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    Core documents by: Date Place Core documents for: Italy Germany France Britain United States All documents for: Italy Germany France Britain United States Original language: English French German Italian Latin Browse documents by: Person ... by name ... by occupation ... by life dates Place Institution Legislation Case law Browse commentaries by: Person ... by name ... by occupation ... by life dates Place Institution Legislation Case law Browse database by: Key words Editors' login: | Persons referred to Abbatucci, Paul-Séverin (1821-1888); info: member of the Corps législatif 1866: France * Literary and artistic property act Abbey, Edwin Austin (1852-1911); info: American artist; illustrator 1902: USA Bleistein's Brief Abbey, Henry E. (1846-1896); info: American theatre manager 1896: USA Debate in Congress Abbey, Henry (1842-1911); info: American poet 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Abbott, Benjamin Vaughan (1830-1890); info: American lawyer; legal writer 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Abbott, Charles (1762-1832); also: Baron Tenterdon; info: judge 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright Abbott, Jacob (1803-1879); info: American clergyman 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Abbott, Lyman (1835-1922); info: American theologian; editor; author 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Abbott, William (1788-1854); info: actor; theatre manager 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Abbot, Charles, 1st Baron Colchester (1757-1829); info: politician; Speaker of the House of Commons (1802-1817) 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Abbot, Charles, 2nd Baron Colchester (1798-1867); info: politician 1852: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (30 April) Abeel, David (1804-1846); info: American missionary; writer on China 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Abelard, Peter (1079-1142); also: Abailard; info: philosopher 1778 : France * Pluquet's letters Abercrombie, John (1780-1844); info: physician 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) Abercromby, George, 2nd Baron Abercromby (1770-1843); lawyer; MP 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Abernethy, John (1764-1831); info: surgeon 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Ackerman, Rudolph (1764-1834); info: university historian 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Acland, Sir Thomas Dyke, 11th Baronet (1809-1898); info: politician; educational reformer 1886: United Kingdom International Copyright Bill Adams, Charles Francis, Jr. (1835-1915); info: American railroad executive; author 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Adams, Charles Kendall (1835-1902); info: American historian; President of Cornell University (1885-1892) 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Adams, George Everett (1840-1917); info: American lawyer; congressman 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Adams, Hannah (1755-1831); info: American religious writer 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Adams, Henry (1838-1918); info: American historian; novelist 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Adams, Herbert Baxter (1850-1901); info: American historian; educator 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848); info: U.S. President (1825-1829); American diplomat; congressman 1828: USA Letter from Donaldson to Wheaton 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Adams, John (1735-1826); info: American statesman; author of the "Declaration of Independence" (1776); U.S. Vice President (1789-1797); U.S. President (1797-1801) 1789: USA Ramsay's Petition 1841: USA Master in Chancery Report Adams, Oscar Fay (1855-1919); info: American author; lecturer 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Adams, Richard (fl.1554); info: printer 1554: United Kingdom Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers Adams, Richard (1709/10-1774); info: judge 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1774: United Kingdom The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket Adams, Sir Francis Ottiwell (1826-1889); info: diplomat; Minister Plenipotentiary at Berne 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Adam, Alexander (1741-1809); info: Scottish teacher; writer on Roman antiquities 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright Adam, Graeme Mercer (1839-1912); info: Scottish-born Canadian publisher 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Adderley, Charles Bowyer, 1st Baron Norton (1814-1905); info: politician; Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies (1866-1868) 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Addison, Joseph (1672-1719); info: writer; politician 1751: United Kingdom Tonson v. Walker 1761: United Kingdom Tonson v. Collins 1762: United Kingdom A Vindication of the Rights of Authors 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1774: United Kingdom The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1832: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May) 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Adlard, George (fl.1843); info: American publisher 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Adolphus, John (1765-1845); info: barrister 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Aelian (fl.220); also: Claudius Aelianus; info: Greek rhetorician 1590 : Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Aeschylus (c.525 B.C.-c.456 B.C.); info: Greek tragedian 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Aesop; info: legendary Greek fabulist 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Agasias, son of Dositheus (fl.100 B.C.); info: Greek sculptor 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Agassiz, Jean Louis Rodolphe (1807-1873); info: Swiss-born American naturalist; glaciologist 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Aglionby, Henry (1790-1854); info: MP 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (20 April) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) Agnew, Daniel (1809-1902); info: Chief Justice of Pennsylvania 1883: USA Burrow-Giles' Brief Aguesseau, Henri-François d' (1668-1751); info: statesman; Chancellor of France (1717-1750, intermittently) 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers 1778: France * Pluquet's letters Aguilar, Grace (1816-1847); info: English writer 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Aiken, Jesse B. (fl.1846); also: Aikin; info: American singing master; inventor of a system of musical notation 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Aikin, Arthur (1773-1854); info: chemist; mineralogist 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Aikin, John (1747-1822); info: physician; biographer 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Prince (1819-1861); info: Prince Consort to Queen Victoria; patron of the arts 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee Albrizzi, Angelo (fl.1780-1794); info: Venetian publisher 1780 : Italy * "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents Albrizzi, Giambattista (1698-1777); also: Giovanni Battista; info: Venetian publisher; collector 1780: Italy * "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents Alcott, Louisa May (1832-1888); info: American writer; nurse 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Alderson, Edward Hall (1787-1857); info: judge; legal writer 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey Alde, John (fl.1554); info: printer 1554: United Kingdom Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers Aldrich, Louis (1843-1901); info: American actor 1896: USA Debate in Congress Aldrich, Thomas Bailey (1836-1907); info: American poet; editor; novelist 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Alembert, Jean le Rond D' (1717-1783); info: philosopher; mathematician 1776: France * Fragments on the Freedom of the Press 1777: France * Linguet's memorandum 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May) 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Alexander the Great (356 B.C.-323 B.C.); info: King of Macedonia 1590 : Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" 1675: Germany * Counterfeited Privilege in Grimmelshausen's "The Magic Bird's Nest" 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade Alexander VII (1599-1667); also: Fabio Chigi; info: Pope (1655-1667) 1659 : Germany * Schupp: The Book Thief Alexander, Archibald (1772-1851); info: American Presbyterian theologian 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Alexander, Sir William (d.1842); info: Chief Baron of the Exchequer 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Alexandra, Queen (1844-1925); info: Queen-Consort of King Edward VII 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Alexandre, Arsène (1859-1937); info: French art critic 1902: USA Bleistein's Brief 1903: USA * Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co. Alfonso XIII (1886-1941); info: King of Spain (1886-1931) 1886: United Kingdom Berne Convention 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Alfred, the Great (849-899); info: Anglo-Saxon king of Wessex 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor Ali Muddat ibn al-Husayn (1817-1902); info: Bey and Possessor of the Kingdom of Tunis (1882-1902) 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Alison, Archibald (1757-1839); info: didactic writer 1839: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.) Alison, Sir Archibald (1792-1867); info: historian; lawyer 1839: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.) 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report Alison, Sir Archibald (1792-1867); info: Scottish lawyer; historian 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Allen, James Lane (1849-1925); info: American novelist 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Allen, Paul (1775-1826); info: American editor; author 1841: USA Master in Chancery Report Allestree, Richard (1619-1681); also: Allestry; info: clergyman; provost of Eton College 1709: United Kingdom More Reasons Humbly Offer'd for the Bill for the Encouragement of Learning 1709: United Kingdom Reasons Humbly Offer'd to the Consideration of the Honourable House of Commons 1762: United Kingdom * Tonson v. Collins Alloury, Louis (b.1805); info: journalist 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Allston, Washington (1779-1843); info: American poet; landscape painter 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Allwood, Rev Philip (fl.1800); info: classical scholar; Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence (1836-1912); info: Dutch-born British painter 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Almeida-Garrett, João Baptista da Silva Leitão (1799-1854); info: Portuguese dramatist; politician 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Almon, John (1737-1805); info: English journalist 1841: USA Master in Chancery Report Alsop, Bernard (fl.1620-1637); info: master printer 1637: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree Alsop, Richard (1761-1815); info: American author; translator 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Altenstein, Karl Sigmund Franz Freiherr von Stein zum (1777-1840); info: statesman; Prussian Minister of Culture and Education 1817 1827: Germany * Treaties on reciprocal protection between Prussia and various German States 1837: Germany * Prussian Copyright Act 1838: Germany Ordinance on the Establishment of Societies of Copyright Experts Alvensleben, Count Albrecht von (1794-1858); info: Prussian Minister of Finance (1835-1842) 1838: Germany Ordinance on the Establishment of Societies of Copyright Experts Ambrogini, Angelo (1454-1494); also: Angelo Poliziano; Politian; info: Italian humanist; classical scholar; poet 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" 1778: France * Pluquet's letters Ambrose, St (c.339-397); info: Church father 1761: United Kingdom Tonson v. Collins Amelot de Chaillou, Antoine-Jean (1732-1795); info: statesman 1777: France * French Decree of 30 August 1777, on the duration of privileges 1780: France * Dramatic Act 1780: Italy Venetian Reprint of the French Decree of 30 August 1777, on the duration of privileges Ames, Joseph (1689-1759); info: bibliographer; antiquarian 1761: United Kingdom Tonson v. Collins 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1774: United Kingdom The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Amos, Sheldon (1835-1886); info: jurist 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report Anaxagoras (c.500 B.C.-428 B.C.); info: Greek philosopher 1590 : Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Anaximander (c.611 B.C.-546 B.C.); info: Greek philosopher 1590 : Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Anaximenes (d.c.500 B.C.); info: Greek philosopher 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Anderson, Andrew (fl.1671); info: King's printer 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson Anderton, William (d.1693); info: printer 1704: United Kingdom * Defoe's Essay on the Press Andrews, Ebenezer Turrell (1766-1851); info: American printer; bookseller 1790: USA Sample registrations Andrews, Henry Charles (fl.1794-1830); info: botanist; botanical artist; engraver 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Andrews, Miles Peter (1742-1814); info: playwright; gunpowder manufacturer 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature André, Johann Anton (1775-1842); info: composer; music publisher; publisher of Mozart's works 1830: Germany * Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy Andrieux, François Guillaume Jean Stanislaw (1759-1833); info: scholar; dramatist 1826: France * Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission Angelus Silesius (1624-1677); also: Johann Scheffler; info: poet; mystic 1657: Germany Preface to Silesius's Chant Book Angot, Charles (fl.1660-1684); info: publisher; bookseller 1776 : France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Anisson, Jean (d.1721); info: Lyonnais printer; director of the Librairie (1691-) 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Anisson, Laurent (fl.1670-1677); info: Lyonnais printer 1776 : France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Anisson-Duperron, Etienne (1748-1794); info: printer; director of the Imprimerie royale (1788) 1778: France * Pluquet's letters Anne (1665-1714); info: Queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1702-1714) 1710: United Kingdom A Bill for Encouragement of Learning 1710: United Kingdom * Statute of Anne 1721: United Kingdom Burnet v. Chetwood: Entries from the Court's Book of Orders 1721: United Kingdom Burnet's Bill of Complaint and Chetwood's Answer 1729: United Kingdom Gay v. Read 1737: United Kingdom An Act for the Encouragement of Learning (Draft) 1737: United Kingdom * Baller v. Watson: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders 1737: United Kingdom * Booksellers' Bill 1741: United Kingdom Gyles v. Wilcox (Barnardiston's Report) 1741: United Kingdom Pope's Bill of Complaint, and Curl's Answer 1741: United Kingdom * Pope v. Curl 1747: United Kingdom * Warburton's Letter from an Author 1761: United Kingdom Tonson v. Collins 1762: United Kingdom A Vindication of the Rights of Authors 1762: United Kingdom * Tonson v. Collins 1766: United Kingdom Blackstone's Commentaries, Vol.II (selected extracts) 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1773: United Kingdom Information for Messrs John Hinton et al 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson 1774: United Kingdom Booksellers' Bill 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1774: United Kingdom The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1812: United Kingdom Petition of the London Booksellers 1813: United Kingdom Petition of the Printers of London and Westminster 1813: United Kingdom Report of the Acts Respecting Copyright 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report on Acts for the Encouragement of Learning 1814: United Kingdom Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (12 July) 1814: United Kingdom Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (15 July) 1814: United Kingdom Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (18 May) 1814: United Kingdom Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (7 June) 1814: United Kingdom * Copyright Act 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report on the Copyright Acts 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report 1837: United Kingdom Copyright Bill (6 June) 1838: United Kingdom Copyright Bill (27 Feb.) 1838: United Kingdom Copyright Bill (6 June) 1839: United Kingdom Copyright Bill 1840: United Kingdom Copyright Bill 1841: United Kingdom Copyright Bill 1842: United Kingdom Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (21 April) 1842: United Kingdom Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (23 March) 1842: United Kingdom Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (4 March) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1842: United Kingdom * Copyright Act 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright Annesley, Arthur, 1st Earl of Anglesey (1614-1686); info: statesman; Lord Privy Seal (1673-1682) 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Annesley, George, 9th Viscount Valentia (1770-1844); also: Anesley; info: traveller to India 1812: United Kingdom Petition of the London Booksellers 1813: United Kingdom Petition of the Printers of London and Westminster 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Anson, Sir William Reynell (1843-1914); info: jurist; politician 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Anstis, John, Sr. (1669-1744); info: officer of arms; antiquarian 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Anstruther, Sir Alexander (1769-1819); info: judge; legal writer 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Anthony, Henry Bowen (1815-1884); info: American newspaper editor; politician 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Anthony, Henry Mark (1817-1886); info: painter 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Anthony, St (251-356); also: Anthony the Great; Antony of Thebes; info: Egyptian ascetic 1781: Italy * "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings Anthon, Charles (1797-1867); info: American classical scholar 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Apelles (fl.330 B.C.); info: Greek painter 1762: United Kingdom * Tonson v. Collins Apellicon of Teos (d.c.84 B.C.); info: Greek book collector 1590 : Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Appian of Alexandria (c.95-c.165); also: Appianos; info: Roman historian; lawyer 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Appleton, Charles Edward (1841-1879); info: English Hegelian; Fellow of St John's College, Oxford; editor of the journal "The Academy" 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Appleton, George S. (1821-1878); info: American publisher 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Appleton, Samuel A. (1766-1853); info: American merchant; philanthropist 1838: USA Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston Appleton, William Henry (1814-1899); info: American publisher 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Aquinas, St Thomas (1225-1274); info: scholastic philosopher; theologian 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Arago, Dominique François Jean (1786-1853); info: scientist; optical physicist; statesman 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May) 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Arago, François Victor Emmanuel (1812-1896); info: French politician; French Ambassador at Berne (1880-1884) 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Arbuthnot, John (1667-1735); info: physician; satirist 1741: United Kingdom Pope v Curl: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders 1741: United Kingdom Pope's Bill of Complaint, and Curl's Answer Archer, James (1823-1904); info: Scottish painter 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Archibald, Sir Edward Mortimer (1810-1884); info: lawyer; British consul to New York (1857-1883) 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Arden, Joseph (fl.1847-1858) 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee Arden, Sir Richard, 1st Baron Alvanley (1744-1804); info: barrister; politician 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Aretino, Leonardo (c.1369-1444); also: Leonardo Bruni; info: Italian humanist; historian 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Argenson, René-Louis de Voyer de Paulmy, marquis d' (1694-1757); info: statesman; author 1778: France * Pluquet's letters Argenti, Felix (b.c.1800); info: Italian-born American banker 1838: USA Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston Ariosto, Ludovico (1474-1533); info: Italian poet 1515: Italy * Ariosto's Printing Privilege 1834: France * Balzac's letter to authors Aristippus (c.435 B.C.-360 B.C.); info: Greek philosopher 1590 : Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Aristophanes (c.448 B.C.-c.388 B.C.); info: Greek playwright; satirist 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" 1740: Germany * Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books" Aristotle (384 B.C.-322 B.C.); info: Greek philosopher; scientist 1590 : Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" 1704: United Kingdom * Defoe's Essay on the Press 1776: France * Fragments on the Freedom of the Press 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright Aris, Samuel (d.c.1735); info: printer 1737: United Kingdom * Baller v. Watson: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders Arkwright, Sir Richard (1732-1792); info: inventor of cotton-spinning machinery; cotton manufacturer 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (9 May) 1839: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.) 1840: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May) Arminius, Jacobus (1560-1609); also: Jakob Hermandszoon; theologian 1663: United Kingdom L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals Armitage, Edward (1817-1896); info: painter 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Arnal, Étienne (1794-1872); info: actor 1834: France * Balzac's letter to authors Arnauld d'Andilly, Robert (1588-1674); info: lawyer; scholar; translator 1690: France * Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers Arnauld, Antoine (1612-1694); also: 'the Great Arnauld'; info: Jansenist; philosopher; lawyer; mathematician 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Arndt, Johann (1555-1621); info: theologian 1781: Germany * Austrian Statutes on Censorship and Printing Arnell, Samuel Mayes (1833-1903); info: American congressman 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Arnigio, Bartolomeo (1523-1577); info: Italian physician; poet 1590 : Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Arnold, Matthew (1822-1888); info: poet; writer 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1888: USA The International Copyright Bill 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Arnold, Samuel Greene (1821-1880); info: American lawyer; historian; politician 1838: USA Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston Arnold, Samuel James (1774-1852); info: playwright; theatre manager 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Arnold, Thomas (1795-1842); info: English educationist; scholar 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Arnott, George Arnott Walker (1799-1868); info: botanist 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (20 March) Arthur, Chester Alan (1829-1886); info: U.S. President (1881-1885) 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Arthur, John (fl.1870); info: colonial administrator 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Arthur, Timothy Shay (1809-1885); info: American author 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Arthur, William (1819-1901); info: preacher 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Ascoli, Prospero (1843-1917); info: Italian jurist 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Ashdown, Edwin (1826-1912); info: music publisher 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Asher, Adolphus (1800-1853); info: Berlin bookseller; anglophile 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Ashurst, William (1725-1807); info: judge 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1774: United Kingdom The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1798: United Kingdom * Beckford v. Hood 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey Astley, Philip (1742-1814); info: theatre manager; equestrian; horse-tamer 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Astley, Sir John (fl.1612-1622); info: Master of the Revels 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Astley, Thomas (fl.1728-1737); info: bookseller 1737: United Kingdom * Baller v. Watson: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders Astle, Thomas (1735-1803); info: archivist; manuscript collector 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Aston, Richard (1717-1778); info: judge 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1774: United Kingdom The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1853: USA * Stowe v. Thomas Astruc, Jean (1684-1766); info: physician; biblical scholar 1763 : France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade Athanaric (d.381); info: Gothic king 1511: Germany Imperial Privilege for Konrad Peutinger Athanasius, St (c.296-317); info: theologian; prelate 1704: United Kingdom * Defoe's Essay on the Press Athenaeus (fl.200); info: Greek writer 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Atherton, Sir William (1806-1864); info: lawyer; politician 1861: United Kingdom Fine Art Copyright Bill 1861: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Bill (6 May) 1862: United Kingdom Fine Art Copyright Bill (20 March) 1862: United Kingdom Fine Art Copyright Bill (27 Feb.) 1862: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (28 Feb.) Atkinson, Edward (1827-1905); info: American publicist 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Atkyns, Richard (1615-1677); info: historian of printing; royalist 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Atkyns, Sir Edward (1630-1698); info: judge; politician; publicist 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright Attaignant, Pierre (c.1494-1552); info: music printer 1531: France Francis I's letter patent to Pierre Attaignant Attalus I, Soter (269 B.C.-197 B.C.); info: King of Pergamon (241 B.C.-197 B.C.) 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Atterbury, Francis (1663-1732); info: writer; politician; Bishop of Rochester 1741: United Kingdom Pope v Curl: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders 1741: United Kingdom Pope's Bill of Complaint, and Curl's Answer Atticus, Titus Pomponius (110 B.C.-32 B.C.); info: Roman intellectual; bibliophile 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1774: United Kingdom The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey Attwood, Matthias Wolverley (d.1865); info: MP 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (9 May) 1839: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (1 May) Attwood, Thomas (1783-1856); info: politician; currency theorist 1835: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Lectures Act (26 Aug.) Aubéry, Antoine (1616-1695); info: lawyer; historian; biographer of Cardinal Richelieu 1690: France * Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers Auber, Daniel François Esprit (1782-1871); info: composer 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Aubry, Charles (1803-1883); info: French jurist; co-author of the "Cours de droit civil français" (1839-46) 1902: France * Court of Cassation on moral rights Audier-Massillon (fl.1814); info: court reporter 1814: France * Court of Cassation on sculptures Audubon, John James (1785-1851); info: Haiti-born American ornithologist; bird artist 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Auger, Louis-Simon (1772-1829); info: journalist; dramatist; permanent secretary of the Académie française 1826 1826: France * Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission Augier, Guillaume Victor Emile (1820-1889); info: dramatist 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Augustine, St (354-430); also: Aurelius Augustinus; info: Church father 1690: France * Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers 1704: United Kingdom * Defoe's Essay on the Press 1725: France * Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Augustus I (1526-1586); info: Elector of Saxony (1553-1586) 1549 : Germany * Electoral Saxon Printing and Censorship Acts from 1549 to 1717 Augustus of Saxony (1589-1615); info: co-regent of Saxony with his brother Chrisian II 1549: Germany * Electoral Saxon Printing and Censorship Acts from 1549 to 1717 Augustus, Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (63 B.C.-14 A.D.); info: Roman Emperor (29 B.C.-14 A.D.) 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" 1774: United Kingdom Stella's Modest Exceptions 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Aumont (fl.1757-1761); info: publisher 1761: France * La Fontaine case Austen, Jane (1775-1817); info: novelist 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Austin, Elisabeth (fl.1752); info: bookseller's widow 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1773: United Kingdom Information for Messrs John Hinton et al 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Austin, John (1790-1859); info: jurist; legal philosopher 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Austin, Stephen (d.1750); info: bookseller 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1773: United Kingdom Information for Messrs John Hinton et al 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Ayblinger, Franz Ulrich (fl.1713); info: town clerk 1713: Germany Augsburg Printers' Ordinance Aylmer, Brabazon (c.1645-c.1719); info: bookseller 1751: United Kingdom Tonson v. Walker Aylmer, John (1521-1594); info: prelate; Bishop of London (1577-1594) 1586: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree Aytoun, William Edmonstoune (1818-1865); info: Scottish poet; humorist 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Azuni, Domenico Alberto (1749-1827); info: jurist; expert on maritime law 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright Babbage, Charles (1791-1871); info: mathematician 1837: USA Petition of British Authors Babcock, Sidney (c.1797-1884); info: American publisher 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Baber, Henry Hervey (1775-1869); info: philologist 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Babuty, François (fl.1714); info: bookseller 1761: France * La Fontaine case Bache, Franklin (1792-1864); info: American surgeon; Professor of Chemistry at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Bachman, Rev. John (1790-1874); info: American clergyman; naturalist 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Bachofen, Johann Caspar (1695-1755); info: composer 1739: Germany Privilege of the Protestant Swiss Cantons Bach, Johann Christian (1735-1782); also: the 'London' Bach; info: composer 1777: United Kingdom * Bach v. Longman 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750); info: composer; organist 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey Bacon, Francis (1561-1626); info: Lord Chancellor; politician; philosopher 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) Bacon, Francis (1561-1626); info: philosopher; essayist 1762: United Kingdom A Vindication of the Rights of Authors 1762: United Kingdom * An Enquiry into Literary Property 1762: United Kingdom * Tonson v. Collins 1774: United Kingdom Macauley's A Modest Plea 1774: United Kingdom Stella's Modest Exceptions 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1774: United Kingdom The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1776: France * Fragments on the Freedom of the Press 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1834: France * Balzac's letter to authors 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April) 1841: France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1853: USA * Stowe v. Thomas 1896: USA The Question of Copyright 1896: USA Treloar Copyright Bill (H.R. 5976) Bacon, John (1740-1799); info: sculptor 1799: United Kingdom Documents concerning the Models and Busts Act Bacon, Leonard Woolsey (1830-1907); info: American clergyman; author 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Bacon, Roger (c.1214-1292); info: philosopher; scientist 1840: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (4 Feb.) Bacon, Sir Nathaniel (1593-1660); info: politician; writer 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor Bacon, Sir Nicholas (1509-1579); info: statesman; Lord Keeper of the Great Seal 1566: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree Badeau, Gen. Adam (1831-1895); info: American soldier; author; U.S. Consul-General in London (1870-1881) 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Badger, Richard (fl.1629-1641); info: master printer 1637: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree Badius, Josse (1462-1535); also: Jodocus Badius; Bade; info: printer; author 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Baedeker, Karl (1801-1859); info: guidebook publisher 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Baetzmann, Samuel Fredrik (1841-1913); info: Norwegian journalist; author; Honorary President of the ALAI 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Bagford, John (1650-1716); info: shoemaker; antiquary 1762: United Kingdom * Tonson v. Collins 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor Baglioni, Giovanni Antonio (1705-1754); info: Venetian publisher 1781 : Italy * "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings Bagshaw, Edward (c.1590-1662); info: Independent minister; religious controversionalist 1663: United Kingdom L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals Bailleur, Nicolas de (fl.1618); info: counsellor to the King of France 1618: France * Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade Baillie, Joanna (1762-1851); info: playwright; poet 1837: USA Petition of British Authors Baillie, Joanna (1762-1851); info: Scottish playwright; poet 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Baily, Edward Hodges (1788-1867); also: Bailey; info: sculptor 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Baines, Sir Edward, Jr. (1800-1890); info: newspaper editor; MP 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (6 June) 1839: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.) 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Bain, Alexander (1818-1903); info: Scottish empirical philosopher; psychologist 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report Baird, Henry Carey (1825-1912); info: American economist; industrial publisher 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Baird, Robert (1789-1863); info: American clergyman; author 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Baker, Abraham (fl.1619); info: smalt-maker 1624: United Kingdom * Statute of Monopolies Baker, Sir Richard (c.1568-1645); info: historian 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Baker, William C. M. (fl.1867-1879); info: American auditor 1879: USA Baker's Argument 1879: USA Selden's Argument 1879: USA * Baker v. Selden Baldi, Bernardino (1533-1617); info: Italian mathematician; writer 1590 : Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Baldwin, Eleazer B. (fl.1865-1879); info: American county treasurer 1879: USA Selden's Argument Baldwin, Henry (1734-1813); info: newspaper proprietor 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents Baldwin, Henry (1780-1844); info: Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1830-1844) 1834: USA Letters from Sumner to Story 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright Baldwin, John Denison (1809-1883); info: American politician; Member of the U.S. House of Representatives 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Baldwin, Robert (1780-1858); info: bookseller 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Balfe, Michael William (1808-1870); info: Irish composer 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Ballanche, Pierre-Simon (1776-1847); info: poet; counterrevolutionary philosopher 1834: France * Balzac's letter to authors Ballard, Christophe (d.1715); info: music publisher 1725: France * Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum Ballard, Pierre I (c.1575-1639); info: music printer 1607: France General privilege granted to Pierre Ballard Ballard, Robert I (d.1588); info: music printer 1552: France * General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard Baller, Katherine (fl.1733-1737); info: sister of John Gay 1737: United Kingdom * Baller v. Watson: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders Ballot-Beaupré, Marie Clément Jules Alexis (1839-1917); info: French lawyer; President of the Civil Chamber of the Court of Cassation 1902: France * Court of Cassation on moral rights Balzac, Honoré de (1799-1850); info: novelist 1834: France * Balzac's letter to authors 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Bancks, John (fl.1740); info: printer 1741: United Kingdom * Gyles v. Wilcox (Atkyn's Reports) Bancroft, Aaron (1755-1839); info: American clergyman; biographer of George Washington 1841: USA Master in Chancery Report Bancroft, George (1800-1891); info: American historian; US Minister in Britain (1846-1849) 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Bancroft, Hubert Howe (1832-1918); info: American historian; ethnologist 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Bandinel, Rev. Dr. Bulkeley (1781-1861); info: scholar; ecclesiastic; head librarian at Bodleian Library 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Bandlow, August (c.1858-1912); info: American lithographer; designer; portrait painter 1902: USA Bleistein's Brief 1902: USA Bleistein: Donaldson Lithographing Co. Brief Bangerow, Karl Adolph von; info: jurist 1877: Germany * Gareis: Juridical Nature of Author's Rights Bankes, Henry (1757-1835); info: MP 1814: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (19 May) Bankes, Sir John (1589-1644); info: Attorney General 1637: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree Banks, Richard (fl.1525-1542); info: printer 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Banks, Sir Joseph (1744-1820); info: botanist; member of Captain Cook's expedition; President of the Royal Society 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Banning, Henry Blackstone (1836-1881); info: American soldier; congressman 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Barante, Amable Guillaume Prosper Brugière, baron de (1782-1866); info: statesman; historian 1834: France * Balzac's letter to authors 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) Barbara, Zacharias (fl.1486); info: Venetian councillor 1486 : Italy * Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege Barbarigo, Agostino (c.1420-1501); info: Doge of Venice (1486-1501) 1498 : Italy * Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent Barber, Francis (c.1745-1801); also: 'Black Frank'; info: Jamaican servant of Samuel Johnson 1841: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) Barbeyrac, Jean (c.1674-1744); info: jurist 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1774: United Kingdom Enfield's Observations 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright Barbour, Philip Pendleton (1783-1841); info: congressman; Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1836-1841) 1828: USA H.R. 140 Committee Bill Barbou, Jean Joseph (fl.1753); info: printer; publisher 1725: France * Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum 1761: France * La Fontaine case Barclay, Alexander (c.1475-1552); info: Scottish poet; translator 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Baretti, Giuseppe Marc Antonio (1719-1789); info: critic; compiler of Anglo-Italian dictionary 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Barham, Richard Harris (1788-1845); info: humorist 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Baring, Alexander, 1st Baron Ashburton (1774-1848); commercial agent; politician; special ambassador to the U.S.A. (1842) 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Baring, Henry Bingham (1804-1869); info: politician 1833: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Dramatic Literary Property Act (12 March) 1844: United Kingdom International Copyright Bill Baring, Thomas (1799-1873); info: banker; politician 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee Baring-Gould, Sabine (1834-1924); info: author; clergyman 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Barker, Col. Thomas (1713-c.1786); info: American businessman 1746: USA North Carolina Printing Privilege to Commissioners Barkly, Sir Henry (1815-1898); info: Governor of Cape Colony (1870-1877) 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Barlow, Joel (1754-1812); info: American poet; politician 1782: USA Letter from Smith to Webster 1783: USA Letter from Joel Barlow to the Continental Congress Barlow, J. (fl.1737-1741); info: abridger 1741: United Kingdom Gyles v. Wilcox (Barnardiston's Report) Barnard, Charles (1838-1920); info: American journalist; author 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 1896: USA Debate in Congress Barnard, Frederick Augustus Porter (1809-1889); info: American scientist; educationalist 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Barnes, Albert (1798-1870); info: American theologian 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Barnes, Alfred Smith (1817-1888); info: American publisher 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Barnes, Thomas (1785-1841); info: drama critic; editor of "The Times"; reformer 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Barrère de Vieuzac, Bertrand (1755-1841); info: advocate; Jacobin 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Barrett, George (1752-1821); info: actuary 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Barrett, Wilson (1846-1904); info: English actor; theatre manager 1896: USA Debate in Congress Barrett-Lennard, Sir Thomas (1788-1856); info: MP 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Barret, Jean-Marie (fl.1760-1778); info: Lyonnais bookseller; printer 1776 : France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Barrois, Théophile (fl.1768-1784); info: publisher 1761 : France * La Fontaine case Barrot, Ferdinand Victorin (1806-1883); info: French politician 1866: France * Literary and artistic property act Barrow, Isaac (1630-1677); info: theologian 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Barrow, Sir John (1764-1848); info: naval administrator; traveller 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Barry, Charles, Jr. (1823-1900); info: architect 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report Barry, John (fl.1789-1796); info: American teacher; author of "The Philadelphia Spelling Book" (1790) 1790: USA Sample registrations Barry, Spranger (1719-1777); info: Irish actor 1832: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May) Barr, Amelia Edith, née Huddleston (1831-1919); info: British-born American novelist 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Barthélemy, Auguste Marseille (1796-1867); info: poet; political satirist 1834: France * Balzac's letter to authors Barthélemy, Jean Jacques (1716-1795); info: author; antiquary 1763 : France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade Barthélemy, Jean-Jacques (1716-1795); also: l'abbé Bartélemy; info: numismatist; author 1759: France * Sieur d'Anville's contract Barthelet, Thomas (fl.1529-1547); info: King's printer 1761: United Kingdom Tonson v. Collins Barthe, Félix (1795-1863); info: politician; senator 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Bartholin, Thomas, the Elder (1616-80); info: physician; mathematician 1738: Germany * Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books Bartholomaei, Albrecht Friedrich (fl.1765); info: publisher 1765 : Germany * Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel Bartlett, John Russell (1805-1886); info: American bookseller; publisher 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Bartley, George (1782-1858); info: comic actor; theatre manager 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Baseggio, Giacomo (fl.1780); info: Venetian printer 1781: Italy * "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings Baskerville, John (1706-1775); info: English printer; typographer; printer to the University of Cambridge 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Baskett, Thomas (1701-1761); info: printer 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright Basnage, Henri (1656-1710); info: lawyer; author 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade Bastiat, Frédéric (1801-1850); info: political economist 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Bateman, Kate Josephine (1842-1917); info: American actress 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Bates, Henry Walter (1825-1892); info: naturalist; traveller 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Bathurst, Henry, 2nd Earl (1714-1794); also: Lord Apsley; info: Lord Chancellor (1771-1778) 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1841: USA * Folsom v. Marsh 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Batracus; info: Spartan architect 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Baudouin, Manuel Achille (1846-1917); info: judge; Procurator-General of the Court of Cassation 1902: France * Court of Cassation on moral rights Baudry-Lacantiniere, Gabriel (1837-1913); info: French jurist 1902 : France * Court of Cassation on moral rights Baumann, Georg (fl.1641-1657); info: publisher; newspaper publisher 1657 : Germany Preface to Silesius's Chant Book Bavier, Simeon (1825-1896); info: politician; President of the Swiss Confederation 1882 1882: Germany Bilateral treaty between Switzerland and France Bawdwen, William (1762-1816); info: antiquary; translator 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Baxter, Richard (1615-1691); info: Nonconformist clergyman 1663: United Kingdom L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals 1704: United Kingdom * Defoe's Essay on the Press Bayard, Jean-François Alfred (1796-1853); info: dramatist 1853 : France Court of Cassation on translations 1853: USA * Stowe v. Thomas Bayley, Sir John (1763-1841); info: judge; legal writer 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Bayley, Sir Steuart Colvin (1836-1925); info administrator in India 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Bayley, Thomas Butterworth (1744-1802); info: agriculturalist; Fellow of the Royal Society 1774: United Kingdom Enfield's Observations Bayley, Thomas Haynes (1797-1839); info: English songwriter 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Bayle, Pierre (1647-1706); info: Protestant philosopher 1763 : France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade 1776: France * Fragments on the Freedom of the Press Baylor, Frances Courtenay, née Dawson (1848-1920); info: American author 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Bayly, Lewis (d.1631); info: Puritan; Bishop of Bangor 1709: United Kingdom Reasons Humbly Offer'd to the Consideration of the Honourable House of Commons Beale, John (fl.1637); info: master printer 1637: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree Beardsley, Aubrey Vincent (1872-1898); info: English illustrator 1902: USA Bleistein's Brief Beattie, James (1735-1803); info: Scottish poet; essayist 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de (1732-1799); info: playwright 1780 : France Beaumarchais's report 1791: France Beaumarchais's petition 1834: France * Balzac's letter to authors 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" 1902: France * Court of Cassation on moral rights Beaume, Alexandre (fl.1854-1862); info: co-author, with Etienne Blanc, of "Code général de la propriété industrielle littéraire et artistique" (1854); co-author, with Adrien Huard, of "Dialogue des morts sur la propriété littéraire" (1862) 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Beaumont, Christophe de (1703-1781); info: Archbishop of Paris 1763 : France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade Beaumont, Francis (c.1584-1616); info: playwright 1832: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May) 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Beazley, Samuel (1786-1851); info: architect; playwright 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Beccaria, Carlo Emanuele, Marchese d'Incisa (1846-1923); info: Italian diplomat 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Bechet, Denis (fl.1643); info: bookseller 1665: France * French book trade regulations Beckenhub, Johannes (c.1479); info: printer 1479: Germany * Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg Becker, Rudolph Zacharias (1752-1822); info: publisher; author 1790: Germany * J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire Becket, Thomas à (1118-1170); info: Archbishop of Canterbury (1162-1170); martyr 1538: United Kingdom * Henrician Proclamation Becket, Thomas (1722-1813); also: Beckett; info: bookseller 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket Beckford, Peter (1740-1811); info: author 1798: United Kingdom * Beckford v. Hood Beck, James Burnie (1822-1890); info: Senator for Kentucky 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Beck, Theodric Romeyn (1791-1855); info: American physician; specialist in medical jurisprudence 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Bédarrides, Gustave-Emmanuel (1817-1899); info: jurist at the Court of Cassation 1857: France * Court of cassation on originality 1869: France Court of Cassation on originality Beecher, Henry Ward (1813-1887); info: American Congregationalist clergyman; writer 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827); info: composer 1834: France * Balzac's letter to authors 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Behnes, William (1795-1864); info: sculptor 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Beier, Adrian (1634-1698); also: Beyer; info: Professor of law at Jena 1740: Germany * Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books" Belasco, David (1853-1931); info: American playwright; impresario; theatrical producer 1896: USA Debate in Congress Belcher, Lady Diana, née Jolliffe (1806-1890); info: wife of Admiral Sir Edward Belcher (1799-1877); author 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Belden, Lemuel W. (d.1839); info: American physician 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Bellamy, Edward (1850-1898); info: American author; socialist 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Bellamy, George Ann (c.1727-1788); info: actress; author 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Bellamy, Joseph (1719-1790); info: American Congregationalist pastor; theologian 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Bellamy, William Henry (1800-1866); info: songwriter 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Bellenden, John (d.1587); also: Ballantyne; info: Scottish ecclesiastic 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson Bellew, Harold Kyrle Money (1850-1911); info: actor 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Bellini, Vincenzo (1801-1835); info: operatic composer 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Bell, George Joseph (1770-1843); info: Scottish jurist 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright Bell, Jacob (1810-1859); info: pharmacist; artistic patron 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Bell, John (1811-1895); info: sculptor 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee Bell, Sir Charles (1774-1842); info: physiologist; surgeon 1837: USA Petition of British Authors 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright Bembo, Diodato (fl.1770-1780); info: Venetian patrician 1780 : Italy * "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents 1781: Italy * "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings Bembo, Pietro (1470-1547); info: Italian scholar; poet; cardinal 1590 : Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Benedict, Sir Julius (1804-1885); info: composer 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report Bennett, George John (1800-1879); info: actor 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Bennett, Rev. John William (fl.1876); info: Anglican clergyman 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Bennet, Robert (fl.1700); info: Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, Edinburgh 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson Bensley, Thomas (1759-1835); info: printer; publisher 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Bentham, Jeremy (1748-1832); info: philosopher; jurist; social reformer; proponent of utilitarianism 1839: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.) 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Bentinck, Lord William Cavendish (1774-1839); info: Governor-General of India (1828-1835) 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Bentley, George (1828-1895); info: publisher 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Bentley, Richard (1794-1871); info: publisher 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Bently, Richard (1662-1742); also: Bentley; info: scholar; critic 1751: United Kingdom Tonson v. Walker 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright Benvenuti, Rinaldo (fl.1780-1790); info: Venetian printer 1781 : Italy * "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings Béranger, Pierre Jean de (1780-1857); info: poet 1834 : France * Balzac's letter to authors 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Berenger, Sir Thomas (fl.1560); info: Master of the Revels 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Berger, Daniel (1744-1824); info: engraver 1794: Germany * Prussian Statute Book (ALR) Berger, Johann Heinrich von (1657-1732); info: Professor of law at Wittenberg 1740: Germany * Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books" Bergier, Nicolas-Sylvestre (1715-1790); info: theologian; philologist 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Bergman,Torbern Olof (1735-1784); info: Swedish chemist; mineralogist 1776: France * Fragments on the Freedom of the Press Bergne, Sir John Henry Gibbs (1842-1908); info: diplomat 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Bernard, Sir Thomas (1750-1818); info: philanthropist 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Bernhard II (1800-1882); info: Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1803-1866) 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Bernhöft, Franz (1852-1933); info: German comparative jurist 1880 : Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Bernoulli, Daniel (1700-1782); info: mathematician 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Bernoulli, Jacques (1654-1705); also: Jakob; info: mathematician 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Bernoulli, Jean (1667-1748); also: Johann; info: mathematician 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Bernstorff, Albrecht, Count von (1809-1874); info: Prussian ambassador in London 1846: Germany * Bilateral Treaty between Prussia and Britain Bernstorff, Christian Günther, Count von (1769-1835); info: Prussian Minister for Foreign Affairs (1817-); diplomat 1827: Germany * Treaties on reciprocal protection between Prussia and various German States Berryer, Pierre-Antoine (1790-1868); info: advocate; politician 1841 : France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property Berthelet, Thomas (d.1555); info: King's printer; bookbinder 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Berthelin, Jean (fl.1639-1651); info: publisher; bookseller 1665 : France * French book trade regulations Berthold of Henneberg (1441-1504); info: Archbishop of Mainz 1485 : Germany Censorship Edict of the Archbishop of Mainz Bertier, Antoine (fl.1636-1660); info: printer; publisher 1690: France * Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers Bertone di Sambuy, Count Vittorio Amadeo Balbo (1793-1846); info: diplomat 1840: Germany * Bilateral Treaty between Austria and Sardinia Bertuch, Friedrich Justin (1747-1822); info: publisher 1815: Germany * Annotated Publishers' Petition to the Congress of Vienna Bérulle, M. de (fl.1694); info: Intendant in Lyon 1776 : France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Berville, Saint-Albin (1788-1868); info: advocate; biographer 1841 : France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property Berzelius, Johan Jakob (1779-1848); info: Swedish chemist 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Besant, Sir Walter (1836-1901); info: English novelist; social reformer 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Beseler, Karl Georg Christoph (1809-1888); info: jurist; politician 1857 : Germany * Wächter: "Publishing Right" 1877: Germany * Gareis: Juridical Nature of Author's Rights 1878: France * Morillot on the author's right 1891: Germany 50 Prussian Expert Opinions from 1870-1876 Besold, Christoph (1577-1638); info: Professor of law at Tübingen 1738 : Germany * Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books Best, William Draper (1767-1845); also: Baron Wynford; info: judge; deputy speaker 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright Betbéder (fl.1862); info: photographer 1862: France * Court of Cassation on photography Bethell, Richard, 1st Baron Westbury (1800-1873); info: Lord Chancellor (1861-1865) 1861: United Kingdom Fine Art Copyright Bill 1861: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Bill (6 May) 1862: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (22 May) 1862: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (23 May) 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report 1888: USA American Authors and British Pirates Betterton, Thomas (c.1635-1710); info: actor; adapter of dramas 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Bettinelli, Giuseppe (1731-1786); info: Venetian publisher 1781 : Italy * "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings Bettinelli, Niccolò (fl.1780-1807); info: Venetian bookseller 1780 : Italy * "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents 1781: Italy * "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings Beuvelet, Mathieu (c.1600-after 1663); info: ecclesiastic; devotional writer 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade Beuvelet, Matthieu (c.1622-1657); info: priest; author 1665: France * French book trade regulations Bey, Gilles (fl.1586-1595); info: bookseller 1586: France * Simon Marion's plea on privileges Bezout, Étienne (1730-1783); info: mathematician 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Bickersteth, Henry, 1st Baron Langdale (1783-1851); info: law reformer; Master of the Rolls 1841: USA * Folsom v. Marsh 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Biddle, Edward C. (1808-1893); info: American publisher 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Biddle, H. (fl.1837) 1837: USA Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States Biddle, Nicholas (1786-1844); info: American financier 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Bidwell, Walter Hilliard (1798-1881); info: American editor 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Bigelow, Horatio Nelson (1816-1868); info: American entrepreneur 1838: USA Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston Bigelow, John (1817-1911); info: American lawyer; statesman 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Bignon, Jérôme (1589-1656); info: councillor of state 1665 : France * French book trade regulations 1778: France * Pluquet's letters Bilaine, Pierre (fl.1624-1644); info: printer 1690: France * Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers 1725: France * Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum Billaud-Varenne, Jacques Nicolas (1756-1819); info: lawyer; Jacobin; member of the Committee of Public Safety (1793-1795) 1793: France * French Literary and Artistic Property Act Billings, William (1746-1800); info: American choral composer; tanner 1772: USA William Billings' Printing Privilege 1772: USA William Billings' Second Petition Binder, Nicolaus (1785-1865); info: Hamburg senator 1827: Germany * Kramer: Rights of Writers and Publishers Binney, Horace (1780-1875); info: American lawyer 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report Bird, Robert Montgomery (1805-1854); info: American author 1837: USA Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Birnbaum, Johann Abraham (1702-1748); info: Professor of Rhetoric at Leipzig 1740: Germany * Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books" Birnie, Sir Richard (1760-1832); info: magistrate 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Birt, Samuel (d.1755); info: bookseller 1751: United Kingdom Tonson v. Walker Bishop, Richard (fl.1637); info: master printer 1637: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree Bishop, Sir Henry Rowley (1786-1855); info: opera composer 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Bishop, William Henry (1847-1928); info: American travel writer 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Bisland, Elizabeth (1861-1929); also: Elizabeth Bisland Wetmore; info: American author 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Bismarck, Otto von (1815-1898); info: statesman; Imperial Chancellor (Berlin) 1870: Germany * Copyright Act for the German Empire 1876: Germany * Copyright Acts for the German Empire regarding works of art, photography, and designs 1877: Germany * Gareis: Juridical Nature of Author's Rights Bisson, Auguste-Rosalie (1826-1900); info: photographic pioneer 1862 : France * Court of Cassation on photography Bisson, Louis-Auguste (1814-1876); info: photographic pioneer 1862 : France * Court of Cassation on photography Blackburn, Colin, Baron Blackburn (1813-1896); info: Scottish judge 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Blackstone, William (1723-1780); info: judge; legal writer 1774: United Kingdom Enfield's Observations Blackstone, William (1723-1780); info: legal writer; judge 1762: United Kingdom * Tonson v. Collins 1766: United Kingdom Blackstone's Commentaries, Vol.II (selected extracts) 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1773: United Kingdom Information for Messrs John Hinton et al 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1774: United Kingdom The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1775: United Kingdom * Stationers' Company v. Carnan 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May) 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Blackwood, Helen Selina, née Sheridan (1807-1867); also: Lady Dufferin; info: author; song-writer 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Blackwood, John (1818-1879); info: Scottish publisher 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Blackwood, William (1776-1834); info: Scottish publisher 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Black, Adam (1784-1874); info: Scottish publisher; founder of publishing house; MP 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Black, John (1783-1855); info: editor of the "Morning Chronicle" 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Black, William (1841-1898); info: Scottish novelist 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Bladen, William (1673-1718); info: clerk of the Maryland House of Delegates 1700: USA Bladen's Privilege Blado, Antonio (1490-1567); info: Italian publisher; apostolic printer (1545-1567) 1531: Italy * Antonio Blado's privilege for Machiavelli's works 1531: Italy * Bernardo Giunti's privilege for Machiavelli's works 1532: Italy Antonio Blado's edition of Machiavelli's "History of Florence" Blaine, Delabere Roberton (1807-1871); info: lawyer; author of "On the Laws of Artistic Copyright and their Defects" (1853) 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report Blair, Francis Preston, Jr. (1821-1875); info: American politician; Union Army general 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Blair, Hugh (1718-1800); info: Scottish preacher; Regius Professor of Rhetoric at Edinburgh 1840: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.) 