864

Cooke, Thomas Potter
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )

Fox, William Johnson
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))


1786-1868

Ingersoll, Joseph Reed
1834: USA (* Wheaton v. Peters)

Ingersoll, Joseph Reed
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)

Ludwig I
1853: United Kingdom
( Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright)


1786-1870

Verplanck, Gulian Crommelin
1828: USA ( H.R. 140 Consolidated Bill)

Verplanck, Gulian Crommelin
1831: USA
( House Debate)

Verplanck, Gulian Crommelin
1843: USA
( An Address to the People of the United States)


1786-1872

Poole, John
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1786-1873

Cardozo, Jacob Newton
1843: USA ( An Address to the People of the United States)


1787-1833

Kean, Edmund
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1787-1842

Haslinger, Tobias
1830: Germany (* Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy )

Haslinger, Tobias
1835: Germany
(* Copyright statement of Johann Strauss for Austria and Prussia )


1787-1844

Cowen, Esek
1834: USA ( Letters from Sumner to Story)


1787-1848

Hoffman, Michael
1831: USA ( House Debate)


1787-1850

Canitz und Dallwitz, Karl Ernst Wilhelm, Freiherr von
1846: Germany (* Bilateral Treaty between Prussia and Britain)


1787-1851

Bouvier, John
1883: USA ( Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony)

Gallaudet, Rev. Thomas Hopkins
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1787-1854

Valpy, Abraham John
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1787-1855

Mitford, Mary Russell
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )

Mitford, Mary Russell
1837: USA
( Petition of British Authors)

Mitford, Mary Russell
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)


1787-1857

Alderson, Edward Hall
1854: United Kingdom (* Jeffreys v. Boosey)

Bliss, Philip
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)


1787-1858

Chapsal, Charles Pierre
1862: France (* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")

Leslie, Eliza
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

Leslie, Eliza
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)


1787-1859

Gould, Benjamin Apthorp, Sr.
1847: USA (* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)


1787-1860

Follen, Eliza Lee, née Cabot
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

Gordon, Thomas Francis
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


1787-1867

Mittermaier, Karl Joseph Anton von
1824: Germany (* Neustetel: The Reprinting of Books)

Mittermaier, Karl Joseph Anton von
1853: Germany
(* Bluntschli: On Authors' Rights)


1787-1868

McVickar, John
1843: USA ( An Address to the People of the United States)

McVickar, John
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

McVickar, Rev. John
1837: USA
( Address of Certain Authors)

McVickar, Rev. John
1837: USA
( Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States)

McVickar, Rev. John
1837: USA
( Petition of British Authors)


1787-1870

Colebrooke, William
1872: United Kingdom ( Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright )

Evans, Sir George de Lacy
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)


1787-1873

Spencer-Stanhope, John
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1787-1874

Guizot, François-Pierre-Guillaume
1834: France (* Balzac's letter to authors)

Guizot, François-Pierre-Guillaume
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Guizot, François-Pierre-Guillaume
1853: United Kingdom
( Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright)

Guizot, François-Pierre-Guillaume
1873: USA
( Committee on the Library Report)

Guizot, François-Pierre-Guillaume
1874: United Kingdom
( Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright)

Guizot, François-Pierre-Guillaume
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1787-1879

Dana, Richard Henry, Sr.
1843: USA ( An Address to the People of the United States)


1788-1824

Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron of Rochdale
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron of Rochdale
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise)

Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron of Rochdale
1832: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May) )

Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron of Rochdale
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron of Rochdale
1834: France
(* Balzac's letter to authors)

Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron of Rochdale
1838: USA
( Memorial of the New York Typographical Society)

Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron of Rochdale
1840: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.))

Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron of Rochdale
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron of Rochdale
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron of Rochdale
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron of Rochdale
1854: United Kingdom
(* Jeffreys v. Boosey)

Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron of Rochdale
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)

Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron of Rochdale
1872: United Kingdom
( Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright)

Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron of Rochdale
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)

Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron of Rochdale
1878: United Kingdom
(* Royal Commissioners' Report)

Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron of Rochdale
1880: Germany
(* Kohler: Author's Right)

Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron of Rochdale
1896: USA
( The Question of Copyright)


1788-1833

Robson, George Fennel
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise)


1788-1841

Hook, Theodore
1838: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (9 May))

Hook, Theodore
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)


1788-1845

Barham, Richard Harris
1878: United Kingdom ( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)

Orger, Mary Ann, née Ivers
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)


1788-1847

Huntington, Jabez Williams
1831: USA ( House Debate)


1788-1850

Peel, Sir Robert
1837: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Dec.))