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Blaise, Thomas (fl.1617-1629); info: bookseller 1618: France * Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade Blaisot, Gilles (fl.1610); info: printer 1618: France * Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade Blake, Alexander V. (fl.1838-1847); info: American publisher 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Blanchard, John Adams (1807-1872); info: American banker 1838: USA Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston Blanchard, Samuel Laman (1804-1845); info: English author; journalist 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Blanchard, Thomas (1760-1797); info: actor; singer 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Blanc, Etienne (1805-1874); info: jurist; author of "Traité de la contrefaçon en tous genres et de sa poursuite en justice" (1837) 1814: France * Court of Cassation on sculptures 1845: France * Court of Appeal on translations 1853: USA * Stowe v. Thomas 1857: Germany * Wächter: "Publishing Right" 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right 1902: France * Court of Cassation on moral rights Blatchford, Samuel (1820-1893); info: American judge; reporter of decisions 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright 1883: USA Burrow-Giles' Brief 1883: USA Sarony's Brief 1885: USA Carte v. Duff Bleistein, George (1861-1918); info: American publisher; printer; lithographer 1899: USA Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co., District Court Decision 1900: USA Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co., Circuit Court Decision 1902: USA Bleistein's Brief 1902: USA Bleistein: Donaldson Lithographing Co. Brief Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of, née Power (1789-1849); info: Irish novelist 1837: USA Petition of British Authors 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Bliss, Philip (1787-1857); info: antiquary; librarian at Bodleian Library 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Blomfield, Charles James (1786-1857); info: Bishop of London (1828-1856) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May) Blondel, Pierre-Jacques (1683-1739); info: author 1725: France * Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum Blosio Palladio (d.1550); also: Blosius Palladius; info: Italian poet; prelate; papal secretary 1531: Italy * Antonio Blado's privilege for Machiavelli's works 1531: Italy * Bernardo Giunti's privilege for Machiavelli's works Blount, Charles (1654-1693); info: deist; controversialist 1721: United Kingdom * Burnet v. Chetwood Blumauer, Aloys (1755-1798); also: Aloysius; info: Austrian author; editor; censor 1785: Germany Imperial privilege for Aloysius Blumauer's Travesty of Virgil's "Aeneid" Bluntschli, Johann Kaspar (1808-1881); info: jurist; author 1853: Germany * Bluntschli: On Authors' Rights 1857: Germany * Wächter: "Publishing Right" 1877: Germany * Gareis: Juridical Nature of Author's Rights 1878: France * Morillot on the author's right Blücher, Gebbard Lebrecht von (1742-1819); also: Prince of Wahlstadt; info: military commander 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Boccaccio, Giovanni (1313-1375); info: Italian writer 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade Boccardo, Gerolamo (1829-1904); also: Girolamo; info: Professor of Political Economy at Genoa; author of "Della proprietà letteraria" (1861) 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Bochetel, Guillaume (d.1553); info: secretary of State; translator 1547 : France * French Censorship Act Bodda, Frank (c.1823-1892); info: baritone 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Boderie, Guy Lefèvre de la (1541-1598); info: orientalist; biblical scholar; poet 1650: France * Vitré's memorandum on the prolongation of privileges Bode, Heinrich (1652-1720); also: Bodinus; info: Professor of law at Halle 1740: Germany * Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books" Bodley, Sir Thomas (1545-1613); info: scholar; diplomat; founder of the Bodleian Library 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report on the Copyright Acts Bodley, Sir Thomas (1545-1613); info: scholar; diplomat; Master of Stationers' Company 1637: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Boece, Hector (c.1465-1536); also: Boyis; Boethius; info: Scottish historian 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson Böhmer, Justus Henning (1674-1749); also: Just; info: Professor of law at Halle 1740: Germany * Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books" Böhmer, Justus Henning (1674-1749); info: Professor of Law at Halle 1815: Germany * Annotated Publishers' Petition to the Congress of Vienna Böhme, Johann August (1766-1847); info: music publisher 1829 : Germany Music publishers' agreement to ban reprinting Bohn, Henry George (1796-1884); info: publisher; dealer in rare books 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Bohn, Johann Carl (1712-1773); info: publisher; bookseller 1765 : Germany * Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel 1774: Germany * Pütter: The Reprinting of Books Boileau-Despréaux, Nicolas (1636-1711); info: author 1777: France * Linguet's memorandum 1841: France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Boisrobert, François le Métel de (1592-1662); info: poet 1777: France * Linguet's memorandum Boissieux, M. (fl.1861); info: clerk at the Court of Cassation 1861 : France * Court of Cassation on telegraphic news Boissy d'Anglas, François Antoine de (1756-1828); info: revolutionary politician 1841: France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property Boivin-Champeaux, Paul (b.1854); info: President of the Court of Cassation 1902: France * Court of Cassation on moral rights Bolingbroke 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey Bolingbroke, Henry St John, 1st Viscount (1678-1751); info: statesman; writer 1741: United Kingdom Pope v Curl: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders 1741: United Kingdom Pope's Bill of Complaint, and Curl's Answer 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1841: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.) Bolmar, Anthony (1797-1861); also: Jean Claude Antoine Brunen de Bolmar; info: French-born American schoolmaster; textbook author 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Bomare, Valmont de (1731-1807); info: writer 1791: France * Report of François Hell to the National Assembly Bonald, Louis Gabriel Ambroise, Vicomte de (1754-1840); info: writer; monarchist; cardinal 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Bonaparte, Charles Lucien Jules Laurent, 2nd Prince of Canino and Musignano (1803-1857); info: naturalist; editor of Wilson's "American Ornithology" 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Bonaparte, Lucien, 1st Prince of Canino (1775-1840); also: Luciano Buonaparte; info: brother of Napoleon; diplomat; author 1837: USA Petition of British Authors Bond, George William (1811-1892); info: American wool merchant 1838: USA Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston Bonheur, Rosa (1822-1899); info: animal painter 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Bonner, John (1828-1899); info: American author 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Booker, John (1601-1667); info: author; licenser for almanacs 1643: United Kingdom An Ordinance for the Regulation of Printing Boone, Richard G. (fl.1890); info: American educator 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Boosey, John (1832-1893); info: music publisher 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Boosey, Thomas (1794/95-1871); info: music publisher 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Booth, Edwin Thomas (1833-1893); info: American author 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Booth, Junius Brutus (1796-1852); info: actor 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Borgofranco, Giovanni Battista da (fl.1543); info: Venetian publisher 1590 : Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Bossange, Hector (1795-1884); info: bookseller; publisher; author of "Opinion nouvelle sur la proprieté litteraire" (1836) 1837: USA Address of Certain Authors 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Bossuet, Jacques Bénigne (1627-1704); info: churchman; orator 1763 : France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade 1777: France * Linguet's memorandum 1778: France * Pluquet's letters 1841: France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Bostock, John (1773-1846); info: physician; medicinal chemist 1837: USA Petition of British Authors Boswell, Alexander (1707-1782); also: Lord Auchinleck; info: judge 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Boswell, James (1740-1795); info: lawyer; diarist; biographer 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1841: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Boswell, Sir Alexander (1775-1822); info: antiquary; song writer 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) Bosworth, Thomas (c.1824-1899); info: publisher; bookseller 1852: USA Copyright and Natural Right 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Botta, Carlo Giuseppe Guglielmo (1766-1837); info: Italian historian 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Bouchel, Laurent (1588-1629); info: French jurist; author 1776 : France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Boucherat, Louis (1616-1699); info: statesman; Chancellor of France (1685-1699) 1665: France * French book trade regulations 1686: France * Book trade regulations 1725: France * Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum Boucher, Jonathan (1738-1804); info: Anglican clergyman; lexicographer 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Boucicault, Dion (1820-1890); info: Irish actor; dramatist 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Boudinot, Elias (1740-1821); info: American lawyer; statesman; President of the Continental Congress (1782-1783) 1783: USA Letter from Joel Barlow to the Continental Congress Bouffé, Marie (1800-1888); also: Vignol; info: actor 1834 : France * Balzac's letter to authors Bouhier, Pierre (fl.1582-1584); info: Mayor of Dijon; historian 1763 : France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade Boulanger, Jean (fl.1650); info: printer 1665: France * French book trade regulations Boulanger, Nicolas-Antoine (1722-1759); info: engineer; author 1763 : France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade Boulay de la Meurthe, François Joseph, Comte (1799-1880); info: French Senator 1866: France * Literary and artistic property act Boulley, Jean (fl.1609-1639); info: bookseller 1665: France * French book trade regulations Bourbon-Condé, Anne Genevieve de (1619-1679); also: Duchesse de Longueville; info: protectress of the Jansenists 1841: France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property Bourbon-Conti, Amélie Gabrielle Stephanie Louise de (1756-1825); info: memoirist; prototype of Eugenie in Goethe's "Die Natürliche Tochter" 1790: USA Sample registrations Bourchier, Thomas (c.1404-1486); info: cardinal; Archbishop of Canterbury (1454-1486) 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Bourdaloue, Louis (1632-1794); info: preacher 1777: France * Linguet's memorandum 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Bourde, Jean (fl.1618); info: bookseller 1618: France * Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade Bourke, Robert, Baron Connemara (1827-1902); info: barrister; MP; Governor of Madras (1886-1902) 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report Bouvier, John (1787-1851); info: French-born American jurist; author of law dictionary 1883: USA Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony Bovill, Sir William (1814-1873); info: judge 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey Bowditch, Nathaniel (1773-1838); info: American mathematician; founder of modern maritime navigation 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Bowen, Charles Synge Christopher (1835-1894); also: Lord Bowen; info: judge; author 1883: USA Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony 1883: USA Burrow-Giles' Brief 1893: USA Falk v. Donaldson Bowen, Charles (1807-1845); info: American bookseller 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Bowen, Jabez (1739-1815); info: Deputy Governor of Rhode Island (1778-1779, 1781-1786); Chief Justice of Rhode Island 1783: USA Rhode Island Copyright Statute Bowen, Sir George Ferguson (1821-1899); info: colonial governor 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Bowker, Richard Rogers (1848-1933); info: American editor; publisher 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Bowles, William Lisle (1762-1852); info: clergyman; poet; editor of Pope's works 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Bowring, Sir John (1792-1872); info: politician; diplomat; writer 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (20 April) 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright Bowyer, Robert (1758-1834); info: miniature painter; publisher 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Bowyer, William (1699-1777); info: printer 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor Boyesen, Hjalmar Hjorth (1848-1895); info: Norwegian-born American writer; scholar; author of memoirs on Ivan Turgenev 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Boyle, Rev. Isaac (1782-1850); info: American clergyman 1838: USA Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston Boyle, Roger, 1st Earl of Orrery (1621-1679); info: soldier; statesman; writer 1761: United Kingdom Tonson v. Collins Boyle, Sir Courtenay Edmund (1845-1901); info: civil servant 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Boyle, The Hon Robert (1627-1691); info: physicist; chemist 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Boyneburg, Johann Christian Baron von (1622-1672); also: Boineburg; info: statesman; diplomat 1659: Germany * Schupp: The Book Thief Bozérian, Jules-François Jeannotte (fl.1875-1890); info: French Senator 1902: France * Court of Cassation on moral rights Bracton, Henry de (c.1210-1268); info: ecclesiastic; jurist 1766: United Kingdom Blackstone's Commentaries, Vol.II (selected extracts) 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Braddon, Mary Elizabeth (1835-1915); info: novelist 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Bradford, Augustus Williamson (1806-1881); info: American politician 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Bradley, Benjamin (fl.1832-1856); info: American bookbinder 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Bradley, James (1693-1762); info: astronomer 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Bradley, Joseph Philo (1813-1892); info: American jurist; U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice (1870-1892) 1879: USA * Baker v. Selden 1902: USA Bleistein: Donaldson Lithographing Co. Brief Bradley, William Henry (1868-1962); info: American illustrator; designer 1902: USA Bleistein's Brief Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886); info: scholar; librarian at Cambridge University Library 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Braham, John Joseph (c.1848-1919); info: English-born American musician; composer 1896: USA Debate in Congress Braham, John (c.1774-1856); info: tenor 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Bramston, Sir John (1577-1654); info: judge; licenser for law books 1643: United Kingdom An Ordinance for the Regulation of Printing Bramston, Sir John (1832-1921); info: politician; civil servant 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Brande, William Thomas (1788-1866); info: English chemist; compiler of encyclopaedia 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Brandt, Johann Christian (fl.1764-1773); info: publisher 1765 : Germany * Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel Braun, Anton Gottfried (fl.1765-1770); info: publisher 1765: Germany * Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel Brecken de St Croix, Frederick (1828-1903); info: Canadian lawyer; politician; attorney-general of Prince Edward Island 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Breckinridge, William Campbell Preston (1837-1904); info: American jurist; congressman 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Breitkopf, Bernhard Christoph (1695-1777); info: publisher 1765 : Germany * Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel Breitkopf, Johann Gottlob Immanuel (1719-1794); info: music publisher; typographer 1765: Germany * Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel Bremer, Franz Peter (1832-1916); info: German jurist 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Bremer, Fredrika (1801-1865); info: Swedish novelist 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Brentano, Lujo (1844-1931); info: German political economist; pacifist 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Brent, Daniel Carroll (1770-1841); info: Chief Clerk of the U.S. Department of State (1817-1833) 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report Brent, Sir Nathaniel (c.1573-1652); info: Warden of Merton College, Oxford; licenser for canon and civil law books 1643: United Kingdom An Ordinance for the Regulation of Printing Bretfeld-Chlumczansky, Franz Joseph Thomas, Baron von (1777-1839); info: Bohemian jurist; numismatist 1835: Germany * Copyright statement of Johann Strauss for Austria and Prussia Brett, Colonel W. F. (fl.1870-1871); info: Governor of Bermuda 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Brett, William Baliol, 1st Viscount Esher (1817-1899); info: lawyer; Master of the Rolls 1883: USA Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony 1883: USA Burrow-Giles' Brief 1902: USA Bleistein: Donaldson Lithographing Co. Brief Brevoort, Henry, Jr. (1791-1874); info: friend of Washington Irving 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham (1810-1897); info: clergyman; compiler of reference works 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Brewster, Benjamin Harris (1816-1888); info: American attorney 1853: USA Stowe v. Thomas, Defendant's Answer 1853: USA * Stowe v. Thomas Brewster, Osmyn (1798-1889); info: American publisher 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Brewster, Sir David (1781-1868); info: natural philosopher; academic administrator 1839: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) Brewster, Thomas (fl.1649-1663); info: bookseller 1663: United Kingdom L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals Briasson, Antoine-Claude (1700-1775); info: Lyonnais publisher; bookseller 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Bridgeman, Sir Orlando (1609-1674); info: judge 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Bridges, Henry (fl.1663); info: printer 1663: United Kingdom L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals Bridgman, John W. (fl.1899) 1899: USA Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co., District Court Decision 1902: USA Bleistein's Brief Briesen, Arthur von (1843-1920); info: German-born American lawyer; philanthropist 1896: USA The Question of Copyright 1902: USA Bleistein's Brief 1903: USA * Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co. Briggs, Charles Frederick (1804-1877); info: American journalist; author; editor 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Brindley, John (d.1758); info: bookseller 1751: United Kingdom Tonson v. Walker Bristed, Charles Astor (1820-1874); info: American scholar; author; Secretary of the U.S. Copyright Association 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Bristed, John (1778-1855); info: English-born American clergyman 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Britton, John (1771-1857); info: antiquary 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Brocas, Paul-Denis (1724-c.1790); info: publisher 1761: France * La Fontaine case Brockes, Barthold Heinrich (1680-1747); info: author 1739: Germany Privilege of the Protestant Swiss Cantons Broderip, William John (1789-1859); info: lawyer; naturalist 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee Brodie, Sir Benjamin Collins (1783-1862); info: physiologist; surgeon 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) Brontë, Charlotte (1816-1855); also: Currer Bell (pseudonym); info: writer 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Brooke, Samuel (fl.1818-1830); info: printer 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Brooke, Sir Robert (d.1558); info: legal writer 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor Brookshaw, George (c.1751-1823); info: painter; illustrator 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Brooks, Charles William Shirley (1816-1874); info: journalist; novelist 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Brooks, James (1810-1873); info: American newspaper editor; politician 1837: USA Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Brooks, Thomas (1608-1680); info: Nonconformist preacher 1663: United Kingdom L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals Brotherton, Joseph (1783-1837); info: Nonconformist; MP; info: law reformer 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright Brotier, Gabriel (1723-1789); info: Jesuit; classical scholar 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Brougham, Henry Peter, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778-1868); info: jurist; Lord Chancellor (1830-1834) 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May) 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Brougham, William, 2nd Baron Brougham and Vaux (1795-1886); info: law reformer; politician 1832: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May) 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May) Broughton, Rhoda (1840-1920); info: Welsh novelist 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Browne, Alexander P. (fl.1880-1896); info: American copyright lawyer 1896: USA Hearing on H.R. 5976 Browne, Causten (1828-1909); info: American jurist 1885: USA Carte v. Duff Browne, Charles Farrar (1834-1867); also: Artemus Ward (pseud); info: American humorist 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Browne, Francis Fisher (1843-1913); info: American poet; editor 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Browning, Elizabeth, née Barrett (1806-1861); info: poet 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Browning, Robert (1812-1889); info: poet 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Brownson, Orestes Augustus (1803-1876); info: American publicist; Transcendentalist 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Brown, Charles Brockden (1771-1810); info: American novelist 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Brown, Davis S. (fl.1891); info: entrepreneur 1891: USA Falk v. Brett Lithographing Co. Brown, Delaplaine (1841-1906); info: entrepreneur 1891: USA Falk v. Brett Lithographing Co. Brown, George William (1812-1890); info: Mayor of Baltimore (1860-1861); memoirist 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Brown, George (d.1776); also: Lord Coalston; info: judge 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1773: United Kingdom Information for Messrs John Hinton et al 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Brown, Henry Billings (1836-1913); info: Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1891-1906) 1902: USA Bleistein: Donaldson Lithographing Co. Brief Brown, Josiah (d.1793); info: barrister; case reporter 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report Brown, Thomas (fl.1722); info: stationer 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson Brown, Thomas (1778-1820); info: Scottish philosopher 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Bruce, George (1781-1866); info: Scottish-born American printer; type founder 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Bruce, James (1730-1794); also: 'the Abyssinian'; info: Scottish explorer 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Bruce, Robert (1718-1785); also: Lord Kennet; info: judge 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Bruen, Matthias (1793-1829); info: American clergyman 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Brunet, Anthelme (d.1835); info: publisher 1814: France * Court of Cassation on compilations Bruns, Carl Georg (1816-1880); info: jurist 1877: Germany * Gareis: Juridical Nature of Author's Rights Brutus, Marcus Junius (85 B.C.-42 B.C.); info: Roman politician; conspirator 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" 1821: Germany * Hegel: Remarks on Intellectual Property Bruyset, Jean-Marie (1719-1793); info: printer; bookseller 1791: France * Report of François Hell to the National Assembly Bryant, Jacob (1715-1804); info: scholar; mythographer 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878); info: American poet; journalist 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Bryce, James, 1st Viscount (1838-1922); info: jurist; Regius Professor of Civil Law at Oxford; historian; politician; Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1886) 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union 1886: United Kingdom International Copyright Bill Brydges, Sir Samuel Egerton (1762-1837); info: writer; genealogist 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1814: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (18 July) 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May) 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Bryer, Henry (fl.1812); info: bookseller 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Brüggemann, Karl (fl.1829-1833); info: music publisher 1829 : Germany Music publishers' agreement to ban reprinting Buchanan, David (1779-1848); info: writer; editor 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April) Buchanan, Dr Francis (1762-1829); also: Francis Hamilton; info: Scottish physician; geographer; zoologist; botanist; historian of the Kingdom of Nepal 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Buchanan, George (c.1506-1582); info: scholar; humanist 1663: United Kingdom L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals Buchanan, James (1791-1868); info: Senator from Pennsylvania; U.S. President (1857-1861) 1837: USA Debates in Congress 1837: USA Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States 1837: USA Petition of British Authors 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Buchenröder, Johann Nicolaus Carl (fl.1769-1785); info: publisher; reprinter 1774: Germany * Pütter: The Reprinting of Books Buchez, Philippe Benjamin Joseph (1796-1865); info: physician; socialist 1834: France * Balzac's letter to authors Buckingham, George Villiers, 2nd Duke of (1627-1687); info: courtier; dramatist 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Buckingham, James Silk (1786-1855); info: author; traveller; MP 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Buckingham, Joseph Tinker (1779-1861); info: American journalist 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Buckland, William (1784-1856); info: geologist; clergyman 1837: USA Petition of British Authors Buckley, Samuel (fl.1710-1733); info: bookseller 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Buckle, Henry Thomas (1821-1862); info: historian 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Buckminster, Joseph Stevens (1784-1812); info: American Unitarian preacher 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Buckstone, John Baldwin (1802-1879); info: playwright; comedian 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Buck, Dudley (1839-1909); info: American composer 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Buck, Sir George (1560-1622); also: Buc; info: antiquarian; Master of the Revels 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Buddha (c.563 B.C.-c.483 B.C.); also: Gautama Siddhartha; info: founder of Buddhism 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Budé, Guillaume (1467-1540); also: Budaeus; info: scholar 1762: United Kingdom A Vindication of the Rights of Authors Buffon, George-Louis Leclerc, Comte de (1707-1788); info: naturalist 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1834: France * Balzac's letter to authors 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Buist, Robert (1805-1880); info: Scottish-born American horticulturist 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Buller, Charles (1806-1848); info: politician; wit 1840: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.) Buller, Sir Francis (1746-1800); info: judge 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Bullier; info: news agency 1861: France * Court of Cassation on telegraphic news Bulmerincq, August Michael von (1822-1890); info: Baltic-German Russian jurist; expert on international law 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Bulwer, Henry Lytton (1801-1872); info: diplomat; author 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature 1837: USA Petition of British Authors 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Bulwer, Sir Henry Ernest Gascoyne (1836-1914); info: diplomat; Governor of Labuan (1871-1875) 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Bunce, Oliver Bell (1828-1890); info: American author; editor 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Bunner, Henry Cuyler (1855-1896); info: American novelist; poet 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Bunn, Alfred (1796-1860); info: theatre manager; librettist 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Bunyan, John (1628-1688); info: author; preacher 1761: United Kingdom Tonson v. Collins 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1840: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.) 1841: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.) 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Buon, Nicolas (fl.1604-1623); info: bookseller 1618: France * Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade Burges, Cornelius (c.1589-1665); also: Burgess; info: religious controversialist 1774: United Kingdom Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Burke, Edmund (1729-1797); info: statesman; philosopher 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Burke, John (1786-1848); info: author; genealogist 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April) 1840: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.) Burke, Peter (1811-1881); info: legal writer; author of "The Law of International Copyright between England and France" (1852) 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright Burke-Roche, Edmond, 1st Baron Fermoy (1815-1874); info: Irish MP 1861: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Bill (6 May) Burlamaqui, Jean Jacques (1694-1748); info: Swiss jurist 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright Burnand, Sir Francis Cowley (1836-1917); info: dramatist; journalist 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Burnap, George Washington (1802-1859); info: American clergyman 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Burnett, Frances Eliza, née Hodgson (1849-1924); info: English-born American novelist; children's author 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Burnet, Dr. Thomas (c.1635-1715); info: natural philosopher 1721: United Kingdom Burnet's Bill of Complaint and Chetwood's Answer Burnet, Dr. Thomas (c.1635-1715); info: natural philosopher; headmaster 1721: United Kingdom Burnet v. Chetwood: Entries from the Court's Book of Orders 1721: United Kingdom * Burnet v. Chetwood 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1853: USA * Stowe v. Thomas Burnet, George 1721: United Kingdom Burnet v. Chetwood: Entries from the Court's Book of Orders 1721: United Kingdom Burnet's Bill of Complaint and Chetwood's Answer Burnet, John (1784-1868); info: engraver; painter 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright Burney, Charles Jr. (1757-1817); info: classical scholar; newspaper collectioner 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Burney, Fanny (1752-1840); also: Frances; Madame D'Arblay; info: novelist; diarist 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) Burns, Robert (1759-1796); info: Scottish poet 1839: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1853: USA * Stowe v. Thomas 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Burn, Richard (1709-1785); info: legal writer; historian 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Burroughs, John (1837-1921); info: American naturalist; essayist 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Burrow, Sir James (1701-1782); info: law reporter 1774: United Kingdom Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1774: United Kingdom The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Burton, Sir Frederick William (1816-1900); info: Irish painter; Director of the National Gallery (1874-1894) 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Burton, Sir Richard Francis (1821-1890); info: orientalist; explorer 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Bury, Lady Charlotte Susan Maria (1775-1861); info: Scottish novelist 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Busée, Pierre (1540-1587); also: Petrus Busaeus; Buys; info: Jesuit; theologian 1725: France * Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum Busée, Pierre (1540-1587); info: theologian 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade Bushe, John Scott (d.1887); info: Colonial Secretary for Trinidad 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Bush, George (1796-1859); info: American biblical scholar 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Bush, Richard James (1843-1914); info: American painter; explorer of Siberia 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Butler, Benjamin Franklin (1795-1858); info: American lawyer; U.S. Attorney General (1833-1838) 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Butler, Samuel (1612-1680); info: satirist 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Butterworth, Benjamin (1837-1898); info: American congressman 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Butterworth, John (fl.1814); info: bookseller 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Buttman, Philipp Karl (1764-1829); info: philologist 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Bücher, Karl Wilhelm (1847-1930); info: German economist; founder of newspaper science 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Byfield, Adoniran (fl.1643); info: member of Westminster Assembly of Divines 1774: United Kingdom Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Bülau, Friedrich von (1805-1859); info: German political scientist; censor; translator of Macaulay's "History of England" 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Byles, Sir John Barnard (1801-1884); info: judge; author 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey Bülow, Otto von (1827-1901); info: German envoy at Berne 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Bynkershoek, Cornelis van (1673-1743); info: judge; jurist 1762: United Kingdom * Tonson v. Collins 1766: United Kingdom Blackstone's Commentaries, Vol.II (selected extracts) 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor Bynner, Edwin Lassetter (1842-1893); info: American author 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Bürckli, Johann Heinrich (fl.1743); info: publisher 1739 : Germany Privilege of the Protestant Swiss Cantons Byrd, William (c.1543-1623); info: composer 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor Bürkel, Heinrich (fl.1864); info: German jurist 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Bürkel; info: jurist 1877: Germany * Gareis: Juridical Nature of Author's Rights Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron of Rochdale (1788-1824); info: poet 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1832: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May) 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature 1834: France * Balzac's letter to authors 1838: USA Memorial of the New York Typographical Society 1840: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Byron, Henry James (1835-1884); info: dramatist; actor 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Cable, George Washington (1844-1925); info: American author 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Cabot, Sebastian (c.1475-1557); info: Venetian navigator; cartographer 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Cadell, Thomas, Jr. (1773-1836); info: publisher 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Cadell, Thomas, Sr. (1742-1802); info: bookseller 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Cadwalader, Lambert (1742-1823); info: American merchant; military officer; congressman 1789: USA House Joint copyright and patent bill decision Caesar, Gaius Julius (100/102 B.C.-44 B.C.); info: Roman general; statesman 1693: United Kingdom Locke's Memorandum on the 1662 Act 1762: United Kingdom * Tonson v. Collins 1775: United Kingdom * Stationers' Company v. Carnan 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Cailleau, André-Charles (1731-1798); info: bookseller; publisher 1786: France * French Decree on Musical Publications Caillemer, Exupère (1837-1913); info: scholar; Dean of the Faculty of History of Law at Lyon 1878: France * Morillot on the author's right Cairns, Hugh McCalmont Cairns, 1st Earl (1819-1885); info: statesman; Lord Chancellor (1868, 1874-1880) 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report 1888: USA American Authors and British Pirates Cairns, Sir William Wellington (1828-1888); info: Lieutenant Governor of British Honduras (1870-1874) 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Calamy, Edmund, 'the elder' (1600-1666); info: Presbyterian church leader; licenser for theological books 1643: United Kingdom An Ordinance for the Regulation of Printing 1663: United Kingdom L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals 1774: United Kingdom Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Calcondile, Demetrio (fl.1447); info: Greek-born Italian humanist 1590 : Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Calcott, Lady Maria, née Graham (1786-1842); info: travel writer; children's writer 1837: USA Petition of British Authors Calcraft, Sir Henry George (1836-1896); info: Permanent Secretary of the Board of Trade 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Calderón de la Barca, Pedro (1600-1681); info: Spanish dramatist 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Calderón Reyes, Climaco (1852-1913); info: Colombian lawyer; statesman; diplomat 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Calhoun, John Caldwell (1782-1850); info: U.S. Vice President (1825-1832); Senator from South Carolina 1834: USA Letters from Sumner to Story 1837: USA Debates in Congress Calman, David (fl.1883); info: American lawyer 1883: USA Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony 1883: USA Burrow-Giles' Brief Calmet, Antoine Augustin (1672-1757); info: monk; biblical scholar 1725: France * Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Calvert, Giles (c.1612-1663); info: bookseller 1663: United Kingdom L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals Calvin, John (1509-1564); info: theologian; religious reformer 1554: United Kingdom Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Calye, Robert (fl.1558); info: printer 1558: United Kingdom Calve's privilege for the 'Holsome and Catholick Doctrine' Cambacérès, Jean Jacques Régis (1753-1824); Arch-Chancellor of the French Empire 1804; editor of the Code Napoléon 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Camden, Charles Pratt, 1st Earl (1714-1794); info: jurist; statesman 1774: United Kingdom Macauley's A Modest Plea 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1774: United Kingdom The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Camden, William (1551-1623); info: antiquarian; historian; headmaster of Westminster School (1593) 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1841: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.) Cameron, Julia Margaret (1815-1879); info: photographer 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Camoens, Luis de (1524-1580); also: Camões; info: poet 1834 : France * Balzac's letter to authors Campana, Cesare (c.1540-1606); info: Italian historian 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Campbell, Ilay (1734-1823); info: judge; politician 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Campbell, John, 1st Baron Campbell (1779-1861); info: MP; judge; Lord Chancellor (1859-1861) 1832: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May) 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May) 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Campbell, Rollo (1803-1871); info: Canadian printer 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Campbell, Sheldon A. (fl.1866-1879); info: American auditor 1879: USA Selden's Argument Campbell, Thomas (1777-1844); info: Scottish poet; journalist 1837: USA Petition of British Authors 1840: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May) 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1896: USA Treloar Copyright Bill (H.R. 5976) Campbell, Vice-Admiral Sir Patrick (1773-1841); info: Royal Navy officer 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Camusat, Jean (fl.1634); info: printer 1725: France * Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum Canary, Thomas (fl.1896); info: American theatrical producer 1896: USA Debate in Congress Canfield, John (1740-1786); info: American lawyer 1782: USA Letter from Smith to Webster Canitz und Dallwitz, Karl Ernst Wilhelm, Freiherr von (1787-1850); info: Prussian soldier; Prussian Minister for Foreign Affairs (1845-) 1846: Germany * Bilateral Treaty between Prussia and Britain Canning, Charles John, 1st Earl (1812-1862); info: Governor-General of India; Viceroy of India 1840: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.) Canning, George (1770-1827); info: statesman; Prime Minister (1827) 1840: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) Canning, William Pitt (1802-1828); info: naval officer 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) Cantú, Cesare (1804-1895); info: historian; novelist 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Capello, Paolo (fl.1500-1517); info: Venetian politician 1517 : Italy * Venetian Decree on Press Affairs Capen, Nahum (1804-1886); info: American bookseller; historian; postmaster 1841: USA * Folsom v. Marsh 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Capperonier, Claude (1671-1744); info: philologist; Professor of Greek philology (Collège de France) 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade Capperonnier, Jean (1716-1775); info: classical scholar 1759 : France * Sieur d'Anville's contract Capra, Baldessar (1580-1626); info: plagiarist of Galileo 1762: United Kingdom * An Enquiry into Literary Property 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson Caracalla (176-217); also: Bassianus; Marcus Aurelius Antoninus; info: Roman Emperor (211-217) 1511: Germany Imperial Privilege for Konrad Peutinger Cardon, Horace (d.1641); info: Lyonnais printer; bookseller 1776 : France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Cardon, the Abbé (fl.1802-1815); info: author 1814: France * Court of Cassation on compilations Cardozo, Jacob Newton (1786-1873); info: American newspaper editor; political economist 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Caresme, Joseph Emile (b.1830); info: French jurist; author of "De la propriété littéraire dans l'histoire et selon le droit" (1863) 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Carey, Edward L. (1806-1845); info: American publisher; art collector 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Carey, Henry Charles (1793-1879); info: American economist; printer; publisher; protectionist 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report 1837: USA Address of Certain Authors 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Carey, Matthew (1760-1839); info: Irish-born American economist; publisher; political reformer 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report Carlisle, John Griffin (1834-1910); info: American politician; Senator for Kentucky 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Carlyle, Thomas (1795-1881); info: historian; essayist; sage 1837: USA Petition of British Authors 1837: USA * Senate Report 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Carnan, Thomas (1737-1788); info: printer; bookseller 1775: United Kingdom * Stationers' Company v. Carnan 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Carnegie, Andrew (1835-1918); info: Scottish-born American industrialist; philanthropist 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Caroboli, Giacomo (fl.1764-1780); info: Venetian publisher 1780 : Italy * "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents Caroline 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey Carpenter, William Benjamin (1813-1885); info: biologist 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Carpenter, W. H. (fl.1845); info: Keeper of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Carpmael, Alfred (fl.1885); info: solicitor; legal writer 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Carpmael, Edward (1848-1931); info: patent agent; legal writer 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Carpzov, Benedict Jr (1595-1666); info: Professor of Law at Leipzig; judge 1690: Germany Beier: On the Book Trade and its Privileges 1738: Germany * Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books 1740: Germany * Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books" 1750: Germany Fritsch: Treatise on Book Printers, Booksellers, Paper Manufacturers and Bookbinders Carrell, Joseph (fl.1643); info: preacher; licenser for theological books 1643: United Kingdom An Ordinance for the Regulation of Printing Carrières, Louis de (1662-1717); info: biblical scholar 1778 : France * Pluquet's letters Carrington, Charles Robert Wynn, 1st Marquis of Lincolnshire (1843-1928); info: politician; Governor of New South Wales (1885-1890) 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Carte, Richard D'Oyly (1844-1901); info: English impresario; opera company manager; hotel proprietor 1885: USA Carte v. Duff Carte, Thomas (1686-1754); info: historian 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report Caruthers, William Alexander (1802-1846); info: American physician; author 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Cary, Francis Stephen (1808-1880); info: painter; art teacher 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee Cassell, John (1817-1865); info: publisher 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Casserly, Eugene (1820-1883); info: American journalist; lawyer 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Cassiodorus, Flavius Magnus Aurelius (c.490-c.580); info: Roman historian; statesman 1690: France * Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers Catalano, Antonio (fl.1545); info: teacher of Latin grammar 1545: Italy * Antonio Catalano's Teaching Licence Catherine II 'the Great' (1729-1796); info: Empress of Russia (1762-1796) 1834: France * Balzac's letter to authors Catlin, George (1796-1872); info: American painter 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Catlyn, Sir Robert (d.1574); also: Catlin; info: judge 1643: United Kingdom * The Humble Remonstrance of the Stationers' Company Cato, Marcus Porcius, 'the Elder' (234 B.C.-149 B.C.); also: 'the Censor'; info: Roman statesman; orator 1774: United Kingdom Stella's Modest Exceptions 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Catrou, François (1659-1737); info: historian; translator 1763 : France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade Catullus, Gaius Valerius (c.84 B.C.-c.54 B.C.); info: Roman lyric poet 1503: Italy * Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon 1725: France * Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum Caumartin, Louis-François Lefebvre de (d.1687); info: Master of Requests to King of France 1665: France * French book trade regulations Caunter, Rev. John Hobart (1794-1851); info: author 1837: USA Petition of British Authors Caussin de Perceval, E. (b.1802); info: judge 1862: France * Court of Cassation on photography Cavallo, Tiberius (1749-1809); info: physicist; natural philosopher 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Cavendish, William, 1st Earl of Devonshire (1551-1626); also: Baron Cavendish of Hardwick; info: statesman 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor Cavendish, William, 6th Duke of Devonshire (1790-1858); also: the 'Bachelor Duke'; info: Lord Chamberlain 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, Lord Henry William (1804-1870); info: sportsman; politician 1862: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (20 March) Cavour, Count Camillo Benso di (1810-1861); info: statesman 1862 : France * Court of Cassation on photography Cawarden, Sir Thomas (c.1514-1559); info: courtier; Master of the Revels 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Cawood, John (1514-1572); info: royal printer; Master of Stationers' Company 1557: United Kingdom * Stationers' Charter 1559: United Kingdom Jugge and Cawood's printing patent for statute books 1559: United Kingdom * Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass 1559: United Kingdom * Elizabethan Injunctions Caxton, William (c.1422-c.1492); info: printer; merchant; diplomat 1761: United Kingdom Tonson v. Collins 1762: United Kingdom A Vindication of the Rights of Authors 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1841: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Caxton, William (c.1424-c.1492); info: printer; merchant; diplomat 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson Cayley, Edward Stillingfleet (1802-1862); info: MP 1839: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (1 May) Cayvan, Georgia (1857-1906); also: Georgie Eva Cayvan; info: American actress 1896: USA Debate in Congress Cecil, James, 1st Marquess of Salisbury (1748-1823); info: Lord Chamberlain 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Cecil, Sir Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne, 3rd Marquis of Salisbury (1830-1903); info: Conservative statesman; Prime Minister (1885-1886, 1886-1892, 1895-1902) 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Cecil, William, 1st Baron Burghley (1520-1598); also: Burleigh; Burchleigh; info: statesman 1566: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor Cellot, Louis-Marie (fl.1765-1786); info: printer; publisher 1776 : France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Celtis, Conrad (1459-1508); info: author 1501: Germany * Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica 1502: Germany Privilege of the Imperial Senate for Works of Conrad Celtis Ceruti, Federico (1531-1611); info: Veronese publisher; author 1590 : Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de (1547-1616); info: Spanish novelist; playwright; poet 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature 1834: France * Balzac's letter to authors 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1853: USA * Stowe v. Thomas 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Cesarini, Giuliano (1398-1444); info: Italian cardinal 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Chace, Jonathan (1829-1917); info: Senator for Rhode Island 1886: USA Committee on Patents Report 1888: USA The International Copyright Bill 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Chalmers, George (1742-1825); info: Scottish antiquarian 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Chalmers, Patrick (1802-1854); info: antiquary; MP 1835: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Lectures Act (26 Aug.) 1839: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.) Chalmers, Thomas (1780-1847); info: Scottish theologian; preacher 1837: USA Petition of British Authors 1839: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.) Chalon, Alfred Edward (1780-1860); info: portrait painter 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee Chamberlin, Daniel (1810-1879); info: American hotel proprietor 1838: USA Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston Chambers, Robert (1802-1871); info: Scottish publisher; writer of reference books 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Chambers, Sir Robert (1737-1803); info: jurist; Vinerian Professor of English Law at Oxford; Chief Justice of Bengal 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Chambers, William (1800-1883); info: Scottish publisher; philanthropist 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Chamfort, Nicolas Sébastien Roch (1741-1794); info: French writer 1902: France * Court of Cassation on moral rights Champein, Stanislas (1753-1830); info: composer 1826: France * Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission Champney, Elizabeth Williams (1850-1922); info: American author 1888: USA American Authors and British Pirates 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Chandler, Joseph Ripley (1792-1880); info: American editor; politician 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Chandler, Peleg Whitman (1816-1889); info: American attorney 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Chandler, Richard (1713-1744); info: bookseller 1751: United Kingdom Tonson v. Walker Chanler, Amélie Louise, née Rives (1863-1945); also: Princess Amélie Rives Troubetzkoy; info: American novelist; poet 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Channing, William Ellery (1780-1842); info: American clergyman; author 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Channing, William Henry (1810-1884); info: American Unitarian minister; writer 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Chantrey, Sir Francis Legatt (1781-1841); info: sculptor 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May) Chapelain, Jean (1595-1674); info: poet; critic 1777: France * Linguet's memorandum Chapman, Frederick (fl.1870); info: publisher 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Chapman, Livewell (fl.1643-1665); info: bookseller 1663: United Kingdom L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals Chapman, T. Ellwood (fl.1848-1861); info: American publisher 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Chapman, Walter (fl.1528); info: printer 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson Chappell, Thomas Patey (1819-1902); info: music publisher 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Chappell, William (1809-1888); info: music publisher; antiquary 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright Chapsal, Charles Pierre (1787-1858); info: grammarian; editor 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Charlemagne (747-814); also: Carolus Magnus; Karl der Große; info: King of the Franks; Western Roman Emperor 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Charles Albert of Savoy (1798-1849); also: Carlo Alberto Amadeo di Savoia; info: King of Piedmont-Sardinia (1831-1849) 1840: Germany * Bilateral Treaty between Austria and Sardinia Charles I (1600-1649) 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Charles I (1600-1649); info: King of Great Britain and Ireland (1625-1649) 1663: United Kingdom L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals 1762: United Kingdom A Vindication of the Rights of Authors 1773: United Kingdom Information for Messrs John Hinton et al 1774: United Kingdom Enfield's Observations 1774: United Kingdom Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1774: United Kingdom The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Charles II (1630-1685); info: King of Scotland and England (1660-1685) 1662: United Kingdom * Licensing Act 1663: United Kingdom L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals 1684: United Kingdom Stationers' Charter 1704: United Kingdom * Defoe's Essay on the Press 1762: United Kingdom A Vindication of the Rights of Authors 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1773: United Kingdom Information for Messrs John Hinton et al 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1774: United Kingdom The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1814: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (18 July) 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1832: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May) 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April) 1840: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.) 1841: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report Charles IV (1316-1378); info: Holy Roman Emperor (1355-1378) 1608 : Germany * "Books Constitution" of Emperor Rudolf II Charles IX (1550-1574); info: King of France (1559-1574) 1618 : France * Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade 1725: France * Louis d'Héricourt's memorandum 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson Charles the Bold (1433-1477); info: Duke of Burgundy (1467-1477) 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor Charles V of Habsburg (1500-1558); info: Holy Roman Emperor (1519-1556) 1533: Germany * Schott v. Egenolph 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" 1740: Germany * Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books" 1790: Germany * J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire Charles VI of Habsburg (1685-1740); info: Holy Roman Emperor (1711-1740) 1608: Germany * "Books Constitution" of Emperor Rudolf II 1713: Germany Augsburg Printers' Ordinance 1815: Germany * Annotated Publishers' Petition to the Congress of Vienna Charles VIII (1470-1498); info: King of France (1483-1498) 1763 : France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade Charles X (1757-1836); info: King of France (1824-1830) 1826 : France * Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission 1830: USA Judiciary Committee Report 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature 1834: France * Balzac's letter to authors 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Charlesworth, Maria Louisa (1819-1880); info: religious writer 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Charon, Viala, Baron de (1794-1880); info: French Senator; soldier 1866: France * Literary and artistic property act Charpentier; info: publisher 1841: France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property Charteris, Henry (d.1599); info: printer; bookseller 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson Chase, Samuel (1741-1811); info: American jurist 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report Chateaubriand, François René, Vicomte de (1768-1848); info: author; statesman 1834: France * Balzac's letter to authors 1841: France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Chatterton, Thomas (1752-1770); info: poet; forger 1883: USA Sarony's Brief 1893: USA Falk v. Donaldson Chaucer, Geoffrey (c.1345-1400); info: poet 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents Chauchat (fl.1814); info: solicitor 1814: France * Court of Cassation on compilations Chaudey, Gustave (1817-1871); info: journalist; politician 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Chaudière, Regnault (fl.1515-1530); info: bookseller 1618 : France * Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade Cheever, George Barrell (1807-1890); info: American clergyman; author 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Chénier, Marie André (1762-1794); info: poet 1834 : France * Balzac's letter to authors Chénon, Pierre (fl.1751-1791); info: police officer; Commissaire at the Châtelet 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Chéret, Jules (1836-1932); info: French painter; lithographer; poster designer 1902: USA Bleistein's Brief Cherlewood, John (fl.1554); info: printer 1554: United Kingdom Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of (1694-1773); info: statesman; orator; wit; author 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1832: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May) 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature 1841: USA * Folsom v. Marsh 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Chetwood, William (d.1766); info: bookseller; writer 1721: United Kingdom Burnet v. Chetwood: Entries from the Court's Book of Orders 1721: United Kingdom Burnet's Bill of Complaint and Chetwood's Answer 1721: United Kingdom * Burnet v. Chetwood Chevillier, André (1636-1700); info: librarian at the Sorbonne; historian of the book trade 1740: Germany * Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books" Chiabrera, Gabriel (1552-1638); info: Italian poet 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Chichester, George, 3rd Marquess of Donegal and Earl of Belfast (1797-1883); info: Irish nobleman; politician 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Child, David Lee (1794-1874); info: American journalist 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Child, Lydia Maria (1802-1880); info: American abolitionist; women's rights activist; author 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials 1896: USA Treloar Copyright Bill (H.R. 5976) Chipman, Nathaniel (1752-1843); info: Senator from Vermont 1790: USA Sample registrations Chitty, Joseph (1796-1833); info: lawyer; legal writer 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Choate, Joseph Hodges (1832-1917); info: American lawyer; diplomat 1885: USA Carte v. Duff 1902: USA Bleistein: Donaldson Lithographing Co. Brief Choate, Rufus (1799-1859); info: American lawyer; orator 1838: USA Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston Chodowiecki, Daniel (1726-1801); info: painter; illustrator 1775 : Germany Chodowiecki's Allegory "Works of Darkness" Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849); info: Polish composer 1880 : Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Chorley, Henry Fothergill (1808-1872); info: literary critic; music critic; author 1837: USA Petition of British Authors Choules, Rev. John Overton (1801-1856); info: American clergyman; author 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Christian II (1583-1611); info: Elector of Saxony (1601-1611) 1549 : Germany * Electoral Saxon Printing and Censorship Acts from 1549 to 1717 Christian, Edward (1758-1823); info: jurist; magistrate 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Christie, William Dougal (1816-1874); info: MP; British ambassador in Brazil; author of "A Plea for Perpetual Copyright" (1840) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May) Christina (1626-1689); info: Queen of Sweden (1632-1654) 1776: France * Fragments on the Freedom of the Press Christison, Sir Robert (1797-1882); info: toxicologist; physician 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) Chudleigh, Elizabeth (1720-1788); also: Countess of Bristol; Duchess of Kingston; info: courtesan; bigamist 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Churchill, Awnsham (1658-1728); info: bookseller; politician 1693: United Kingdom Locke's Memorandum on the 1662 Act Churchman, John (1753-1805); info: American scientist; inventor 1789: USA House Joint copyright and patent bill decision 1789: USA Ramsay's Petiton House Record 1790: USA Sample registrations Church, Frederick Edwin (1826-1900); info: American landscape painter 1883: USA Sarony's Brief Cibber, Colley (1671-1757); info: actor; dramatist; Poet Laureate (1730-1757) 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Cicero, Marcus Tullius (106 B.C.-43 B.C.); info: Roman orator; statesman; author 1469: Italy * Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" 1693: United Kingdom Locke's Memorandum on the 1662 Act 1701: France * Royal letters patent 1704: United Kingdom * Defoe's Essay on the Press 1738: Germany * Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books 1740: Germany * Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books" 1747: United Kingdom * Warburton's Letter from an Author 1762: United Kingdom A Vindication of the Rights of Authors 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson 1774: United Kingdom Enfield's Observations 1774: United Kingdom Macauley's A Modest Plea 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1774: United Kingdom The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers 1777: France * Linguet's memorandum 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1834: France * Balzac's letter to authors 1841: France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Cicero, Quintus Tullius (102 B.C.-43 B.C.); info: Roman soldier; administrator 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Cilian of Bibra (d.1494); also: Kilian; info: theologian; Provost of the Würzburg Cathedral Chapter 1479: Germany * Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg Cimarosa, Domenico (1749-1801); info: opera composer 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Cinquin, Mlle (fl.1876-1902); info: wife of Alexandre Charles Lecocq 1902 : France * Court of Cassation on moral rights Clairaut, Alexis Claude (1713-1765); info: mathematician 1763 : France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade Clarendon, George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of (1800-1870); info: diplomat; statesman; Foreign Secretary (1853-1858, 1865-1866, 1868-1870) 1846: Germany * Bilateral Treaty between Prussia and Britain 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Clarke, Edward Daniel (1769-1822); info: mineralogist; traveller 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1840: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (4 Feb.) 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Clarke, James Freeman (1810-1888); info: American preacher; author 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Clarke, John (fl.1818); info: bookseller 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Clarke, Samuel (1675-1729); info: philosopher; theologian 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Clarke, Sir Thomas (1703/04-1764); info: judge 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1774: United Kingdom The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Clarkson, Thomas (1760-1846); info: English anti-slavery campaigner 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Clark, John Alonzo (1801-1843); info: American clergyman 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Clark, Lewis Gaylord (1808-1873); info: American editor 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Clark, Sir James (1788-1870); info: physician; physician in ordinary to Queen Victoria 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Clark, William (1770-1838); info: American explorer 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Clark, Willis Gaylord (1810-1841); info: American poet 1837: USA Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States Claudet, Antoine François Jean (1797-1867); info: photographer; inventor 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee Claxton, Kate (1850-1924); also: Mrs Charles A. Stevenson; info: American actress 1896: USA Debate in Congress Clay, Henry (1777-1852); info: American politician; U.S. Secretary of State (1825-1829); Senator from Kentucky 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report 1837: USA Address of Certain Authors 1837: USA Debates in Congress 1837: USA Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States 1837: USA Petition of British Authors 1837: USA * Senate Report 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Cleaveland, Parker (1780-1858); info: American geologist; mineralogist 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Clémencet, Charles (1703-1778); info: Benedictine monk; historian 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Clement VII (1478-1534); also: Giulio de Medici; info: Pope (1523-1534) 1526: Italy Papal and Venetian Privileges for Sigismondo Fanti's "Triompho di Fortuna" 1531: Italy * Antonio Blado's privilege for Machiavelli's works 1531: Italy * Bernardo Giunti's privilege for Machiavelli's works 1532: Italy Antonio Blado's edition of Machiavelli's "History of Florence" Clement XIV (1705-1774); also: Ganganelli; info: Pope (1769-1774) 1776 : France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Clément, Paul-Marie-Alexandre (fl.1866); info: French jurist; author of "Du droit des auteurs sur leurs oeuvres" (1867) 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Clermont-Ganneau, Charles Simon (1846-1923); info: French orientalist; archaeologist 1902: USA Bleistein's Brief Cleveland, Rose Elizabeth (1846-1918); info: First Lady of the United States (1885-1886) 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Cleveland, Stephen Grover (1837-1908); info: U.S. President (1885-1889, 1893-1897) 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Clifford, Nathan (1803-1881); info: American politician; diplomat; Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1858-1881) 1879: USA Baker's Argument 1902: USA Bleistein's Brief Clinton, Admiral George (c.1686-1761); info: naval officer; Governor of New York (1743-1753) 1750: USA New York Law Printing Privilege Clinton, DeWitt (1769-1828); info: American politician; Governor of New York (1817-1828) 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Clinton, Edward, 1st Earl of Lincoln (1512-1585); info: admiral; statesman 1566: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree Clint, George (1770-1854); info: painter; engraver 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright Clopejeau, Gabriel (fl.1618); info: printer 1618: France * Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade Closs, Thomas (fl.1858); info: art dealer 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee 1862: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (22 May) Clovis (465-511); also: Chlodwig; info: Merovingian ruler of the Franks 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Clowes, William (1779-1847); info: founder of printing firm 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Coan, Titus Munson (1836-1921); info: American physician; journalist 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Cobb, Orris Perry (b.1856); info: American lawyer 1900: USA Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co., Circuit Court Decision Cobden, Richard (1804-1865); info: manufacturer; politician 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Cochin, Jacques-Denis (1726-1783); also: l'abbé Cochin; info: theologian; philanthropist 1814: France * Court of Cassation on compilations Cochrane, John George (1781-1852); info: bookseller; publisher; librarian 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (8 Feb.) Cockburn, Alexander James Edmund (1802-1880); info: judge 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Cockerell, Charles Robert (1788-1863); info: architect 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Cocker, Benjamin Franklin (1821-1883); info: Professor of Philosophy at Michigan 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Codet, Sylvain (fl.1749); info: lawyer 1749: France * Crébillon case Coffin, Edmund (fl.1797); info: artist 1799: United Kingdom Documents concerning the Models and Busts Act Coignard, Jean-Baptiste (1667-1735); info: printer 1725: France * Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum Coignard, Louis (1680-1738); info: printer 1725: France * Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum Coippeau, Gregoire (fl.1605); info: lawyer to the Parlement of Paris 1618 : France * Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade Coke, Sir Edward (1552-1634); info: lawyer; legal writer; politician 1761: United Kingdom Tonson v. Collins 1762: United Kingdom * Tonson v. Collins 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1774: United Kingdom Macauley's A Modest Plea 1774: United Kingdom Stella's Modest Exceptions 1774: United Kingdom The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey Coke, Thomas (1674-1727); info: judge; politician; court official 1709: United Kingdom Reasons Humbly Offer'd for the Bill for the Encouragement of Learning Colbert, Jean Baptiste (1619-1683); info: statesman; minister under Louis XIV 1676: France * Decree on Sculptures 1686: France * Book trade regulations 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Colburn, Henry (1784/85-1855); info: publisher 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Colburn, Warren (1793-1883); info: American mathematician 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright Colebrooke, William (1787-1870); info: Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Coleman, Charles Washington (1862-1932); info: American author 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Coleman, Lyman (1796-1882); info: American author; educator 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Coleridge, John Duke Coleridge, 1st Baron (1820-1894); info: judge; Lord Chief Justice (1880-1894) 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Coleridge, John Taylor (1790-1876); info: judge 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772-1832); info: poet; critic; philosopher 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April) 1839: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.) 1841: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.) 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Coleti, Giovanni Antonio (fl.1780); info: Venetian printer 1781 : Italy * "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings Coleti, Niccolò (1681-1765); info: Venetian clergyman; publisher 1781: Italy * "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings Cole, George Vicat (1833-1893); info: painter 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Cole, Peter (d.1665); info: printer 1663: United Kingdom L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals Cole, Richard (fl.1643); info: member of Westminster Assembly of Divines 1774: United Kingdom Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property Cole, Samuel W. (1796-1851); info: American veterinary 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Cole, Sir Henry (1808-1882); info: civil servant 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee Colines, Simon de (1480-1546); also: Colinaeus; info: printer; typographer 1725: France * Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum Collier, John Payne (1789-1883); info: journalist; Shakespearian critic; forger 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Collier, Robert, 2nd Baron Monkswell (1845-1909); info: British politician 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Collier, William Francis (fl.1858-1870); info: historian 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Collins, Benjamin (fl.1746-1759); info: bookseller; banker 1761: United Kingdom Tonson v. Collins 1762: United Kingdom * Tonson v. Collins 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson Collins, Patrick Andrew (1844-1905); info: American politician 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Collins, Wilkie (1824-1889); also: William; info: novelist 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Colloredo, Hieronymus von (1732-1812); info: Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg (1772-1803) 1785: Germany Imperial privilege for Aloysius Blumauer's Travesty of Virgil's "Aeneid" Collyer, Robert (1823-1912); info: American Unitarian clergyman 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Colman, George, Jr. (1762-1836); info: theatre manager; Examiner of Plays (1824) 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Colman, George, Sr. (1732-1794); info: playwright; theatre manager 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Colnaghi, Dominic Charles (1790-1879); info: art dealer 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee Colombat, Jacques (d.1743); info: printer; author 1725: France * Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum Colt Hoare, Sir Richard (1758-1838); info: antiquarian; artist; archaeologist 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Colton, Calvin (1789-1857); info: American clergyman 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Colton, George Hooker (1818-1847); info: American author 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Colt, LeBaron Bradford (1846-1924); info: American judge; Senator for Rhode Island 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Columbus, Christopher (1451-1506); info: Genoese explorer; discoverer of the New World 1841: France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property 1900: USA Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co., Circuit Court Decision 1902: USA Bleistein's Brief 1902: USA Bleistein: Three Posters Colvin, Sir Auckland (1838-1908); info administrator in India; administrator in Egypt 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Combesis, Francisco (fl.1648); info: editor 1690: France * Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers Comenius (1592-1670); also: John Amos Komensky; info: Czech educational reformer 1690: France * Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers Condell, Henry (d.1627); info: actor; editor of Shakespeare's works 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket Condillac, Étienne Bonnot de (1715-1780); info: philosopher; psychologist 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Condorcet, Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis de (1743-1794); info: mathematician; author 1776: France * Fragments on the Freedom of the Press 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Cone, Spencer Houghton (1785-1855); info: American Baptist preacher 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Confucius (551 B.C.-479 B.C.); also: K'ung Fu-tzu; info: philosopher 1841 : France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Congreve, William (1670-1729); info: playwright; poet 1832: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May) 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) Coningham, William (1815-1884); info: MP; art collector 1861: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Bill (6 May) 1862: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (20 March) Connolly, James Austin (1843-1914); info: American politician 1896: USA Debate in Congress Conquest, Benjamin Oliver (1805-1872); info: actor; theatre lessee 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Constable, Archibald (1774-1827); info: Scottish publisher; publisher of Sir Walter Scott's works 1837: USA Address of Certain Authors Constant de Rebecque, Henri Benjamin (1767-1830); info: author; politician 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Contarini, Bertuccio (fl.1469); info: Venetian councillor 1469 : Italy * Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly Contarini, Paolo (fl.1524-1549); info: Venetian patrician 1549: Italy * Statutes of the Venetian Guild of Printers and Booksellers Contee, Benjamin (1755-1815); info: American military officer; congressman; Episcopal priest 1789: USA House Joint copyright and patent bill decision Conway, Hugh (1847-1885); also: Frederick John Fergus; info: English auctioneer; author 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Conybeare, William John (1815-1857); info: divine 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Cooke, George Frederick (1756-1812); info: actor 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Cooke, George Willis (1848-1923); info: American Unitarian clergyman; author 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Cooke, John Esten (1830-1886); info: American novelist 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Cooke, John (1608-1660); also: Cook; info: prosecutor at trial of Charles I; regicide 1663: United Kingdom L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals Cooke, Josiah Parsons (1827-1894); info: American chemist 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report Cooke, Mordecai Cubitt (1825-1914); info: botanist; mycologist 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report Cooke, Thomas Potter (1786-1864); info: actor 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Cooke, William Bernard (1778-1855); info: engraver; publisher 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Cooke, William (1757-1832); info: barrister 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Cook, Clarence Chatham (1828-1900); info: American journalist; art critic 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Cook, George (1772-1845); info: theologian; Professor of Moral Philosophy at St Andrews 1839: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.) Cook, James (1728-1779); also: Captain Cook; info: navigator 1789: USA House Joint copyright and patent bill decision 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Cooley, Thomas McIntyre (1824-1898); info: American judge 1883: USA Sarony's Brief Cooper, James Fenimore (1789-1851); info: American novelist 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Cooper, James (1810-1863); info: American soldier; Senator from Pennsylvania 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Cooper, Sir Astley Paston (1768-1841); info: surgeon 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) Cooper, Thomas (c.1517-1594); info: bishop; lexicographer 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson Copernicus, Nicolas (1473-1543); info: astronomer 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Copinger, Walter Arthur (1847-1910); info: barrister; bibliographer; antiquary 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Copland, William; info: printer 1554: United Kingdom Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers Copley, John Singleton, 1st Baron Lyndhurst (1772-1863); info: politician; Lord Chancellor (1827-1830, 1834-1835, and 1841-1846) 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May) 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright 1853: USA * Stowe v. Thomas 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Coppinger, Anna Maria de Burgh (d.1802); also: Stella; Mrs Freeman; info: author; mistress of Samuel Ireland (1744-1800) 1774: United Kingdom Stella's Modest Exceptions Coppin, George Selth (1819-1906); info: English-born Australian actor; theatre manager; politician 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Coq, Paul (fl.1850-1876); info: economist 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Corbett, Charles (1710-1752); info: bookseller 1751: United Kingdom Tonson v. Walker Cordier, Mathurin (c.1480-1564); also: Corderius; info: humanist; schoolmaster 1762: United Kingdom A Vindication of the Rights of Authors Corio, Bernardino (1459-1510); info: Milanese historian 1590 : Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Corneille, Pierre (1606-1684); info: dramatist 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade 1777: France * Linguet's memorandum 1778: France * Pluquet's letters 1791: France * Le Chapelier's report 1793: France * French Literary and Artistic Property Act 1826: France * Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission 1832: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May) 1834: France * Balzac's letter to authors 1841: France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Correggio, Antonio Allegri da (c.1494-1534); info: painter 1793 : Germany * Fichte: Proof of the Unlawfulness of Reprinting Corsellis, Frederick (fl.1466); info: printer 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Coryton, John (fl.1873); info: English legal writer 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Cosmar, Alexander (fl.1826-1848); info: music publisher 1830: Germany * Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy Coster, Laurens Janszoon (c.1370-c.1440); also: Koster; info: sacristan; inventor of printing 1738: Germany * Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Cotes, Thomas (d.1641); info: master printer; printer of Shakespeare's plays 1637: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree Cotin, Charles (c.1604-1682); also: l'abbé Cotin; info: preacher; poet 1841: France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property Cotman, John Sell (1782-1842); info: painter 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Cotta, Fabio (fl.1546); info: translator 1554: United Kingdom Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers Cotta, Johann Friedrich (1764-1832); info: publisher 1794: Germany * Contract between Schiller and Cotta Cotta, Johann Georg (1631-1692); info: founder of publishing house 1815: Germany * Annotated Publishers' Petition to the Congress of Vienna Cotton, Sir Henry (1821-1892); info: judge 1883: USA Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony 1893: USA Falk v. Donaldson 1900: USA Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co., Circuit Court Decision 1902: USA Bleistein's Brief 1902: USA Bleistein: Donaldson Lithographing Co. Brief Couhin, Claude Raoul (b.1850); info: jurist; author of "La propriété industrielle, artistique et littéraire" 1902: France * Court of Cassation on moral rights Courbé, Augustin (d.1662); info: publisher; bookseller 1665 : France * French book trade regulations Couret de Villeneuve, Louis-Pierre (1749-1806); info: Orleans-based printer; author 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Courier, Paul Louis (1772-1825); info: author; translator 1834 : France * Balzac's letter to authors Courtenay, William Reginald, 11th Earl of Devon (1807-1888); info: politician 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report Courtney, John (fl.1856); info: writer; adapter of plays 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Courtois, Edme-Bonaventure (1754-1816); info: businessman; friend of Danton 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Cousin, Victor (1792-1867); info: philosopher; editor; translator; politician 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Couterot, Edme (fl.1664-1715); info: printer; publisher 1690: France * Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers Coventry, Thomas, 1st Baron Coventry (1578-1640); info: lawyer; judge; Lord Keeper of the Great Seal (1625-1640) 1637: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree Covert, James Way (1842-1910); info: American congressman 1894: USA Report on H.R. 6835 Coward, William (c.1656-1725); info: physician; theological writer 1704: United Kingdom * Defoe's Essay on the Press Cowen, Esek (1787-1844); info: American judge 1834: USA Letters from Sumner to Story Cowley, Abraham (1618-1667); info: poet 1841: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.) Cowley, Hannah (1743-1809); info: dramatist; poet 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Cowper, William (1731-1800); info: poet 1841: USA * Folsom v. Marsh 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) Cowper, William, 1st Earl Cowper (c.1665-1723); info: politician; Lord Chancellor (1707-1708 and 1714-1718) 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor Coxe, Alfred Conkling, Sr. (1847-1923); info: American judge 1893: USA Falk v. Donaldson Coxe, Arthur Cleveland (1818-1896); info: American poet 1838: USA Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Coxe, Henry Octavius (1811-1881); info: palaeographer; Bodley's Librarian (1860-1881) 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Coxe, William (1747-1828); info: historian; traveller 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Cox, David, Jr. (1809-1885); info: watercolour painter 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee Cox, Kenyon (1856-1919); info: American painter; illustrator; muralist 1902: USA Bleistein's Brief Cox, Nicholas Nichols (1837-1912); info: American politician; member of the U.S. House of Representatives 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright 1896: USA Debate in Congress Cox, Rowland (1842-1900); info: American lawyer; copyright expert 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Cox, Samuel Hanson (1793-1880); info: American Presbyterian minister; abolitionist 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Cox, Samuel Sullivan (1824-1889); info: American Congressman; diplomat 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Crabbe, George (1754-1832); info: English poet 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Craggs, James, 'the Younger' (1686-1721); info: politician 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) Craigen, Maida (d.1942); info: American actress 1896: USA Debate in Congress Craig, Sir Thomas (c.1538-1608); info: lawyer; jurist 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1773: United Kingdom Information for Messrs John Hinton et al Craik, Dinah Maria, née Mulock (1826-1887); info: novelist 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Cramoisy, Sébastien (1585-1669); also: Mabre-Cramoisy; info: publisher; bookseller 1665: France * French book trade regulations 1690: France * Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers 1725: France * Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum Crampton, Sir John Fiennes Twistleton (1805-1886); info: British Minister to the USA 1853: USA British-American Copyright Convention Draft 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Cranch, William (1769-1855); info: American judge; U.S. Supreme Court Reporter of Decisions (1801-1815) 1828: USA Letter from Peters to Donaldson 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report Crane, Walter (1845-1915); info: English painter; illustrator 1902: USA Bleistein's Brief Crane, William Henry (1845-1928); info: American actor 1896: USA Debate in Congress Cranford, James (fl.1643); info: Presbyterian minister; licenser for theological books 1643: United Kingdom An Ordinance for the Regulation of Printing Cratander, Andreas (fl.1519-1538); info: printer 1531: Germany * Basel Printers' Statute Crawford, Francis Marion (1854-1909); info: American novelist 1888: USA The International Copyright Bill Crawford, William Sharman (1781-1861); info: politician; landlord 1835: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Lectures Act (26 Aug.) Crébillon, Prosper Jolyot de (1674-1762); info: dramatist 1749 : France * Crébillon case 1762: United Kingdom * An Enquiry into Literary Property 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade 1791: France * Le Chapelier's report 1826: France * Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission 1841: France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property Cressonnet, Jean (fl.1618); info: bookseller 1618: France * Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade Creswick, Thomas (1811-1869); info: landscape painter 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee Crocker, Uriel (1796-1887); info: American publisher; businessman 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Croker, John Wilson (1780-1857); info: Irish politician; essayist 1814: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (18 July) 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Cröker, widow of Johann Rudolf (1737-1780); info: publisher 1765 : Germany * Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel Croke, Sir George (1560-1642); info: Justice of the King's Bench; law reporter 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Croly, George (1780-1860); info: Irish poet; romance-writer; biographer; Anglican preacher 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Crompton, Charles John (1797-1865); info: judge 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey Cromwell, Oliver (1599-1658); info: soldier; statesman; Lord Protector of England (1653-1658) 1649: United Kingdom An Act against Unlicensed and Scandalous Books and Pamphlets 1663: United Kingdom L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals 1774: United Kingdom Stella's Modest Exceptions 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Cromwell, Thomas (c.1485-1540); info: statesman; Lord Great Chamberlain 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Crossby, P. A. (fl.1868); info: Canadian printer 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Cross, Richard Assheton, 1st Viscount Cross (1823-1914); info: politician; Home Secretary (1874-1880) 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report Croswell, Edwin (1797-1871); info: American journalist 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Crouseilhes, Marie-Jean-Pierre Dombidau de (1792-1861); info: lawyer; politician 1841: France Court of Cassation on artistic property Crowder, Sir Richard Budden (1795-1859); info: judge 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Crowen, T. J. (fl.1847-1863); info: American bookseller; publisher 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Crowther, Mr. (fl.1840); info: clergyman; grandson of Samuel Richardson 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) Cuffe, John Otway O'Conner, 3rd Earl of Desart (1818-1865); info: Irish politician 1852: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (30 April) Cujas, Jacques (1522-1590); also: Jacobus Cujacius; info: jurist; classical scholar 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade Cummings, Amos Jay (1841-1902); info: American soldier; politician 1896: USA Debate in Congress Cummins, Maria Susanna (1827-1866); info: American writer 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1888: USA American Authors and British Pirates Cuningham, William (fl.1559); also: Conningham; Cunningham; info: astrologer; physician; engraver 1559: United Kingdom Day's The Cosmographical Glass 1559: United Kingdom * Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass Cunningham, Allan (1791-1839); info: botanist; explorer 1837: USA Petition of British Authors Cuno, Christian Heinrich (1699-1780); info: publisher 1765: Germany * Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel Curio, Valentin (fl.1520-1522); info: printer 1531: Germany * Basel Printers' Statute Curl, Edmund (1683-1747); info: bookseller 1729: United Kingdom Gay v. Read 1741: United Kingdom Gyles v. Wilcox (Barnardiston's Report) 1741: United Kingdom Pope v Curl: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders 1741: United Kingdom Pope's Bill of Complaint, and Curl's Answer 1741: United Kingdom * Pope v. Curl 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket Curran, John Philpot (1750-1817); info: Irish orator 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Currie, Sir Philip Henry Wodehouse, 1st Baron Currie (1834-1906); info: diplomat 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Curtis, George Ticknor (1812-1894); info: patent attorney; legal writer; author of "A Treatise on the Law of Copyright" (1847) 1838: USA Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1853: USA "Uncle Tom" at Law 1853: USA * Stowe v. Thomas 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1879: USA Baker's Argument 1879: USA Selden's Argument 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Curtis, George William (1824-1892); info: American author; public speaker 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Curtis, George William (1824-1892); info: American writer; lecturer 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 1896: USA Treloar Copyright Bill (H.R. 5976) Curtis, William (1746-1799); info: botanist; entomologist; publisher of "Flora Londinensis" (1777-1798) 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Curtius Rufus, Quintus (fl.41-54); info: Roman historian 1778 : France * Pluquet's letters Cuvier, Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert, baron (1769-1832); info: anatomist; zoologist; politician 1826: France * Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission 1834: France * Balzac's letter to authors 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (9 May) 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Dacier, Bon-Joseph (1742-1833); info: historian; philologist; translator 1826: France * Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission Daguerre, Louis Jacques Mandé (1789-1851); info: photographic pioneer; painter 1862: France * Court of Cassation on photography Dahn, Felix (1834-1912); info: lawyer; historian; author 1878 : France * Morillot on the author's right Daldy, Frederick Richard (fl.1854-1886); info: publisher; Honorary Secretary of the Copyright Association of Great Britain 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Dalison, William (d.1559); info: judge; law reporter 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report Dallas, Alexander James (1759-1817); info: American statesman; U.S. Supreme Court Reporter of Decisions (1790-1800) 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report Dalloz, Armand (1797-1867); info: jurist 1845: France * Court of Appeal on translations Dalloz, Désiré (1795-1869); info: jurist; politician; publisher 1841: France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" 1902: France * Court of Cassation on moral rights Dalrymple, Hugh (fl.1773); info: lawyer 1773: United Kingdom Information for Messrs John Hinton et al Dalrymple, Sir David (1726-1792); also: Lord Hailes; info: judge 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Dalton, John (1766-1844); info: English chemist 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Dambach, Otto (1831-1899); info: civil servant; jurist; author 1878 : France * Morillot on the author's right 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union 1891: Germany 50 Prussian Expert Opinions from 1870-1876 Dammert, Johann Ludewig (1788-1855); info: Hamburg senator 1827: Germany * Kramer: Rights of Writers and Publishers Damm, Christian Tobias (1699-1778); info: Greek scholar 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Dampier, Sir Henry (1758-1816); info: judge 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Dana, Richard Henry, Jr. (1815-1882); info: American travel writer; lawyer 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Dana, Richard Henry, Sr. (1787-1879); info: American author 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Danckelmann, Heinrich Wilhelm August Alexander, Count von (1768-1830); info: Prussian civil servant; Prussian Minister of Justice (1825-1830) 1827: Germany * Treaties on reciprocal protection between Prussia and various German States Dandolo, Francesco (fl.1469); info: Venetian councillor 1469 : Italy * Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly Daniell, Edmund Robert (d.1854); info: jurist 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840); info: landscape painter; printmaker 1812: United Kingdom Petition of the London Booksellers 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Daniell, William (1769-1837); info: landscape painter; engraver 1812: United Kingdom Petition of the London Booksellers 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Daniel, Gabriel (1649-1728); info: historian 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade Daniel, John Warwick (1842-1910); info: American lawyer; Senator for Virginia 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Daniel, William Barker (c.1753-1833); info: sporting writer 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Dante Alighieri (1265-1321); info: poet 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Darby, George (1798-1877); info: MP 1839: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (1 May) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (20 April) Dares of Phrygia; info: supposed author of a History of the Trojan War 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Dareste, Pierre (fl.1857-1866); info: advocate; jurist 1878: France * Morillot on the author's right Darimon, Alfred (1819-1902); info: French politician; writer; historian 1866: France * Literary and artistic property act Dart, John (d.1730); info: antiquary 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Darvill, Henry (fl.1858) 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee Darwin, Charles Robert (1809-1882); info: naturalist; geologist; zoologist 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Daudet, Alphonse (1840-1897); info: French writer 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Davenport, Davies (1757-1837); info: MP 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright Davenport, George Gosling (c.1758-1814); info: actor 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Davenport, Mary Ann, née Harvey (1759-1843); info: actress; singer 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature David (d.1018 B.C./993 B.C.); info: King of Israel 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Davidge, George Bolwell (1793-1842); info: actor; theatre manager 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Davidson, Thomas (fl.1525-1540); info: King's printer in Edinburgh 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson Davidts, R. (fl.1754); info: publisher 1761: France * La Fontaine case David, Charles (fl.1670-1694); info: publisher 1761: France * La Fontaine case David, Jacques Louis (1748-1825); info: painter 1841: France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property Daviel, Jacques (1696-1762); info: ophthalmologist; pioneer of cataract surgery 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) Davies, Samuel (1723-1761); info: American Presbyterian preacher 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Davies, Thomas (c.1712-1785); info: bookseller; actor 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents Davies, William (d.1820); info: bookseller 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Davison, Maria Rebecca, née Duncan (1783-1858); info: actress 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Davis, Bancroft (1822-1907); info: American lawyer; judge; diplomat 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Davis, Jefferson (1808-1889); info: U.S. Secretary of War (1853-1857); President of the Confederate States of America (1861-1865) 1863: USA Hardee's Memorial 1863: USA International Copyright Resolution Davy, Sir Humphry (1778-1829); info: chemist; science propagandist 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Davy, William (1743-1826); also: Davey; info: clergyman; printer 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Dawes, Rufus (1803-1859); info: American author 1837: USA Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States Dawson, John (fl.1637); info: master printer 1637: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree Day, Francis (1863-1925); info: American artist 1902: USA Bleistein's Brief Day, John (1521/22-1584); info: printer 1553: United Kingdom John Day's Privilege for the Catechism 1559: United Kingdom Day's The Cosmographical Glass 1559: United Kingdom * Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass Day, William Rufus (1849-1923); info: American diplomat; jurist; federal appellate judge 1900: USA Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co., Circuit Court Decision 1903: USA * Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co. de Grey, William (1719-1781); info judge 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright de Grey, William (1719-1781); info: judge 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1774: United Kingdom The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House 1775: United Kingdom * Stationers' Company v. Carnan de Hondt, Peter Abraham (fl.1760-1776); info: bookseller 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents De Kay, Charles (1848-1935); info: American critic; diplomat; fencer 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 De Koven, Henry Louis Reginald (1859-1920); info: American music critic; operetta composer 1896: USA Debate in Congress De la Haye, Jean (1593-1661); info: Franciscan preacher; biblical scholar 1690: France * Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers de La Rochette, Louis Stanislas d'Arcy (1731-1802); also: Delarochett; info: geographer; cartographer; engraver 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright De La Roche, Aimé (fl.1768-1792); info: Lyon-based printer; publisher 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers De La Roche, Léonard (fl.1712); info: Lyon-based printer 1776 : France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers De Peyramont, M. (fl.1861); info: lawyer at the Court of Cassation 1861 : France * Court of Cassation on telegraphic news De Quincey, Thomas (1785-1859); info: English critic; essayist 1853: USA Letters on International copyright De Sacy, Louis-Isaac Lemaistre, sieur (1613-1684); also: Lemaître; Le Maistre; info: theologian; humanist; biblical translator 1690: France * Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers 1725: France * Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum De Vinne, Theodore Low (1828-1914); info: American printer; author on printing 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Deacon, Thomas; info: Professor of Divinity 1553: United Kingdom John Day's Privilege for the Catechism Deady, Matthew Paul (1824-1893); info: American politician; jurist 1902: USA Bleistein's Brief Deane, Rev. Samuel (1733-1814); info: American author 1790: USA Sample registrations Decazes, Élie, Duc (1780-1860); info: statesman 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Decoud, José Segundo (1842-1909); info: Paraguayan journalist; statesman 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Defoe, Daniel (1660-1731); info: author 1704: United Kingdom * Defoe's Essay on the Press 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April) 1841: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.) 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Defoe, Daniel (1660?-1731); info: author 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Degas, Hilaire Germain Edgar (1834-1917); info: French painter 1903: USA * Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co. Delalain, Jules (1810-1877); info: French jurist; author of "Législation de la propriété littéraire et artistique" (1852) 1853: USA * Stowe v. Thomas Delalain, Nicolas-Augustin, Sr. (c.1735-c.1807); info: bookseller 1770 : France * Luneau de Boisjermain's case 1786: France * French Decree on Musical Publications Delapalme, Emile (1793-1868); info: avocat général 1841: France Court of Cassation on artistic property Delavigne, Jean-François Casimir (1793-1843); info: poet; dramatist 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Delfosse, Maurice (fl.1886); info: Belgian diplomat 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Delf, Thomas (fl.1843); info: American publisher 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Delisle, G. (fl.1852); info: French jurist 1902: France * Court of Cassation on moral rights Delloye, H. L. (fl.1840); info: publisher 1841: France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property Demetrius Phalereus (c.350 B.C.-c.283 B.C.); info: Greek orator; statesman; organiser of the Alexandrian library 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Demolombe, Jean Charles Florent (1804-1887); info: French jurist; commentator of the Code Civil 1902: France * Court of Cassation on moral rights Demosthenes (384 B.C.