Peel, Sir Robert
1839: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (1 May))

Peel, Sir Robert
1839: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.))

Peel, Sir Robert
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (23 Mar.))

Peel, Sir Robert
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Peel, Sir Robert
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Peel, Sir Robert
1858: United Kingdom
( Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee)

Peel, Sir Robert
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1788-1854

Abbott, William
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )

Pellico, Silvio
1834: France
(* Balzac's letter to authors )


1788-1855

Dammert, Johann Ludewig
1827: Germany (* Kramer: Rights of Writers and Publishers)


1788-1856

Barrett-Lennard, Sir Thomas
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Hamilton, Sir William
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)


1788-1857

Emerson, Frederick
1838: USA ( Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston)

Emerson, Frederick
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)


1788-1858

Maule, William Henry
1853: United Kingdom ( Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright)

Maule, William Henry
1854: United Kingdom
(* Jeffreys v. Boosey)

Maule, William Henry
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1788-1859

Phoenix, Jonas Phillips
1843: USA ( An Address to the People of the United States)


1788-1860

Schopenhauer, Arthur
1880 : Germany (* Kohler: Author's Right)


1788-1862

Maugham, Robert
1828: United Kingdom (* Maugham's Treatise)

Maugham, Robert
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters)

Maugham, Robert
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)

Maugham, Robert
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)


1788-1863

Cockerell, Charles Robert
1853: United Kingdom ( Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright )

Cockerell, Charles Robert
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1788-1866

Brande, William Thomas
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)


1788-1867

Baily, Edward Hodges
1878: United Kingdom ( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)

Walworth, Reuben Hyde
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)


1788-1868

Berville, Saint-Albin
1841 : France (* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property)


1788-1870

Clark, Sir James
1878: United Kingdom ( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1788-1873

Holland, Sir Henry
1873: USA ( Committee on the Library Report)

Holland, Sir Henry
1874: United Kingdom
( Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright)


1788-1874

Wright, John S
1838: USA ( Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston)


1788/90-1862

Platt, Sir Thomas Joshua
1854: United Kingdom (* Jeffreys v. Boosey)


1789-1826

Judson, Ann Hasseltine
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1789-1846

List, Friedrich
1880 : Germany (* Kohler: Author's Right)


1789-1847

Wilde, Richard Henry
1843: USA ( An Address to the People of the United States)


1789-1849

Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of, née Power
1837: USA ( Petition of British Authors )

Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of, née Power
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)


1789-1850

Neander, Johann August Wilhelm
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1789-1851

Cooper, James Fenimore
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

Cooper, James Fenimore
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Cooper, James Fenimore
1873: USA
( Committee on the Library Report)

Cooper, James Fenimore
1874: United Kingdom
( Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright)

Cooper, James Fenimore
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)

Cooper, James Fenimore
1896: USA
( The Question of Copyright)

Daguerre, Louis Jacques Mandé
1862: France
(* Court of Cassation on photography)


1789-1854

Martin, John
1847: USA (* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Martin, John
1853: United Kingdom
( Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright)

Martin, John
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1789-1857

Colton, Calvin
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1789-1858

Jay, William
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1789-1859

Broderip, William John
1858: United Kingdom ( Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee )

Stephen, Sir James
1872: United Kingdom
( Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright)


1789-1860

Vatimesnil, Antoine-François-Henri Lefebvre de
1826: France (* Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission)


1789-1861

Francis, John Wakefield
1843: USA ( An Address to the People of the United States)


1789-1862

Moreau, François-Joseph
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)


1789-1863

Baird, Robert
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1789-1864

McCulloch, John Ramsay
1842: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May))

McCulloch, John Ramsay
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

McCulloch, John Ramsay
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1789-1866

Roe, Sir Frederick Adair
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )

Sparks, Jared
1841: USA
( Master in Chancery Report )

Sparks, Jared
1841: USA
(* Folsom v. Marsh)

Sparks, Jared
1843: USA
( An Address to the People of the United States)

Sparks, Jared
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

Sparks, Jared
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)


1789-1867

Hawes, Joel
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

King, Charles
1837: USA
( Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States)