-322 B.C.); info: Athenian orator; statesman 1590 : Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Denison, John Evelyn, 1st Viscount Ossington (1800-1873); info: MP 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Denman, Thomas (1779-1854); info: judge 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Dennis, John (1657-1734); info: critic; playwright 1839: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.) Deparcieux, Antoine (1703-1768); info: mathematician 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade Derby, Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, 14th Earl (1799-1869); also: Lord Stanley; info: statesman; Colonial Secretary (1833-1834, 1841-1844); Prime Minister (1852, 1858-1859, 1866-1868) 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Derby, Edward Henry Smith Stanley, 15th Earl (1826-1893); info: statesman; Foreign Secretary (1866-1868, 1874-1878) 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Derby, James Cephas (1818-1892); info: American publisher; bookseller 1896: USA Treloar Copyright Bill (H.R. 5976) Deregni, Domenico (fl.1750-1780); info: Venetian printer 1781 : Italy * "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings Dernburg, Heinrich (1829-1907); info: German jurist 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Des Voeux, Sir George William (1834-1909); info: colonial governor; Governor of Newfoundland (1886-1887) 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Desaint, Jean (d.1776); info: bookseller; publisher 1759: France * Sieur d'Anville's contract 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers 1778: France * Pluquet's letters Desaint, la veuve (fl.1771-1790); info: bookseller; publisher 1776 : France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Descartes, René (1596-1650); info: philosopher; mathematician 1776: France * Fragments on the Freedom of the Press 1841: France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Desessarts, Jean-Baptiste (fl.1725-1730); info: printer 1725: France * Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum Desfontaines, Pierre François (1685-1745); also: Guyot-Desfontaines; info: translator; journalist 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade Deshouliers, Antoinette (1637-1694); also: Madame Des Houliers; info: poetess 1725: France * Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum Despautère, Jean (d.1520); also: Jean Van Pauteren; Johannes Despauterius; info: Flemish grammarian 1649: France Book trade regulations Despilly, Jean-Baptiste (fl.1752-1763); info: publisher 1761 : France * La Fontaine case 1770: France * Luneau de Boisjermain's case Desprez (c.1800); info; jurist; author of "Du droit de propriété dans ses rapports avec la littérature et les arts" (1801) 1826: France * Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission Desprez, Guillaume (1630-1709); info: printer 1690: France * Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers 1725: France * Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Desvieux, Louis (c.1700); info: lawyer to the King's Council of State 1701 : France * Royal letters patent Deucher, Adolf (1831-1912); info: Swiss politician; member of the Swiss Federal Council (1883-1912) 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Dewey, Orville (1794-1882); info: American Unitarian minister 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Dewey, Orville (1794-1882); info: American Unitarian minister; author 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Dezalliers, Antoine (c.1700); info: printer 1725: France * Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum Dibdin, Charles (1745-1814); info: musician; dramatist; songwriter 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Dibdin, Thomas Frognall (1776-1847); info: bibliographer 1812: United Kingdom Petition of the London Booksellers 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Dibdin, Thomas John (1771-1841); info: playwright; actor 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Dicey, Edward (1832-1911); info: journalist; writer 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report Dickens, Charles (1812-1870); info: writer 1838: USA Memorial of the New York Typographical Society 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Dickons, Maria, née Poole (c.1770-1833); info: actress; singer 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Dick, Rev. Thomas (1774-1857); info: Scottish church minister; science writer 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Diderot, Denis (1713-1784); info: author; philosopher 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade 1777: France * Linguet's memorandum 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Didier, Eugene Lemoine (1838-1913); info: American biographer 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Didot, Ambroise-Firmin (1790-1876); info: diplomat; publisher 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Didot, François (b.1699); info: printer; publisher 1776 : France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers 1778: France * Pluquet's letters Didot, François-Ambroise (1730-1801); info: typographer; printer; publisher 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers 1778: France * Pluquet's letters Didot, Pierre-François (1732-1795); info: Imprimeur du Roy 1761; publisher 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers 1778: France * Pluquet's letters Dieterich, Cunrad (1575-1639); info: theologian 1549: Germany * Electoral Saxon Printing and Censorship Acts from 1549 to 1717 Digby, Kenelm Henry (1800-1880); info: writer 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Digges, Leonard (1520-1559); also: Dygges; info: mathematician; surveyor; scientist 1554: United Kingdom Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers Dilke, Sir Charles Wentworth (1810-1869); info: patron of the arts 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee Dilke, Sir Charles Wentworth (1843-1911); info: radical politician; traveller 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Dillon, John (fl.1858) 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee Dillwyn, Lewis Llewelyn (1814-1892); info: industrialist; politician 1862: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (31 March) Dilworth, Rev. Thomas (d.1780); info: spelling-book author 1782: USA Letter from Smith to Webster Dimitry, John Bull Smith (1835-1901); info: American military historian 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Dimond, William Wyatt (c.1750-1812); info: actor; theatre manager 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Dio Cassius (c.150-c.235); info: Roman historian 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Dioscorides, Pedanius (c.40-c.90); info: Greek physician 1590 : Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Disraeli, Benjamin, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (1804-1881); info: Prime Minister (1868, 1874-1880); novelist 1837: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Dec.) 1837: USA Petition of British Authors 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April) 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (9 May) 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Ditson, Oliver (1811-1888); info: American businessman; music publisher 1896: USA Hearing on H.R. 5976 Dittenhoefer, Abram Jesse (1835-1919); info: American judge; theatre lawyer; memoirist 1885: USA Carte v. Duff 1896: USA Hearing on H.R. 5976 Dixey, Henry E. (1859-1943); info: American actor 1896: USA Debate in Congress Dixon, William Hepworth (1821-1879); info: writer; editor 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Doane, George Washington (1799-1859); info: American bishop 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Dobson, Judah (fl.1831-1848); info: American publisher 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Dockwray, Thomas (fl.1557); info: printer; Master of Stationers' Company 1557: United Kingdom * Stationers' Charter Dodderidge, John (1555-1628); info: judge 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor Doddridge, Philip (1702-1751); info: Nonconformist clergyman 1839: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.) Dodd, Benjamin (d.1765); info: bookseller 1751: United Kingdom Tonson v. Walker Dodd, Edmund Murray (fl.1846); info: solicitor-general for Nova Scotia 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Dodd, Moses Woodruff (1813-1899); info: American publisher 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Dodd, William (1729-1777); info: preacher; forger 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson Dodge, Mary Elizabeth, née Mapes (1838-1905); info: American children's writer 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Dodwell, Edward (1767-1832); info: Irish traveller; writer on archaeology 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Doggett, Thomas (c.1670-1721); info: Irish actor 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Dolce, Lodovico (1508-1568); info: Ventian humanist; author; editor; theorist of painting 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Dold, Stephan (c.1479); info: printer 1479: Germany * Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg Dolet, Etienne (1509-1546); info: French printer; humanist 1776 : France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Dole, Nathan Haskell (1852-1935); info: American editor; translator of Tolstoy 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Dolfus, Jean (1800-1887); info: industrialist; economist; politician 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Dollmann, Karl Friedrich (1811-1867); info: jurist 1877: Germany * Gareis: Juridical Nature of Author's Rights Domitianus, Titus Flavius (51-96); info: Roman Emperor 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor Donaldson, Alexander (1727-1794); info: bookseller; printer 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1773: United Kingdom Information for Messrs John Hinton et al 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson 1774: United Kingdom Macauley's A Modest Plea 1774: United Kingdom The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket Donaldson, George W. (fl.1885-1892); info: American lithographer 1893: USA Falk v. Donaldson Donaldson, John (b.1729); info: bookseller; printer 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket Donaldson, Robert M. (fl.1885-1892); info: American lithographer 1893: USA Falk v. Donaldson Donaldson, Robert (fl.1817-1831); info: American publisher 1828: USA Letter from Donaldson to Peters 1828: USA Letter from Donaldson to Wheaton 1828: USA Letter from Peters to Donaldson 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report Donaldson, Sir James (1751-1830); info: publisher; printer 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Donaldson, Thomas Leverton (1795-1885); info: architect 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright Donaldson, William M. (fl.1859-1903); info: American lithographer 1902: USA Bleistein's Brief Donatius, Christian Gottfried (fl.1762-1793); info: publisher 1765 : Germany * Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel Donato, Francesco (1468-1553); info: Doge of Venice (1545-1553) 1545: Italy * Antonio Catalano's Teaching Licence 1549: Italy * Statutes of the Venetian Guild of Printers and Booksellers Donatus, Aelius (fl.375); info: grammarian 1650: France * Vitré's memorandum on the prolongation of privileges 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Doneau, Hugues (1527-1591); also: Hugo Donellus; info: Professor of law at Heidelberg and Altdorf 1690: Germany Beier: On the Book Trade and its Privileges Dongois, Nicolas (d.1717); info: chief clerk of Parlement 1701 : France * Royal letters patent Donizetti, Gaetano (1797-1848); info: Italian composer 1853: France Court of Cassation on translations 1853: USA * Stowe v. Thomas Donovan, Edward (1768-1837); info: naturalist 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Doo, George Thomas (1800-1886); info: engraver 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee Dorez, J. J. (fl.1776-1784); info: French publisher 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Doré, Gustave (1832-1883); info: painter; book illustrator 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Dorigny, Sir Nicholas (1658-1746); info: painter; line engraver 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Dorsheimer, William (1832-1888); info: American lawyer; politician 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich (1821-1881); also: Dostoevsky; info: Russian novelist 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Douceur, David (fl.1580-1607); info: publisher; Syndic of Parisian Guild 1665: France * French book trade regulations Douglas, Catherine (1701-1777); also: Duchess of Queensberry; info: literary patron 1741: United Kingdom Pope v Curl: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders 1741: United Kingdom Pope's Bill of Complaint, and Curl's Answer Douglas, Charles, 3rd Duke of Queensberry (1698-1778); info: Scottish nobleman 1741: United Kingdom Pope v Curl: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders 1741: United Kingdom Pope's Bill of Complaint, and Curl's Answer 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright Douglas, Robert (c.1624-1716); info: Scottish churchman 1663: United Kingdom L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals Dover, Simon (fl.1661); info: printer 1663: United Kingdom L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals Downham, John (fl.1643); info: preacher; licenser for theological books 1643: United Kingdom An Ordinance for the Regulation of Printing Downing, Andrew Jackson (1815-1852); info: American landscape designer; writer 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Downing, Callibut (fl.1643); info: licenser for theological books 1643: United Kingdom An Ordinance for the Regulation of Printing 1774: United Kingdom Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property Dowton, William (1764-1851); info: actor 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Drake, Samuel Adams (1833-1905); info: American author 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Drake, Samuel Gardner (1798-1875); info: American antiquarian; bookseller 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Drake, Sir Francis (c.1540-1596); info: English navigator; pirate 1886: USA Committee on Patents Report Draper, John William (1811-1882); info: British-born American author; scientist 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Draper, Somerset (d.1756); info: bookseller 1751: United Kingdom Tonson v. Walker Draper, William Franklin (1842-1910); info: American congressman; manufacturer 1896: USA Debate in Congress 1896: USA Hearing on H.R. 5976 1896: USA Report on H.R. 1978 1896: USA Report on S. 2306 Drew, John, Jr. (1853-1927); info: American actor 1896: USA Debate in Congress Dreyer, Johann Carl Heinrich (1732-1802); info: jurist 1877: Germany * Gareis: Juridical Nature of Author's Rights Drisler, Henry (1818-1897); info: American classical scholar 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Drone, Eaton Sylvester (1842-1917); info: American legal writer; editor of "The New York Herald" 1879: USA Baker's Argument 1879: USA Selden's Argument 1885: USA Carte v. Duff 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 1896: USA Hearing on H.R. 5976 Drone, Eaton Sylvester (1842-1917); info: legal writer; editor of The New York Herald 1893: USA Falk v. Donaldson 1902: USA Bleistein's Brief 1903: USA * Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co. Droz, Numa (1844-1899); info: Swiss politician; member of the Swiss Federal Council (1875-1892) 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Drummond, Henry (1851-1897); info: Scottish evangelical theologian; biologist 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Dryden, John (1631-1700); info: playwright; poet; critic 1762: United Kingdom * An Enquiry into Literary Property 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Dryden, John (1631-1700); info: poet; playwright; critic 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April) 1839: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (1 May) 1840: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Dr. Walton 1774: United Kingdom Macauley's A Modest Plea Dr. Wilson 1774: United Kingdom Macauley's A Modest Plea Du Bray, Jean (fl.1641-1645); info: publisher 1665: France * French book trade regulations Du Bray, Toussant (1604-1636); info: bookseller 1665: France * French book trade regulations 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Du Buisson, Paul-Ulrich (1746-1794); also: Dubuisson; info: author; Jacobin 1791: France Beaumarchais's petition Du Cange, Charles Dufresne, Sieur (1610-1688); info: classical scholar 1690: France * Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers 1725: France * Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Du Chaillu, Paul Belloni (1831-1903); info: French-born American traveller 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Du Fossé, Nicolas (fl.1605-1624); info: bookseller 1618 : France * Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade Du Maurier, George Louis Palmella Busson (1834-1896); info: French-born British artist; cartoonist; novelist 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Du Pré, Galliot (fl.1512-1561); info: printer; bookseller 1515 : France * Galliot Du Pré's Privilege Dubois, Jean-Antoine (1765-1848); info: missionary in India; author 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Dubost, Antoine (1769-1825); info: painter 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Dubourg, Augustus William (c.1830-1910); info: dramatist 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Dubus, J. (fl.1860); info: professor of maritime navigation 1857 : France * Court of cassation on originality 1869: France Court of Cassation on originality Duchesne, la veuve (fl.1760-1791); info: publisher 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Duchesne, Nicolas Bonaventure (1711-1765); info: publisher 1761 : France * La Fontaine case Ducis, Jean François (1733-1816); info: poet; playwright; adapter of Shakespeare 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature 1902: France * Court of Cassation on moral rights Duer, William Alexander (1780-1858); info: American jurist; President of Columbia College (1829-1842) 1837: USA Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States Duesberg, Franz Gerhard Xaver von (1793-1872); info: jurist; politician 1837: Germany * Prussian Copyright Act Dufaure, Jules Armand Stanislas (1798-1881); info: politician 1841 : France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property Dufferin and Ava, Frederick Temple Hamilton Temple Blackwood, 1st Marquis of (1826-1902); info: statesman; diplomat; Governor-General of Canada (1872-1878); Viceroy of India (1884-1888) 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Duff, James C. (1854-1928); info: American impresario; opera company manager 1885: USA Carte v. Duff 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Dufresne, Augustine (d.1842); also: Baroness Gros; info: widow of Antoine-Jean Gros 1841: France Court of Cassation on artistic property Dugdale, Sir William (1605-1686); info: antiquary; herald 1812: United Kingdom Petition of the London Booksellers 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Duke, Richard Thomas Walker, Jr. (1853-1926); info: American lawyer 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Dumas, Alexandre, fils (1824-1895); info: writer 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Dumas, Alexandre, père (1802-1870); also: Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie; info: novelist; playwright 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Dumoulin, Charles (1500-1566); info: jurist; Professor of law at Strasbourg 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade Duncan, Edward (1803-1882); info: watercolour painter 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Duncombe, Thomas Slingsby (1796-1861); info: politician 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Dundas, Henry, 1st Viscount Melville (1742-1811); also: Baron Dunira; info: jurist; statesman 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Dundas, Robert (1713-1787); also: Lord Arniston; info: Lord President of the Court of Session (1760-1787) 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Dundas, William (1762-1845); info: politician 1814: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (18 July) Dunglison, Robley (1798-1869); info: English-born American physician 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Dunigan, Edward (fl.1847); info: American publisher 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Dunkin, Christopher (1812-1881); info: Canadian Minister of Agriculture 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Dunlap, William (1766-1839); info: American theatre manager 1837: USA Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States 1838: USA Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Dunning, John (1731-1783); info: barrister; politician 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1774: United Kingdom The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright Dunn, William (1782-1855); info: treasurer at the Royal Theatre, Drury Lane 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Dunst, Franz Philipp (1802-1851); info: music publisher 1829 : Germany Music publishers' agreement to ban reprinting 1830: Germany * Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy Dupin, André Marie Jean Jacques (1783-1865); info: Prosecutor-General 1842: France * Court of Cassation on artistic property 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" 1902: France * Court of Cassation on moral rights Dupin, Louis Ellies (1657-1719); also: Du Pin; info: ecclesiastical historian 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Duplain, Benoît (c.1740-c.1773); info: Lyonnais bookseller 1776 : France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Duplain, Joseph (fl.1776); info: Lyonnais bookseller 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Duplain, Pierre (fl.1766); info: bookseller; printer 1778: France * Pluquet's letters Duponceau, Peter Stephen (1760-1844); also: Pierre Etienne; Du Ponceau; info: Franco-American author 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report Duppa, Richard (1768-1831); info: draughtsman; biographer 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Durand, Laurent (1712-1763); info: publisher 1759: France * Sieur d'Anville's contract 1761: France * La Fontaine case 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Durand, Pierre (fl.1618); info: bookseller; printer 1618: France * Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade Durand-Delorme (fl.1814); info: lawyer 1814: France * Court of Cassation on compilations Durham, John George Lambton, Earl of (1792-1840); info: statesman; Governor-General of Canada (1838-1839) 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Durivage, Francis Alexander (1814-1881); info: American author 1838: USA Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston Dutruc, Gustave (fl.1855); info: French jurist 1902: France * Court of Cassation on moral rights Dutton, Edward Payson (1831-1923); info: American publisher 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Duvall, Gabriel (1752-1844); info: American jurist; Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1811-1835) 1834: USA Letters from Sumner to Story 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report Duval, Alexandre-Vincent Pineux (1767-1842); info: dramatist 1826 : France * Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission Duvergier, Jean-Baptiste (1792-1877); info: jurist; politician 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Duyckinck, Evert Augustus (1816-1878); info: American publisher; biographer 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Dwight, Timothy (1752-1817); info: American Congregationalist preacher; theologian; President of Yale College (1795-1817) 1782: USA Letter from Smith to Webster 1783: USA Letter from Joel Barlow to the Continental Congress 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Dyce, William (1806-1864); info: painter; educationist 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee Dyck, Johann Gottfried, Sr. (1715-1762); info: publisher 1765 : Germany * Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel Dyer (fl.1562); info: judge 1643: United Kingdom * The Humble Remonstrance of the Stationers' Company Dühring, Karl Eugen (1833-1921); info: German philosopher; political economist 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528); info: painter; engraver 1511: Germany * Imperial Privilege for Albrecht Dürer 1568: Italy * Giorgio Vasari, Life of Marcantonio of Bologna and Other Engravers of Prints d'Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon, Sieur (1697-1782); info: geographer; cartographer 1759: France * Sieur d'Anville's contract D'Aubigné, Jean Henri Merle (1794-1872); info: Swiss historian of the Reformation 1853: USA Letters on International copyright d'Avanson, Jean de Saint-Marcel, sieur (c.1511-1564); info: Master of Requests 1552: France * General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard d'Avenant, Sir William (1606-1668); also: Davenant; info: poet; playwright; theatre manager 1832: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May) 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature d'Houry, Laurent (fl.1721-1734); info: publisher 1725: France * Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum D'Israeli, Isaac (1766-1848); info: writer 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1837: USA Petition of British Authors 1838: USA Report, from the Committee on Patents d'Urfé, Honoré, Marquis de Valromey and Comte de Châteauneuf (1568-1625); info: novelist 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Eames, Charles (1812-1867); info: American diplomat 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Eastlake, Sir Charles (1793-1865); info: painter; President of the Royal Academy (1850-1865) 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence East, Sir Edward Hyde (1764-1847); info: Chief Justice of Calcutta; legal writer 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Eaton, Gen. John (1829-1906); info: U.S. Commissioner of Education (1870-1886) 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Ebbes, Thomas (fl.1826); info: parliamentary clerk 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Eckermann, Johann Peter (1792-1854); info: author; assistant to Goethe 1857: Germany * Wächter: "Publishing Right" Eck, Johannes (1486-1543); info: author; theologian 1516: Germany Imperial Privilege for Johannes Eck Eddy, Thomas (1758-1827); info: American philanthropist 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Edgar, Andrew (fl.1858) 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee Edgerton, Joseph Ketchum (1818-1893); info: American politician 1838: USA Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston Edgeworth, Maria (1768-1849); info: novelist 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1837: USA Petition of British Authors 1837: USA * Senate Report 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Edmondson, Joseph (1732-1786); info: herald; coach painter 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Edmunds, George Franklin (1828-1919); info: Senator for Vermont 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Edward I (1239-1307); also: the 'Hammer of the Scots'; info: King of England (1272-1307) 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright Edward II (1284-1327); info: King of England (1307-1327) 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Edward IV (1442-1483); info: King of England (1461-1483) 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Edward V (1470-1483); also: one of the 'Princes in the Tower'; info: King of England (1483) 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Edward VI (1537-1553); info: King of England and Ireland (1547-1553) 1553: United Kingdom John Day's Privilege for the Catechism 1553: United Kingdom William Seres' Printing Patent 1559: United Kingdom Seres' patent for Primers and Psalters 1559: United Kingdom * Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass 1643: United Kingdom * The Humble Remonstrance of the Stationers' Company 1761: United Kingdom Tonson v. Collins 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1774: United Kingdom The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House 1775: United Kingdom * Stationers' Company v. Carnan 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Edward VII (1841-1910); also: Albert Edward; info: King of Great Britain and Ireland (1901-1910); Prince of Wales (1841-1901) 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Edward 'the Confessor' (c.1003-1066); info: King of England (1042-1066) 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor Edwards, Bryan (1743-1800); info: merchant; author 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Edwards, Harry Stillwell (1855-1938); info: American journalist; author 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Edwards, Henry Sutherland (1828-1906); info: journalist 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Edwards, Jonathan (1703-1758); info: American philosopher 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Edwards, Mary Ellen (1839-c.1910); also: Mrs Freer; info: illustrator 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Egan, Maurice Francis (1852-1924); info: American writer; diplomat 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Egenolph, Christian Sr. (1501-1555); info: printer; publisher 1533 : Germany * Schott v. Egenolph Egerton, Francis Henry, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (1756-1829); info: clergyman; antiquarian; commissioner of the "Bridgewater Treatises" 1838: USA Memorial of the New York Typographical Society 1838: USA Report, from the Committee on Patents Eggleston, Edward (1837-1902); info: American historian; novelist 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Eggleston, George Cary (1839-1911); info: American author 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Ehlers, Martin (1732-1800); info: paedagogical reformer; Professor of Philosophy at Kiel 1857: Germany * Wächter: "Publishing Right" Ehrensvärd, Count Albert Carl August Lars (1821-1901); info: Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs (1885-1889) 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Eichberg, Julius (1824-1893); info: German composer; founder of the Boston Conservatory of Music 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Einsiedel, Detlev, Count von (1773-1861); info: Saxonian minister 1827: Germany * Treaties on reciprocal protection between Prussia and various German States Eisele, Fridolin (1837-1920); info: German jurist; Professor of Roman Law at Freiburg 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Eisenlohr, Ludwig Wilhelm Anton (1799-1861); info: jurist 1857 : Germany * Wächter: "Publishing Right" Elderkin, John (fl.1872); info: American printer 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Elder, Samuel J. (fl.1887-1903); info: American lawyer 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Eldon, John Scott, 1st Earl of (1751-1838); info: lawyer; politician; Lord Chancellor (1801-1827) 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report 1835: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Lectures Act (24 Aug.) 1841: USA * Folsom v. Marsh 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Elgin, James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine (1811-1863); info: Governor General of Canada (1847-1854); Viceroy of India (1862-1863) 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Elgin, Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of (1766-1841); also: 11th Earl of Kincardine; info: diplomat; art connoisseur 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Eliot, Charles William (1834-1926); info: American educationist; mathematician; chemist; President of Harvard College (1869-1909) 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Eliot, George (1819-1880); also: Mary Ann Evans; Marian; info: novelist 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Elizabeth I (1533-1603); info: Queen of England and Ireland (1558-1603) 1559: United Kingdom Day's The Cosmographical Glass 1559: United Kingdom Jugge and Cawood's printing patent for statute books 1559: United Kingdom Seres' patent for Primers and Psalters 1559: United Kingdom Totell's patent for Common Law Books 1559: United Kingdom * Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass 1559: United Kingdom * Elizabethan Injunctions 1566: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree 1586: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree 1624: United Kingdom * Statute of Monopolies 1637: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree 1643: United Kingdom * The Humble Remonstrance of the Stationers' Company 1761: United Kingdom Tonson v. Collins 1762: United Kingdom A Vindication of the Rights of Authors 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1774: United Kingdom The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1775: United Kingdom * Stationers' Company v. Carnan 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report 1840: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.) 1841: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey Ellenborough, Edward Law, 1st Baron (1750-1818); info: Lord Chief Justice (1802-1818) 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (19 July) 1841: USA * Folsom v. Marsh 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey Ellenborough, Edward Law, 1st Earl of (1790-1871); info: politician; Governor-General of India (1842-1844) 1862: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (5 June) Ellice, Edward, Sr. (1783-1863); info: merchant; MP 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Elliott, Joseph John (1835-1903); info: photographer 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Elliot, Sir Thomas Frederick (1808-1880); info: civil servant 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Elliston, Robert William (1774-1831); info: actor 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Ellis, Francis (fl.1858) 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee Ellis, Sir Henry (1777-1869); info: librarian at British Museum 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Ellsworth, William W. (1791-1868); info: American politician 1830: USA Judiciary Committee Report 1831: USA House Debate Eloy d'Amerval (fl.1455-1508); info: poet; composer; choirmaster 1507 : France * Eloy d'Amerval's privilege Elphinstone, Hester Maria, née Thrale (1764-1857); also: Viscountess Keith; Queeney; info: protégée of Samuel Johnson 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) Elphinstone, William (1431-1514); info: Bishop of Aberdeen (1483-1514) 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson Elton, Edward William (1794-1843); info: actor 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Elyot, Sir Thomas (c.1490-1546); also: Eliot; info: diplomat; lexicographer 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson Ely, Richard Theodore (1854-1943); info: American economist 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Elzevir (fl.1592-1681); also: Elsevier; info: Dutch publishers' dynasty 1778: France * Pluquet's letters 1841: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (29 Jan.) 1896: USA Treloar Copyright Bill (H.R. 5976) Embury, Daniel (1794-1864); info: American bank cashier 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Emerson, Frederick (1788-1857); info: American textbook author 1838: USA Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882); info: American poet; essayist 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials 1870: USA Committee Report on S.703 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Emery, John (1777-1822); info: actor; singer 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Émery, Pierre (c.1652-1730); info: printer 1725: France * Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum Emo, Giovanni (fl.1731-1740); info: Procuratore di San Marco 1740 : Italy Venetian Decree Against Unauthorized Printing of Songs Endemann, Wilhelm (1825-1899); info: jurist; Professor of commercial law at Bonn 1877: Germany * Gareis: Juridical Nature of Author's Rights Endicott, William Crowninshield (1826-1900); info: American politician 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Endter, Michael (fl.1653-1662); info: publisher 1673: Germany Nuremberg Printers' Ordinance Enfantin, Barthélemy Prosper (1796-1864); info: economist; industrialist 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Enfield, William (1741-1797); info: Unitarian minister; preacher 1774: United Kingdom Enfield's Observations 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise English, Thomas Dunn (1819-1902); info: American politician; author 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Ennius, Quintus (239 B.C.-169 B.C.); info: Roman poet 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Epicles of Hermione; info: Athenian lyre-player 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Epictetus (fl.90); info: Greek Stoic philosopher; moralist 1704: United Kingdom * Defoe's Essay on the Press 1841: France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property Epicurus (341 B.C.-271 B.C.); info: Greek philosopher; founder of the Epicurean School 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Erasmus (1466/69-1536); also: Desiderius Erasmus; Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam; info: humanist; theologian 1559: United Kingdom * Elizabethan Injunctions 1738: Germany * Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books 1740: Germany * Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books" 1762: United Kingdom A Vindication of the Rights of Authors 1778: France * Pluquet's letters Erle, William (1793-1880); info: judge 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report Ernesti, John August (1707-1781); info: classical scholar 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Errembault de Dudzeele, Count Gaston (1819-1888); info: Belgian diplomat 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Erskine, James (1722-1796); also: Lord Alva; info: judge 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Erskine, Thomas, 1st Baron (1750-1823); info: jurist; pamphleteer; Lord Chancellor (1806-1807) 1799: United Kingdom Documents concerning the Models and Busts Act 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Erstenberger, Georg (1550-1619); info: theologian; Imperial Books Commissioner 1608 1608: Germany * "Books Constitution" of Emperor Rudolf II Escobar y Mendoza, Antonio (1589-1669); info: Spanish theologian; casuist 1791: France Beaumarchais's petition Essex, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl (1566-1601); info: courtier; soldier 1841: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.) 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Esterhazy, Prince Paul Anton (1785-1866); info: Austrian ambassador in London 1841: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.) Estes, Dana (1840-1909); info: American publisher 1888: USA American Authors and British Pirates 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Este, Ercole, I d' (1431-1505); info: Duke of Ferrara (1471-1505); patron of the arts 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Este, Ippolito d' (1479-1520); info: cardinal; patron of the arts 1515 : Italy * Ariosto's Printing Privilege Este, Ippolito, II d' (1509-1572); info: Italian cardinal; patron of the arts 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Estienne, Antoine (1594-1674); info: printer 1665: France * French book trade regulations Estienne, Charles (1504-1564); info: anatomist; printer 1650: France * Vitré's memorandum on the prolongation of privileges 1778: France * Pluquet's letters Estienne, Henri I (c.1460-1520); also: Stephanus; info: printer 1650: France * Vitré's memorandum on the prolongation of privileges 1778: France * Pluquet's letters Estienne, Henri II (1528-1598); also: Henry Stephens; info: classical scholar; printer 1650: France * Vitré's memorandum on the prolongation of privileges 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers 1778: France * Pluquet's letters 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Estienne, Robert (1503-1559); also: Stephanus; info: printer; royal typographer 1539 1650: France * Vitré's memorandum on the prolongation of privileges 1725: France * Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade 1778: France * Pluquet's letters Estienne, Robert (1723-1794); info: publisher 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Étienne, Charles-Guillaume (1777-1845); info: dramatist 1826 : France * Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission 1834: France * Balzac's letter to authors Euclid (fl.300 B.C.); info: Greek mathematician 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1902: USA Bleistein's Brief Euler, Leonhard (1707-1783); info: Swiss mathematician 1853: USA * Stowe v. Thomas Euripides (c.480 B.C.-406 B.C.); info: Greek dramatist 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" 1774: United Kingdom Enfield's Observations 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Evans, James 1837: United Kingdom Copyright Bill (6 June) Evans, Robert Harding (c.1778-1857); info: bookseller 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Evans, Sir Arthur John (1851-1941); info: archaeologist 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Evans, Sir George de Lacy (1787-1870); info: soldier; MP 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Evans, Sir William David (1767-1821); info: jurist; translator 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Evans, Walter (1842-1923); info: American politician; judge 1899: USA Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co., District Court Decision 1900: USA Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co., Circuit Court Decision 1902: USA Bleistein's Brief 1903: USA * Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co. Evarts, William Maxwell (1818-1901); info: American lawyer; U.S. Secretary of State (1877-1881) 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Everett, Edward (1794-1865); info: American statesman; scholar; US Secretary of State (1852-1853); President of Harvard University (1846-1849) 1831: USA House Debate 1837: USA * Senate Report 1838: USA Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials 1853: USA British-American Copyright Convention Draft 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Eve, Clovis (fl.1584-1644); also: Ève; info: royal bookbinder 1776 : France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Ewart, William (1798-1869); info: politician 1833: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Dramatic Literary Property Act (12 March) 1840: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.) 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright Ewing, Thomas (1789-1871); info: American politician 1837: USA Debates in Congress 1837: USA Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States 1837: USA Petition of British Authors 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Exner, Adolf (1841-1894); info: Austrian jurist 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Eyre, George Edward (1804-1887); info: barrister; antiquary; Queen's Printer 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report Eyre, Sir James (1734-1799); info: judge 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1774: United Kingdom The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1798: United Kingdom * Beckford v. Hood 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Fabian, Robert (d.1513); info: chronicler 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Fabius, Quintus Fabius Maximus Allobrogicus (fl.121 B.C.); info: Roman soldier; consul 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Facques, William (fl.1504); info: King's printer 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Faed, Thomas (1826-1900); info: Scottish painter 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Fahey, James (1804-1885); info: watercolour painter 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee Fairfax, Thomas, 3rd Baron Fairfax of Cameron (1612-1671); info: military commander 1649: United Kingdom An Act against Unlicensed and Scandalous Books and Pamphlets Falconer, Alexander (1593/94-1671); info: judge 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1773: United Kingdom Information for Messrs John Hinton et al Falkland, Lucius Cary, 10th Viscount (1803-1884); info: Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (1840-1846); Governor of Bombay (1848-1853) 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Falk, Benjamin J. (1853-1925); info: American photographer 1891: USA Falk v. Brett Lithographing Co. 1893: USA Falk v. Donaldson Falk, Isaac N. (fl.1891); info: American lawyer 1891: USA Falk v. Brett Lithographing Co. 1893: USA Falk v. Donaldson Fanti, Sigismondo (fl.1526); info: Italian mathematician; calligrapher; astrologer 1526: Italy Papal and Venetian Privileges for Sigismondo Fanti's "Triompho di Fortuna" Faraday, Michael (1791-1867); info: chemist; physicist; creator of classical field theory 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Farina, Giovanni Maria (1685-1766); info: perfumer 1834: France * Balzac's letter to authors Farinelli 1774: United Kingdom Macauley's A Modest Plea Farnham, Thomas Jefferson (1804-1848); info: American explorer; author 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Farquhar, George (c.1677-1707); info: Irish playwright 1832: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May) 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Farrar, Rev. Frederic William (1831-1903); info: clergyman; writer 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Farren, Elizabeth (c.1759-1829); also: Countess of Derby; info: actress 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Farrer, Thomas Henry, 1st Baron Farrer (1819-1899); info: Permanent Secretary to the Board of Trade (1867-1886); statistician 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Faulkener, George (fl.1741); info: bookseller 1741: United Kingdom Pope's Bill of Complaint, and Curl's Answer Faulkner, George (c.1703-1775); info: printer; bookseller 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Faversham, William (1868-1940); info: American actor 1896: USA Debate in Congress Fawcett, Edgar (1847-1904); info: American novelist; poet 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Fawcett, John (1768-1837); info: actor; playwright 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Fay, Theodore Sedgwick (1807-1898); info: American author; diplomat 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Fay, Theodore Sedgwick (1807-1898); info: American lawyer; diplomat 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Fè d'Ostiani, Count Alessandro (1825-1905); info: Italian diplomat 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Feales, William (fl.1734-1737); info: bookseller 1751: United Kingdom Tonson v. Walker Featley, Daniel (1578-1645); info; theologian; chaplain to King Charles I 1774: United Kingdom Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property Feburier, Pierre Louis (fl.1618); info: bookseller 1618: France * Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade Feilding, Basil, 6th Earl of Denbigh and 5th Earl of Desmond (1719-1800) 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Fell, John (1625-1686); info: Anglican divine; Dean of Christ Church, Oxford 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Felßecker, Carl (fl.1765-1788); info: publisher 1765: Germany * Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel Felton, Cornelius Conway (1807-1862); info: American classical philologist 1837: USA Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States 1838: USA Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Fénelon, François de Salignac de la Mothe (1651-1715); info: prelate; writer 1841: France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Fenton, Elijah (1683-1730); info: poet 1751: United Kingdom Tonson v. Walker 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Fenton, Roger (1819-1869); info: photographer 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee Fenzo, Giuseppe (fl.1780-1811); info: Venetian publisher 1780 : Italy * "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents Fenzo, Modesto (fl.1741-1779); info: Venetian publisher 1780 : Italy * "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents Ferdinand I (1793-1875); info: Emperor of Austria (1835-1848) 1840 : Germany * Bilateral Treaty between Austria and Sardinia Ferguson, James (fl.1870); info: publisher 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Fergusson, James (1769-1842); info: judge; legal writer 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright Fermat, Pierre de (1601-1665); info: mathematician; number theorist 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Ferrier, Susan Edmonstone (1782-1854); info: Scottish novelist 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Festius, Porcius (d.c.62 A.D.); info: Roman procurator of Judaea 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Ffoulkes, Charles John (1868-1947); info: museum curator; historian 1902: USA Bleistein's Brief Fichte, Johann Gottlieb (1762-1814); info: philosopher 1793: Germany * Fichte: Proof of the Unlawfulness of Reprinting 1815: Germany * Annotated Publishers' Petition to the Congress of Vienna 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" 1877: Germany * Gareis: Juridical Nature of Author's Rights 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Fielding, Henry (1707-1754); info: author; magistrate 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Fielding, Henry (1707-1754); info: writer; magistrate 1841: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) Fields, James Thomas (1817-1881); info: American publisher; author 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Field, Basil (fl.1877); info: solicitor 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Field, Edwin Wilkins (1804-1871); info: law reformer; art sponsor 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Field, Eugene (1850-1895); info: American journalist; poet; humorist 1896: USA Treloar Copyright Bill (H.R. 5976) Field, Marshall (1834-1906); info: American department store magnate; philanthropist 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Field, Maunsell Bradhurst (1822-1875); info: American lawyer; politician 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Field, Nathan (1587-1620); info: dramatist; actor 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Fifield, Alexander (fl.1637); info: type-founder 1637: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree Fildes, Sir Luke (1843-1927); info: painter; illustrator 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Filmer, Sir Robert (c.1590-1653); info: author; advocate of divine right of kings 1690: United Kingdom * Locke's Second Treatise on Government (selected extracts) 1704: United Kingdom * Defoe's Essay on the Press Finch, Sir Henry (c.1558-1625); info: author; lawyer 1766: United Kingdom Blackstone's Commentaries, Vol.II (selected extracts) Finnell, Joseph C. (1854-1911); info: district court clerk 1899: USA Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co., District Court Decision Finney, Charles Grandison (1792-1875); info: American preacher 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Fischer, Gustav Paul Dankert (1845-1910); info: German publisher; legal and medical publisher 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Fisher, Mark William (1841-1923); info: painter 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Fisher, Thomas (1782-1836); info: draughtsman; watercolour painter 1814: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (18 July) 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Fish, Hamilton (1808-1893); info: American politician; U.S. Secretary of State (1869-1877) 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Fisk, Pliny (1792-1825); info: American missionary 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Fitch, Ashbel Parmelee (1848-1904); info: American congressman 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Fitzgibbon, John, 1st Earl of Clare (1749-1802); info: Lord Chancellor of Ireland (1789-1802) 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Fitzmaurice, Edmond George Petty, 1st Baron Fitzmaurice (1846-1935); also: Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice; info: Liberal politician; Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1883-1885); historian 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Fitzwilliam, Fanny, née Copeland (1801-1854); also: Frances Elizabeth Fitzwilliam; info: actress 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Flachat, M.; info: Lyon-based theatre entrepreneur 1791: France Beaumarchais's petition Fladgate, William Mark (1805-1888); info: solicitor 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee Flandrin, Jean Hippolyte (1809-1864); info: painter 1862: France * Court of Cassation on photography Flatow, Louis Victor (1820-1867); info: art dealer; printseller; financier 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Flaxman, John (1755-1826); info: draughtsman; sculptor 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Fleming, Edwin (c.1849-1923); info: associate editor of "The Buffalo Courier" 1899: USA Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co., District Court Decision Fleming, Hugh (fl.1554); also: Heugh Flemynge; info: printer 1554: United Kingdom Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers Fleming, Isaac Plant (1829-1881?); info: author 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Flesher, Miles (fl.1611-1664); info: master printer 1637: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree Fletcher, John (1579-1625); info: playwright 1832: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May) 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Fletcher, Robert (fl.1858) 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee Fleury, Claude (1640-1723); info: ecclesiastical historian 1725: France * Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Flint, Timothy (1780-1840); info: American clergyman; author 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Flood, Sir Frederick (1741-1824); info: lawyer; politician 1814: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (10 May) Flourens, Jean Pierre (1794-1867); info: physiologist; scientist 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Flygare-Carlén, Emilie, née Smith (1807-1892); also: Miss Carlen; info: Swedish novelist 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Foley, John Henry (1818-1874); info: sculptor 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee Follen, Charles (1796-1840); also: Karl Theodor Christian Friedrich Follen; info: German patriot; Professor of German at Harvard (1828-1835); abolitionist 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Follen, Eliza Lee, née Cabot (1787-1860); info: American author 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Folsom, Charles (1794-1872); info: American scholar; editor 1841: USA Master in Chancery Report 1841: USA * Folsom v. Marsh 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Folsom, George (1802-1869); info: American antiquarian; translator 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Fonblanque, Albany William (1793-1872); info: journalist 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (9 May) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) Fontanes, Louis, Marquis de (1757-1821); info: author; politician 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Fontenelle, Bernard le Bovier de (1657-1757); info: author 1776: France * Fragments on the Freedom of the Press 1841: France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property Foote, Arthur (1853-1937); info: American composer 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Foote, Samuel (1720-1777); info: dramatist; actor; theatre manager 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Foote, Samuel (1720-1777); info: mimic; satirist 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket Forbes, Capt. John (fl.1832); info: theatre proprietor 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Forbes, James (1749-1819); info: artist; writer for the East India Company 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Forbes, William (fl.1703); info: writer on economics 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Forichon, Emile (1848-1915); info: First President of the Court of Appeal, Paris 1902: France * Court of Cassation on moral rights Forrest, Edwin (1806-1872); info: American actor 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Forshall, Josiah (1795-1863); info: librarian; biblical scholar; Secretary to the British Museum 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Förster, Georg Ludwig (fl.1757-1792); info: publisher 1765 : Germany * Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel Forster, John (1812-1876); info: biographer; historian; journalist 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Fortescue, Chichester Samuel, 1st Baron Carlingford (1823-1898); info: Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies (1857-1865) 1857: United Kingdom Return of Colonies and British Possessions on Importation of Reprints 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Fortescue, Joanna (fl.1733); info: sister of John Gay 1737: United Kingdom * Baller v. Watson: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders Fortescue, Sir John (c.1385-1476); info: jurist; Lord Chief Justice (1442) 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor Foscarini, Sebastian (fl.1780); info: Venetian diplomat 1780 : Italy * "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents Foscari, Francesco (fl.1512-1517); info: Venetian politician 1517 : Italy * Venetian Decree on Press Affairs Foscari, Marco (1477-1551); info: Venetian diplomat 1517: Italy * Venetian Decree on Press Affairs Foster, Benjamin Wood (1810-1881); info: American author of accounting textbooks 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Foster, Elizabeth (fl.1738); info: Milton's granddaughter 1841: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.) Foster, George G. (1815-1856); info: American author 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Foster, Myles Birkett (1825-1899); info: watercolour painter 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Foster, Peter Le Neve (1809-1879); info: barrister; Secretary of the Society of Arts 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Foster, Roger (1857-1924); info: American lawyer 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Foster, Sir Michael (1836-1907); info: physiologist 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Foucher, Victor (1802-1866); info: jurist 1840: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.) 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Fouché, Joseph, Duke of Otranto (1763-1829); info: revolutionary; Minister of Police (1799-1815) 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Fouet, Robert (1594-1642); info: bookseller; bookbinder 1618 : France * Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade Foulis, Andrew (1712-1775); info: Scottish bookseller; printer 1776 : France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Foulis, Robert (1707-1776); info: Scottish bookseller; printer 1776 : France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Fouqué, Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Baron de la Motte (1777-1843); info: German writer; soldier 1815: Germany * Annotated Publishers' Petition to the Congress of Vienna 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Fourcroy, Antoine François de (1755-1809); info: chemist 1841 : France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Fournier, Pierre Simon (1712-1768); also: Fournier le Jeune; info: typographer; music publisher 1761: France * La Fontaine case 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade Fowle, William B. (fl.1842-1848); info: American publisher 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Fox, Charles James (1749-1806); info: politician 1839: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (9 July) 1840: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.) 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Fox, William Johnson (1786-1864); info: orator; political writer 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) Fracastoro, Girolamo (1483-1553); info: Italian scholar; physician 1590 : Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Francis I (1494-1547); info: King of France (1515-1547) 1515 : France * Galliot Du Pré's Privilege 1725: France * Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum 1776: France * Fragments on the Freedom of the Press 1777: France * Royal declaration on sculpture and painting 1826: France * Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission Francis, Charles S. (1805-1887); info: American publisher 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Francis, John Wakefield (1789-1861); info: American physician 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Franco, Veronica (1546-1591); info: Italian poetess; courtesan 1590 : Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790); info: American statesman; scientist 1841: USA * Folsom v. Marsh 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Franklin, Richard (d.1765); info: printer; bookseller 1721: United Kingdom Burnet v. Chetwood: Entries from the Court's Book of Orders 1721: United Kingdom Burnet's Bill of Complaint and Chetwood's Answer Franklin, Sir John (1786-1847); info: Arctic explorer; discoverer of the Northwest Passage 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Fraser, James (d.1841); info: publisher 1852: USA Copyright and Natural Right Fratta, Giovanni (fl.1575-1611); info: Italian poet; lawyer 1590 : Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Frederick August III (1750-1827); info: Elector of Saxony(1763-1806); King of Saxony (1805-1827) 1773: Germany * Saxonian Statute Frederick Augustus I (1670-1733); also: Augustus II 'the Strong'; info: Elector of Saxony (1694-1733); King of Poland (1697-1706, 1709-1733) 1549: Germany * Electoral Saxon Printing and Censorship Acts from 1549 to 1717 Frederick Augustus II (1797-1854); info: King of Saxony (1836-1854) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1844: Germany * Saxon Copyright Act Frederick II of Germany (1194-1250); also: Hohenstaufen; info: Holy Roman Emperor (1215-1250); literary patron 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Frederick II (1720-1785); info: Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel (1760-1785) 1776 : France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Frederick III of Habsburg (1415-1493); info: Holy Roman Emperor (1452-1493) 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Frederick III of Saxony (1463-1525); also: Frederick the Wise; info: Elector of Saxony (1486-1525) 1501: Germany * Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica Frederick II, the Great (1712-1786); info: King of Prussia (1740-1786) 1766: Germany Prussian Cabinet Order 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1774: United Kingdom The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1834: France * Balzac's letter to authors 1841: France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) Frederick William II (1744-1797); info: King of Prussia (1786-1797) 1794 : Germany * Prussian Statute Book (ALR) Frederick William III (1770-1840); info: King of Prussia (1797-1840) 1827: Germany * Treaties on reciprocal protection between Prussia and various German States 1837: Germany * Directive for reciprocal copyright protection within the German Confederation 1837: Germany * Prussian Copyright Act 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Frederick William IV (1795-1861); info: King of Prussia (1840-1858) 1838 : Germany Ordinance on the Establishment of Societies of Copyright Experts 1846: Germany * Bilateral Treaty between Prussia and Britain Freeman, Samuel (1743-1831); info: American author; businessman 1790: USA Sample registrations Freeman, William Capron (b.1859); info: American businessman 1896: USA Hearing on H.R. 5976 Frellon, François (fl.1542-1561); info: Lyonnais printer 1776 : France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Frellon, Jean (fl.1542-1561); info: Lyonnais printer 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Fréret, Nicolas (1688-1749); info: scholar 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Frewen, Accepted (1588-1664); info: Archbishop of York (1660-1664) 1662: United Kingdom * Licensing Act Freycinet, Charles de (1828-1923); info: politician; French Minister of Foreign Affairs 1882: Germany Bilateral treaty between Switzerland and France Frey, Joseph Samuel Christian Frederick (1773-1850); info: German-born missionary; author 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Frézier, Amédée-François (1682-1773); military engineer; explorer; spy 1725: France * Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum Friedländer, Max (1829-1872); info: German-Austrian journalist; author of "Der ausländische und einheimische Rechtsschutz gegen Nachdruck und Nachbildung" (1857) 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Friedrich Lanckische Erben; info: publishers 1608: Germany * "Books Constitution" of Emperor Rudolf II Fripp, George Arthur (1813-1896); info: watercolour painter 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Frith, William Powell (1819-1909); info: painter 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Fritsch, Ahasver (1629-1701); info: lawyer; politician; hymnwriter 1738 : Germany * Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books 1750: Germany Fritsch: Treatise on Book Printers, Booksellers, Paper Manufacturers and Bookbinders Fritsch, Caspar (1677-1745); info: publisher; founder of publishing house 1765: Germany Reich v. Pauli 1765: Germany * Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel Fritsch, Thomas Freiherr von (1700-1775); info: Saxonian statesman 1773 : Germany * Saxonian Statute Froben, Johann (c.1460-1527); info: printer 1738: Germany * Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books 1740: Germany * Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books" 1778: France * Pluquet's letters Frohman, Charles (1860-1915); info: American theatrical producer 1896: USA Debate in Congress Frohman, Daniel (1851-1940); info: American theatrical producer 1896: USA Debate in Congress Froissart, Jean (c.1333-c.1404); info: chronicler; poet 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1812: United Kingdom Petition of the London Booksellers 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Frommann, Nathanael Sigismund (1736-1786); info: publisher 1765 : Germany * Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel Frost, John (1800-1859); info: American textbook author 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Frothingham, Octavius Brooks (1822-1895); info: American clergyman; author 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Froude, James Anthony (1818-1894); info: historian 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Frye, William Pierce (1830-1911); info: Senator for Maine 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Fry, Clarence Edmund (1840-1897); info: photographer 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Fuller, Sarah Margaret (1810-1850); info: American journalist; women's rights activist 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Fuller, Thomas (1608-1661); info: clergyman; antiquary 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Fulton, Robert (1765-1815); info: American engineer; steamship constructor 1841: France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Furetière, Antoine (1619-1688); info: scholar; lexicographer 1690: France * Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers Furgole, Jean Baptiste (1690-1761); info: lawyer at the Parlement of Toulouse 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Furness, William Henry (1802-1896); info: American clergyman; theologian 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Fust, Johannes (c.1400-1466); info: printer 1738: Germany * Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May) 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Gaboriau, Émile (1835-1873); info: writer of detective fiction 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Gadbury, John (1627-1704); info: astrologer; almanac writer 1762: United Kingdom A Vindication of the Rights of Authors 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright Gaguin, Robert (1433-1501); info: French humanist; diplomat 1776 : France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Gaine, Hugh (1726-1807); info: Irish-born American printer; bookseller 1772: USA Second New York Law Printing Privilege Gaisford, Thomas (1779-1855); info: classical scholar; Dean of Christ Church, Oxford; curator at the Bodleian Library 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report on the Copyright Acts 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Gaius Herennius (fl.86 B.C.); info: addressee of Cicero's treatise on rhetoric 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Galen (c.130-c.201); info: Greek physician 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Galignani, Guillaume (1798-1882); info: publisher 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (20 March) 1852: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (30 April) Galignani, Jean Antoine (1796-1873); info: publisher 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (20 March) 1852: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (30 April) Galilei, Galileo (1564-1642); also: Galileo; info: astronomer; mathematician; natural philosopher 1762: United Kingdom * An Enquiry into Literary Property 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1776: France * Fragments on the Freedom of the Press Gallagher, William Davis (1808-1894); info: American journalist; poet 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Gallatin, Albert (1761-1849); info: Swiss-born American financier; statesman 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Gallaudet, Rev. Thomas Hopkins (1787-1851); info: American teacher of the deaf; author 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Galley Knight, John (fl.1832); info: MP; Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Gallwey, Sir M. H. (fl.1857-1890); info: attorney-general of Natal 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Galt, John (1779-1839); info: Scottish novelist; Canadian pioneer 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Gamble, Archibald (1740-1784); info: Professor of Oratory and English at Princeton 1782: USA Letter from Smith to Webster Gambrinus; info: legendary king of Flanders; patron saint of beer brewing 1900: USA Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co., Circuit Court Decision 1902: USA Bleistein's Brief Gampert, Johann Michael (fl.1765); info: publisher 1765: Germany * Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel Gans, Eduard (1797-1839); info: Professor of law at Berlin 1821 : Germany * Hegel: Remarks on Intellectual Property Garden, Francis (1721-1793); also: Lord Gardenstone; info: judge 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Garde, Hierosme de la (fl.1648); info: publisher; bookseller 1665 : France * French book trade regulations Gardiner, Rev. John Silvester John (b.1765); info: American classical scholar; clergyman 1790: USA Sample registrations Gareis, Carl (1844-1923); info: jurist 1877: Germany * Gareis: Juridical Nature of Author's Rights Garrard, George (1760-1826); info: painter; sculptor 1799: United Kingdom Documents concerning the Models and Busts Act Garrick, David (1717-1779); info: actor; playwright 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1832: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May) 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature 1841: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.) 