King, Charles
1843: USA
( An Address to the People of the United States)

Sedgwick, Catharine Maria
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

Sedgwick, Catharine Maria
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Sedgwick, Catharine Maria
1873: USA
( Committee on the Library Report)

Sedgwick, Catharine Maria
1874: United Kingdom
( Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright)


1789-1869

Whipple, Henry
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1789-1871

Ewing, Thomas
1837: USA ( Debates in Congress)

Ewing, Thomas
1837: USA
( Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States)

Ewing, Thomas
1837: USA
( Petition of British Authors )

Ewing, Thomas
1890: USA
( Report on H.R. 10881)

Ewing, Thomas
1896: USA
( The Question of Copyright )


1789-1872

Keightley, Thomas
1837: USA ( Petition of British Authors)


1789-1874

Ruggles, John
1837: USA ( Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States )

Ruggles, John
1838: USA
( Report, from the Committee on Patents)


1789-1879

Taylor, Isidore Justin Séverin, baron
1826: France (* Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission)

Taylor, Isidore Justin Séverin, baron
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1789-1883

Collier, John Payne
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1790-1849

Schneider, J.G.
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )


1790-1851

McDuffie, George
1834: USA ( Letters from Sumner to Story)


1790-1852

Murray, William Henry
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1790-1854

Aglionby, Henry
1842: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (20 April))

Aglionby, Henry
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))


1790-1855

Parry, Sir William Edward
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)


1790-1858

Cavendish, William, 6th Duke of Devonshire
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)


1790-1859

Austin, John
1878: United Kingdom ( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1790-1861

Vandenhoff, John
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1790-1866

Spring Rice, Thomas
1838: United Kingdom ( Copyright Bill (27 Feb.))

Spring Rice, Thomas
1838: United Kingdom
( Copyright Bill (6 June))

Spring Rice, Thomas
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April))

Spring Rice, Thomas
1839: United Kingdom
( Copyright Bill)

Spring Rice, Thomas
1839: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.))

Spring Rice, Thomas
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


1790-1867

Halleck, Fitz-Greene
1843: USA ( An Address to the People of the United States)


1790-1868

Berryer, Pierre-Antoine
1841 : France (* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property)

Rolfe, Robert Monsey, 1st Baron Cranworth
1852: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (30 April) )

Rolfe, Robert Monsey, 1st Baron Cranworth
1853: United Kingdom
( Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright)

Rolfe, Robert Monsey, 1st Baron Cranworth
1854: United Kingdom
(* Jeffreys v. Boosey)

Rolfe, Robert Monsey, 1st Baron Cranworth
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)

Rolfe, Robert Monsey, 1st Baron Cranworth
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)

Rolfe, Robert Monsey, 1st Baron Cranworth
1888: USA
( American Authors and British Pirates)


1790-1869

Lamartine, Alphonse Marie Louis de
1834: France (* Balzac's letter to authors)

Lamartine, Alphonse Marie Louis de
1841: France
(* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property )

Lamartine, Alphonse Marie Louis de
1841: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (29 Jan.))

Lamartine, Alphonse Marie Louis de
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Lamartine, Alphonse Marie Louis de
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1790-1870

Longstreet, Augustus Baldwin
1843: USA ( An Address to the People of the United States )

Villemain, Abel-François
1826: France
(* Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission)

Villemain, Abel-François
1834: France
(* Balzac's letter to authors)

Villemain, Abel-François
1841: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.))

Villemain, Abel-François
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Villemain, Abel-François
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1790-1871

Ellenborough, Edward Law, 1st Earl of
1862: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (5 June))


1790-1874

Bachman, Rev. John
1843: USA ( An Address to the People of the United States)


1790-1876

Coleridge, John Taylor
1853: United Kingdom ( Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright)

Coleridge, John Taylor
1854: United Kingdom
(* Jeffreys v. Boosey)

Didot, Ambroise-Firmin
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1790-1879

Colnaghi, Dominic Charles
1853: United Kingdom ( Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright )

Colnaghi, Dominic Charles
1858: United Kingdom
( Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee)


1790-1882

Kelly, Fanny
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1791-1823

Huntington, Susan, née Mansfield
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1791-1839

Cunningham, Allan
1837: USA ( Petition of British Authors)


1791-1846

Probst, Heinrich Albert
1829 : Germany ( Music publishers' agreement to ban reprinting)