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Garrow, Sir William (1760-1840); info: lawyer 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Garthwait, Timothy (fl.1668); info: printer 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Gascoigne, Sir William (c.1350-1419); info: Chief Justice of England under Henry IV 1841: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (29 Jan.) Gaskell, Mrs Elizabeth Cleghorn, née Stevenson (1810-1865); info: novelist 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Gassett, Oscar (fl.1838); info: American mechanic 1838: USA Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston Gastambide, Adrien-Joseph (fl.1837-1860); info: jurist; legal writer 1814 : France * Court of Cassation on sculptures 1902: France * Court of Cassation on moral rights Gastrell, Francis (1662-1725); info: Bishop of Chester; theologian 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Gaultier de Biauzat, Jean-François (1739-1815); info: lawyer; delegate to the Estates General of 1789; Mayor of Clermont-Ferrand 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Gautier, Théophile (1811-1872); info: poet; novelist 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Gavard, Charles (d.1893); info: First Secretary at the French Embassy in London (1871-1877) 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report Gavard, Jacques Dominique Charles (1794-1871); info: engraver 1841: France Court of Cassation on artistic property Gayarre, Charles Etienne Arthur (1805-1895); info: American historian; politician; playwright 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Gay, John (1685-1732); info: poet; playwright 1729: United Kingdom Gay v. Read 1737: United Kingdom * Baller v. Watson: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders 1741: United Kingdom Pope v Curl: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders 1741: United Kingdom Pope's Bill of Complaint, and Curl's Answer 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Gebauer, Johann Justinus (1710-1772); info: publisher 1765: Germany * Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel Gebler, Christian Gottlieb (fl.1765); info: publisher 1765: Germany * Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel Geikie, Sir Archibald (1835-1924); info: Scottish geologist 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Geldart, Thomas Charles (c.1797-1877); info: Master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge; Regius Professor of Civil Law at Cambridge University 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Gell, Sir William (1777-1836); info: classical archaeologist 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Gengler, Heinrich-Gottfried Philipp (1817-1901); info: jurist; historian 1877: Germany * Gareis: Juridical Nature of Author's Rights Geoffroy, David (c.1565-1629); info: printer 1665: France * French book trade regulations George I (1660-1727); info: King of Great Britain and Ireland (1714-1727); Elector of Hanover (1698-1727) 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright George II (1683-1760); info: King of Great Britain and Ireland (1727-1760) 1735: United Kingdom Engravers' Copyright Act (parchment copy) 1735: United Kingdom * Engravers' Copyright Act 1737: United Kingdom An Act for the Encouragement of Learning (Draft) 1737: United Kingdom * Booksellers' Bill 1741: United Kingdom Pope's Bill of Complaint, and Curl's Answer 1746: USA North Carolina Printing Privilege to Commissioners 1750: USA New York Law Printing Privilege 1751: United Kingdom Tonson v. Walker 1766: United Kingdom Engravers' Copyright Act 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1773: United Kingdom Information for Messrs John Hinton et al 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson 1777: United Kingdom Engravers' Copyright Act 1799: United Kingdom Documents concerning the Models and Busts Act 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1830: United Kingdom Dramatic Writings Bill 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature 1837: United Kingdom Copyright Bill (6 June) 1844: United Kingdom International Copyright Bill 1844: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act 1852: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence George III (1738-1820); info: King of Great Britain (1760-1820); Elector of Hanover (King 1815) 1766: United Kingdom Engravers' Copyright Act 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1772: USA William Billings' Printing Privilege 1772: USA William Billings' Second Petition 1773: United Kingdom Information for Messrs John Hinton et al 1774: Germany * Pütter: The Reprinting of Books 1774: United Kingdom Booksellers' Bill 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1774: United Kingdom The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1777: United Kingdom Engravers' Copyright Act 1777: United Kingdom * Bach v. Longman 1787: United Kingdom Calico Printers' Act (parchment copy) 1787: United Kingdom * Calico Printers' Act 1798: United Kingdom * Models and Busts Act 1799: United Kingdom Documents concerning the Models and Busts Act 1801: United Kingdom A Bill for the Further Encouragement of Learning 1801: United Kingdom Copyright Act (parchment copy) 1801: United Kingdom * Copyright Act 1813: United Kingdom Petition of the Printers of London and Westminster 1813: United Kingdom Report of the Acts Respecting Copyright 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report on Acts for the Encouragement of Learning 1814: United Kingdom Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (12 July) 1814: United Kingdom Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (15 July) 1814: United Kingdom Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (18 May) 1814: United Kingdom Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (7 June) 1814: United Kingdom Sculpture Copyright Act 1814: United Kingdom * Copyright Act 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report on the Copyright Acts 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1830: United Kingdom Dramatic Writings Bill 1832: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May) 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature 1833: United Kingdom Bill to amend the Laws relating to Dramatic Literary Property 1833: United Kingdom * Dramatic Literary Property Act 1835: United Kingdom * Publication of Lectures Act 1836: United Kingdom Copyright in Prints and Engravings (Ireland) Act 1838: United Kingdom Copyright Bill (27 Feb.) 1838: United Kingdom Copyright Bill (6 June) 1839: United Kingdom Copyright Bill 1840: United Kingdom Copyright Bill 1841: United Kingdom Copyright Bill 1842: United Kingdom Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (21 April) 1842: United Kingdom Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (23 March) 1842: United Kingdom Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (4 March) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May) 1842: United Kingdom * Copyright Act 1844: United Kingdom International Copyright Bill 1844: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act 1852: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright George IV (1762-1830); info: King of Great Britain (1820-1830) 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1830: United Kingdom Dramatic Writings Bill 1832: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May) 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature George, Henry (1839-1897); info: American economist 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 George, James Zachariah (1826-1897); info: Senator for Mississippi 1896: USA The Question of Copyright George, Richard Samuel Henry (1798-1882); info: American publisher 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Gérando, Joseph Marie, baron de (1772-1842); info: French jurist; philosopher; philanthropist 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Gerber, Karl Friedrich Wilhelm von (1823-1891); info: jurist; politician 1857: Germany * Wächter: "Publishing Right" 1877: Germany * Gareis: Juridical Nature of Author's Rights 1878: France * Morillot on the author's right 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Gerlach, Johann Nicolaus (fl.1731-1759); info: publisher; founder of publishing house 1765: Germany * Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel Gerstlacher, Carl Friedrich (1732-1795); info: Professor of law at Tübingen 1790: Germany * J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire Gesenius, Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm (1786-1842); info: German orientalist; biblical scholar 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Geßner, Hans Conrad (1696-1775); also: Gessner; info: Swiss publisher 1765: Germany * Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel Gfrörer, August Friedrich (1803-1861); info: historian; critic of the Gospels 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Gianone, Pietro (1676-1748); info: Italian historian; revolutionary thinker 1776: France * Fragments on the Freedom of the Press Gibbes, Robert Wilson (1809-1866); info: American physician; author; scientist 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Gibbons, James (1834-1921); info: American prelate; Archbishop of Baltimore; cardinal 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Gibbons, William (1726-1800); info: American jurist; Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives (1783, 1785-1789, 1791-1793) 1786: USA Georgia Copyright Statute Gibbon, Charles (fl.1589-1604); info: writer 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April) Gibbon, Edward (1737-1794); info: historian 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (9 May) 1840: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.) 1841: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Gibbs, George (1815-1873); info: American geologist; ethnologist 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Gibbs, Sir Vicary (1751-1820); info: judge; politician 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report Gibert (fl.1761); info: publisher 1761: France * La Fontaine case Gibson, Edmund (1669-1748); info: church jurist; Bishop of London (1720-1745) 1775: United Kingdom * Stationers' Company v. Carnan Gibson, Sir Alexander (d.1644); also: Lord Durie; info: judge 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson Gibson, Thomas Milner (1806-1884); info: politician 1847: United Kingdom Foreign Reprints Bill 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Gibson, William Hamilton (1850-1896); info: American illustrator; naturalist 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Giddy, Davies (1767-1839); info: scientific advisor; applied mathematician 1812: United Kingdom Petition of the London Booksellers 1813: United Kingdom Petition of the Printers of London and Westminster 1813: United Kingdom Report of the Acts Respecting Copyright 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1814: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (10 May) 1814: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (12 July) 1814: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (18 July) 1814: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (19 May) 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (9 May) 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Giffart, Louis (fl.1622); info: publisher 1618: France * Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade Gifford, Henry (1694-1772); info: actor; theatre manager 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Gifford, William (1756-1826); info: critic; satirist; editor of Ben Jonson's works 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Gilbert, Sir Geoffrey (1674-1726); info: Chief Baron of the Exchequer; legal writer 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1774: United Kingdom The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket Gilbert, Sir John (1817-1897); info: painter; illustrator 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Gilbert, Sir William Schwenck (1836-1911); info: parodist; librettist 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1885: USA Carte v. Duff 1893: USA Falk v. Donaldson 1896: USA Hearing on H.R. 5976 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Gilbert, William (1804-1889); info: novelist 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Gildersleeve, Basil Lanneau (1831-1924); info: American classical scholar 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Gilder, Richard Watson (1844-1909); info: American poet; editor 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Gillespie, William Mitchell (1816-1868); info: American author 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Gilman, Arthur (1837-1909); info: American author; editor 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Gilman, Samuel (1791-1858); info: American Unitarian minister 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Gilmore, James Roberts (1822-1903); also: Edmund Kirke (pseudonym); info: American author 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Gilmour, Sir John (1605-1671); info: judge 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson Giotto di Bondone (c.1266-1337); info: Italian painter; architect 1883: USA Sarony's Brief Giovio, Paolo (1483-1552); info: Italian physician; historian; biographer 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Giraldus Cambrensis (c.1146-c.1223); also: Girald de Barri; Gerald of Wales; info: Norman-Welsh chronicler; ecclesiastic 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Girardin, Jean Pierre Louis (1803-1884); info: chemist; agronomist 1845: France * Court of Appeal on translations Girodet de Roussy-Trioson, Anne-Louis (1767-1824); info: painter 1834 : France * Balzac's letter to authors Girtanner, Wilhelm (1823-1861); info: German jurist 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Giunti, Bernardo (d.c.1550); info: Florentine printer 1531: Italy * Bernardo Giunti's privilege for Machiavelli's works Giunti, Filippo (c.1456-1517); info: Florentine printer; publisher 1531: Italy * Bernardo Giunti's privilege for Machiavelli's works 1690: France * Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers Giunti, Jacques (fl.1560-1580); also: Giacopo; info: Florentine printer 1690: France * Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers Giustiniani, Agostino (1470-1536); info: Genoese historian; publisher 1590 : Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Gladden, Washington (1836-1919); info: American Congregational clergyman 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Gladstone, William Ewart (1809-1898); info: statesman; Prime Minister (1868-1874, 1880-1885, 1886, 1892-1894) 1840: United Kingdom Copyright Bill 1841: United Kingdom Copyright Bill 1842: United Kingdom Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (21 April) 1842: United Kingdom Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (23 March) 1842: United Kingdom Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (4 March) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (20 April) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1844: United Kingdom International Copyright Bill 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Gleditsch, Johann Friedrich (1653-1716); info: publisher; founder of publishing house 1765: Germany * Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel Glennie, Arthur (1803-1890); info: watercolour painter 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Gliddon, George Robins (1809-1857); info: American Egyptologist 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Glossop, Joseph (fl.1818); info: theatre manager 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Gloucester, Humphrey, Duke of (1391-1447); also: Earl of Pembroke; info: English prince; literary patron 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Gobelin (fl.1450); info: family of dyers 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Göbhardt, Tobias (1734-1794); also: Goebhardt; info: publisher; reprinter 1815: Germany * Annotated Publishers' Petition to the Congress of Vienna Goddard, John Leybourn (b.1840); info: jurist 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Godefroy, Denis (1549-1622); also: Dionysius Gothofredus; info: jurist; Professor of law at Geneva, Strasbourg, Heidelberg 1650: France * Vitré's memorandum on the prolongation of privileges Godfrey, Arthur W. (c.1776-1840); info: member of Nova Scotia House of Assembly 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Godfrey, Thomas (fl.1532); info: printer 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents Godfrey, Thomas (1704-1749); info: American optician; inventor of the octant 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Godley, John Arthur, 1st Baron Kilbracken (1847-1932); info: civil servant; Permanent Under-Secretary of State for India (1883-1909) 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Godson, Richard (1797-1849); info: jurist; MP; author of "A Practical Treatise on the Law of Patents for Inventions and Copyright" (1823) 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report 1839: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (1 May) 1841: USA * Folsom v. Marsh 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (20 April) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (21 Feb.) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (8 Feb.) 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1853: USA * Stowe v. Thomas 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Godwin, George (1813-1888); info: architect; journal editor 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee Godwin, Parke (1816-1904); info: American journalist 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Goepp, Charles (1827-1907); info: German-born American lawyer; publicist 1853: USA Stowe v. Thomas, Defendant's Answer 1853: USA * Stowe v. Thomas Goethe, Johann Wolfgang (1749-1832); info: poet 1834: France * Balzac's letter to authors 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1857: Germany * Wächter: "Publishing Right" 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Goetzel, Sigmund Heinrich (c.1812-c.1866); info: Austrian-born American publisher 1863: USA Hardee's Memorial Goezmann, Louis Valentin de (1730-1794); also: Götzmann; info: jurist; judge 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Gogol, Nikolai Vasilievich (1809-1852); info: Russian novelist; dramatist 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Goibaud-Dubois, Philippe (1626-1703); also: Du Bois; info: author; translator of St Augustine 1690: France * Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers Goldsmith, Oliver (1728-1774); info: Irish playwright; novelist; poet 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Goltz, Moritz (d.1548); also: Goltze; info: publisher 1534: Germany Privilege of the Elector of Saxony Gonet, Jean Baptiste (c.1616-1681); info: Dominican friar; theologian 1690: France * Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers Gonnelieu, Jérôme de (1640-1715); info: theologian 1776 : France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Goodale, Nathan (1741-1806); info: clerk of the Massachusetts District Court 1790: USA Sample registrations Goodall, Edward (1795-1870); info: painter; engraver 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Goodall, Frederick (1822-1904); info: artist 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Goode, Barnham (1674-1739); info: schoolmaster; journalist 1741: United Kingdom Pope's Bill of Complaint, and Curl's Answer Goodrich, Samuel Griswold (1793-1860); also: Peter Parley (pseudonym); info: American author; editor of books for the young 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Goodyear, Charles (1800-1860); info: American inventor of vulcanized rubber 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Gordon, Rev. William (1728-1807); info: historian of the American Revolution 1841: USA Master in Chancery Report Gordon, Thomas Francis (1787-1860); info: American historian; author of "A Digest of the Laws of the United States" (1827) 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Gore, Catherine Grace Frances, née Moody (1799-1861); info: novelist 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Gorman, Arthur Pue (1839-1906); info: Senator for Maryland 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Göschen, Georg Joachim (1752-1828); info: publisher 1799 : Germany * Kehr: Apology of the Reprinting of Books Gottaker, Thomas (fl.1643); info: licenser for theological books 1643: United Kingdom An Ordinance for the Regulation of Printing Gottschalk, Ferdinand (1858-1944); info: English actor 1896: USA Debate in Congress Gouge, William (1575-1653); info: Puritan preacher 1774: United Kingdom Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Gough, Richard (1735-1809); info: antiquary 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Goulburn, Henry (1784-1856); info: politician 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (20 March) Gould, Benjamin Apthorp, Sr. (1787-1859); info: American educator; principal of the Boston Latin School 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright Gould, Henry (1710-1794); info: judge 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1774: United Kingdom The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1775: United Kingdom * Stationers' Company v. Carnan 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Gould, John (1804-1881); info: ornithologist; publisher 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Gounod, Charles François (1818-1893); info: composer 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Gounouilhou, Gustave (b.1821); info: printer; editor of the newspaper "La Gironde" 1861: France * Court of Cassation on telegraphic news Gowans, William (1803-1870); info: Scottish-born American bookseller 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials 1896: USA Treloar Copyright Bill (H.R. 5976) Gowghe, John (d.1543); also: Gough; info: printer 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Goya y Lucientes, Francisco José de (1746-1828); info: Spanish painter 1903: USA * Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co. Gozlan, Léon (1806-1866); info: novelist; dramatist 1834 : France * Balzac's letter to authors Grabit, Joseph-Sulpice (fl.1769-1790); info: printer; publisher 1776 : France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Gradenigo, Angelo (fl.1469); info: Venetian councillor 1469: Italy * Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly Gradenigo, Bortolo (fl.1780); info: Venetian patrician 1780: Italy * "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents 1781: Italy * "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings Graevius, Johann Georg (1632-1703); also: Greffe; info: classical scholar 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Grafton, Richard (d.1572); info: King's printer 1761: United Kingdom Tonson v. Collins 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Graham, George Rex (1813-1894); info: American journalist; editor; founder of "Graham's Magazine" 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Graham, James, 3rd Duke of Montrose (1755-1836); info: statesman; Lord Chamberlain 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Graham, James, 4th Duke of Montrose (1799-1874); info: politician 1840: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.) Grant, Asahel (1807-1844); info: American physician; missionary 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Grant, Robert (1852-1940); info: American novelist 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Grant, Sir Francis (1803-1878); info: Scottish painter; President of the Royal Academy (1866-1878) 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Grant, Sir John Peter (1807-1893); info: colonial administrator; Governor of Jamaica (1866-1873) 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Grant, Sir John Peter, of Rothiemurchus (1774-1848); info: politician; judge 1813: United Kingdom Petition of the Printers of London and Westminster 1814: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (18 July) Grant, Ulysses Simpson (1822-1885); info: American general; U.S. President (1869-1877) 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Grasset, Eugène Samuel (1845-1917); info: Swiss decorative artist 1902: USA Bleistein's Brief Grasset, François (1723-1789); info: Swiss publisher 1776 : France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Grattan, Henry (1746-1820); info: Irish statesman 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Graves, Boydell (fl.1876-1886); info: art dealer; engraver 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Graves, Henry (1806-1892); info: printseller; publisher 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Graves, Robert (1798-1873); info: engraver 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Gray, Asa (1810-1888); info: American botanist 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Gray, George (1725-1800); info: Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1783-) 1784: USA Pennsylvania Copyright Statute Gray, George (1840-1925); info: Senator for Delaware 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Gray, John L. (fl.1879); info: witness 1879: USA Selden's Argument Gray, Sir Samuel Brownlow (1823-1910); info: chief justice of Bermuda 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Gray, Thomas (fl.1867-1870); info: under-secretary at the Board of Trade 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Gray, Thomas (1716-1771); info: poet 1814: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (18 July) 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1841: USA * Folsom v. Marsh 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Greeley, Horace (1811-1872); info: American newspaper editor 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States 1852: USA Copyright and Natural Right Greene, Charles Gordon (1804-1886); info: American journalist 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Greene, Edward (1815-1891); info: brewer; MP 1844: United Kingdom International Copyright Bill Greene, Francis Vinton (1850-1921); info: American army officer; military historian 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Greene, Nathaniel (1797-1877); info: American editor; translator 1838: USA Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Greene, Robert (1558-1592); info: dramatist 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Greene, William (1731-1809); info: Governor of Rhode Island (1778-1786) 1783: USA Rhode Island Copyright Statute Greenhill, George (fl.1797-1818); info: treasurer of Stationers' Company 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report on the Copyright Acts 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Greenhill, Joseph (fl.1849-1877); info: registrar of the Stationers' Company 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Greenhow, Robert (1800-1854); info: American scholar 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Greenleaf, Simon (1783-1853); info: American jurist 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Greenwood, Francis William Pitt (1797-1843); info: American religious writer 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Greenwood, Grace (1823-1904); also: Sarah Jane Clarke Lippincott; info: American journalist 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Green, Anna Katharine (1846-1935); info: American poet; detective novel writer 1888: USA American Authors and British Pirates 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Green, George Walton (fl.1882-1892); info: American jurist 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Green, John Richard (1837-1883); info: historian 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Greey, Edward (1835-1888); info: American author 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Grégoire, Pierre (1540-c.1597); info: French jurist; author 1590 : Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Gregori, Giovanni de (fl.1500); info: Venetian printer; publisher 1590 : Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Gregori, Gregorio de (fl.1500-1525); info: Venetian printer; publisher 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Gregory XIII (1502-1585); also: Ugo Buoncompagni; info: Pope (1572-1585) 1775: United Kingdom * Stationers' Company v. Carnan Gregory, Sir William Henry (1816-1892); info: politician; Governor of Ceylon (1872-1877) 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Greville, Charles Cavendish Fulke (1794-1865); info: diarist 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Greville, Col. (fl.1802-1811); info: founder of the 'Picnic Society' 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Grévy, François Paul Jules (1807-1891); info: statesman; President of the French Republic (1879-1887) 1882: Germany Bilateral treaty between Switzerland and France 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Grey, Henry Grey, 3rd Earl (1802-1894); also: Viscount Howick; info: statesman 1839: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (1 May) 1840: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (4 Feb.) 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Grier, Robert Cooper (1794-1870); info: American jurist; Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1846-1870) 1853: USA * Stowe v. Thomas Griesheim, Karl Gustav von (1798-1854); info: soldier; student of Hegel 1821: Germany * Hegel: Remarks on Intellectual Property Griffard, Pierre (fl.1868-1891); info: newspaper editor 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Griffin, Edward (fl.1637); info: master printer 1637: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree Griffin, Gerald (1803-1840); info: Irish novelist 1837: USA Petition of British Authors Griffis, William Elliot (1843-1928); info: American educator; orientalist; lecturer 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Griffith, William (fl.1554); also: Greffeth; info: printer 1554: United Kingdom Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers Griffo, Francesco (1450-1518); also: Francesco da Bologna; info: Venetian punchcutter 1501: Italy Vergilius Grigg, John (fl.1831); info: American publisher 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report Grimm, Jacob Ludwig Carl (1785-1863); info: folklorist; philologist 1853: Germany * Bluntschli: On Authors' Rights Grimm, Wilhelm Carl (1786-1859); info: folklorist; philologist 1853: Germany * Bluntschli: On Authors' Rights Grimshawe, Thomas Shuttleworth (1778-1850); info: biographer 1837: USA Petition of British Authors Grindal, Edmund (1519-1583); info: Bishop of London (1559-1570); Archbishop of Canterbury (1575-1577) 1559: United Kingdom * Elizabethan Injunctions 1566: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree Grismand, John (fl.1637); info: type-founder 1637: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree Griswold, Hattie Tyng (1842-1909); info: American author 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Griswold, Rufus Wilmot (1815-1857); info: American journalist; anthologist; editor; critic 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Gritti, Andrea (1455-1538); info: Venetian soldier; Doge of Venice (1523-1538) 1517: Italy * Venetian Decree on Press Affairs Grolmann, Karl Ludwig Wilhelm von (1775-1829); info: jurist; politician 1824: Germany * Neustetel: The Reprinting of Books 1857: Germany * Wächter: "Publishing Right" Gronovius, Jacobus (1645-1716); info: classical scholar 1693: United Kingdom Locke's Memorandum on the 1662 Act 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Grose, Nash (1740-1814); info: judge 1775: United Kingdom * Stationers' Company v. Carnan 1798: United Kingdom * Beckford v. Hood 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Gros, Antoine-Jean, Baron (1771-1835); info: painter 1841: France Court of Cassation on artistic property 1842: France * Court of Cassation on artistic property Grote, George (1794-1871); info: historian; politician 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April) 1839: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (1 May) 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Grotius, Hugo (1583-1645); info: jurist 1761: United Kingdom Tonson v. Collins 1762: United Kingdom * Tonson v. Collins 1766: United Kingdom Blackstone's Commentaries, Vol.II (selected extracts) 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1773: United Kingdom Information for Messrs John Hinton et al 1774: United Kingdom Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1774: United Kingdom The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright Growte, John (fl.1532); info: bookseller 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor Grundy, Felix (1777-1840); info: American politician; congressman 1837: USA Debates in Congress Grunenberg, Johannes (fl.1525); also: Johannes Rhau; info: printer 1525 : Germany Luther's "Admonition to the Printers" Gryphe, Antoine (fl.1566-1581); info: publisher 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Gryphe, Sébastien (c.1492-1556); also: Gryphius; Greyff; info: German-born French printer; publisher; humanist 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Guericke, Otto von (1602-1686); info: engineer; physicist; inventor of vacuum pump 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor Guest, Sir Josiah John (1785-1852); info: Welsh industrialist 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Guicciardini, Francesco (1483-1540); info: Italian historian 1590 : Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Guillin (fl.1773); info: publisher 1761: France * La Fontaine case Guillouard, Louis Vincent (1845-1925); info: Professor of Civil Law at Caen 1902: France * Court of Cassation on moral rights Guiney, Louise Imogen (1861-1920); info: American poet; essayist 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Guizot, François-Pierre-Guillaume (1787-1874); info: historian; statesman 1834: France * Balzac's letter to authors 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Gundling, Nikolaus Hieronymus (1671-1729); info: Professor of Natural Right and Philosophy in Halle 1738: Germany * Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books 1815: Germany * Annotated Publishers' Petition to the Congress of Vienna Gundry, John (fl.1855-1879); info: American businessman 1879: USA Selden's Argument Gurdon, Sir William Brampton (1840-1910); info: civil servant; politician 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Gurlitz, Augustus T. (fl.1883-1901); info: American lawyer 1883: USA Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony 1883: USA Sarony's Brief 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Gutch, John (1746-1831); info: Anglican clergyman; antiquary 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Gutenberg, Johannes (c.1400-1468); also: Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg; info: goldsmith; inventor of printing 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" 1738: Germany * Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1841: France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May) 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Guthrie, Samuel (1782-1848); info: American chemist; discoverer of chloroform 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Guyho, Corentin (fl.1862-1869); info: jurist at the Court of Cassation 1857: France * Court of cassation on originality 1862: France * Court of Cassation on photography 1869: France Court of Cassation on originality Guyot, Arnold (1807-1884); info: Swiss-born American geographer 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Guyot, Pierre Jean Jacques Guillaume (1719-1784); info: jurist 1841 : France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property 1853: Germany * Bluntschli: On Authors' Rights Gwyn, Francis (1648-1734); info: politician; government official 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright Gyles, Fletcher (fl.1741); info: bookseller 1741: United Kingdom Gyles v. Wilcox (Barnardiston's Report) 1741: United Kingdom * Gyles v. Wilcox (Atkyn's Reports) Günther, Christian Friedrich (fl.1758-1787); info: publisher 1765 : Germany * Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel Haag, Carl (1820-1915); info: German-born British water-colour painter 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Habberton, John (1842-1921); info: American author 1888: USA American Authors and British Pirates 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Habermann, Johann (1516-1590); info: theologian; scholar 1675 : Germany * Counterfeited Privilege in Grimmelshausen's "The Magic Bird's Nest" Hadley, John (1682-1744); info: English mathematician; inventor of the octant 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Haggard, Sir Henry Rider (1856-1925); info: English novelist 1888: USA American Authors and British Pirates 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Haghe, Louis (1806-1885); info: lithographer; watercolour painter 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee Hahnemann, Christian Friedrich Samuel (1755-1843); info: German physician; founder of homeopathy 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Hakluyt, Richard (c.1552-1616); also: Hackluyt; info: geographer; cleric; historian 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Halévy, Ludovic (1834-1908); info: playwright; novelist; librettist 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Hale, Charles (1831-1882); info: U.S. Assistant Secretary of State (1872-1874) 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Hale, Edward Everett (1822-1909); info: American Unitarian clergyman; author 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Hale, Eugene (1836-1918); info: Senator for Maine 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Hale, Nathan, Jr. (1818-1871); info: American newspaper editor 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Hale, Sir Matthew (1609-1676); info: jurist; Lord Chief Justice 1741: United Kingdom Gyles v. Wilcox (Barnardiston's Report) 1741: United Kingdom * Gyles v. Wilcox (Atkyn's Reports) 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1774: United Kingdom Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright Haliburton, Thomas Chandler (1796-1865); info: Canadian jurist; writer; creator of Sam Slick 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Halifax, Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of (1661-1715); info: statesman; poet 1841: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.) Hallam, Henry (1777-1859); info: historian 1837: USA Petition of British Authors 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April) 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Halleck, Fitz-Greene (1790-1867); info: American poet 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Halliday, Andrew (1830-1877); also: Andrew Halliday Duff; info: journalist; dramatist 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Hallowes, William (fl.1858) 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee Halls, Thomas (fl.1832); info: magistrate 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Hall, Anna Maria, née Fielding (1800-1881); info: Irish novelist 1837: USA Petition of British Authors Hall, Edward (c.1499-1547); also: Halle; info: historian 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Hall, Enoch (d.c.1756); info: Chief Justice of North Carolina 1746: USA North Carolina Printing Privilege to Commissioners Hall, James (1793-1868); info: American author 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Hall, James (1793-1868); info: American judge; author 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Hall, James (1811-1898); info: American geologist; paleontologist 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Hall, J. C. (fl.1845); info: member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Hall, Robert (1764-1831); info: English Baptist clergyman 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Hall, Samuel Carter (1800-1889); info: journal editor; writer 1837: USA Petition of British Authors 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee Hall, Sir John (c.1824-1907); info: Premier of New Zealand (1879-1882) 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Halphen, Armand (fl.1836-1856); info: French notary 1851: France * SACEM's act of constitution Halstead, O. (fl.1831); info: American bookseller 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report Hamillon, Nicolas (fl.1630); info: printer 1665: France * French book trade regulations Hamilton, Anthony (c.1646-1720); info: soldier; author 1777: France * Linguet's memorandum Hamilton, Lord Archibald (1770-1827); info: politician 1813: United Kingdom Petition of the Printers of London and Westminster Hamilton, Sir William (1788-1856); info: Scottish philosopher 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Hamilton-Gordon, Arthur Charles, 1st Baron Stanmore (1829-1912); info: colonial governor; Governor of Mauritius (1871-1874) 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Hammond, Henry (1605-1660); info: clergyman; chaplain to King Charles I 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Hammond, William Alexander (1828-1900); info: American neurologist; army surgeon 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Hampel, Nikolaus (fl.1605-1625); info: university printer at Gießen; reprinter 1659: Germany * Schupp: The Book Thief Hanausek, Gustav (1855-1927); info: Austrian jurist 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Handel, Georg Friederic (1685-1759); also: Händel; info: composer 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Hanmer, Sir Thomas (1677-1746); info: Speaker of the House of Commons; editor of Shakespeare's works 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson Hannibal (247 B.C.-182 B.C.); also: 'the grace of Baal'; info: Carthaginian soldier; enemy of Rome 1747: United Kingdom * Warburton's Letter from an Author Hansard, Luke (1752-1828); info: printer to the House of Commons 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April) Han, Jakob (d.1510); also: Jacobus Hane; info: lay official 1511: Germany Privilege of the Bishop of Strasbourg Harcourt, Simon, 1st Viscount (c.1661-1727); info: MP; Lord Chancellor (1713-1714) 1762: United Kingdom * Tonson v. Collins 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket Hardaknut Knutsson (1018-1042); also: Hardicanute; info: King of Denmark; King of England (1040-1042) 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Hardee, William Joseph (1815-1873); info: American military officer; Confederate general 1863: USA Hardee's Memorial Hardenberg, Karl August, Fürst von (1750-1822); info: Prussian statesman 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Harding, Joseph (1783-1844); info: bookseller 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Hardoin, M. (fl.1845); info: President of the Court of Cassation 1861 : France * Court of Cassation on telegraphic news Hardwick, Philip (1792-1870); info: architect 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Hargrave, Francis (1740/41-1821); info: legal writer 1774: United Kingdom Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1774: United Kingdom The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Harland, Harry (1861-1905); also: Henry; Sidney Luska (pseudonym); info: American novelist; editor 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Harlan, John Marshall (1833-1911); info: Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1877-1911) 1903: USA * Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co. Harley, Robert, 1st Earl of Oxford (1661-1724); info: statesman; patron of letters 1841: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.) Harney, William Wallace (1832-1912); info: American author 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Harper, Fletcher (1806-1877); info: American publisher 1896: USA Treloar Copyright Bill (H.R. 5976) Harper, Joseph Wesley (1801-1870); info: American publisher 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Harper, Thomas (b.1589); info: master printer 1637: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree Harraden, Richard Bankes (1778-1862); info: artist 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Harrison, Benjamin (1833-1901); info: American soldier; U.S. President (1889-1893) 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Harrison, Benjamin, V (1726-1791); info: American planter; Governor of Virginia (1781-1784) 1782: USA Letter from Smith to Webster Harrison, Constance Cary (1843-1920); info: American writer 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Harrison, Frederic (1831-1923); info: English jurist; philosopher 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Harrison, James Albert (1848-1911); info: American philologist; Professor of English at Virginia 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Harrison, John (fl.1554); also: Haryson; info: printer 1554: United Kingdom Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers Harrison, John (1693-1776); info: inventor; constructor of marine chronometer 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1774: United Kingdom The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1840: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.) 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Harris, Chapin Aaron (1806-1860); info: American physician; dentist 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Harris, George (1809-1890); info: judge; author 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Harris, Joel Chandler (1845-1908); info: American journalist; author of the Uncle Remus" stories 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Harris, Miriam Coles (1834-1925); info: American novelist 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Harris, Thaddeus Mason (1768-1842); info: American clergyman 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Harris, Thomas (d.1820); info: theatre manager 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Harris, Townsend (1804-1878); info: American merchant; U.S. Consul General to Japan (1856-1861) 1888: USA American Authors and British Pirates Harris, William Torrey (1835-1909); info: American educator; philosopher; lexicographer 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Härtel, Wilhelm (fl.1829); info: music publisher 1829: Germany Music publishers' agreement to ban reprinting 1830: Germany * Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy Harte, Bret (1836-1902); also: Francis Brett Harte; info: American author; poet 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Hartknoch, Johann Friedrich Jr (1769-1819); info: publisher 1815: Germany * Annotated Publishers' Petition to the Congress of Vienna Hartmann, C. H. (1797-1840); info: music publisher 1830: Germany * Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy Hartmann, Gustav (1835-1894); info: German jurist 1877: Germany * Gareis: Juridical Nature of Author's Rights 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Hartung, Johann Wilhelm (fl.1762-1765); info: publisher 1765 : Germany * Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel Hart, James Morgan (1839-1916); info: American philologist; Professor of Languages at Cornell University 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Hart, Samuel (1805-1896); info: American publisher 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Hart, Solomon Alexander (1806-1881); info: historical painter 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee Harum, Johann Christian von (1737-1795); info: jurist 1857: Germany * Wächter: "Publishing Right" 1878: France * Morillot on the author's right Harvey, Jacob (1797-1848); info: Irish merchant 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Harvey, William (1578-1657); info: physician; discoverer of the circulation of the blood 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Haslinger, Tobias (1787-1842); info: music publisher 1830: Germany * Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy 1835: Germany * Copyright statement of Johann Strauss for Austria and Prussia Hatsell, John (1742-1820); info: Clerk of the House of Commons 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Hatton, John Liptrot (1809-1886); info: pianist; conductor; composer 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Havas, Auguste (fl.1853-1879); info: director of news agency 1861 : France * Court of Cassation on telegraphic news Havas, Charles-Guillaume (fl.1853); info: director of news agency 1861 : France * Court of Cassation on telegraphic news Havas, Charles-Louis (1783-1858); info: journalist; founder of news agency 1861: France * Court of Cassation on telegraphic news Havell, Robert, Sr. (1760-1832); info: printer; engraver 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Havelock, Sir Arthur Elibank (1844-1908); info: colonial governor; Governor of Natal (1886-1889) 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Haviland, John (fl.1620-1637); info: master printer 1637: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree Haviland, John (1786-1851); info: Regius Professor of Medicine at Cambridge University 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Haweis, Hugh Reginald (1838-1901); info: clergyman; writer 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Hawes, Joel (1789-1867); info: American clergyman 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Hawes, Sir Benjamin (1797-1862); info: politician; Under-Secretary for the Colonies (1846-1851) 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Hawes, William (fl.1858-1862); info: Chairman of the Council of the Society of Arts 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee Hawes, William (1785-1846); info: musician; music publisher; music director 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Hawkesworth, John (c.1715-1773); info: author 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1774: United Kingdom The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright Hawkins, Sir John (1719-1789); info: musicologist 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Hawks, Francis Lister (1798-1866); info: American Episcopal minister; politician; author 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Hawley, Joseph Roswell (1826-1905); info: American politician; newspaper editor 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Hawthorne, Julian (1846-1934); info: American writer; journalist 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Hawthorne, Nathaniel (1804-1864); info: American novelist; short-story writer 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1888: USA American Authors and British Pirates 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Haydon, Benjamin Robert (1786-1846); info: historical painter 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright Hayes, Isaac Israel (1832-1881); info: American Arctic explorer 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Hayes, John (fl.1662); info: printer 1663: United Kingdom L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals Hayley, William (1745-1820); info: poet; biographer 1841: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.) Hayman, Mr. (fl.1746); info: engraver 1751: United Kingdom Tonson v. Walker Haynes, John C. (fl.1856-1897); info: American instrument manufacturer; music publisher 1896: USA Hearing on H.R. 5976 Hayward, Abraham (1801-1884); info: author; translator of Goethe's "Faust" 1837: USA Petition of British Authors Hayward, George (1834-1872); info: American cartographer 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Hay, John Milton (1838-1905); info: American statesman; diplomat; secretary to Abraham Lincoln 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Hazlitt, William (1778-1830); info: English essayist 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Headlam, Thomas Emerson (1813-1875); info: barrister; politician 1857: United Kingdom Return of Colonies and British Possessions on Importation of Reprints Headley, Joel Tyler (1813-1897); info: American clergyman; historian; politician 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1896: USA Treloar Copyright Bill (H.R. 5976) Head, Franklin Harvey (1832-1914); info: American industrialist; public reader 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Head, Sir Francis Bond (1793-1875); info: English soldier; administrator; travel writer 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Hearne, Thomas (1678-1735); info: antiquarian 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report on the Copyright Acts Heath, Nicholas (c.1501-1578); info: Archbishop of York (1555-1559); Lord Chancellor (1556-1558) 1557: United Kingdom The Privy Seal warrant concerning the Stationers' Charter 1559: United Kingdom * Elizabethan Injunctions Heath, William (1737-1814); info: American soldier; political leader 1841: USA Master in Chancery Report Heber, Reginald (1783-1826); info: prelate; hymnwriter; bibliophile 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Hecquet, Gustave (1803-1865); also: Léon Durocher; info: author; critic 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Hector, C. J. (1774-1842); info: brewer; MP 1835: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Lectures Act (26 Aug.) Heer, Oswald (1809-1883); info: Swiss palaeontologist; botanist; entomologist 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Heffter, August Wilhelm (1796-1880); info: jurist 1857: Germany * Wächter: "Publishing Right" Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich (1770-1831); info: philosopher 1821 : Germany * Hegel: Remarks on Intellectual Property 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Heine, Heinrich (1797-1856); info: German poet; essayist 1880 : Germany * Kohler: Author's Right 1888: USA American Authors and British Pirates Heinsius, Johann Samuel (1734-1807); info: publisher 1765: Germany * Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel Hell, François (d.1792); info: deputy to the National Assembly 1791: France * Report of François Hell to the National Assembly Helps, Sir Arthur (1813-1875); info: civil servant; author 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Helwig, Christoph (1581-1617); also: Helvicus; info: author 1659 : Germany * Schupp: The Book Thief Helwing, Christian Friedrich (1725-1800); info: publisher; Mayor of Lemgo 1765: Germany * Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel Hemans, Felicia Dorothea, née Browne (1793-1835); info: poet 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Hemings, John (c.1556-1630); also: Heminges; Hemings; info: actor; editor of Shakespeare's works 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket Hemmenway, Rev. Moses (1735-1811); info: American clergyman 1790: USA Sample registrations Hénault, Charles-Jean-François (1685-1770); info: historian; Councillor of the Parlement of Paris 1705 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade Henderson, John (1747-1785); info: actor 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Hendrieson, Edward (fl.1566); info: printer 1773: United Kingdom Information for Messrs John Hinton et al Henley, Joseph Warner (1793-1884); info: MP 1862: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (20 March) Henley, Robert, 1st Earl of Northington (c.1708-1772); info: Lord Chancellor (1761-1766) 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1774: United Kingdom The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1841: USA * Folsom v. Marsh 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright Hennessy, Sir John Pope (1834-1891); info: politician; colonial governor 1862: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (20 March) 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Henning, Aegidius (c.1630-1686); info: pastor; author 1666: Germany Henning: The Highly Lauded Bookmaker Henri II (1519-1559); info: King of France (1547-1559) 1547: France * French Censorship Act 1552: France * General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard 1725: France * Louis d'Héricourt's memorandum 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade Henri IV (1553-1610); also: Henri of Navarre; Henri le Grand; info: King of France (1589-1610) 1618: France * Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers 1778: France * Pluquet's letters Henriquel-Dupont, Louis-Pierre (1797-1892); info: engraver; printmaker 1862: France * Court of Cassation on photography Henry II (1133-1189); info: King of England (1154-1189) 1538: United Kingdom * Henrician Proclamation 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson Henry III (1207-1272); info: King of England (1216-1272) 1766: United Kingdom Blackstone's Commentaries, Vol.II (selected extracts) Henry IV (1367-1413); info: King of England (1399-1413) 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson Henry VI (1421-1471); info: King of England (1422-1461 and 1470-1471) 1762: United Kingdom A Vindication of the Rights of Authors 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1774: United Kingdom The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Henry VII (1457-1509); info: King of England (1485-1509) 1663: United Kingdom L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals 1762: United Kingdom A Vindication of the Rights of Authors 1775: United Kingdom * Stationers' Company v. Carnan 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Henry VIII (1491-1547); info: King of England (1509-1547) 1518: United Kingdom * The Articles of the Pope's Bulle 1559: United Kingdom * Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass 1559: United Kingdom * Elizabethan Injunctions 1643: United Kingdom * The Humble Remonstrance of the Stationers' Company 1737: United Kingdom * Booksellers' Bill 1761: United Kingdom Tonson v. Collins 1762: United Kingdom A Vindication of the Rights of Authors 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1774: United Kingdom The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Henry, Matthew (1662-1714); info: Non-conformist clergyman; biblical commentator 1838: USA Memorial of the New York Typographical Society 1838: USA Report, from the Committee on Patents Hentz, Caroline Lee Whiting (1800-1856); info: American novelist 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Herbert, Henry Howard Molyneux, 4th Earl of Carnarvon (1831-1890); info: politician; Secretary of State for the Colonies (1874-1878) 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Herbert, Henry John George, 3rd Earl of Carnarvon (1800-1849); also: Lord Porchester; info: writer; traveller; MP 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Herbert, John Rogers (1810-1890); info: painter 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Herbert, Sir Henry (1595-1673); info: Master of the Revels; censor 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Herbert, Sir Robert George Wyndham (1831-1905); info: colonial administrator; civil servant 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Herbert, William (1718-1795); info: bibliographer; book collector 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Herder, Johann Gottfried (1744-1803); info: critic; poet; philosopher 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Héricourt, Louis d' (1687-1752); info: lawyer at Parlement of Paris 1725: France * Louis d'Héricourt's memorandum 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade 1778: France * Pluquet's letters Herkomer, Sir Hubert von (1849-1914); info: German-born British artist; film pioneer 1902: USA Bleistein's Brief Herle, Charles (1598-1659); info: theologian; licenser for theological books 1643: United Kingdom An Ordinance for the Regulation of Printing Hermann, Friedrich Benedict Wilhelm von (1795-1868); info: German economist 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Hermodorus of Syracuse; info: disciple of Plato 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Herne, James Ahern (1839-1901); info: American playwright 1896: USA Debate in Congress Herodian (170-240); info: Greek historian 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Herodotus (c.485 B.C.