Probst, Heinrich Albert
1830: Germany
(* Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy)


1791-1851

Sheil, Richard Lalor
1832: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May))

Sheil, Richard Lalor
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)


1791-1852

Payne, John Howard
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1791-1855

Beck, Theodric Romeyn
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1791-1856

Howard, Henry Charles, 13th Duke of Norfolk
1842: United Kingdom ( Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (21 April))

Howard, Henry Charles, 13th Duke of Norfolk
1842: United Kingdom
( Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (23 March))

Howard, Henry Charles, 13th Duke of Norfolk
1842: United Kingdom
( Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (4 March))

Martin, John
1818: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence)

Martin, John
1828: United Kingdom
(* Maugham's Treatise )


1791-1858

Gilman, Samuel
1843: USA ( An Address to the People of the United States)

Steinla, Moritz
1903: USA
(* Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.)


1791-1861

Scribe, Augustin Eugène
1834: France (* Balzac's letter to authors)


1791-1864

Meyerbeer, Giacomo
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1791-1865

Sigourney, Lydia Huntley
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

Sigourney, Lydia Huntley
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Sigourney, Lydia Huntley
1873: USA
( Committee on the Library Report)

Sigourney, Lydia Huntley
1874: United Kingdom
( Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright)


1791-1866

Knight-Bruce, Sir James Lewis
1870: United Kingdom (* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1791-1867

Faraday, Michael
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)

Faraday, Michael
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1791-1868

Buchanan, James
1837: USA ( Debates in Congress)

Buchanan, James
1837: USA
( Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States)

Buchanan, James
1837: USA
( Petition of British Authors )

Buchanan, James
1890: USA
( Report on H.R. 10881)

Buchanan, James
1896: USA
( The Question of Copyright )

Ellsworth, William W.
1830: USA
( Judiciary Committee Report)

Ellsworth, William W.
1831: USA
( House Debate)

Milman, Rev. Henry Hart
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Milman, Rev. Henry Hart
1837: USA
( Petition of British Authors)

Milman, Rev. Henry Hart
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Milman, Rev. Henry Hart
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1791-1871

Babbage, Charles
1837: USA ( Petition of British Authors)

Skinner, Thomas Harvey
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

Ticknor, George
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1791-1872

Morse, Samuel Finley Breese
1837: USA ( Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States)

O'Neill, Eliza
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)


1791-1873

Knight, Charles
1872: United Kingdom ( Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright )


1791-1874

Brevoort, Henry, Jr.
1843: USA ( An Address to the People of the United States)

Marsh, Anne, née Caldwell
1837: USA
( Petition of British Authors)


1792-1822

Shelley, Percy Bysshe
1842: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Shelley, Percy Bysshe
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)


1792-1825

Fisk, Pliny
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1792-1840

Durham, John George Lambton, Earl of
1872: United Kingdom ( Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright)


1792-1842

Keith, Reuel
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1792-1844

Stone, William Leete
1843: USA ( An Address to the People of the United States)


1792-1847

Peake, Richard Brindsley
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )

Rochow, Gustav Adolf Rochus von
1838: Germany
( Ordinance on the Establishment of Societies of Copyright Experts )


1792-1848

Marryat, Frederick
1838: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (9 May))

Marryat, Frederick
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Marryat, Frederick
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)

Marryat, Frederick
1872: United Kingdom
( Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright)


1792-1854

Eckermann, Johann Peter
1857 : Germany (* Wächter: "Publishing Right")


1792-1861

Crouseilhes, Marie-Jean-Pierre Dombidau de
1841: France ( Court of Cassation on artistic property)

Jobard, Jean Baptiste Ambroise Marcelin
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1792-1864

Bache, Franklin
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)


1792-1867

Alison, Sir Archibald
1839: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.))

Alison, Sir Archibald
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Alison, Sir Archibald
1872: United Kingdom
( Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright)

Alison, Sir Archibald
1873: USA
( Committee on the Library Report)

Alison, Sir Archibald
1874: United Kingdom
( Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright)

Alison, Sir Archibald
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)

Cousin, Victor
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1792-1868

Hopkins, John Henry
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

Mitchell, Samuel Augustus
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Rossini, Gioacchino Antonio
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Rossini, Gioacchino Antonio
1834: France
(* Balzac's letter to authors)

Smith, Seba
1843: USA
( An Address to the People of the United States)


1792-1870

Hardwick, Philip
1878: United Kingdom ( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1792-1871

Herschel, Sir John Frederick William
1842: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Herschel, Sir John Frederick William
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Herschel, Sir John Frederick William
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)

Murchison, Sir Roderick Impey
1837: USA
( Petition of British Authors)


1792-1872

Bowring, Sir John
1842: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (20 April))

Bowring, Sir John
1853: United Kingdom
( Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright)

Phillips, Sir Thomas
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1792-1875

Finney, Charles Grandison
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1792-1877

Duvergier, Jean-Baptiste
1862: France (* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1792-1878

Russell, John, 1st Earl Russell
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Russell, John, 1st Earl Russell
1835: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Lectures Act (26 Aug.))

Russell, John, 1st Earl Russell
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (6 June))

Russell, John, 1st Earl Russell
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (20 March) )

Russell, John, 1st Earl Russell
1839: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (1 May))

Russell, John, 1st Earl Russell
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (23 Mar.))

Russell, John, 1st Earl Russell
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Russell, John, 1st Earl Russell
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


1792-1879

Howitt, William
1837: USA ( Petition of British Authors)

Howitt, William
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1792-1880

Chandler, Joseph Ripley
1843: USA ( An Address to the People of the United States)


1792-1882

Linnell, John
1858: United Kingdom ( Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee )

Linnell, John
1862: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (22 May))

Linnell, John
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1792-1886

Lea, Isaac
1834: USA (* Wheaton v. Peters)

Lea, Isaac
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)


1793-1829

Bruen, Matthias
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1793-1835

Hemans, Felicia Dorothea, née Browne
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)

Hemans, Felicia Dorothea, née Browne
1873: USA
( Committee on the Library Report)

Hemans, Felicia Dorothea, née Browne
1874: United Kingdom
( Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright)


1793-1842

Davidge, George Bolwell
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1793-1843

Delavigne, Jean-François Casimir
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)


1793-1846

Bertone di Sambuy, Count Vittorio Amadeo Balbo
1840: Germany (* Bilateral Treaty between Austria and Sardinia)


1793-1859

Lardner, Dionysius
1840: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.))


1793-1860

Goodrich, Samuel Griswold
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

Goodrich, Samuel Griswold
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)


1793-1861

Potter, Rev. John Philips
1837: USA ( Petition of British Authors)

White, Charles
1837: USA
( Petition of British Authors )


1793-1865

Eastlake, Sir Charles
1858: United Kingdom ( Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee )

Eastlake, Sir Charles
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1793-1866

Wigram, Sir James
1847: USA (* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Wigram, Sir James
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1793-1867

Rayer, Pierre François Olive
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)

Stanfield, William Clarkson
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1793-1868

Delapalme, Emile
1841: France ( Court of Cassation on artistic property)

Hall, James
1843: USA
( An Address to the People of the United States)

Hall, James
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1793-1869

Keeley, Robert
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1793-1872

Duesberg, Franz Gerhard Xaver von
1837: Germany (* Prussian Copyright Act)

Fonblanque, Albany William
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (9 May))

Fonblanque, Albany William
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))


1793-1873

Macready, William Charles
1832: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May))

Macready, William Charles
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)


1793-1874

McNeill, Duncan, 1st Baron Colonsay
1870: United Kingdom (* Copinger's Law of Copyright)

McNeill, Duncan, 1st Baron Colonsay
1888: USA
( American Authors and British Pirates)


1793-1875

Ferdinand I
1840 : Germany (* Bilateral Treaty between Austria and Sardinia)

Head, Sir Francis Bond
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)


1793-1876

Neal, John
1837: USA ( Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States )

Neal, John
1843: USA
( An Address to the People of the United States)


1793-1879

Carey, Henry Charles
1834: USA (* Wheaton v. Peters)

Carey, Henry Charles
1834: USA
(* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report)

Carey, Henry Charles
1837: USA
( Address of Certain Authors)

Carey, Henry Charles
1843: USA
( An Address to the People of the United States)

Carey, Henry Charles
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Carey, Henry Charles
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)

Carey, Henry Charles
1880: Germany
(* Kohler: Author's Right)


1793-1880

Cox, Samuel Hanson
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

Erle, William
1854: United Kingdom
(* Jeffreys v. Boosey )

Erle, William
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)