-425 B.C.); info: Greek historian 1762: United Kingdom * An Enquiry into Literary Property 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Herod, the Great (74 B.C.-4 B.C.); info: ruler of Palestine 1902: USA Bleistein's Brief Hérold, Ferdinand (1828-1882); info: lawyer at the Court of Cassation; politician 1862: France * Court of Cassation on photography Herostratus (fl.356 B.C.); info: arsonist 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Herschell, Farrer, 1st Baron Herschell (1837-1899); info: Lord Chancellor (1886, 1892-1895) 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report Herschel, Caroline Lucretia (1750-1848); info: German astronomer 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Herschel, Sir John Frederick William (1792-1871); info: astronomer 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Herschel, Sir William (1738-1822); info: German-born British astronomer 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Hervey, John, 2nd Baron Hervey (1696-1743); info: courtier; political writer; memoirist 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Hesiod (fl.700 B.C.); info: Greek poet 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Hess, Johann Stephan (d.1725); info: printer; publisher 1740 : Germany * Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books" Hetzel, Pierre-Jules (1814-1886); info: author; publisher 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Heydemann, Ludwig Eduard (1805-1874); info: jurist; President of the Prussian Association of Literary Experts 1846; President of the Prussian Association of Musical Experts 1858 1891: Germany 50 Prussian Expert Opinions from 1870-1876 Hiatt, Charles (fl.1895); info: American collector 1902: USA Bleistein's Brief 1903: USA * Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co. Hickes, George (1642-1715); info: nonjuror; philologist 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Higginson, Thomas Wentworth (1823-1911); info: American writer; soldier; abolitionist 1888: USA American Authors and British Pirates 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Hildreth, Richard (1807-1865); info: American journalist; historian 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Hillard, George Stillman (1808-1879); info: American lawyer; author 1838: USA Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston 1841: USA Master in Chancery Report 1841: USA * Folsom v. Marsh 1853: USA Affidavit of Harriet Beecher Stowe 1853: USA Stowe v. Thomas, Complainant's Bill Hilliard, George S. (fl.1826-1861); info: American publisher 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Hilliard, Robert C. (1857-1927); info: American actor 1896: USA Debate in Congress Hilliger, Oswald (1583-1619); also: Osvaldus Hilligerus; info: Professor of law at Jena; editor 1690: Germany Beier: On the Book Trade and its Privileges Hill, David Bennett (1843-1910); info: Senator for New York 1896: USA Public Performance Bill Hill, Sir John (c.1716-1775); info: apothecary; botanist 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents Hill, Sir Stephen John (1809-1891); info: Governor of Newfoundland (1869-1876) 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Hill-Trevor, Arthur, 3rd Viscount Dungannon (1798-1862); info: politician 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (6 June) 1839: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (1 May) Hilscher, Christian Gottlob (fl.1735-1794); info: publisher 1765 : Germany * Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel Hilton, William (1786-1839); info: painter 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright Himburg, Christian Friedrich (1733-1801); info: publisher 1775 : Germany Chodowiecki's Allegory "Works of Darkness" Himsworth, William Alfred (d.1880); info: clerk of the Privy Council of Canada 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Hincks, Sir Francis (1807-1885); info: Canadian Minister of Finance 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Hinton, John (d.1781); info: bookseller 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1773: United Kingdom Information for Messrs John Hinton et al 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Hipparchus (fl.160 B.C.-125 B.C.); info: Greek astronomer 1590 : Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Hippocrates (c.460 B.C.-377 or 359 B.C.); also: 'the father of medicine'; info: Greek physician 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) Hiscock, Frank (1834-1914); info: Senator for New York 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Hitch, Charles (d.1764); info: bookseller 1751: United Kingdom Tonson v. Walker Hitzig, Julius Eduard (1780-1849); info: lawyer; publisher; author 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Hoar, George Frisbie (1826-1904); info: American politician; Senator for Massachusetts 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Hobart, Sir Henry (d.1625); info: Chief Justice of Common Pleas 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report Hobbes, Thomas (1588-1679); info: philosopher 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) Hobhouse, Thomas Benjamin (fl.1839); info: MP 1839: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (1 May) 1840: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (4 Feb.) Hodges, James (d.1774); info: bookseller 1741: United Kingdom * Gyles v. Wilcox (Atkyn's Reports) 1751: United Kingdom Tonson v. Walker Hodges, William (1744-1797); info: painter 1812: United Kingdom Petition of the London Booksellers 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Hodge, Charles (1797-1878); info: American theologian 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Hodgkinsonne, Richard (fl.1637-1656); info: master printer 1637: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree Hodgson, Frederick (1795-1854); info: brewer; merchant; MP 1839: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (1 May) Hoëne-Wronski, Józef Maria (1778-1853); info: Messianist philosopher; metaphysician 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Hoffmann, Siegmund Heinrich (fl.1741-1765); info: publisher 1765 : Germany * Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel Hoffman, Charles Fenno (1806-1884); info: American author; poet 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Hoffman, Michael (1787-1848); info: American lawyer; congressman 1831: USA House Debate Hoffman, Ogden (1794-1856); info: American lawyer; politician 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Hofmeister, Friedrich (1782-1864); info: music publisher 1829 : Germany Music publishers' agreement to ban reprinting 1830: Germany * Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy Hogarth, Jane (c.1709-1789); info: widow of William Hogarth 1766: United Kingdom Engravers' Copyright Act 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1799: United Kingdom Documents concerning the Models and Busts Act 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1844: United Kingdom International Copyright Bill 1844: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright Hogarth, William (1697-1764); info: painter; engraver 1735: United Kingdom The Case of Designers, Engravers, Etchers, &c. 1766: United Kingdom Engravers' Copyright Act 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1799: United Kingdom Documents concerning the Models and Busts Act 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee 1862: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (28 Feb.) 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1902: USA Bleistein's Brief Hogg, George (fl.1848); info: American bookbinder 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Hogg, James (1770-1835); also: the 'Ettrick Shepherd'; info: Scottish poet; novelist 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Holcroft, Thomas (1745-1809); info: dramatist; Paris correspondent of the "Morning Herald" 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Holden, Edward Singleton (1846-1914); info: American astronomer 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Holford, Margaret (1778-1852); info: poet 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Holinshed, Raphael (d.c.1580); info: chronicler 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Holker, Sir John (1828-1882); info: lawyer; politician; Attorney General for England and Wales (1875-1880) 1879: United Kingdom Copyright Consolidation Bill Holland, Henry (1745-1806); info: architect 1799: United Kingdom Documents concerning the Models and Busts Act Holland, Sir Henry Thurstan, 1st Viscount Knutsford (1825-1914); info: civil servant; politician 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report Holland, Sir Henry (1788-1873); info: physician; traveller 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Hollingshead, John (1827-1904); info: author; journalist; theatrical impresario 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Holloway, Thomas (fl.1792-1807); info: theatre proprietor 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Holl, Frank (1845-1888); info: painter 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. (1841-1935); info: American jurist 1903: USA Bleistein: Cartoon 1903: USA * Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co. Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr. (1809-1894); info: American physician; writer 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Holmes, Robert (1748-1805); info: Professor of Poetry at Oxford 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Holroyd, Sir George Sowley (1758-1831); info: judge 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Holst, Hermann Eduard von (1841-1904); info: German-American historian 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Holtzendorff, Franz von (1829-1889); info: jurist 1877: Germany * Gareis: Juridical Nature of Author's Rights Holt, Henry (1840-1926); info: American publisher; author 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Holt, Sir John (1642-1710); info: Lord Chief Justice (1689-1710) 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright Holyoak, Francis (fl.1612-1635); info: lexicographer 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson Homer (fl.700 B.C.-?); info: Greek epic poet 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" 1675: Germany * Counterfeited Privilege in Grimmelshausen's "The Magic Bird's Nest" 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade 1773: United Kingdom Information for Messrs John Hinton et al 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson 1774: United Kingdom Stella's Modest Exceptions 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature 1841: France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1853: USA * Stowe v. Thomas 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Hondius, Jodocus (1563-1612); also: Joost de Hondt; info: Flemish cartographer 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Hood, Mr. (fl.1796); info: bookseller 1798: United Kingdom * Beckford v. Hood Hood, Thomas (1799-1845); info: English poet; humorist 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Hooker, Herman (1804-1865); info: American clergyman; author 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Hooker, Richard (1554-1600); info: theologian 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Hooker, William Jackson (1785-1865); info: botanist; Fellow of the Royal Society 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Hook, Theodore (1788-1841); info: writer 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (9 May) 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Hope, Henry Thomas (1808-1862); info: art patron; politician 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright Hope, Sir Theodore Cracraft (1831-1915); info: administrator in India 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Hope, Thomas Charles (1766-1844); info: Scottish chemist; Professor of Chemistry at Edinburgh 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) Hopkinson, Joseph (1770-1842); info: American judge 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report Hopkins, Albert Jarvis (1846-1922); info: American politician 1896: USA Debate in Congress Hopkins, John Henry (1792-1868); info: Irish-born American bishop; author 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Horace (65 B.C.-8 B.C.); also: Quintus Horatius Flaccus; info: Roman poet; satirist 1503: Italy * Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon 1704: United Kingdom * Defoe's Essay on the Press 1738: Germany * Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books 1762: United Kingdom * An Enquiry into Literary Property 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson 1778: France * Pluquet's letters 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1834: France * Balzac's letter to authors 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Horner, Francis (1778-1817); info: Scottish economist; politician 1814: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (12 July) 1814: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (18 July) 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Horne, Robert (d.1579); info: Bishop of Winchester (1560-1580) 1566: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree Horn, Charles Edward (1786-1849); info: composer; singer 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Horn, Georg Gottlieb (fl.1763-1765); info: publisher 1765: Germany * Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel Horsley, Samuel (1733-1806); info: Bishop of St Asaph 1840: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.) Hosack, David (1769-1835); info: American physician; botanist; educator 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Hosmer, James Kendall (1834-1927); info: American historian; Professor of German and English Literature at Washington 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Hotho, Heinrich Gustav (1802-1873); info: art historian; student of Hegel 1821: Germany * Hegel: Remarks on Intellectual Property Houghton, Henry Oscar (1823-1895); info: American printer; publisher 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Hough, John (1651-1743); info: Bishop of Worcester 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence House, Edward Howard (1836-1901); info: American journalist; author 1888: USA American Authors and British Pirates Howard, Bronson (1842-1908); info: American dramatist 1896: USA Debate in Congress Howard, Charles, Lord Howard of Effingham (1536-1624); also: Earl of Nottingham; info: naval commander; Lord High Admiral (1585) 1624: United Kingdom * Statute of Monopolies Howard, Henry Charles, 13th Duke of Norfolk (1791-1856); info: politician 1842: United Kingdom Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (21 April) 1842: United Kingdom Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (23 March) 1842: United Kingdom Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (4 March) Howard, Henry (1769-1847); info: artist 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright Howard, James, 3rd Earl of Suffolk (1607-1688); info: Earl Marshal 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Howard, Sir Edward Stafford (1851-1916); info: politician; Under-Secretary of State for India (1886) 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Howard, Thomas, 3rd Earl of Effingham (1746-1791) 1774: United Kingdom The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket Howells, William Dean (1837-1920); info: American novelist; critic 1888: USA American Authors and British Pirates 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Howell, James (c.1593-1666); info: writer; royalist spy 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Howitt, Mary (1799-1888); info: poet; author; translator 1837: USA Petition of British Authors 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Howitt, William (1792-1879); info: writer 1837: USA Petition of British Authors 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Howson, John Saul (1816-1885); info: divine 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Hoyle, Edmond (1672-1769); info: card game theorist 1762: United Kingdom * Tonson v. Collins 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Hoyt, Charles Hale (1859-1900); info: American dramatist 1896: USA Debate in Congress Hrotsvit of Gandersheim (d.c.973); also: Roswitha; info: author; nun 1501 : Germany * Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica Huard, Adrien-Henri (fl.1862); info: French lawyer; author 1880 : Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Hubbard, Gardiner Greene (1822-1897); info: American lawyer; financier; philanthropist 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Huber, Ulrik (1636-1694); also: Ulrich; Ulricus; info: Professor of law at Franeker 1774: United Kingdom Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property Hudson, Frederic (1819-1875); info: American journalist 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Hudson, Richard (fl.1554); info: printer 1554: United Kingdom Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers Hughes, Thomas (1822-1896); info: reformer; novelist 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Hugo, Victor (1802-1885); info: writer 1834: France * Balzac's letter to authors 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1883: USA Sarony's Brief Huguetan, Jean Antoine (1567-1650); info: bookseller; bookbinder 1665 : France * French book trade regulations 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Huicke, Thomas (fl.1554-1566); info: jurist; Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford; consistory court official 1566: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree Huillier, Pierre l' (fl.1572-1585); info: printer 1650: France * Vitré's memorandum on the prolongation of privileges Hulick, George Washington (1833-1907); info: American judge; politician 1896: USA Debate in Congress Humble, George (fl.1610); info: printer 1624: United Kingdom * Statute of Monopolies Humblot (fl.1747-1774); info: publisher 1761: France * La Fontaine case Humboldt, Alexander, Baron von (1769-1859); info: naturalist; traveller 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1852: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (13 Feb.) 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Hume, David (1711-1776); info: philosopher; historian 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1774: United Kingdom The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April) 1840: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Hume, David (1757-1838); info: Scottish jurist; Professor of Scots Law at Edinburgh 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) Hume, Joseph (1777-1855); info: radical; politician 1832: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May) 1833: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Dramatic Literary Property Act (12 March) 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April) 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (6 June) 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (20 March) 1839: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.) 1840: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.) 1840: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (4 Feb.) 1841: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (29 Jan.) 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Hunter, John Ward (1807-1900); info: American politician 1838: USA Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston Hunter, John (1728-1793); info: Scottish physiologist; surgeon 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) Hunter, William (1718-1783); info: Scottish anatomist; obstetrician 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) Huntington, Benjamin (1736-1800); info: American jurist; politician 1789: USA House Joint copyright and patent bill decision 1789: USA Ramsay's Petiton House Record Huntington, H. (fl.1845); info: member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Huntington, Jabez Williams (1788-1847); info: American politician; congressman 1831: USA House Debate Huntington, Samuel (1731-1796); info: American statesman; Governor of Connecticut (1786-1796) 1783: USA Ledyard Petition Committee Report 1783: USA Petition of John Ledyard Huntington, Susan, née Mansfield (1791-1823); info: American religious activist 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Hunt, Leigh (1784-1859); info: poet; journalist; literary critic 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (9 May) 1840: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Hunt, William Holman (1827-1910); info: painter 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Hurd, Richard (1720-1808); info: prelate; writer 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright Hurlstone, Frederick Yeates (1800-1869); info: portrait painter; historical painter 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee Hutchinson, Charles L. (1854-1924); info: American businessman; President of the Art Institute of Chicago 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Hutchinson, Thomas (1711-1780); info: businessman; Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (1760, 1769-1774); historian 1772: USA William Billings' Printing Privilege 1772: USA William Billings' Second Petition Hutter, Leonhard (1563-1616); info: Professor of theology in Wittenberg 1549: Germany * Electoral Saxon Printing and Censorship Acts from 1549 to 1717 Hutton, Hugo Rudolph (fl.1852); info: American Germanist 1853: USA Affidavit of Harriet Beecher Stowe 1853: USA * Stowe v. Thomas Hutton, James (1716-1795); info: bookseller 1751: United Kingdom Tonson v. Walker Huxley, Thomas Henry (1825-1895); info: biologist; science educationist 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report Huyghens, Christiaan (1629-1695); info: Dutch mathematician; astronomer; physicist 1776: France * Fragments on the Freedom of the Press Hyde, Edward, 1st Earl of Clarendon (1609-1674); info: statesman; Lord Chancellor (1658-1667) 1663: United Kingdom L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals 1761: United Kingdom Tonson v. Collins 1762: United Kingdom * Tonson v. Collins 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1773: United Kingdom Information for Messrs John Hinton et al 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report Hyde, Henry, 2nd Earl of Clarendon (1638-1709); info: statesman 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright Hyer, John G. (fl.1848-1863); info: American lawyer 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Iamblichus (c.245-c.325); info: Syrian Neoplatonist philosopher 1590 : Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Iddesleigh, Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of (1818-1887); info: statesman 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Ilbert, Sir Courtenay Peregrine (1841-1924); info: parliamentary draftsman; administrator in India; legal writer 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Imhaus, G. (fl.1862); info: director of the press and book trade at the French Ministry of the Interior 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Inchbald, Elizabeth, née Simpson (1753-1821); info: novelist; playwright; actress 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Incledon, Benjamin Charles (1763-1826); info: actor; singer 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Ingalls, John James (1833-1900); info: Senator for Kansas 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Ingelow, Jean (1820-1897); info: poet; novelist 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Ingersoll, Charles Jared (1782-1862); info: American lawyer; politician 1844: USA H.R. 9 (Ingersoll Bill) Ingersoll, Ernest (1852-1946); info: American naturalist; writer; explorer 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Ingersoll, Joseph Reed (1786-1868); info: American lawyer; congressman 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report Inglis, Sir Robert (1786-1855); info: politician 1837: United Kingdom Copyright Bill (6 June) 1838: United Kingdom Copyright Bill (27 Feb.) 1838: United Kingdom Copyright Bill (6 June) 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April) 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (6 June) 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (9 May) 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (20 March) 1839: United Kingdom Copyright Bill 1839: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.) 1840: United Kingdom Copyright Bill 1840: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.) 1840: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (4 Feb.) 1841: United Kingdom Copyright Bill 1841: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.) 1842: United Kingdom Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (21 April) 1842: United Kingdom Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (23 March) 1842: United Kingdom Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (4 March) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (20 April) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Ingraham, Joseph Holt (1809-1860); info: American novelist; clergyman 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Ingraham, J. W. (fl.1828-1843); info: American publisher 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Francis, 2nd Marquess of (1743-1822); info: Lord Chamberlain 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867); info: painter 1834 : France * Balzac's letter to authors 1862: France * Court of Cassation on photography Innocent III (1160-1216); also: Lotario de' Conti; info: Pope (1198-1216) 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Innocent I, St (360-417); info: Pope (402-417) 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Irving, John Treat (1812-1906); info: American writer 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Irving, Sir Henry Turner (1833-1923); info: Governor of the Leeward Islands (1873-1874) 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Irving, Theodore (1809-1880); info: American clergyman; writer 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Irving, Washington (1783-1859); info: American author 1837: USA Address of Certain Authors 1837: USA * Senate Report 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1896: USA The Question of Copyright 1902: USA Bleistein's Brief Irwin, May (1862-1938); also: Ada May Campbell; info: American actress; vaudeville performer 1896: USA Hearing on H.R. 5976 Isaiah; info: Biblical prophet 1525: Germany Luther's "Admonition to the Printers" Islip, Adam (fl.1637); info: master printer 1637: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree Isocrates (436 B.C.-338 B.C.); info: Athenian orator; pamphleteer 1762: United Kingdom * An Enquiry into Literary Property Iulliot, François (fl.1618); info: printer 1618: France * Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade Iversen, David (fl.1758-1776); info: publisher 1765: Germany * Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel Ivison, Henry (1808-1884); info: Scottish-born American publisher 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Izard, Ralph (1741-1804); info: American politician; Senator from South Carolina 1782: USA Letter from Smith to Webster 1783: USA Continental Congress Resolution Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845); info: American military commander; statesman; U.S. President (1829-1837) 1834: USA Letters from Sumner to Story Jackson, Helen Maria Hunt (1830-1885); info: American writer 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Jackson, Henry Rootes (1820-1898); info: American lawyer; soldier; diplomat 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Jackson, Joseph Devonsher (1783-1857); info: MP; Solicitor-General for Ireland 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (20 April) Jacquard, Joseph Marie (1752-1834); info: silk-weaver; inventor 1841 : France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property James I (1566-1625); also: James VI of Scotland; info: King of Scotland (1567-1625); King of England (1603-1625) 1624: United Kingdom * Statute of Monopolies 1643: United Kingdom * The Humble Remonstrance of the Stationers' Company 1695: United Kingdom Reasons for objecting to the renewal of the Licensing Act 1704: United Kingdom * Defoe's Essay on the Press 1762: United Kingdom * Tonson v. Collins 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1774: United Kingdom Macauley's A Modest Plea 1774: United Kingdom Stella's Modest Exceptions 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1774: United Kingdom The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1775: United Kingdom * Stationers' Company v. Carnan 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April) 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright James II (1633-1701); also: James VII of Scotland; info: King of England and Scotland (1685-1688) 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1774: United Kingdom The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report on the Copyright Acts 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" James V (1512-1542); info: King of Scotland (1513-1542) 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1773: United Kingdom Information for Messrs John Hinton et al James, George Payne Rainsford (1801-1860); info: novelist 1837: USA Petition of British Authors James, Henry (1843-1916); info: American novelist 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright 1888: USA The International Copyright Bill 1896: USA The Question of Copyright James, William Milbourne (1807-1888); info: judge 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Janin, Jules Gabriel (1804-1874); info: critic; novelist 1834 : France * Balzac's letter to authors Janisch, Hudson Ralph (fl.1873); info: Governor of St Helena (1873-1890) 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Jansen, Maria (1864-1914); info: American actress 1896: USA Debate in Congress Janvier, Louis-Joseph (1855-1911); info: Haitian journalist; novelist 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Jarves, James Jackson (1818-1888); info: American newspaper editor; art critic; art collector 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Jarvis, Samuel Farmar (1786-1851); info: American church historian 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Jay, John (1745-1829); info: American jurist; statesman 1841: USA Master in Chancery Report 1841: USA * Folsom v. Marsh Jay, John (1817-1894); info: American lawyer; diplomat 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Jay, William (1789-1858); info: American abolitionist 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Jeanbon, André (1749-1813); also: Jeanbon Saint-André; info: clergyman; Jacobin; President of National Convention (July 1793) 1793: France * French Literary and Artistic Property Act Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826); info: American statesman; diplomat; U.S. Secretary of State (1789-1793); U.S. President (1801-1809) 1784: USA Letter from Noah Webster to James Madison 1841: USA Master in Chancery Report 1841: USA * Folsom v. Marsh 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials 1902: USA Bleistein's Brief Jefferys, C. 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey Jeffreys, Francis (fl.1729-1737); info: bookseller 1737: United Kingdom * Baller v. Watson: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders Jeffreys, George Jeffreys, 1st Baron (1648-1689); also: the 'infamous Jeffreys'; info: judge 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket Jeffrey, Francis Jeffrey, Lord (1773-1850); info: Scottish jurist; critic 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Jekyll, Joseph (c.1662-1738); info: judge; politician 1762: United Kingdom * Tonson v. Collins 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Jemat, William (fl.1643) 1774: United Kingdom Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property Jenkins, John Edward (1838-1910); info: politician; satirist 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report Jenkins, Joseph John (1812-1885); info: engraver; watercolour painter 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Jenkyns, Henry (1818-1907); info: parliamentary draftsman 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Jenkyns, Sir Henry (1838-1899); info: parliamentary counsel 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report Jenner, Edward (1749-1823); info: surgeon; pioneer of smallpox vaccination 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) Jenner, William A. (fl.1893); info: American lawyer 1893: USA Falk v. Donaldson Jenson, Nicolas (1420-1480); also: Nicolaus; Janson; info: French-born Venetian-based printer; typographer; publisher 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor Jephson, Anthony (fl.1832); info: MP 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Jerrold, Douglas William (1803-1857); info: dramatist; writer 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Jervis, John (1802-1856); info: judge 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April) 1840: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (21 Feb.) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (3 Mar.) 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Jervois, Sir William Francis Drummond (1821-1897); info: military engineer; Governor of New Zealand (1883-1889) 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Jesse, John Heneage (1815-1874); info: historian 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Jesus Christ 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Jewett, Sarah Orne (1849-1909); info: American novelist; short-story writer 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Jhering, Rudolf von (1818-1892); also: Ihering; info: German jurist; Professor of Roman Law at Vienna 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Joan of Arc, St (c.1412-1431); also: Jeanne d'Arc; the Maid of Orleans; info: French patriot; martyr 1841: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (29 Jan.) Jobard, Jean Baptiste Ambroise Marcelin (1792-1861); info: economist; defender of patents for inventions 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Johann Georg I (1585-1656); info: Elector of Saxony (1611-1656) 1549 : Germany * Electoral Saxon Printing and Censorship Acts from 1549 to 1717 1740: Germany * Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books" Johann Georg II (1613-1680); info: Elector of Saxony (1656-1680) 1549 : Germany * Electoral Saxon Printing and Censorship Acts from 1549 to 1717 1740: Germany * Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books" Johann Georg III (1647-1691); info: Elector of Saxony (1680-1691) 1549 : Germany * Electoral Saxon Printing and Censorship Acts from 1549 to 1717 Johannes of Speyer (d.1470); also: John of Speyer; Johannes de Spira; info: printer; typographer 1469: Italy * Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor John Frederick I (1503-1554); also: John Frederick 'the Generous'; info: Elector of Saxony (1532-1547); Duke of Saxony (1547-1553) 1534: Germany Privilege of the Elector of Saxony 1541: Germany * Luther's "Warning to the Printers" Johnes, Thomas (1748-1816); info: agriculturalist; translator 1812: United Kingdom Petition of the London Booksellers 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Johnson, Hilary Richard Wright (1837-1901); info: President of the Republic of Liberia (1884-1892) 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Johnson, Joseph (1738-1809); info: bookseller 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Johnson, Robert Underwood (1853-1937); info: American writer; diplomat; Secretary of the American Copyright League 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Johnson, Rossiter (1840-1931); info: American editor 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Johnson, Samuel (1649-1703); also: 'the Whig'; info: pamphleteer 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784); info: author; lexicographer 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1774: United Kingdom Macauley's A Modest Plea 1774: United Kingdom Stella's Modest Exceptions 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1774: United Kingdom The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1826: USA Letter from Noah Webster to Daniel Webster 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1832: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May) 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April) 1839: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (1 May) 1840: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.) 1841: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Johnson, William (1771-1834); info: Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1804-1834); biographer of Nathanael Greene 1841: USA Master in Chancery Report Johnston, Alexander (1849-1889); info: American historian; contributor to the "Encyclopaedia Britannica" 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Johnston, Gabriel (1699-1752); info: Governor of North Carolina (1734-1752) 1746: USA North Carolina Printing Privilege to Commissioners Johnston, William (fl.1773); info: bookseller 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents Joinville, Jean, Sire de (c.1224-1319); info: historian 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Jolly, George (fl.1640-1673); also: Joliffe; Joris Joliphus; Jollifous; info: actor; theatre impressario 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Jolly, Julius (1823-1891); info: jurist; Baden Minister of Justice 1853: Germany * Bluntschli: On Authors' Rights 1857: Germany * Wächter: "Publishing Right" Jones, Charles H. (1848-1913); info: American editor; politician 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Jones, George 1837: United Kingdom Copyright Bill (6 June) Jones, John Beauchamp (1810-1866); info: American journalist; author 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Jones, John Winter (1805-1881); info: Principal Librarian of the British Museum 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Jones, Joseph Seawell (c.1811-1855); info: American author 1837: USA Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States Jones, Owen (1809-1874); info: architect; printer; designer 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee Jones, Richard (b.c.1770); info: actor 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Jones, Richard (fl.1554); info: printer 1554: United Kingdom Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers Jones, William Alfred (1817-1900); info: American critic 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Jones, William Giles (1808-1883); info: American judge 1863: USA Hardee's Memorial Jonson, Ben (1572-1637); info: poet; playwright 1762: United Kingdom A Vindication of the Rights of Authors 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1832: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May) 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Jonsson, Arngrim (1568-1648); info: Icelandic historian 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor Jordanes (fl.1551); also: Jornandes; info: historian 1511: Germany Imperial Privilege for Konrad Peutinger Jordan, Dorothy, née Bland (1761-1816); also: Dorothea; Dorothy; Dora; info: Irish actress; courtesan; mistress of King William IV 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Joseph II (1741-1790); info: Holy Roman Emperor (1765-1790) 1781 : Germany * Austrian Statutes on Censorship and Printing 1785: Germany Imperial privilege for Aloysius Blumauer's Travesty of Virgil's "Aeneid" 1790: Germany * J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire 1793: Germany * Fichte: Proof of the Unlawfulness of Reprinting Josephus, Georgius (c.1620-1668); also: Georg Joseph; info: composer 1657 : Germany Preface to Silesius's Chant Book Josse, Georges (fl.1665-1693); info: publisher 1665: France * French book trade regulations 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Jousse, Daniel (1704-1781); info: jurist 1778: France * Pluquet's letters Jouy, Victor Joseph Étienne de (1764-1846); info: playwright; librettist; author 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Jowett, Benjamin (1817-1893); info: classical scholar; translator of Plato 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Joyce, Jeremiah (1763-1816); info: Unitarian minister; writer 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Judson, Ann Hasseltine (1789-1826); info: American missionary 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Judson, Emily Chubbuck (1817-1854); also: Fanny Forester (pseudonym); info: American author 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Jugge, Richard (c.1514-1577); info: printer 1559: United Kingdom * Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass Jugge, Richard (c.1514-1577); info: Queen's printer 1559: United Kingdom Jugge and Cawood's printing patent for statute books 1559: United Kingdom * Elizabethan Injunctions Julius II (1443-1513); info: Pope (1503-1513); patron of the arts 1834 : France * Balzac's letter to authors Jullieron, Antoine (d.1702); info: Lyonnais bookseller 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Jullieron, Guichard (fl.1594-1622); info: Lyonnais bookseller; Imprimeur du Roi 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Junius (fl.1769-1772); info: anonymous correspondent of the Public Advertiser 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1774: United Kingdom The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House Junius, Franciscus (1591-1677); also: François du Jon; info: philologist 1624: United Kingdom * Statute of Monopolies Junius, Hadrianus (1511-1575); also: Adriaan de Jonghe; info: humanist; physician; historian 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor Junius, Johann Friedrich (1725-1794); info: publisher 1765: Germany * Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel Junte, Jacques (fl.1522-1564); also: Jacopo Giunta; info: Florentine bookseller 1526: Italy Papal and Venetian Privileges for Sigismondo Fanti's "Triompho di Fortuna" 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Justinian I (c.482-565); info: Eastern Roman Emperor 1738: Germany * Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright Juvenal, Decimus Junius Juvenalis (c.55-c.140); info: Roman lawyer; satirist 1503: Italy * Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon 1762: United Kingdom * Tonson v. Collins 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1774: United Kingdom Enfield's Observations 1841: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.) 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Juxon, William (1582-1663); info: Bishop of London (1633-1649); Archbishop of Canterbury (1660-1663) 1637: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree 1662: United Kingdom Licensing Act (parchment copy) 1662: United Kingdom * Licensing Act Kames, Henry Home, Lord (1696-1782); info: Scottish jurist; legal historian; philosopher 1762: United Kingdom * Tonson v. Collins 1773: United Kingdom Information for Messrs John Hinton et al 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Kamptz, Karl Albert von (1769-1849); info: jurist; Prussian Director of Police; Prussian Minister of Justice 1837: Germany * Prussian Copyright Act 1838: Germany Ordinance on the Establishment of Societies of Copyright Experts Kane, Elisha Kent (1820-1857); info: American Arctic explorer 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Kanitz, Felix Philipp (1829-1904); info: Austro-Hungarian ethnographer; archaeologist; travel writer 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Kant, Immanuel (1724-1804); info: philosopher 1793: Germany * Fichte: Proof of the Unlawfulness of Reprinting 1815: Germany * Annotated Publishers' Petition to the Congress of Vienna 1841: France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property 1853: Germany * Bluntschli: On Authors' Rights 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" 1877: Germany * Gareis: Juridical Nature of Author's Rights 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right 1896: USA Treloar Copyright Bill (H.R. 5976) Karl Friedrich August, Duke of Mecklenburg (1785-1837); info: general; statesman 1837: Germany * Prussian Copyright Act Karl Friedrich (1728-1811); info: Grand Duke of Baden 1806: Germany Reprinting Regulation for the Grand Duchy of Baden Karl X Gustav (1622-1660); info: King of Sweden (1654-1660) 1659 : Germany * Schupp: The Book Thief Karr, Jean Baptiste Alphonse (1808-1890); info: author 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Karslake, Sir John Burgess (1821-1881); info: lawyer; politician 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Kaulbach, Wilhelm von (1805-1874); info: German painter 1883: USA Sarony's Brief Kavelin, Konstantin Dmitrievich (1818-1885); info: Russian historian; jurist; Westernizer 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Kaye, John (1783-1853); info: Bishop of Lincoln; Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University (1814) 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Kayser, Albrecht Christoph (1756-1811); info: author; librarian 1790: Germany * J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire Kay-Shuttleworth, Sir Ughtred James, 1st Baron Shuttleworth (1844-1939); info: Liberal politician 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union 1886: United Kingdom International Copyright Bill Kean, Charles (1811-1868); info: actor 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Kean, Edmund (1787-1833); info: actor 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Kearsley, George (c.1739-1790); info: bookseller 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents Keate, Robert William (1814-1873); info: Lieutenant-Governor of Natal (1867-1872) 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Keats, John (1795-1821); info: poet 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Keeley, Mrs. (1806-1899); info: actress 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Keeley, Robert (1793-1869); info: actor 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Keenan, Henry Francis (1850-1928); info: American novelist 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Keese, John (1805-1856); info: American book auctioneer 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States 1896: USA Treloar Copyright Bill (H.R. 5976) Kehr, Ludwig Christian (1775-1848); info: bookseller; reprinter; pamphletist 1799: Germany * Kehr: Apology of the Reprinting of Books Keightley, Thomas (1789-1872); info: Irish writer 1837: USA Petition of British Authors Keith, Benjamin Franklin (1846-1914); info: American vaudeville theatre owner 1896: USA Debate in Congress Keith, Reuel (1792-1842); info: American seminary professor 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Kellogg, Rev. Elijah, Sr. (1761-1842); info: American clergyman; missionary 1790: USA Sample registrations Kelly, Fanny (1790-1882); also: Frances Maria Kelly; info: actress; singer 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Kelly, Sir Fitzroy Edward (1796-1880); info: judge 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey Kemble, Charles (1775-1854); info: actor 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Kemble, Frances Anne (1809-1893); also: Fanny Kemble; info: actress 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Kemble, John Philip (1757-1823); info: actor; theatre manager 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Kemble, Stephen (1758-1822); info: actor 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Kempis, Thomas à (c.1379-1471); also: von Kempen; info: author; monk 1675: Germany * Counterfeited Privilege in Grimmelshausen's "The Magic Bird's Nest" Kendall, George Wilkins (1809-1867); info: American journalist 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Kennedy, Harry (fl.1892); info: American songwriter 1896: USA Hearing on H.R. 5976 Kennedy, John L. (fl.1890); info: American printer 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Kennedy, John Pendleton (1795-1870); info: American novelist; politician 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Kennedy, Sir Arthur Edward (1810-1883); info: army officer; colonial governor; Governor of Hong Kong (1872-1877) 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Kenneth, William (fl.1832); info: theatrical agent 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Kennet, White (1660-1728); info: Bishop of Peterborough; antiquary 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Kenney, James (1780-1849); also: Kenny; info: dramatist 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Kent, James (1763-1847); info: American jurist; legal scholar; Chancellor of New York (1814-) 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron (1732-1802) info: Lord Chief Justice (1788-1802) 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron (1732-1802); info: Lord Chief Justice (1788-1802) 1798: United Kingdom * Beckford v. Hood 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Kepler, Johannes (1571-1630); info: German mathematician; astronomer; astrologer 1776: France * Fragments on the Freedom of the Press 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Kératry, Emile, Comte de (1832-1904); info: French politician; author 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Kern, J. C. (fl.1882); info: Swiss ambassador in Paris 1882: Germany Bilateral treaty between Switzerland and France Kerridge, Mr. (fl.1818); info: head librarian at Cambridge University Library 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Kerver, Jacques (1535-1583); info: printer 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade 1778: France * Pluquet's letters Kettleby, Mary 1721: United Kingdom Burnet's Bill of Complaint and Chetwood's Answer Kettleby, Walter (fl.1695); also: Ketilby; info: bookseller 1721: United Kingdom Burnet v. Chetwood: Entries from the Court's Book of Orders 1721: United Kingdom Burnet's Bill of Complaint and Chetwood's Answer 1721: United Kingdom * Burnet v. Chetwood Kidd, Thomas (1770-1850); info: classical scholar; schoolmaster 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Killigrew, Charles (1655-1725); info: theatre manager; Master of the Revels 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Killigrew, Thomas (1612-1683); info: dramatist; theatre manager 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Kinglake, Alexander William (1809-1891); info: historian of the Crimean War 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Kingsley, Charles (1819-1875); info: writer 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Kingstone, Felix (fl.1637); info: master printer 1637: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree Kingston, John (fl.1554); also: Kyngeston; info: printer 1554: United Kingdom Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers King, Charles (1789-1867); info: American newspaper publisher 1837: USA Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States King, Col. John Anthony (fl.1822-1846); info: American soldier 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials King, Edward (d.1807); info: antiquary 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence King, Grace (1852-1932); info: American author 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 King, Henry Samuel (1817-1878); info: publisher; entrepreneur 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence King, Rufus (1814-1876); info: American newspaper editor; diplomat 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States King, Sir Peter (c.1669-1734); info: Lord Chancellor (1725-1733) 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor Kirby, William (1759-1850); info: entomologist; Fellow of the Linnean Society; Fellow of the Royal Society 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1837: USA Petition of British Authors Kircheisen, Karl David (1704-1770); info: Chief Constable of Berlin 1766 : Germany Prussian Cabinet Order Kirkland, Caroline (1801-1864); info: American author 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Kirkland, Joseph (1830-1894); info: American lawyer; novelist 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Kirk, Ellen Warner, née Olney (1842-1928); info: American author 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Kirk, John Foster (1824-1904); info: American author; editor 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Kittredge, Edmund W. (1824-1916); info: American lawyer 1900: USA Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co., Circuit Court Decision 1902: USA Bleistein's Brief 1902: USA Bleistein: Donaldson Lithographing Co. Brief 1903: USA * Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co. Klenze, Leo von (1784-1864); also: Franz Karl Leopold von Klenze; info: court architect of King Ludwig I of Bavaria; neoclassicist; painter 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright Klopstock, Friedrich Gottlieb (1724-1803); info: poet 1799: Germany * Kehr: Apology of the Reprinting of Books Klostermann, Rudolf (1828-1886); info: jurist 1877: Germany * Gareis: Juridical Nature of Author's Rights 1878: France * Morillot on the author's right Klüber, Johann Ludwig (1762-1837); info: jurist; Professor of Law at Erlangen; diplomat 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Knapen, André François (c.1728-c.1802); info: printer; Syndic of Parisian Guild 1761: France * La Fontaine case 1786: France * French Decree on Musical Publications Knapp, Georg Christian (1753-1825); info: Professor of Theology at Halle 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Knapp, Isaac (1804-1843); info: American printer; abolitionist 1838: USA Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston Knapp, John Leonard (1767-1845); info: naturalist 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Knatchbull-Hugessen, Edward Hugessen, 1st Baron Brabourne (1829-1893); info: politician; Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies (1871-1874) 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Knigge, Adolph Baron von (1752-1796); info: Freemason; author 1793 : Germany * Fichte: Proof of the Unlawfulness of Reprinting Knight, Charles (1791-1873); info: publisher; author 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Knight, John Prescott (1803-1881); info: portrait painter 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee Knight-Bruce, Sir James Lewis (1791-1866); info: judge 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Knolles, Sir Francis (c.1514-1596); info: statesman 1566: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree Knowles, James Davis (1798-1838); info: American clergyman 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Knowles, James Sheridan (1784-1862); info: playwright 1832: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May) 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Knox, Henry (1750-1806); info: American soldier 1841: USA Master in Chancery Report Knox, John (c.1513-1572); info: Protestant reformer 1663: United Kingdom L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals Knox, Thomas Wallace (1835-1896); info: American journalist 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Koentzer, Guillaume (fl.1886); info: plenipotentiary of the Republic of Liberia 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Kohler, Ignatius (1827-1901); info: German-born American publisher 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Kohler, Josef (1849-1919); info: German comparative jurist; Professor of law at Berlin; translator 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Könneritz, Julius Traugott von (1831-1846); info: Saxon Minister of Justice 1844: Germany * Saxon Copyright Act Koppe, Johann Christian, Sr. (fl.1749-1765); also: Köppe; info: publisher 1765: Germany * Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel Korn, Wilhelm Gottlieb (1739-1806); info: publisher 1765: Germany * Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel Korvin-Krukovskii, Petr Vasil'evich (1844-1899); also: Pierre Newski; info: Russian-French writer 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Köstlin, Julius (1826-1902); info: German theologian; church historian 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Kramer, Wilhelm August (1798-d.a.1846); info: jurist 1827: Germany * Kramer: Rights of Writers and Publishers 1857: Germany * Wächter: "Publishing Right" 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Krause, H. (fl.1830-1848); info: music publisher 1830: Germany * Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy Krupp, Alfred (1812-1887); info: German arms manufacturer 1880 : Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Kummer, Paul Gotthelf (1757-1835); info: publisher 1815: Germany * Annotated Publishers' Petition to the Congress of Vienna Kümmel, Carl Christian (fl.1752-1788); info: publisher 1765 : Germany * Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel Kyte, Stephen C. (fl.1868); info: Canadian printer 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright La Beaumelle, Laurent Angliviel de (1726-1773); info: French writer 1776 : France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers La Bruyère, Jean de (1645-1696); info: writer 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright La Fontaine, Jean de (1621-1695); info: author 1725: France * Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum 1761: France * La Fontaine case 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade 1777: France * Linguet's memorandum 1815: Germany * Annotated Publishers' Petition to the Congress of Vienna 1826: France * Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission 1834: France * Balzac's letter to authors 1837: USA Address of Certain Authors 1841: France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" La Guéronnière, Vicomte de (1817-1875); info: politician 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" La Harpe, Jean François de (1739-1803); info: poet; critic 1791: France Beaumarchais's petition 1826: France * Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission 1902: France * Court of Cassation on moral rights La Landelle de Saint-Rémy, l'Abbé de (fl.1736); info: editor of Virgil's works 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade La Motte, Antoine Houdar de (1672-1731); info: poet; translator 1777: France * Linguet's memorandum La Rochefoucauld, François, 6th Duc de (1613-1680); info: author 1840: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.) 