Erle, William
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)

Erle, William
1878: United Kingdom
(* Royal Commissioners' Report)


1793-1882

Martin, Henri
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1793-1883

Colburn, Warren
1847: USA (* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)


1793-1884

Henley, Joseph Warner
1862: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (20 March))

Phelps, Almira Hart Lincoln
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1794-1824

Thurtell, John
1832: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May))

Thurtell, John
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)


1794-1842

Parant, Narcisse
1902 : France (* Court of Cassation on moral rights)


1794-1843

Elton, Edward William
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )

Ware, Henry, Jr.
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1794-1851

Caunter, Rev. John Hobart
1837: USA ( Petition of British Authors)


1794-1854

Lockhart, John Gibson
1837: USA ( Address of Certain Authors)

Lockhart, John Gibson
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April))

Lockhart, John Gibson
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (9 May))

Lockhart, John Gibson
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Lockhart, John Gibson
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)

Rotch, Benjamin
1833: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Dramatic Literary Property Act (24 July))


1794-1856

Hoffman, Ogden
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1794-1857

Moncrieff, William
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1794-1858

Alvensleben, Count Albrecht von
1838: Germany ( Ordinance on the Establishment of Societies of Copyright Experts)


1794-1860

Preston, William Campbell
1837: USA ( Debates in Congress)

Preston, William Campbell
1837: USA
( Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States)

Preston, William Campbell
1837: USA
( Petition of British Authors)

Preston, William Campbell
1841: USA
( S. 227 (Dramatic Works Public Performance Bill))

Preston, William Campbell
1843: USA
( An Address to the People of the United States)

Preston, William Campbell
1890: USA
( Report on H.R. 10881)

Ross, Sir William Charles
1858: United Kingdom
( Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee)


1794-1862

Tefft, Israel Keech
1843: USA ( An Address to the People of the United States)


1794-1863

Pinckney, Henry Laurens
1834: USA ( Letters from Sumner to Story)

Robinson, Edward
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

Robinson, Edward
1873: USA
( Committee on the Library Report)

Robinson, Edward
1874: United Kingdom
( Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright)


1794-1864

Embury, Daniel
1843: USA ( An Address to the People of the United States)


1794-1865

Everett, Edward
1831: USA ( House Debate)

Everett, Edward
1837: USA
(* Senate Report)

Everett, Edward
1838: USA
( Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston)

Everett, Edward
1843: USA
( An Address to the People of the United States)

Everett, Edward
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

Everett, Edward
1853: USA
( British-American Copyright Convention Draft)

Everett, Edward
1872: United Kingdom
( Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright)

Everett, Edward
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)

Everett, Edward
1896: USA
( The Question of Copyright )

Greville, Charles Cavendish Fulke
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1794-1866

Whewell, William
1837: USA ( Petition of British Authors)

Whewell, William
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)


1794-1867

Flourens, Jean Pierre
1862: France (* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")


1794-1869

Longacre, James Barton
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1794-1870

Grier, Robert Cooper
1853: USA (* Stowe v. Thomas)


1794-1871

Bentley, Richard
1872: United Kingdom ( Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright )

Gavard, Jacques Dominique Charles
1841: France
( Court of Cassation on artistic property)

Grote, George
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April))

Grote, George
1839: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (1 May))

Grote, George
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Grote, George
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Grote, George
1873: USA
( Committee on the Library Report)

Grote, George
1874: United Kingdom
( Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright)

Grote, George
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1794-1872

Arnal, Étienne
1834 : France (* Balzac's letter to authors)

D'Aubigné, Jean Henri Merle
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Folsom, Charles
1841: USA
( Master in Chancery Report )

Folsom, Charles
1841: USA
(* Folsom v. Marsh)

Folsom, Charles
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1794-1874

Child, David Lee
1843: USA ( An Address to the People of the United States)


1794-1878

Bryant, William Cullen
1843: USA ( An Address to the People of the United States)

Bryant, William Cullen
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

Bryant, William Cullen
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Bryant, William Cullen
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)

Bryant, William Cullen
1896: USA
( The Question of Copyright)

Renouard, Augustin-Charles
1814: France
(* Court of Cassation on sculptures)

Renouard, Augustin-Charles
1841: France
(* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property )

Renouard, Augustin-Charles
1845: France
(* Court of Appeal on translations)

Renouard, Augustin-Charles
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Renouard, Augustin-Charles
1853: Germany
(* Bluntschli: On Authors' Rights)

Renouard, Augustin-Charles
1853: USA
(* Stowe v. Thomas)

Renouard, Augustin-Charles
1857: Germany
(* Wächter: "Publishing Right")

Renouard, Augustin-Charles
1858: United Kingdom
( Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee)

Renouard, Augustin-Charles
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)

Renouard, Augustin-Charles
1877: Germany
(* Gareis: Juridical Nature of Author's Rights)

Renouard, Augustin-Charles
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)

Renouard, Augustin-Charles
1902: France
(* Court of Cassation on moral rights)

Thesiger, Frederick, 1st Baron Chelmsford
1862: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (23 May))

Thesiger, Frederick, 1st Baron Chelmsford
1862: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (5 June))

Thesiger, Frederick, 1st Baron Chelmsford
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)

Thesiger, Frederick, 1st Baron Chelmsford
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)

Thesiger, Frederick, 1st Baron Chelmsford
1888: USA
( American Authors and British Pirates)


1794-1879

Walter, Ferdinand
1857 : Germany (* Wächter: "Publishing Right")

Warren, Henry
1858: United Kingdom
( Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee)


1794-1880

Charon, Viala, Baron de
1866: France (* Literary and artistic property act)


1794-1882

Dewey, Orville
1843: USA ( An Address to the People of the United States)

Dewey, Orville
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

Stephens, Catherine
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)


1794/95-1871

Boosey, Thomas
1853: United Kingdom ( Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright)

Boosey, Thomas
1854: United Kingdom
(* Jeffreys v. Boosey )

Boosey, Thomas
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1795-1821

Keats, John
1842: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Keats, John
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)


1795-1839

Morrell, Benjamin
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1795-1842

Arnold, Thomas
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)


1795-1850

Osbaldiston, David Webster
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Perlet, Adrien
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)


1795-1854

Hodgson, Frederick
1839: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (1 May))

Talfourd, Thomas Noon
1837: United Kingdom
( Copyright Bill (6 June))

Talfourd, Thomas Noon
1837: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Dec.))

Talfourd, Thomas Noon
1837: USA
( Address of Certain Authors)

Talfourd, Thomas Noon
1837: USA
( Petition of British Authors)

Talfourd, Thomas Noon
1838: United Kingdom
( Copyright Bill (27 Feb.))

Talfourd, Thomas Noon
1838: United Kingdom
( Copyright Bill (6 June))

Talfourd, Thomas Noon
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April))

Talfourd, Thomas Noon
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (6 June))

Talfourd, Thomas Noon
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (9 May))

Talfourd, Thomas Noon
1839: United Kingdom
( Copyright Bill)

Talfourd, Thomas Noon
1839: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (1 May))

Talfourd, Thomas Noon
1839: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.))

Talfourd, Thomas Noon
1839: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (9 July))

Talfourd, Thomas Noon
1840: United Kingdom
( Copyright Bill)

Talfourd, Thomas Noon
1840: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.))

Talfourd, Thomas Noon
1840: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (4 Feb.))

Talfourd, Thomas Noon
1840: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (8 July))

Talfourd, Thomas Noon
1841: United Kingdom
( Copyright Bill)

Talfourd, Thomas Noon
1841: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Jan.))

Talfourd, Thomas Noon
1841: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (29 Jan.))

Talfourd, Thomas Noon
1841: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.))

Talfourd, Thomas Noon
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (3 Mar.))

Talfourd, Thomas Noon
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Talfourd, Thomas Noon
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May))

Talfourd, Thomas Noon
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Talfourd, Thomas Noon
1847: USA
(* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright)

Talfourd, Thomas Noon
1852: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (13 Feb.) )

Talfourd, Thomas Noon
1853: United Kingdom
( Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright)

Talfourd, Thomas Noon
1858: United Kingdom
( Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee)

Talfourd, Thomas Noon
1862: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (28 Feb.) )

Talfourd, Thomas Noon
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)

Talfourd, Thomas Noon
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)

Talfourd, Thomas Noon
1880: Germany
(* Kohler: Author's Right)


1795-1856

Salvandy, Narcisse-Achille de
1841: France (* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property)

Salvandy, Narcisse-Achille de
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)

Thierry, Augustin
1834: France
(* Balzac's letter to authors)

Thierry, Augustin
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)


1795-1858

Butler, Benjamin Franklin
1843: USA ( An Address to the People of the United States )


1795-1859

Crowder, Sir Richard Budden
1870: United Kingdom (* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1795-1861

Frederick William IV
1838 : Germany ( Ordinance on the Establishment of Societies of Copyright Experts)

Frederick William IV
1846: Germany
(* Bilateral Treaty between Prussia and Britain)

Mackenzie, William Lyon
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1795-1862

Wakley, Thomas
1835: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on the Lectures Act (24 Aug.))