1841: France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property La Rochefoucauld, Sosthène de (1785-1864); info: statesman; Director of Fine Arts under Charles X 1826: France * Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Laband, Paul (1838-1918); info: German jurist 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Labouchere, Henry, 1st Baron Taunton (1798-1869); info: politician; President of the Board of Trade 1840: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (4 Feb.) 1852: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (13 Feb.) 1852: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (30 April) 1862: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (22 May) 1862: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (23 May) 1862: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (5 June) 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Laboulaye, Édouard René de (1811-1883); info: jurist; politician 1853: Germany * Bluntschli: On Authors' Rights 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Lacan, Adolphe-Jean-Baptiste (1810-1880); info: French jurist 1880 : Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Lacey, John Fletcher (1841-1913); info: American politician 1896: USA Debate in Congress Lackington, James (1746-1815); info: bookseller 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Lacombe, Emile Henry (1846-1924); info: American federal appellate judge 1902: USA Bleistein's Brief Lacroix, Albert (1834-1903); info: printer; publisher 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Lacroix, Sylvestre François de (1765-1843); info: mathematician 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Lacy, James (1696-1774); info: actor; theatre manager 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Lacy, Thomas Hailes (1809-1873); info: actor; playwright; theatre manager; bookseller; publisher of "Lacy's Acting Edition of Plays" 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Ladvocat, Jean-Baptiste (1709-1765); info: biblical scholar; librarian 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade 1778: France * Pluquet's letters Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Motier, Marquis de (1757-1834); also: de la Fayette; info: reformer; general in American War of Independence 1785: USA Virginia Copyright Statute 1841: USA Master in Chancery Report Lagerheim, Alfred (1843-1924); info: Secretary-General of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Lainé, Joseph Henri Joachim (1768-1835); also: vicomte Lainé; info: lawyer; statesman; Peer of France 1826: France * Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission Lakanal, Joseph (1762-1845); info: politician 1793: France * French Literary and Artistic Property Act 1826: France * Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1902: France * Court of Cassation on moral rights Lalanne, Maxine (1827-1886); info: French etcher; lithographer 1902: USA Bleistein's Brief Lallemant, Nicolas (fl.1763); info: Rouen-based printer 1776 : France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Lallemant, Richard-Gontran (1725-1807); also: Conteray; info: Rouen-based printer; publisher; Mayor of Rouen 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Lallemant, Xavier-Félix (1729-1810); also: Abbé Lallemant de Maupas; info: Rouen-based printer; scholar; translator 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Lally-Tollendal, Gérard de (1751-1830); also: marquis de Lally-Tollendal; info: Peer of France 1826: France * Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, Chevalier de (1744-1829); info: naturalist; pre-Darwinian evolutionist 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Lamartine, Alphonse Marie Louis de (1790-1869); info: poet; statesman; historian 1834: France * Balzac's letter to authors 1841: France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property 1841: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (29 Jan.) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Lambert, Aylmer Bourke (1761-1842); info: botanist; Fellow of the Linnean Society 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Lambert, George (1700-1765); info: painter 1735: United Kingdom The Case of Designers, Engravers, Etchers, &c. Lamb, Charles (1775-1834); info: English essayist 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Lamb, George (1784-1834); info: politician; writer 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Lamb, Martha Joanna (1829-1893); info: American author 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Lamennais, Félicité Robert de (1782-1854); info: priest; writer 1834: France * Balzac's letter to authors 1841: France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property Lamoignon, Guillaume II, seigneur de Blancmesmil et de Malesherbes (1683-1772); info: judge; Chancellor of France 1750 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Lampe, John Frederick (1703-1751); also: Johann Friedrich; info: bassoonist; composer 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Landgraf; info: jurist 1877: Germany * Gareis: Juridical Nature of Author's Rights Landino, Christoforo (1424-1498); info: Italian humanist; classical scholar; commentator of Dante's "Commedia Divina" 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Landor, Walter Savage (1775-1864); info: English writer 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Lando, Pietro (1462-1545); info: Doge of Venice (1538-1545) 1545 : Italy * Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations Landseer, Charles (1799/1800-1879); info: historical painter; genre painter 1862: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (22 May) 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Landseer, Sir Edwin (1802-1873); info: painter 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright 1862: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (22 May) 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Langelier, Abel (1574-1610); also: L'Angelier; info: publisher 1776 : France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Langelier, la veuve (fl.1610-1620); info: publisher 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Langevin, Sir Hector-Louis (1826-1906); info: Canadian lawyer; politician; Secretary of State for Canada (1867-1869) 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Langley, Henry G. (fl.1843-1867); info: American publisher 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Langley, John (d.1657); info: headmaster of St Paul's School, London; licenser of books 1643: United Kingdom An Ordinance for the Regulation of Printing Lang, Andrew (1844-1912); info: Scottish author; critic; collector of folk and fairy tales 1888: USA American Authors and British Pirates 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Lang, Benjamin Johnson (1837-1909); info: American composer; musician 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Lanier, Clifford Anderson (1844-1908); info: brother of the poet Sidney Lanier (1842-1881); author 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Lanman, Charles (1819-1895); info: American editor; author; librarian; explorer 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Lansing, Gerritt B. (fl.1899) 1899: USA Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co., District Court Decision 1902: USA Bleistein's Brief Lant, Richard (fl.1554); info: printer 1554: United Kingdom Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers Laplace, Pierre Simon, Marquis de (1749-1827); info: mathematician; astronomer 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Laplagne-Barris, Raymond-Jean-François-Marie Lacave, Baron de (1786-1857); info: President of the Court of Cassation 1814: France * Court of Cassation on compilations Laporte, Pierre François (1799-1841); also: Peter Francis; info: actor; theatre manager 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Lardner, Dionysius (1793-1859); info: writer on science; public lecturer 1840: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.) Lardy, Karl Eduard (fl.1882); info: diplomat 1882: Germany Bilateral treaty between Switzerland and France Large, Robert (d.1441); info: Sheriff of London; Mayor of London 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor Larpent, John (1741-1824); info: Examiner of Plays 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Lathrop, George Parsons (1851-1898); info: American poet; novelist 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Latour, Théodore (1766-1837); also: Jean T. Latour; info: composer 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Laubespine, Claude de (1510-1567); info: Secretary of State to King Henri II 1552: France * General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard Lauder, Robert Scott (1803-1869); info: painter; art teacher 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee Laud, William (1573-1645); info: prelate; Archbishop of Canterbury (1633-1645) 1637: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree Laue, Friedrich (fl.1829); info: publisher 1829: Germany Music publishers' agreement to ban reprinting 1830: Germany * Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy Laughton, Austin (fl.1554); info: printer 1554: United Kingdom Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers Laurent, François (1810-1887); info: Luxembourgian jurist; historian 1902: France * Court of Cassation on moral rights Lavater, Johann Kaspar (1741-1801); info: physiognomist; theologian; poet 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Laveleye, Émile Louis Victor de (1822-1892); info: Belgian economist 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Lavergne, Léonce Guilhaud de (1809-1880); info: economist; politician; author 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent (1743-1794); info: chemist 1834: France * Balzac's letter to authors Lavollée, Réné (1842-1928?); info: political economist; French consul at Berne 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Lawrence, Amos Adams (1814-1886); info: American abolitionist; philanthropist 1838: USA Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston Lawrence, Samuel (1801-1880); info: American businessman 1838: USA Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston Lawrence, Sir Thomas (1769-1830); info: portrait painter; President of the Royal Academy (1820-1830) 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Lawrence, Sir William (1783-1867); info: physician; Professor of Anatomy at Royal College of Surgeons; lecturer on medical subjects 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Lawrence, Soulden (1751-1814); info: judge 1798: United Kingdom * Beckford v. Hood 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Law, Andrew (1749-1821); info: American composer; preacher; singing teacher 1781: USA Andrew Law's Privilege 1781: USA * Andrew Law's Petition Law, John of Lauriston (1671-1729); info: financier; economist; gambler; speculator 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Law, Rt Rev Edmund (1703-1787); info: Bishop of Carlisle (1768-1787) 1774: United Kingdom The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket Layard, Sir Austen Henry (1817-1894); info: archaeologist; politician 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1861: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Bill (6 May) 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Le Barrois d'Orgeval, Robert Joseph Gaston, Baron (1836-1912); info: French civil servant; author of "La propriété littéraire en France et à l'étranger" (1868) 1880 : Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Le Bé, Guillaume (1523-1598); info: typographer 1650: France * Vitré's memorandum on the prolongation of privileges Le Blanc, Sir Simon (1748/49-1816); info: judge 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Le Bret, Cardin (1558-1665); political theorist 1778: France * Pluquet's letters Le Brun, Denis (1640-1706); info: lawyer at Parlement of Paris 1776 : France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Le Camus de Neville, François Claude Michel Benoît (fl.1775-1800); info: director of the Librairie (1775-) 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers 1777: France * French Decree of 30 August 1777, on the duration of privileges 1778: France * Pluquet's letters 1780: Italy Venetian Reprint of the French Decree of 30 August 1777, on the duration of privileges Le Chapelier, Isaac René Guy (1754-1794); also: Jean Le Chapelier; info: lawyer; Jacobin; politician 1791: France * Le Chapelier's report 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Le Clerc (fl.1770); info: publisher 1761: France * La Fontaine case Le Cointe, Charles (d.1611); info: theologian 1740: Germany * Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books" Le Gendre, Louis (1655-1733); info: historian 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade Le Jay, M. (fl.1769-1793); info: publisher 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Le Jeune, Nicolas, Sieur de Franqueville (fl.1675-1691); info: lawyer; author 1690: France * Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers Le Mur, Pierre (fl.1618); info: printer 1618: France * Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade Le Petit, Pierre (c.1617-1686); info: printer; publisher 1690: France * Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers 1725: France * Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum Le Roy, Adrien (c.1520-1598); info: lute-player; composer 1552 : France * General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard Le Sage, Alain René (1668-1747); info: novelist; dramatist 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Leach, Sir John (1760-1834); info: politician; lawyer 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Leavitt, Jonathan (c.1797-1852); info: American publisher 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Lea, Henry Charles (1825-1909); info: American historian; publisher; civic reformer 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Lea, Isaac (1792-1886); info: American conchologist; geologist; business partner of Matthew Carey & Sons 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report Lebret, Georges Adolphe (1853-1937); info: French jurist; politician; author of "La propriété littéraire et artistique" (1878) 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Lebzeltern-Collenbach, Franz Ritter von (1780-1863); info: diplomat; civil servant 1840: Germany * Bilateral Treaty between Austria and Sardinia Lecky, William Edward Hartpole (1838-1903); info: Irish historian; philosopher 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Leclerc (fl.1814); info: publisher 1814: France * Court of Cassation on compilations Lecocq, Alexandre Charles (1832-1918); info: composer 1902: France * Court of Cassation on moral rights Lecocq, Alexandre Charles (1832-1918); info: operatic composer 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Lederer, George (1862-1938); info: American theatrical producer 1896: USA Debate in Congress Lederer, Michael Friedrich (1639-1674); info: lawyer; Dean of Wittenberg University 1671 1740: Germany * Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books" Ledyard, John (1751-1789); info: American explorer; sailor; adventurer; author of "Captain Cook's Last Voyage" (1783) 1783: USA Ledyard Petition Committee Report 1783: USA Petition of John Ledyard 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Leeds, Thomas Osborne, Duke of (1632-1712); also; Earl of Danby; info: statesman; Lord High Treasurer (1674-1678) 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Leek, Sir Francis (c.1510-1580); info: theatre company manger 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Lees, Sir Charles Cameron (1837-1892); info: army officer; colonial administrator 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Lee, Hannah Farnham, née Sawyer (1780-1865); info: American author 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Lee, Sir William (1688-1754); info: judge; Lord Chief Justice (1737-1754) 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1774: United Kingdom The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House Lee, William Henry (1799-1878); info: clerk of the Privy Council of Canada 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Lefroy, Sir John Henry (1817-1890); info: army officer; geomagnetic surveyor; Governor of Bermuda (1871-1877) 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Legagneur, Hubert Michel Fortuné (1797-1876); info: President at the Court of Cassation 1857: France * Court of cassation on originality 1869: France Court of Cassation on originality Legat, John (fl.1637); info: printer to the University of Cambridge 1637: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree Legge, William, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth (1731-1801); also: Lord Dartmouth; info: statesman 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm (1646-1716); info: philosopher; mathematician; civil servant 1762: United Kingdom * An Enquiry into Literary Property 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Leicester, Robert Dudley, Earl of (c.1532-1588); info: statesman 1566: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree Leighton, John (1822-1912); also: Luke Limner; info: artist; book cover designer 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee Leigh, Benjamin Watkins (1781-1849); info: Senator from Virginia 1834: USA Letters from Sumner to Story Leist, Burkard Wilhelm (1819-1906); info: German legal historian 1880 : Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Leland, John (c.1506-1522); info: antiquary 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Lemercier, Népomucène (1771-1840); info: poet; dramatist 1826: France * Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission Lemierre, Antoine-Marin (1733-1793); info: French dramatist; poet 1902 : France * Court of Cassation on moral rights Lens, John (1756-1825); info: serjeant-at-law 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Lentz, Christian (d.1650); info: statesman 1740: Germany * Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books" Leo X (1475-1521); also: Giovanni de Medici; info: Pope (1531-1521) 1518: United Kingdom * The Articles of the Pope's Bulle Leonard, Frédéric (fl.1670); info: publisher 1776 : France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Leonard, Moses Gage (1809-1899); info: American politician 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Leoniceno, Niccolò (1428-1524); info: Nicolo Lonigo; info: Italian physician; humanist 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Leopold II (1835-1909); info: King of the Belgians (1865-1909) 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Leslie, Eliza (1787-1858); also: Miss Leslie; info: American cookery author; author of books on etiquette 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Leslie, George Dunlop (1835-1921); info: painter 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim (1729-1781); info: author; critic 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Lestiboudois, Gaspar-Thémistocle (b.1797); info: botanist; zoologist; member of the Chamber of Deputies 1841: France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property Letellier de Saint-Just, Luc (1820-1881); info: Canadian politician; Canadian Minister of Agriculture (1873-1876) 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Lettou, John (fl.1481); info: printer 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents Leucht, Valentin (c.1550-1619); info: theologian; Imperial Books Commissioner 1608 1608: Germany * "Books Constitution" of Emperor Rudolf II Leverett, Frederick Percival (1803-1836); info: American classical scholar; lexicographer 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Leverson, Montague Richard (1830-1925); info: legal writer; patent agent; author of "Copyright and Patents, or Property in Thought" 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Lever, Charles James (1806-1872); info: Irish novelist 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Leveson-Gower, George, 2nd Earl Granville (1815-1891); info: statesman; Foreign Secretary (1870-1874, 1880-1885) 1862: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (22 May) 1862: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (23 May) 1862: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (5 June) 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Levi, Leone (1821-1888); info: Italian-born English jurist; statistician 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Lévy, Michel (1821-1875); info: French publisher; bookseller 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Lewes, David (fl.1566); info: Queen's Commissioner 1566: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree Lewis, John Frederick (1804-1876); info: painter; President of the Society of Painters in Water Colours 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Lewis, John Harvey (1814-1888); info: MP 1862: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (20 March) Lewis, Matthew Gregory (1775-1818); info: Gothic novelist 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Lewis, Meriwether (1774-1809); info: American explorer 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Lewis, Sir George Cornwall (1806-1863); info: MP 1861: United Kingdom Fine Art Copyright Bill Lewis, Tayler (1802-1877); info: American classical scholar 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Lewis, William Thomas (1748-1811); info: comic actor 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Lewis; info: jurist 1877: Germany * Gareis: Juridical Nature of Author's Rights Leypoldt, Frederick (1835-1884); info: German-born American bibliographer; bookseller; publisher 1896: USA Treloar Copyright Bill (H.R. 5976) Leyser, Augustin von (1683-1752); Professor of Law at Wittenberg 1740 : Germany * Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books" Lhomond, Charles François (1727-1794); also: the Abbé Lhomond; info: pedagogue; grammarian 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Lickprivick, Robert (fl.1567); info: printer 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Liddell, Henry George (1811-1898); info: classical scholar 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Lieber, Dr. Francis (1798-1872); also: Franz; info: German-born American jurist; political scientist 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Liebig, Justus, Freiherr von (1803-1873); info: chemist; agricultural chemist 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Lightbody, John (fl.1738); info: engraver 1751: United Kingdom Tonson v. Walker Lillo, George (1693-1739); info: jeweller; playwright 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Lilly, John (fl.1710-1719); info: legal writer 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Lilye, William (c.1468-1522); also: Lily; info: classical grammarian; headmaster of St Paul's School, London 1624: United Kingdom * Statute of Monopolies Limnaeus, Johannes (1592-1603); info: jurist; legal historian 1690: Germany Beier: On the Book Trade and its Privileges Lincoln, Levi, Jr. (1782-1868); info: Governor of Massachusetts (1825-1834) 1834: USA Letters from Sumner to Story Lindet, Jean-Baptiste Robert (1746-1825); info: lawyer; politician; member of Committee of Public Safety (1793-1795) 1793: France * French Literary and Artistic Property Act Lindsay, Sir David of the Mount (c.1486-1555); also: Lyndsay; info: Scottish poet 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson Liner, James (fl.1848); info: American bookbinder 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Lingard, John (1771-1851); info: Catholic priest; historian 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) Lingen, Ralph Robert Wheeler, Baron Lingen (1819-1905); info: civil servant; Permanent Secretary of the Treasury (1869-1885) 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Linguet, Simon Nicolas Henri (1736-1794); info: lawyer; journalist 1776 : France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers 1777: France * Linguet's memorandum 1778: France * Pluquet's letters 1815: Germany * Annotated Publishers' Petition to the Congress of Vienna Linnell, John (1792-1882); info: painter 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee 1862: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (22 May) 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Linton, Sir James Dromgole (1840-1916); info: English painter 1902: USA Bleistein's Brief Lintot; info: publishers' dynasty 1774: United Kingdom The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket Lippert, Philipp Daniel (1702-1785); info: collectioner 1785 : Germany * Kant: On the Unlawfulness of Reprinting Lippincott, Joshua B. (d.1886); info: American publisher 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials 1863: USA Hardee's Memorial Lipsius, Justus (1547-1606); info: humanist; scholar 1738: Germany * Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books Lister, Sir Thomas Villiers (1832-1902); info: diplomat; Assistant Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1873-1894) 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Liston, John (1776-1846); info: comedian 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature List, Friedrich (1789-1846); info: German-born American political economist; diplomat 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Littledale, Joseph (1767-1842); info: judge 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Littleton, Henry (d.1888); info: proprietor of the Novello & Co. publishing house 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Littleton, Sir Thomas (1422-1481); also: Lyttelton; Luttelton; info: judge; legal writer 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Livia, Drusilla (58 B.C.-29 A.D.); also: Julia Augusta; info: Roman empress 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Livingstone, David (1813-1873); info: Scottish missionary; explorer 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Livingston, William (1723-1790); info: American lawyer; Governor of New Jersey (1776-1790) 1750: USA New York Law Printing Privilege 1782: USA Letter from Smith to Webster 1783: USA New Jersey Copyright Statute Livy (59 B.C.-17 A.D.); also: Titus Livius; info: Roman historian 1590 : Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" 1693: United Kingdom Locke's Memorandum on the 1662 Act 1704: United Kingdom * Defoe's Essay on the Press 1725: France * Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum 1841: France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey Lloyd, Harlan P. (fl.1877-1879); info: American lawyer 1879: USA Baker's Argument 1879: USA * Baker v. Selden Lloyd, John (1735-1807); info: English-born American merchant; President of the South Carolina Senate (1783-) 1784: USA South Carolina Copyright Statute Lobwasser, Ambrosius (1515-1585); info: lawyer; statesman; translator 1675 : Germany * Counterfeited Privilege in Grimmelshausen's "The Magic Bird's Nest" Locatelli, Francesco (fl.1775-1785); info: Venetian publisher 1781 : Italy * "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings Loch, Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Loch (1827-1900); info: Scottish soldier; colonial administrator; Governor of Victoria (1884-1889) 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Locke, John (1632-1704); info: philosopher 1690: United Kingdom * Locke's Second Treatise on Government (selected extracts) 1693: United Kingdom Locke's Memorandum on the 1662 Act 1762: United Kingdom * Tonson v. Collins 1766: United Kingdom Blackstone's Commentaries, Vol.II (selected extracts) 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1773: United Kingdom Information for Messrs John Hinton et al 1774: United Kingdom Enfield's Observations 1774: United Kingdom Macauley's A Modest Plea 1774: United Kingdom Stella's Modest Exceptions 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1774: United Kingdom The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Locke, Richard Adams (1800-1871); info: American journalist 1837: USA Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States Lockhart, John Gibson (1794-1854); info: Scottish writer; biographer of Sir Walter Scott 1837: USA Address of Certain Authors 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April) 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (9 May) 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Lockhart, Laurence William Maxwell (1831-1882); info: novelist 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Lockwood, Roe (1800-1870); info: American bookseller 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Lockyer, Sir Joseph Norman (1836-1920); info: astronomer 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Lock, William (1732-1810); info: art connoisseur; art patron 1799: United Kingdom Documents concerning the Models and Busts Act Locré, Jean-Guillaume, Baron de (1758-1840); info: Secretary General of the French Council of State 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1902: France * Court of Cassation on moral rights Lodge, Henry Cabot (1850-1924); info: American statesman; historian 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Lodge, Sir Edmund (1756-1839); info: officer of arms; writer 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1837: USA Petition of British Authors Loménie, Henri Auguste de (d.1666); info: statesman 1618 : France * Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade 1660: France * Decree on Engravings Longacre, James Barton (1794-1869); info: American engraver; bookseller 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Longden, Sir James Robert (1827-1891); info: Governor of Trinidad and Tobago (1870-1874); Governor of British Guiana (1874-1877) 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882); info: American poet 1837: USA Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1888: USA American Authors and British Pirates 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Longman, James (b.1740); info: music publisher 1777: United Kingdom * Bach v. Longman 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Longman, Thomas Norton (1771-1842); info: bookseller; publisher 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May) 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Longman, Thomas Norton, II (1849-1930); info: publisher; treasurer of the Copyright Association of Great Britain 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Longman, Thomas, I (1699-1755); info: bookseller 1751: United Kingdom Tonson v. Walker Longman, Thomas, II (1730-1797); info: bookseller 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents Longman, Thomas, IV (1804-1879); info: bookseller; publisher 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April) 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Longman, William (1813-1877); info: publisher; author 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Longstreet, Augustus Baldwin (1790-1870); info: American lawyer; humorist; Southern Methodist minister 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Long, John Davis (1838-1915); info: American politician 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Loredan, Leonardo (1436-1521); info: Doge of Venice (1501-1521) 1502 : Italy Aldus Manutius's Petition against Counterfeiters 1515: Italy * Ariosto's Printing Privilege Lose, C. C. (fl.1802-1830); info: Danish music publisher 1830: Germany * Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy Lossing, Benson J. (1813-1891); info: American historian; editor 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Lottin, Augustin-Martin (1726-1793); info: bookseller; Imprimeur du Roy 1777: France * French Decree of 30 August 1777, on the duration of privileges Lotze, Rudolf Hermann (1817-1881); info: German philosopher 1880 : Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Louganis, John Claudius (1783-1843); info: Scottish horticultural writer; dendrologist; designer 1837: USA Petition of British Authors Louis XI (1423-1483); info: King of France (1461-1483) 1841: France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property Louis XII (1462-1515); info: King of France (1498-1515) 1507 : France * Eloy d'Amerval's privilege 1515: France * Galliot Du Pré's Privilege 1725: France * Louis d'Héricourt's memorandum 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Louis XIII (1601-1643); info: King of France (1610-1643) 1618 : France * Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade 1725: France * Louis d'Héricourt's memorandum 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade 1826: France * Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Louis XIV (1638-1715); also: Le Roi Soleil; info: King of France (1643-1715) 1649: France Book trade regulations 1660: France * Decree on Engravings 1665: France * French book trade regulations 1676: France * Decree on Sculptures 1686: France * Book trade regulations 1690: France * Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers 1701: France * Royal letters patent 1704: United Kingdom * Defoe's Essay on the Press 1714: France Decree on Fine Arts 1735: United Kingdom The Case of Designers, Engravers, Etchers, &c. 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers 1777: France * Royal declaration on sculpture and painting 1778: France * Pluquet's letters 1791: France * Le Chapelier's report 1826: France * Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission 1834: France * Balzac's letter to authors 1841: France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property 1841: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.) 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Louis XV (1710-1774); info: King of France (1715-1774) 1723: France * Code de la Librairie 1749: France * Crébillon case 1761: France * La Fontaine case 1762: France * Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade 1770: France * Luneau de Boisjermain's case 1777: France * Royal declaration on sculpture and painting 1826: France * Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission 1841: France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property Louis XVI (1754-1793); info: King of France (1774-1793) 1776 : France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers 1777: France * French Decree of 30 August 1777, on the duration of privileges 1777: France * Royal declaration on sculpture and painting 1778: France * Pluquet's letters 1780: France * Dramatic Act 1780: Italy Venetian Reprint of the French Decree of 30 August 1777, on the duration of privileges 1786: France * French Decree on Musical Publications 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Louis XVIII (1755-1824); info: King of France (1814-1824) 1814 : France * Court of Cassation on sculptures 1826: France * Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Louis-Philippe (1773-1850); also: Égalité; info: King of the French (1830-1848) 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (9 May) 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Lounsbury, Thomas Raynesford (1838-1915); info: American literary historian; Professor of English Language and Literature at Yale (1871-1906) 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Loveland, Frank Olds (1861-1915); info: clerk at Court of Appeals 1900: USA Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co., Circuit Court Decision Lovell, John (1810-1893); info: Canadian publisher 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Lover, Samuel (1797-1868); info: Irish songwriter 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Lovisa, Domenico (c.1690-c.1750); info: Venetian publisher 1781 : Italy * "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings Lowell, James Russell (1819-1891); info: American poet; essayist; diplomat 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Lowell, John (1824-1897); info: American federal judge 1896: USA Hearing on H.R. 5976 Lowe, Joseph (d.1831); info: Scottish economic pamphleteer; author of article on "Copyright" in the "Encyclopaedia Britannica" 1837: USA Address of Certain Authors Lowndes, John J. (fl.1840); info: legal writer 1840: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.) 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Lowndes, Thomas (fl.1769); info: bookseller 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents Lowth, Robert (1710-1787); info: Professor of Poetry at Oxford (1741-1752); grammarian; Bishop of Oxford (1766-1777) 1782: USA Letter from Smith to Webster Loyd, Samuel Jones, 1st Baron Overstone (1796-1883); info: banker; art collector 1862: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (22 May) 1862: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (23 May) 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Lubbock, Sir John, 1st Baron Avebury (1834-1913); info: politician; writer on natural history 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Lucan (39-65); also: Marcus Annaeus Lucanus; info: Roman poet 1503 : Italy * Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Lucaris, Cyril (1572-1638); also: Lukaris; info: Patriarch of Constantinople (1621-1638); theologian 1643: United Kingdom * The Humble Remonstrance of the Stationers' Company Lucian (c.117-c.180); info: Greek satirist; rhetorician 1590 : Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" 1675: Germany * Counterfeited Privilege in Grimmelshausen's "The Magic Bird's Nest" Lucretius (c.99 B.C.-55 B.C.); also: Titus Lucretius Carus; info: Roman poet; Roman philosopher 1761: United Kingdom Tonson v. Collins 1762: United Kingdom * An Enquiry into Literary Property 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May) 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Lucullus, Lucius Licinius (c.110 B.C.-57 B.C.); info: Roman soldier; gourmet; patron of the arts 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Ludewig, Johann Peter von (1668-1743); also: Ludovicus Petrus Giovanni; J.P. Ludovici; Johann Peter von Hohenhard; Pharamundus Chlodoveus (pseudonyms); info: author; Professor of Law at Halle 1740: Germany * Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books" Ludewig, Johann Peter von (1668-1743); also: Ludovicus Petrus Giovanni; J.P. Ludovici; Johann Peter von Hohenhard; Pharamundus Chlodoveus (pseudonyms); info: Professor of Law at Halle 1738 : Germany * Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books Ludwig I (1786-1868); info: King of Bavaria (1825-1848); patron of the arts 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright Lufft, Hans (1495-1584); info: printer 1541: Germany * Luther's "Warning to the Printers" Lumley, Benjamin (1811-1875); also: Benjamin Levy; info: English opera manager; solicitor 1853: France Court of Cassation on translations 1853: USA * Stowe v. Thomas Luneau de Boisjermain, Pierre-Joseph-Francois (1732-1801); info: author; editor 1770: France * Luneau de Boisjermain's case Lurton, Horace Harmon (1844-1914); info: American federal appellate judge 1900: USA Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co., Circuit Court Decision 1902: USA Bleistein's Brief 1902: USA Bleistein: Donaldson Lithographing Co. Brief 1903: USA * Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co. Lush, Sir Robert (1807-1881); info: judge 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Luther, Martin (1483-1546); info: author; religious reformer; translator 1525: Germany Luther's "Admonition to the Printers" 1534: Germany Privilege of the Elector of Saxony 1541: Germany * Luther's "Warning to the Printers" 1549: Germany * Electoral Saxon Printing and Censorship Acts from 1549 to 1717 1659: Germany * Schupp: The Book Thief 1738: Germany * Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books 1740: Germany * Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books" 1793: Germany * Fichte: Proof of the Unlawfulness of Reprinting 1815: Germany * Annotated Publishers' Petition to the Congress of Vienna 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Lycurgus; info: law-giver of Sparta 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Lyell, Charles (1767-1849); info: Scottish mycologist; translator of Dante's "Inferno" 1837: USA Petition of British Authors Lyell, Sir Charles (1797-1875); info: Scottish geologist 1837: USA Petition of British Authors 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Lynch, William Francis (1801-1865); info: American naval officer 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Lünig, Johann Christian (1662-1740); info: jurist; historian 1608 : Germany * "Books Constitution" of Emperor Rudolf II Lyon, Gardner P. (fl.1841); info: American bookseller 1841: USA * Folsom v. Marsh Lysander (d.395 B.C.); info: Spartan naval commander 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Lysias (c.458 B.C.-c.380 B.C.); info: Greek orator 1762: United Kingdom * An Enquiry into Literary Property Lysons, Samuel (1763-1819); info: engraver; antiquary; mosaic archaeologist; Fellow of the Royal Society 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Lyson, Daniel (fl.1808); info: engraver 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Lyson, Samuel (fl.1808); info: engraver 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Lyttelton, George William, 4th Baron Lyttelton (1817-1876); info: politician 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May) 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report Lyttelton, Thomas, 2nd Baron Lyttelton of Frankley (1744-1779); also: Littleton; info: politician; profligate 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1774: United Kingdom The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright Lytton, Edward George Lytton Bulwer, 1st Baron (1803-1873); info: novelist; playwright; essayist; poet; politician 1832: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May) 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature 1833: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Dramatic Literary Property Act (12 March) 1833: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Dramatic Literary Property Act (24 July) 1837: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Dec.) 1837: USA Petition of British Authors 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (9 May) 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (20 March) 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1853: USA "Uncle Tom" at Law 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1896: USA Treloar Copyright Bill (H.R. 5976) L'Estrange, Roger (1616-1704); info: press censor; author 1663: United Kingdom L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals Maas, Louis (1852-1889); info: German composer; pianist; Professor at the Leipzig Conservatoire; music teacher in Boston 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Mabie, Hamilton Wright (1846-1916); info: American essayist; critic 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Maboul, Jean-François (d.1757); info: director of the Librairie (1740-) 1778: France * Pluquet's letters MacAlister, James A. (1840-1913); info: Scottish-born American lawyer; school superintendent 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Macaulay, Catherine (1731-1791); info: historian 1774: United Kingdom Enfield's Observations 1774: United Kingdom Stella's Modest Exceptions 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Macaulay, Thomas Babington (1800-1859); info: historian; essayist; poet 1841: France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property 1841: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (16 Mar.) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right 1883: USA Sarony's Brief 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Maccari, Hilda (fl.1899); info: circus danseuse 1902: USA Bleistein: Three Posters Macdiarmid, John (1779-1808); info: journalist; author 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence MacDonald, George (1824-1905); info: Scottish poet; novelist 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence MacDonald, Sir Archibald (1747-1826); info: lawyer; Attorney-General 1773: United Kingdom Information for Messrs John Hinton et al Macdonald, Sir John Alexander (1815-1891); info: Scottish-born Canadian statesman; Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada (1867-1873) 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Macdowall, Andrew (1685-1760); also: Lord Bankton; info: judge 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1773: United Kingdom Information for Messrs John Hinton et al 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Macevoy, Edward Francis (b.1826); info: MP 1862: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (31 March) Macfarlane, Charles (1799-1858); info: historian; traveller 1837: USA Petition of British Authors Macfarren, Sir George Alexander (1813-1887); Professor at the Royal Academy of Music; composer 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Macfie, Robert Andrew (1811-1893); info: politician; sugar refiner; author of "Copyright and Patents for Inventions" (1879) 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence MacGregor, John (1797-1857); info: MP; statistician; traveller; historian 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright MacGregor, John (1825-1892); also: 'Rob Roy'; info: Scottish explorer; travel writer 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Machiavelli, Niccolo (1469-1527); info: Italian statesman; writer; political philosopher 1531: Italy * Antonio Blado's privilege for Machiavelli's works 1531: Italy * Bernardo Giunti's privilege for Machiavelli's works 1532: Italy Antonio Blado's edition of Machiavelli's "History of Florence" 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Mackay, Charles (1814-1889); info: Scottish songwriter 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Mackay-Smith, Alexander (1850-1911); info: Archdeacon of New York 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Mackellan, John (fl.1846); info: Canadian petitioner 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Mackenzie, Alexander Slidell (1803-1848); info: American naval officer; author 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Mackenzie, Alexander (1822-1892); info: Scottish-born Canadian statesman; Prime Minister of Canada (1873-1878) 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Mackenzie, Sir George (1636-1691); info: lawyer; politician 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Mackenzie, Sir George (1636/38-1691); info: lawyer; politician 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1773: United Kingdom Information for Messrs John Hinton et al Mackenzie, William Lyon (1795-1861); info: Canadian journalist; politician 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Mackinnon, William Alexander (1784-1870); info: MP 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Mackintosh, Sir James (1765-1832); info: political writer; politician 1814: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (18 July) 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (20 March) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Macklin, Charles (c.1697-1797); info: actor; dramatist 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1773: United Kingdom Information for Messrs John Hinton et al 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Macklin, Thomas (1752/53-1800); info: printseller; art dealer 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Macklot, Karl Friedrich (d.1812); info: publisher 1809: Germany * Baden Civil Code MacLaurin, John (1734-1796); also: Lord Dreghorn; info: Scottish judge; writer; author of "Essay on the origin and progress of literary property" 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence MacLaurin, John (1734-1796); info: judge; writer 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Maclay, William Brown (1812-1882); info: American politician 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Macleod, Henry Dunning (1821-1902); also: McLeod; info: Scottish economist 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Macleod, Norman (1812-1872); info: Scottish theologian 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Maclise, Daniel (1806-1870); info: painter 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee MacMillan, Alexander (1818-1896); info: publisher 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Macpherson, James (1736-1796); info: Scottish poet; 'translator' of Ossian 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Macready, William Charles (1793-1873); info: actor 1832: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May) 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Madison, James (1751-1836); info: American politician; U.S. President (1809-1817) 1782: USA Letter from Smith to Webster 1783: USA Continental Congress Resolution 1784: USA Letter from Noah Webster to James Madison 1787: USA Madison's Edited Journal Record 1787: USA Madison's Journal Record 1788: USA The Federalist No. 43 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report 1841: USA * Folsom v. Marsh 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1883: USA Burrow-Giles' Brief 1883: USA Sarony's Brief Maecenas, Gaius Cilnius (d.8 B.C.); info: Roman statesman; patron of letters 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" 1841: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.) Mahan, Dennis Hart (1802-1871); info: American military theorist; Professor of military science at West Point (1824-1871) 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Mailher de Chassat, Antoine (1781-1864); info: French jurist 1902 : France * Court of Cassation on moral rights Maimbourg, Louis (1610-1686); info: Jesuit; historian 1690: France * Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers Maine, Sir Henry James Sumner (1822-1888); info: jurist; historian 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Mair, John (fl.1741); info: author of book-keeping manual 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson Maissat, Pierre (fl.1673); info: secretary to the King's Council of State 1665: France * French book trade regulations Maittaire, Michael (1668-1747); info: author; classical scholar; typographer; lecturer at Westminster School 1695-1699 1738: Germany * Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson Malassis, Clement (fl.1650-1665); info: publisher 1665: France * French book trade regulations Malcolm, Rev. Howard (1799-1879); info: American clergyman; missionary 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Malebranche, Nicolas (1638-1715); info: philosopher 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Malesherbes, Chrétien Guillaume de Lamoignon de (1721-1794); info: lawyer; statesman; director of the Librairie (1750-1763) 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers 1834: France * Balzac's letter to authors 1841: France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property Malins, Sir Richard (1805-1882); info: judge 1879: USA Baker's Argument 1879: USA * Baker v. Selden 1883: USA Burrow-Giles' Brief Mallet, David (c.1705-1765); also: Malloch; info: Scottish poet 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson Mallet, Sir Louis (1823-1890); info: civil servant; economist 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report Mallinckrodt, Bernhard (1591-1664); info: Dean of the Cathedral of Münster; bibliophile 1738: Germany * Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books Malmesbury, James Howard Harris, 3rd Earl of (1807-1889); info: statesman; Foreign Secretary (1852, 1858-1859) 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Malone, Edmond (1741-1812); also: Edmund; info: Shakespearean scholar; editor of Shakespeare's works 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Malory, Sir Thomas (c.1495-1471); info: writer; compiler of Arthurian romances 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Maltby, A. H. (d.1853); info: American bookseller 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Maltby, Edward (1770-1859); info: Bishop of Durham (1837-1859); editor 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Malthus, Thomas Robert (1766-1834); info: economist; clergyman 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Mandry, Johann Gustav Karl von (1832-1902); info: jurist; Professor of law at Tübingen 1867: Germany * Mandry: Commentary on the Bavarian Copyright Act of 1865 1877: Germany * Gareis: Juridical Nature of Author's Rights 1878: France * Morillot on the author's right 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Manet, Édouard (1832-1883); info: French painter 1903: USA * Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co. Manfré, Marcantonio (fl.1743-1780); info: Venetian printer; Prior of the Venetian Guild of Printers and Booksellers 1780: Italy * "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents 1781: Italy * "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings Manners, Lord John James Robert (1818-1906); info: politician; Postmaster General 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report 1879: United Kingdom Copyright Consolidation Bill Manners-Sutton, Charles, 1st Viscount Canterbury (1780-1845); info: Tory politician; Speaker of the House of Commons (1817-1834) 1814: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (12 July) Manning, Owen (1721-1801); info: county historian; Old English scholar 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Mansel, Sir Robert (1573-1656); info: Vice-Admiral of England 1624: United Kingdom * Statute of Monopolies Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl (1705-1793); info: judge; politician 1741: United Kingdom Pope v Curl: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders 1761: United Kingdom Tonson v. Collins 1762: United Kingdom * Tonson v. Collins 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1774: United Kingdom The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1775: United Kingdom * Stationers' Company v. Carnan 1777: United Kingdom * Bach v. Longman 1798: United Kingdom * Beckford v. Hood 1826: USA Letter from Daniel Webster to Noah Webster 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May) 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright 1853: USA * Stowe v. Thomas 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee 1862: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (22 May) 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report 1879: USA Baker's Argument 1883: USA Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Manutius, Aldus (1449/50-1515); also: Aldo Romano; Aldo Manuzio; info: printer; publisher 1501: Italy Vergilius 1502: Italy Aldus Manutius's Petition against Counterfeiters 1503: Italy * Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon 1841: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.) Manutius, Aldus (1449/50-1515); info: printer, editor, humanist 1501: Italy Le Cose volgari. Manzoni, Alessandro (1785-1873); info: Italian novelist; poet 1880 : Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Marcadé, Victor-Napoléon (1810-1854); info: French jurist 1902: France * Court of Cassation on moral rights Marcello, Giacomo (fl.1549); info: Venetian patrician 1549: Italy * Statutes of the Venetian Guild of Printers and Booksellers Marcellus, Marcus Claudius (c.268 B.C.-c.208 B.C.); info: Roman soldier; consul 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Marchand, Prosper, (c.1675-1756); bookseller; historian of the art of printing 1740: Germany * Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books" Marchant, John (fl.1751); info: publisher 1751: United Kingdom Tonson v. Walker Marchesini, Davidde (fl.1765-1780); info: Secretary of the Board of Governors for the University of Padua 1780: Italy * "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents Marcy, William Learned (1786-1857); info: American statesman; U.S. Secretary of State (1853-1857) 1853: USA British-American Copyright Convention Draft Mareschal, Jules (b.1793); info: civil servant 1826: France * Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission Marey, Etienne Jules (1830-1903); info: physiologist; pioneer of scientific cinematography 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report Margaret of Anjou (1429-1482); info: Queen of England by marriage to Henry IV 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Maria Christina of Austria (1858-1929); info: Queen Consort of King Alfonso XII of Spain; Queen Regent of Spain (1885-1902) 1886: United Kingdom Berne Convention 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Mariette, Jean (fl.1709-1730); info: printer 1725: France * Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum Marion, Simon (1540-1605); also: Baron de Druy; info: lawyer; councillor to the King of France 1586: France * Simon Marion's plea on privileges Marius, Simon (1570-1624); also: Mayr; info: astronomer 1762: United Kingdom * An Enquiry into Literary Property 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson Marks, Henry Stacey (1829-1898); also: Stacy; info: painter; decorative artist 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1902: USA Bleistein's Brief Marlborough, John Churchill, 1st Duke of (1650-1722); info: military commander 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1840: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.) 