Wakley, Thomas
1835: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Lectures Act (26 Aug.))

Wakley, Thomas
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (9 May))

Wakley, Thomas
1838: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (20 March))

Wakley, Thomas
1839: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (1 May))

Wakley, Thomas
1840: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.))

Wakley, Thomas
1840: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (4 Feb.))

Wakley, Thomas
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (16 Mar.))

Wakley, Thomas
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (20 April))

Wakley, Thomas
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (3 Mar.))

Wakley, Thomas
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Wakley, Thomas
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (8 Feb.))

Wakley, Thomas
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


1795-1863

Barthe, Félix
1862: France (* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")

Forshall, Josiah
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1795-1864

Behnes, William
1878: United Kingdom ( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1795-1868

Hermann, Friedrich Benedict Wilhelm von
1880: Germany (* Kohler: Author's Right)

Thompson, Daniel Pierce
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

Vaughan, Robert
1837: USA
( Petition of British Authors )


1795-1869

Dalloz, Désiré
1841: France (* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property)

Dalloz, Désiré
1862: France
(* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires")

Dalloz, Désiré
1902: France
(* Court of Cassation on moral rights)

Troplong, Raymond-Théodore
1861: France
(* Court of Cassation on telegraphic news)

Troplong, Raymond-Théodore
1866: France
(* Literary and artistic property act)

Troplong, Raymond-Théodore
1902: France
(* Court of Cassation on moral rights)


1795-1870

Goodall, Edward
1878: United Kingdom ( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)

Kennedy, John Pendleton
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

Stewart, Rev. Charles Samuel
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1795-1876

Sprague, William Buell
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1795-1881

Carlyle, Thomas
1837: USA ( Petition of British Authors)

Carlyle, Thomas
1837: USA
(* Senate Report)

Carlyle, Thomas
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April))

Carlyle, Thomas
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

Carlyle, Thomas
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Carlyle, Thomas
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)

Carlyle, Thomas
1896: USA
( The Question of Copyright )


1795-1884

Bossange, Hector
1837: USA ( Address of Certain Authors)

Bossange, Hector
1842: United Kingdom
(* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright)


1795-1885

Donaldson, Thomas Leverton
1853: United Kingdom ( Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright )


1795-1886

Brougham, William, 2nd Baron Brougham and Vaux
1832: United Kingdom ( Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May))

Brougham, William, 2nd Baron Brougham and Vaux
1832: United Kingdom
( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)

Brougham, William, 2nd Baron Brougham and Vaux
1842: United Kingdom
( Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May))

Ranke, Leopold von
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1796-1833

Chitty, Joseph
1818: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence )

Chitty, Joseph
1870: United Kingdom
(* Copinger's Law of Copyright)


1796-1840

Follen, Charles
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)


1796-1851

Cole, Samuel W.
1853: USA ( Letters on International copyright)


1796-1852

Booth, Junius Brutus
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature )


1796-1853

Bayard, Jean-François Alfred
1853: France ( Court of Cassation on translations)

Bayard, Jean-François Alfred
1853: USA
(* Stowe v. Thomas)


1796-1855

Nicholas I
1834 : France (* Balzac's letter to authors)


1796-1859

Bush, George
1848: USA ( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

Prescott, William Hickling
1848: USA
( Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials)

Prescott, William Hickling
1853: USA
( Letters on International copyright)

Prescott, William Hickling
1873: USA
( Committee on the Library Report)

Prescott, William Hickling
1874: United Kingdom
( Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright)

Prescott, William Hickling
1878: United Kingdom
( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1796-1860

Bunn, Alfred
1878: United Kingdom ( Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence)


1796-1861

Duncombe, Thomas Slingsby
1832: United Kingdom ( Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature)


1796-1864

Enfantin, Barthélemy Prosper
1862: France