1841: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.) 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Marlowe, Julia (1866-1950); also: Sarah Frances Frost; info: English-born American actress 1893: USA Falk v. Donaldson Marmontel, Jean François (1723-1799); info: author 1777: France * Linguet's memorandum 1778: France * Pluquet's letters 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) Marnas (fl.1814); info: lawyer 1814: France * Court of Cassation on compilations Marogna, Nicolò (fl.1590-1618); info: Italian philosopher; physician 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Marryat, Florence (1838-1899); info: novelist 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Marryat, Frederick (1792-1848); also: Captain Marryat; info: naval officer; novelist 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (9 May) 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Marryat, Mr. (fl.1798); info: lawyer 1798: United Kingdom * Beckford v. Hood Marshall, John (1755-1835); info: American jurist; Chief Justice of the United States (1801-1835) 1834: USA Letters from Sumner to Story 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report 1837: USA Address of Certain Authors 1838: USA Report, from the Committee on Patents 1841: USA Master in Chancery Report 1841: USA * Folsom v. Marsh 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials 1883: USA Sarony's Brief Marsham, Thomas (d.1819); info: shoemaker; entomologist 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Marshe, Thomas (fl.1554); info: printer 1554: United Kingdom Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers Marsh, Anne, née Caldwell (1791-1874); info: author 1837: USA Petition of British Authors Marsh, Bela (1797-1869); info: American publisher 1841: USA Master in Chancery Report 1841: USA * Folsom v. Marsh Marsh, Charles (c.1774-1835); info: barrister; politician 1814: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (12 July) 1814: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (18 July) 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Marston, Edward (1825-1914); info: publisher; writer; angler 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Marston, John Westland (1819-1890); info: dramatist 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Mars, Mademoiselle (1779-1847); also: Anne Françoise Hyppolyte Boutet; info: actress 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Martène, Edmond (1654-1739); info: historian; liturgist 1763 : France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade Martial, Marcus Valerius Martialis (c.40-c.104); info: Roman poet; epigrammatist 1503: Italy * Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon 1738: Germany * Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books 1766: United Kingdom Blackstone's Commentaries, Vol.II (selected extracts) 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1878: France * Morillot on the author's right 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Martineau, Harriet (1802-1876); info: journalist; writer 1837: USA Petition of British Authors 1840: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Martinengo, Venceslao (fl.1780-1797); info: Venetian patrician 1780 : Italy * "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents 1781: Italy * "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings Martin, Edme (fl.1650); info: bookseller 1618: France * Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade Martin, François Xavier (1762-1846); also: Francois; info: French-born American jurist; legal writer 1790: USA Sample registrations Martin, Gabriel (fl.1687); info: printer 1725: France * Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum Martin, Henri (1793-1882); info: circus performer; lion-tamer 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Martin, John (1789-1854); info: painter 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Martin, John (1791-1856); info: bookseller; publisher 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Martin, Nicollas (fl.1650); info: bookseller 1618: France * Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade Martin, Sir Theodore (1816-1909); info: Scottish author; biographer of Prince Albert 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Martin, William (fl.1793-1810); info: palaeontologist 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Mary I (1516-1558); info: Queen of England (1553-1558) 1554: United Kingdom Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers 1558: United Kingdom Calve's privilege for the 'Holsome and Catholick Doctrine' 1558: United Kingdom Phayer's privilege for Virgil's Aeneid 1559: United Kingdom Seres' patent for Primers and Psalters 1684: United Kingdom Stationers' Charter 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1775: United Kingdom * Stationers' Company v. Carnan 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Mary II (1662-1694); info: Queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1689-1694) 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587); info: Queen of Scotland (1542-1587) 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1773: United Kingdom Information for Messrs John Hinton et al 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Marzials, Theo (1850-1920); also: Théophile-Jules-Henri; info: British composer; singer; poet 1896: USA Hearing on H.R. 5976 Masaniello (1623-1647); also: Tommasso Aniello; info: fisherman; Neapolitan patriot 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Maseres, Francis (1731-1824); also: Baron Maseres; info: Cursitor Baron of the Exchequer; writer on mathematics 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Mash, Thomas Baucott (fl.1832); info: Comptroller under the Lord Chamberlain 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Maskelyne, Nevil (1732-1811); info: astronomer 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Mason, Edward Gay (1839-1898); info: American lawyer; President of the Chicago Literary Club (1874-1898) 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Mason, Edward Tuckerman (1847-1911); info: American theatre critic 1888: USA American Authors and British Pirates Mason, Erskine (1805-1851); info: American clergyman 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Mason, William (1725-1797); info: poet; clergyman; editor of Thomas Gray's works 1814: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (18 July) 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Mason, William (1829-1908); info: American composer; pianist 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Massey, William Nathaniel (1809-1881); info: MP; historian 1861: United Kingdom Fine Art Copyright Bill 1862: United Kingdom Fine Art Copyright Bill (20 March) 1862: United Kingdom Fine Art Copyright Bill (27 Feb.) 1862: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (28 Feb.) 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Massillon, Jean Baptiste (1663-1742); info: prelate 1777: France * Linguet's memorandum Massinger, Philip (1583-1640); info: playwright 1832: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May) 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Masters, Joseph (fl.1850-1876); info: publisher of sacred music 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Mathews, Albert (1820-1903); info: American author 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Mathews, Charles (1776-1835); info: comedian; entertainer; monopolylogue 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Mathews, Cornelius (1817-1889); info: American writer 1838: USA Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Mathieu de Dombasle, Christophe-Joseph-Alexandre (1777-1843); info: agronomist 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Matthews, Brander (1852-1929); info: American writer; Professor of Literature at Columbia University 1888: USA American Authors and British Pirates 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Matthews, Charles James (1803-1878); info: comedian 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Matthews, James Muscoe (1822-1905); info: American lawyer; legal scholar 1863: USA Confederate States of America Copyright Act Amendement Matthews, John (fl.1818); info: foreman at the Cambridge University printing-office 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Matthews, William (1818-1909); info: American lawyer; publisher; author 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1888: USA American Authors and British Pirates Matthias, Benjamin (c.1809-1852); info: American author 1837: USA Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States Mattioli, Pietro Andrea (1501-1577); also: Matthiolus; info: Italian physician; naturalist; botanist 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Maudsley, Henry (1835-1918); info: psychiatrist 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report Maugham, Robert (1788-1862); info: lawyer; first secretary of Law Society 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright Maule, William Henry (1788-1858); info: judge 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Maurenbrecher, Romeo (1803-1843); info: jurist 1857: Germany * Wächter: "Publishing Right" Maurice I (1521-1553); info: Duke of Saxony (1541-1553); Elector of Saxony (1547-1553) 1549: Germany * Electoral Saxon Printing and Censorship Acts from 1549 to 1717 Maurice, Rev Thomas (1754-1824); info; oriental scholar; historian 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Maury, Alfred (1817-1892); info: physician 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Maury, Jean Siffrein (1746-1817); info: prelate 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright Maury, Matthew Fontaine (1806-1873); info: American hydrographer 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Mavor, William Fordyce (1758-1837); info: compiler of educational works 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Mawman, Joseph (fl.1797-1815); info: bookseller; publisher; newspaper proprietor 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Maximilian I (1459-1519); info: Holy Roman Emperor (1493-1519) 1501 : Germany * Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica 1511: Germany * Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Maximilian I (1459-1519); info: Holy Roman Emperor (1508-1519) 1502 : Germany Privilege of the Imperial Senate for Works of Conrad Celtis 1511: Germany Imperial Privilege for Konrad Peutinger 1511: Germany * Imperial Privilege for Albrecht Dürer 1513: Germany * Imperial privilege for Eucharius Rösslin Maximilian II (1527-1576); info: Holy Roman Emperor (1564-1576) 1790: Germany * J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire Maxwell, James (fl.1616); info: merchant 1624: United Kingdom * Statute of Monopolies Maxwell, John (1824-1895); info: publisher; editor of the "Belgravia" magazine 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Mayall, John Jabez Edwin (1813-1901); info: photographer; first photographer of Queen Victoria 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Mayberry, Samuel V. (fl.1879); info: witness 1879: USA Selden's Argument Mayer, Léopold Ernst (fl.1862); info: photographer 1862 : France * Court of Cassation on photography Mayer, Louis Frédéric (fl.1862); info: photographer 1862 : France * Court of Cassation on photography Maylard, Leonard (fl.1554); also: Mayler; info: printer; bookseller 1554: United Kingdom Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers Mayne, John Dawson (1828-1917); info: English judge in India; author of treatises on Indian law 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Mayne, Robert D. (fl.1873); info: Chief Magistrate of Lagos 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Mayo, Frank (1839-1896); info: American actor 1896: USA Debate in Congress Mazarin, Jules (1602-1661); info: Chief Minister of France (1642-1661) 1690: France * Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers McAdam, John Loudon (1756-1836); info: Scottish inventor; engineer 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise McCarter, Henry (1864-1942); info: American artist 1902: USA Bleistein's Brief McCarthy, Justin (1830-1912); info: journalist 1896: USA The Question of Copyright McClelland, Mary Greenway (1853-1895); info: American author 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 McClure, Sir Robert John le Mesurier (1807-1873); info: Irish explorer 1853: USA Letters on International copyright McClurg, Alexander C. (1832-1901); info: American publisher; bookseller 1896: USA The Question of Copyright McCosh, James (1811-1894); info: Scottish philosopher; President of New Jersey College (1868-1888) 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 McCulloch, John Ramsay (1789-1864); info: political economist 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May) 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence McDuffie, George (1790-1851); info: American politician; congressman 1834: USA Letters from Sumner to Story McHenry, James (1753-1816); info: Irish-born American statesman 1841: USA Master in Chancery Report McHenry, James (1785-1845); info: Irish-born American playwright; novelist 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials McKean, Thomas (1734-1817); info: American lawyer; politician; Chief Justice of Pennsylvania (1777-1799) 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report McKenna, Joseph (1843-1926); info: American politician; Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1898-1925) 1903: USA * Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co. McKeon, John (1808-1883); info: American politician 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States McKonochie, Alexander (fl.1773); info: lawyer 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson McLean, John (1785-1861); info: American jurist; politician; Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1830-1861) 1830: USA Letter from John McLean to Richard Peters Jr. 1834: USA Letters from Sumner to Story 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1879: USA Baker's Argument McLeod, John (c.1777-1820); info: surgeon on HMS Alceste; author 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence McMaster, John Bach (1852-1932); info: American historian 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 1896: USA The Question of Copyright McMurchy, Archibald (1832-1912); info: Canadian mathematician 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence McNeill, Duncan, 1st Baron Colonsay (1793-1874); info: Scottish judge 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1888: USA American Authors and British Pirates McTammany, John (1845-1915); info: Scottish-born American inventor; organette manufacturer 1896: USA Hearing on H.R. 5976 McVickar, John (1787-1868); info: American political economist 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials McVickar, Rev. John (1787-1868); info: American economist 1837: USA Address of Certain Authors 1837: USA Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States 1837: USA Petition of British Authors Meade, Sir Robert Henry (1835-1898); info: civil servant 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Mead, Edwin Doak (1849-1937); info: American reformer; editor 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Medici, Cosimo I, 'the Great' (1519-1574); info: Duke of Florence (1537-1574); Grand Duke of Tuscany (1569-1574) 1841: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.) Medici, Cosimo (1389-1464); also: 'Pater Patriae'; info: Florentine financier; statesman; philanthropist; patron of the arts 1841: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.) Medici, Giovanni de Bicci (1360-1429); info: Florentine banker; public benefactor; patron of the arts 1841: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.) Medici, Lorenzo, 'the magnificent' (1449-1492); info: Duke of Florence (1469-1492); poet; patron of the arts; patron of letters 1841: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.) Meek, Alexander Beaufort (1814-1865); info: American poet; newspaper editor 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Meidenbach, Johann (fl.1440); also: Meidenbachius; info: engraver 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor Meilhac, Henri (1831-1897); info: playwright; librettist 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Meißner, Johann August (fl.1805-1841); info: publisher 1853 : Germany Bilateral Treaty between Hamburg and Great Britain Mejía, Pedro (1499-1551); also: Petrus Messia; Mexia; info: Spanish nobleman; author 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Melbourne, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount (1779-1848); info: Prime Minister (1834, 1835-1841) 1832: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May) 1833: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Dramatic Literary Property Act (12 March) Mellon, Grenville (fl.1829-1837); info: American writer 1837: USA Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States Mellon, Harriet (1777-1837); also: Duchess of St Albans; info: actress 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Mellor, Sir John (1809-1887); info: judge 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Melmoth, William, 'the Younger' (1710-1799); info: translator 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor Melville, Herman (1819-1891); info: American novelist 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Melvill, Henry (1798-1871); info: Anglican priest 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Memo, Anzolo (fl.1780); info: Venetian patrician 1780: Italy * "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents 1781: Italy * "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings Menander (c.343 B.C.-291 B.C.); info: Greek comedy writer 1762: United Kingdom A Vindication of the Rights of Authors 1762: United Kingdom * An Enquiry into Literary Property 1762: United Kingdom * Tonson v. Collins Mencke, Lüder (1658-1726); info: judge; Professor of law at Leipzig 1738: Germany * Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books 1740: Germany * Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books" Mengering, Arnold (1596-1647); info: preacher 1738: Germany * Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books Menius, Christian August (fl.1773); info: jurist 1773: Germany * Saxonian Statute Mentelin, Johannes (c.1410-1478); also: Mentlin; Mentelius; info: printer 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor Mentel, Johannes (c.1410-1478); info: bookseller; printer of the first German Bible (1466) 1738: Germany * Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books Menzies, William (fl.1863); info: Deputy Surveyor of Windsor Forests and Parks 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Mercator, Gerardus (1512-1594); also: Gerhard Kremer; info: geographer; map-maker 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Mérigot, Jacques (fl.1750-1785); info: bookseller 1786 : France * French Decree on Musical Publications Mérimée, Prosper (1803-1870); info: novelist 1834 : France * Balzac's letter to authors 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Merivale, Charles (1808-1893); info: historian; Dean of Ely Cathedral 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Merkel, Adolf (1836-1896); info: German jurist; criminalist 1880 : Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Merkus (fl.1755-1770); info: publisher 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade Merlin, Philippe-Antoine (1778-1854); also: Comte Merlin; Merlin de Douai; info: lawyer; politician 1814: France * Court of Cassation on sculptures 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report 1841: France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1853: Germany * Bluntschli: On Authors' Rights 1853: USA * Stowe v. Thomas 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1902: France * Court of Cassation on moral rights Merula, Georgius (c.1430-1494); info: Italian humanist; classical scholar 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Mesenguy, François-Philippe, Abbé (1677-1763); info: theologian; Jansenist 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Mesnard, M. (fl.1842); info: clerk 1842: France * Court of Cassation on artistic property Mesnes, Henry de (fl.1618); info: counsellor to the King of France 1618 : France * Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade Metastasio (1698-1782); also: Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi; info: Italian poet; librettist 1781: Italy * "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings Métayer, Jamet (fl.1588-1605); info: printer 1650: France * Vitré's memorandum on the prolongation of privileges Metcalf, Samuel Lytler (1798-1856); info: American physician 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Mettayer, Pierre (d.1639); info: printer; bookbinder 1665: France * French book trade regulations 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Metternich, Clemens Lothar Wenzel von (1773-1859); info: Austrian statesman 1840: Germany * Bilateral Treaty between Austria and Sardinia Meturas, Gaspard (fl.1648-1674); info: bookseller; publisher 1690: France * Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers Meurose, James (fl.1760-1770); info: printer 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1773: United Kingdom Information for Messrs John Hinton et al 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Meves; info: jurist 1877: Germany * Gareis: Juridical Nature of Author's Rights Meyerbeer, Giacomo (1791-1864); also: Jakob Beer; info: opera composer 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Meyer, Dr Ernst (d.1911); info: official at the German Ministry of Justice 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Meyer, Gottfried Martin (d.1846); info: music publisher 1829 : Germany Music publishers' agreement to ban reprinting 1830: Germany * Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy Meyer, Johann Christoph (fl.1765-1788); info: publisher 1765 : Germany * Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel Meyer, Johann Ernst (fl.1760-1788); info: publisher 1765: Germany * Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel Meyer, Jürgen Bona (1829-1897); info: German philosopher 1880 : Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Mézeray, François-Eudes de (1610-1683); info: historian 1763 : France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade Michaud, Joseph François (1767-1839); info: historian; publicist 1826: France * Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission Michelangelo (1475-1564); also: Michelagniolo di Lodovico Buonarotti; info: sculptor; painter; poet 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1841: France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property 1861: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Bill (6 May) 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1896: USA Hearing on H.R. 5976 Middlebrook, Samuel (fl.1848); info: American bookbinder 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Middleton, Conyers (1683-1750); info: controversialist; clergyman 1761: United Kingdom Tonson v. Collins 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Middleton, Henry (d.1587); info: printer 1554: United Kingdom Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers Midwinter, Daniel (fl.1705-1746); info: bookseller 1729: United Kingdom Gay v. Read 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson Mignet, François Auguste Marie (1796-1884); info: historian 1834 : France * Balzac's letter to authors Mildmay, Sir Henry St. John (1764-1808); info: MP 1799: United Kingdom Documents concerning the Models and Busts Act Miles, Pliny (d.1865); info: American bookseller 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Miles, Thomas Stapleton, 8th Baron Beaumont (1805-1854) 1852: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (30 April) Millais, Sir John Everett (1829-1896); info: painter 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1902: USA Bleistein's Brief Millan, John (d.1584); info: bookseller 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents Millar, Andrew (1705-1768); info: bookseller 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1773: United Kingdom Information for Messrs John Hinton et al 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May) 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright Millar, Jane (fl.1768); info: bookseller's widow 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents Miller, George (fl.1637); info: master printer 1637: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree Miller, Johann (c.1516); info: printer 1516: Germany Imperial Privilege for Johannes Eck Miller, Philip (1691-1771); info: botanist 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Miller, Samuel Freeman (1816-1890); info: Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1862-1890) 1883: USA Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony 1883: USA Burrow-Giles' Brief 1902: USA Bleistein's Brief 1902: USA Bleistein: Donaldson Lithographing Co. Brief Miller, Sir Thomas, 1st Baronet (1717-1789); info: Lord Justice Clerk 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Mills, Charles K. (fl.1893); info: American lithographer 1893: USA Falk v. Donaldson Mill, James (1773-1836); info: Scottish philosopher; historian; economist 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Mill, John Stuart (1806-1873); info: philosopher; social reformer; proponent of utilitarianism 1839: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.) 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Milman, Rev. Henry Hart (1791-1868); info: dramatist; historian; Anglican minister 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature 1837: USA Petition of British Authors 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Milnes, Richard Monckton, 1st Baron Houghton (1809-1885); info: author; politician 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April) 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (9 May) 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (20 March) 1839: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (1 May) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Milocco, Benedetto (fl.1747-1781); info: Venetian publisher 1781 : Italy * "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings Milton, John (1608-1674); info: poet; polemicist 1667: United Kingdom * Milton's Contract 1751: United Kingdom Tonson v. Walker 1761: United Kingdom Tonson v. Collins 1762: United Kingdom * Tonson v. Collins 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1773: United Kingdom Information for Messrs John Hinton et al 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson 1774: United Kingdom Enfield's Observations 1774: United Kingdom Macauley's A Modest Plea 1774: United Kingdom Stella's Modest Exceptions 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1774: United Kingdom The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April) 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (6 June) 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (9 May) 1839: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (1 May) 1840: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.) 1840: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (4 Feb.) 1841: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (29 Jan.) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May) 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Minshull, George Rowland (fl.1832); info: magistrate 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Mirabeau, Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de (1749-1791); info: revolutionary politician; orator 1841: France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Mirabeau, Victor Riqueti, Marquis de (1715-1789); info: soldier; economist 1776: France * Fragments on the Freedom of the Press Mirault, Antoine (fl.1600); info: bookseller 1618: France * Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade Miromesnil, Armand Thomas Hue de (1723-1796); info: Deputy to the Chancellor of France (1774-1787) 1778: France * Pluquet's letters Mitchell, Donald Grant (1822-1908); also: Ike Marvel (pseudonym); info: American essayist; novelist 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Mitchell, Samuel Augustus (1792-1868); info: American geographer; publisher of geography textbooks 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Mitchell, Silas Weir (1829-1914); info: American physician; writer 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Mitford, Mary Russell (1787-1855); info: novelist; dramatist 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature 1837: USA Petition of British Authors 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Mittermaier, Karl Joseph Anton von (1787-1867); info: jurist; statesman; editor of foreign law journal 1824: Germany * Neustetel: The Reprinting of Books 1853: Germany * Bluntschli: On Authors' Rights Mocenigo, Alvise IV Giovanni (1701-1778); info: Doge of Venice (1763-1778) 1740: Italy Venetian Decree Against Unauthorized Printing of Songs Modeste, Victor (fl.1854); info: economist 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Modjeska, Helena (1840-1909); also: Modrzejewska; Helena Opid; info: Polish-born American actress 1896: USA Debate in Congress Mogford, John (1821-1885); info: painter 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Mohammed (c.570-c.632); also: Muhammad; Mahomet; info: Arab prophet 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Molesworth, William Nassau (1816-1890); info: historian 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Molière (1622-1673); also: Jean Baptiste Poquelin; info: dramatist 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade 1778: France * Pluquet's letters 1791: France * Le Chapelier's report 1826: France * Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature 1834: France * Balzac's letter to authors 1841: France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Molina, Juan Ignacio (1740-1829); also: Abate Molina; info: Chilean priest; naturalist 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Mollot, M. (fl.1858); info: French judge 1902: France * Court of Cassation on moral rights Monboddo, James Burnett, Lord (1714-1799); info: Scottish judge; pioneer anthropologist 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey Monck, Charles Stanley, 4th Viscount Monck (1819-1894); info: Governor General of Canada (1867-1869) 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Moncrieff, William (1794-1857); info: playwright; theatre manager 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Monnier, Henri (1799-1877); info: author; lithographer 1834: France * Balzac's letter to authors Monstrelet, Enguerrand de (c.1390-1453); info: French chronicler 1812: United Kingdom Petition of the London Booksellers 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Montagu, Basil (1770-1851); info: author; legal reformer 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Montagu, George (1753-1815); info: naturalist; ornithologist 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Montaigne, Michel Eyquem de (1533-1592); info: essayist 1841 : France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property Montalan (fl.1709); info: printer 1725: France * Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum Monteil, Amans-Alexis (1769-1850); info: historian 1834: France * Balzac's letter to authors Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, Baron de la Brède et de (1689-1755); philosopher; jurist 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade 1776: France * Fragments on the Freedom of the Press 1834: France * Balzac's letter to authors 1841: France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Montfaucon, Bernard de (1655-1741); info: palaeographer 1725: France * Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade Montgomery, James (1771-1854); info: Scottish poet 1837: USA Petition of British Authors Moore, Nathaniel Fish (1782-1872); info: American classical scholar; President of Columbia College (1842-1849) 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Moore, Sir Thomas (1663-1735); info: playwright 1840: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.) 1841: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.) Moore, Thomas (1779-1852); info: Irish poet 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature 1837: USA Petition of British Authors 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Morand, Sauveur François (1697-1773); info: surgeon 1763 : France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade Moreau, François-Joseph (1789-1862); info: French physician 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Morell, John Daniel (1816-1891); info: educationalist 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Morell, Thomas (1703-1784); info: classical scholar; librettist 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Morel, Claude (fl.1624.); info: bookseller 1618: France * Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade Morel, Fédéric (1523-1583); info: printer 1650: France * Vitré's memorandum on the prolongation of privileges 1725: France * Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum 1778: France * Pluquet's letters Moréri, Louis (1643-1680); info: priest; author; historian 1725: France * Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum Moreri, Louis (1643-1680); info: scholar; preacher 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade More, Hannah (1745-1833); info: playwright; religious writer 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1841: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.) 1853: USA Letters on International copyright More, Margaret (1505-1544); also: Margaret Roper; info: daughter of Sir Thomas More; translator of Erasmus 1762: United Kingdom A Vindication of the Rights of Authors More, Sir Thomas, St (1478-1535); info: statesman; scholar 1762: United Kingdom A Vindication of the Rights of Authors Morgan, James Appleton (1845-1928); info: American Shakespearean scholar; author of "The law of literature, reviewing the laws of literary property..." (1875) 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Morgan, Sir George Osborne, 1st Baronet (1826-1897); info: Welsh lawyer; politician 1886: United Kingdom International Copyright Bill Morgan, Thomas Jefferson (fl.1890); info: U.S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs (1889-1893) 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Morillot, André (1849-1922); info: attorney; jurist 1878 : France * Morillot on the author's right 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right 1902: France * Court of Cassation on moral rights Morin, Jean (1591-1659); info: Catholic priest; theologian; biblical scholar 1690: France * Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers Morley, Henry (1822-1894); info: English writer; editor 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Morley, John, 1st Viscount Morley (1838-1923); info: journalist; biographer; philosophical critic; radical politician 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Morley, Thomas (1557-1603); info: composer; Gentleman of the Chapel Royal 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor Morosini, Giacopo (fl.1469); also: Mauroceno; info: Venetian councillor 1469: Italy * Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly Morrell, Benjamin (1795-1839); info: American navigator 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Morrill, Justin Smith (1810-1898); info: Senator for Vermont 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Morrill, Lot Myrick (1813-1883); info: American statesman; Governor of Maine (1858-1861); Senator from Maine (1861-1876) 1870: USA Committee Report on S.703 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Morris, David Edward (c.1770-1842); info: theatre proprietor 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Morris, Edward Joy (1815-1881); info: American politician; diplomat 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Morris, George Pope (1802-1864); info: American journalist; poet 1837: USA Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States Morris, George P. (1802-1864); info: American journalist 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Morris, Rev. Richard (1833-1894); info: scholar of early English; philologist 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Morris, Robert (fl.1837) 1837: USA Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States Morris, William (1834-1896); info: craftsman; poet; socialist 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Morse, Jedidiah (1761-1826); info: American clergyman; geographer 1790: USA Sample registrations 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Morse, Samuel Finley Breese (1791-1872); info: artist; inventor of magnetic telegraph 1837: USA Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States Mortlock, Henry (fl.1675-1709); info: Master of Stationers' Company 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson Morton, John Price (1807-1889); info: American publisher; businessman 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Morton, Samuel George (1799-1851); info: American physician; scientist 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Morton, Thomas (1764-1838); info: playwright 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Moscherosch, Johann Michel (1601-1689); also: Philander von Sittewald; info: author 1659: Germany * Schupp: The Book Thief 1740: Germany * Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books" Moseley, Edward (c.1682-1749); info: Surveyor General of North Carolina (1710-) 1746: USA North Carolina Printing Privilege to Commissioners Moses 1663: United Kingdom L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals 1740: Germany * Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books" Mosman, George (fl.1697); info: printer 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson Mossop, Henry (1729-1774); info: Irish actor 1832: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May) Motley, John Lothrop (1814-1877); info: American historian; diplomat 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Motte, Pierre de la (fl.1623-1629); info: printer 1665: France * French book trade regulations Moulins, Guyart des (b.c.1251); also: Desmoulins; info: scholar; translator of Bible 1778: France * Pluquet's letters Moulton, Charles W. (fl.1879); info: American lawyer 1879: USA Selden's Argument 1879: USA * Baker v. Selden Moxon, Edward (1801-1858); info: publisher 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791); info: composer 1834: France * Balzac's letter to authors Mudie, Charles Edward (1816-1890); info: publisher; bibliophile; founder of Mudie's Lending Library 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Muguet, François (c.1700); info: printer; bookseller 1701 : France * Royal letters patent 1725: France * Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Mulready, William (1786-1863); info: painter 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee Mumm, widow of Franz Christian (fl.1764); info: publisher 1765 : Germany * Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel Mundella, Anthony John (1825-1897); info: politician; President of the Board of Trade (1886, 1892-1895) 1886: United Kingdom International Copyright Bill Munden, Joseph Shepherd (1758-1832); info: actor 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Mundy, Sir Robert Miller (1813-1892); info: colonial governor 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Munger, Theodore Thornton (1830-1910); info: American clergyman 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Muratori, Ludovico Antonio (1672-1750); info: historian 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Murchison, Sir Roderick Impey (1792-1871); info: Scottish geologist 1837: USA Petition of British Authors Muret, Marc Antoine de (1526-1585); info: humanist; poet 1586 : France * Simon Marion's plea on privileges Murfree, Mary Noailles (1850-1922); also: Charles Egbert Craddock (pseudonym); info: American writer 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1618-1682); info: Spanish painter 1880 : Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Murphy, Arthur (1727-1805); info: playwright; actor; lawyer 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright Murray 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey Murray, Alexander (1736-1795); info: lawyer 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Murray, Alexander (1775-1813); info: shepherd; philologist 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Murray, John, II (1778-1843); info: bookseller; publisher 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature 1840: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May) 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Murray, John, III (1808-1892); info: publisher 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April) 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Murray, Lindley (1745-1826); info: American grammarian 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Murray, Sir Thomas, of Glendoick (c.1633-1685); info: lawyer; judge 1773: United Kingdom Information for Messrs John Hinton et al Murray, William Henry (1790-1852); info: actor; theatre manager 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Musgrave, Sir Anthony (1828-1888); info: Governor of South Australia (1873-1877) 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Musset, Alfred de (1810-1857); info: poet; dramatist 1834: France * Balzac's letter to authors Mussey, B. B. (fl.1837-1853); info: American publisher 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Muzzey, Artemas Bowers (1802-1892); info: American clergyman; author 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Mühler, Heinrich Gottlob von (1780-1857); info: Prussian Minister of Justice (1832-1844) 1837: Germany * Prussian Copyright Act 1838: Germany Ordinance on the Establishment of Societies of Copyright Experts Mylius, August (fl.1765-1794); info: publisher 1765: Germany * Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel Müller, August Friedrich (1684-1761); info: Professor of Philosophy at Leipzig 1740: Germany * Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books" Müller, Friedrich Max (1823-1900); info: German-born British philologist; orientalist 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Müller, Johann Gottwerth (1743-1828); also: Müller von Itzehoe; info: author; bookseller 1793: Germany * Fichte: Proof of the Unlawfulness of Reprinting Mylling, Thomas (d.c.1492); also: Milling; info: Bishop of Hereford; patron of William Caxton 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Nachet, Louis Isidore (1802-1877); info: councillor at Court of Cassation (Paris) 1841: France Court of Cassation on artistic property 1842: France * Court of Cassation on artistic property Naevius, Gnaeus (c.264 B.C.-194 B.C.); info: Roman poet; dramatist 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Nagler, Karl Ferdinand Friedrich von (1770-1846); info: Prussian Postmaster General 1838: Germany Ordinance on the Establishment of Societies of Copyright Experts Napier, Gen. Sir William Francis Patrick (1785-1860); info: Irish soldier; military historian 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Napier, John (1550-1617); info: mathematician; inventor of logarithms 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Napier, Macvey (1776-1847); info: lawyer; editor of the "Encyclopaedia Britannica" 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May) Napoleon I (1769-1821); also: Napoleon Bonaparte; info: Emperor of France (1804-1815); military commander 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1815: Germany * Annotated Publishers' Petition to the Congress of Vienna 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1834: France * Balzac's letter to authors 1837: USA Address of Certain Authors 1840: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.) 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1896: USA Treloar Copyright Bill (H.R. 5976) 1902: France * Court of Cassation on moral rights Napoleon III (1808-1873); also: Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; info: President of France (1848-1851); Emperor of France (1852-1870) 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" 1866: France * Literary and artistic property act 1878: France * Morillot on the author's right Nares, John (1716-1786); info: judge 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1774: United Kingdom The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1775: United Kingdom * Stationers' Company v. Carnan 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Nauck, Gottfried Carl (fl.1793-1827); info: publisher 1794: Germany * Prussian Statute Book (ALR) Naujok, Gustav (b.1861); info: German painter 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Navagero, Andrea (1483-1529); info: Italian humanist; poet; patrician 1516 : Italy * Appointment of Andrea Navagero as Literary Censor Navagero, Lucas (fl.1486); info: Venetian councillor 1486: Italy * Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege Neal, John (1793-1876); info: American author; literary critic 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Neal, John (1793-1876); info: American writer 1837: USA Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States Neal, Joseph Clay (1807-1847); info: American humorist 1837: USA Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States Neander, Johann August Wilhelm (1789-1850); also: David Mendel; info: German church historian 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Neidhardt, Karl von (1831-1909); info: jurist; Hessian civil servant; diplomat 1846: Germany * Bilateral Treaty between Prussia and Britain Nelson, Horatio, Viscount Nelson (1758-1805); info: naval commander 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Nelson, Robert (1656-1714); info: Jacobite; nonjuror 1762: United Kingdom * Tonson v. Collins 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Nepos, Cornelius (c.99 B.C.-25 B.C.); info: Roman historian 1590 : Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Nero (37-68); info: Roman Emperor (54-68) 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Neufgermain, Michel de (fl.1684-1697); info: bookseller 1650: France * Vitré's memorandum on the prolongation of privileges Neuner, Carl (fl.1866); info: German jurist 1877: Germany * Gareis: Juridical Nature of Author's Rights 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Neustetel, Leopold Josef (1798-1825); info: jurist 1824: Germany * Neustetel: The Reprinting of Books 1832: Germany * Gans: On the right to perform published stage plays 1857: Germany * Wächter: "Publishing Right" 1878: France * Morillot on the author's right Newberry, Francis (d.1780); info: bookseller; abridger 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Newcomb, Simon (1835-1909); info: Canadian-born American astronomer 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Newcomen, Thomas (1663-1729); info: inventor; constructor of atmospheric steam engine 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May) Newland, Abraham (c.1730-1807); info: chief cashier at the Bank of England 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Newman, John Henry (1801-1890); info: prelate; theologian 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Newman, Samuel Phillips (1797-1842); info: American rhetorician 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Newmarch, Major General Sir Oliver Richardson (d.1899); info: administrator in India 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Newton, James King (d.1892); info: American soldier; educator 1888: USA American Authors and British Pirates Newton, Richard Heber (1840-1914); info: American clergyman 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Newton, Sir Isaac (1642-1727); info: natural philosopher; mathematician 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey Newton, Sir Isaac (1642-1727); info: scientist; mathematician 1709: United Kingdom More Reasons Humbly Offer'd for the Bill for the Encouragement of Learning 1761: United Kingdom Tonson v. Collins 1762: United Kingdom * An Enquiry into Literary Property 1762: United Kingdom * Tonson v. Collins 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1774: United Kingdom Macauley's A Modest Plea 1774: United Kingdom Stella's Modest Exceptions 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1774: United Kingdom The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1776: France * Fragments on the Freedom of the Press 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1841: France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Newton, Thomas (1704-1782); info: Bishop of Bristol; editor of Milton's works 1751: United Kingdom Tonson v. Walker 1761: United Kingdom Tonson v. Collins 1762: United Kingdom * Tonson v. Collins 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1774: United Kingdom The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Nicholas I (1796-1855); info: Tsar of Russia (1825-1855) 1834 : France * Balzac's letter to authors Nicholson, Peter (1765-1844); info: Scottish architect; mathematician 1838: USA Memorial of the New York Typographical Society 1838: USA Report, from the Committee on Patents Nichols, Arthur (fl.1637); info: type-founder 1637: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree Nichols, John (1745-1826); info: printer; writer 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Nichols, John (1745-1826); info: printer; writer; publisher 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Nicklin, Philip Houlbrooke (1786-1842); info: American bookseller; scholar; author of "Remarks on Literary Property" (1838) 1837: USA Address of Certain Authors 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Nicolai, Friedrich (1733-1811); info: author; publisher 1775 : Germany Chodowiecki's Allegory "Works of Darkness" Nicolai, Otto (1810-1849); info: composer 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Nicolaus of Damascus (b.c.64 B.C.); info: Syrian historian; philosopher 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Nicole, Pierre (1625-1695); info: scholar; Jansenist 1725: France * Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Nicol, Erskine (1825-1904); info: Scottish painter 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Niemeyer, Georg Wilhelm (fl.1826-1857); info: bookseller; music publisher 1830: Germany * Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy Nisard, Charles (1808-1890); info: writer; critic 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Nisbet, Sir John (1610-1688); also: Lord Dirleton; info: judge 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Nisbet, Sir John (1610-1688); info: judge; politician 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson Niuery, François (fl.1618); info: lawyer to the Parlement of Paris 1618: France * Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade Nivelle, Sébastien (fl.1570); info: printer; typographer 1725: France * Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum Noah, Mordecai Manuel (1785-1851); info: American journalist; diplomat 1837: USA Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Noble, Matthew (1817-1876); info: sculptor 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee Nodier, Charles (1780-1844); info: author 1834: France * Balzac's letter to authors 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Noël, François-Joseph-Michel (1756-1841); info: grammarian; translator; humanist 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Nogent Saint Laurens, Henri (1814-1882); info: politician 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Nordheimer, Isaac (1809-1842); info: German-born American educator; Professor of Hebrew at New York 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Norris, James (fl.1643) 1774: United Kingdom Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property Northall, William Knight (fl.1838-1851); info: American author 1838: USA Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston Northup, Solomon (1808-1863); info: American memoirist; former slave 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Norton, Andrews (1786-1853); info: American preacher; theologian 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Norton, Charles Ledyard (1837-1909); info: American author 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Nostitz und Jänckendorf, Eduard Gottlob von (1843-1844); info: Saxon Minister of the Interior 1844: Germany * Saxon Copyright Act Nostradamus (1503-1566); also: Michel de Notredame; info: physician; astrologer 1554: United Kingdom Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers Nott, Dr. John (1751-1865); info: physician; classical scholar 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Novelli, Giambattista (fl.1768-1780); also: Giovanni Battista; info: Venetian publisher 1780: Italy * "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents 1781: Italy * "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings Novello, Joseph Vincent (1810-1896); info: organist; music publisher 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Nowe, John; info: prelate 1553: United Kingdom John Day's Privilege for the Catechism Numa Pompilius (fl.715 B.C.-673 B.C.); info: Roman king 1590 : Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" 1762: United Kingdom * Tonson v. Collins 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Nye, Edgar Wilson (1850-1896); also: Bill Nye; info: American journalist; humorist 1896: USA Debate in Congress Nyon, Jean-Luc, Jr. (fl.1762); info: publisher 1786: France * French Decree on Musical Publications Nyon, Jean-Luc, Sr. (fl.1722); info: publisher 1761: France * La Fontaine case Oakley, Thomas Jackson (1783-1857); info: American jurist 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report Oates, William Calvin (1833-1910); info: American soldier; lawyer; congressman 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Occhi, Simone (fl.1742-1780); info: Venetian printer; bookseller 1780 : Italy * "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents 1781: Italy * "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings Odiorne, Thomas (1769-1851); info: American poet 1838: USA Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston Odry, Jacques-Charles (1778-1853); info: actor 1834: France * Balzac's letter to authors Offenbach, Jacques (1819-1880); info: composer of opera bouffe 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Offspring, Charles (1610-1640); info: Puritan divine 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Ogden, Robert (fl.1802); info: American printer 1790: USA Sample registrations Olin, Xavier Victor (1836-1899); info: Belgian jurist 1902: France * Court of Cassation on moral rights Oliphant, Laurence (1829-1888); info: travel writer; mystic 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Oliphant, Margaret, née Wilson (1828-1897); info: Scottish novelist 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Oliver, Grace Atkinson, née Little (1844-1899); info: American author 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Olmsted, Frederick Law (1822-1903); info: American landscape architect; travel writer 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Onslow, George (1731-1792); also: Colonel Onslow; info: army officer; politician 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright Opie, Amelia (1769-1853); info: writer 1837: USA Petition of British Authors Ord, Major-General Sir Harry St. George (1819-1885); info: Governor of the Straits Settlements (1867-1873) 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Orelli, Aloys von (1827-1892); info: Professor of Law at Zurich 1882 : Germany Bilateral treaty between Switzerland and France 1884: Germany * Orelli: "Swiss Copyright Act 1883 with comments and appendices" 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Orell, Conrad (fl.1735-1761); info: publisher; founder of publishing house 1765: Germany * Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel Orger, Mary Ann, née Ivers (1788-1845); info: actress 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Oribasius (c.320-400); also: Oreibasius; info: Greek medical writer 1590 : Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Ormerod, George (1785-1873); info: antiquary; county historian 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Ormesson, Olivier Le Fèvre d' (1616-1686); statesman 1665 : France * French book trade regulations 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade Örnstedt, Franz Joel (fl.1657); info: Swedish chancery official 1659 : Germany * Schupp: The Book Thief Ortloff, Friedrich (1797-1868); info: German jurist 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Osbaldiston, David Webster (1795-1850); info: theatre manager 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Osborn, William (fl.1842-1847); info: American printer 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Osgood, Frances Sargent, née Locke (1811-1850); info: American poet 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Osgood, James R. (1836-1892); info: American publisher 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Osinont, Charles (fl.1676); info: printer 1725: France * Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum Ossian; info: legendary Gaelic bard 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Oswald, John; info (fl.1751): bookseller 1751: United Kingdom Tonson v. Walker Otis, James F. (d.1867); info: American journalist 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Ottley, William Young (1771-1836); info: artist 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Otway, Sir Arthur John (1822-1912); info: politician; Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1868-1871) 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright Otway, Thomas (1652-1685); info: playwright; poet 1762: United Kingdom * An Enquiry into Literary Property 1832: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May) 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Ouless, Walter William (1848-1933); info: portrait painter 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Ouvry, Frederic (1814-1881); info: solicitor; antiquary 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Ouyn, Adrien (c.1580-c.1650); info: bookseller 1665: France * French book trade regulations Ovid (43 B.C.-17 A.D.); also: Publius Ovidius Naso; info: Roman poet 1704: United Kingdom * Defoe's Essay on the Press 1725: France * Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum 1777: France * Linguet's memorandum 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Owenson, Sydney (c.1776-1859); also: Lady Morgan; info: Irish novelist 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Owen, John (fl.1840-1848); info: American publisher 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Owen, Robert (1771-1858); info: Welsh social and educational reformer 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Owen, William Miller (1834-1893); info: American soldier 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Oxenford, John (1812-1877); info: dramatist; translator; librettist 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence O'Brien, William Smith (1803-1864); info: Irish nationalist; MP 1839: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (1 May) 1840: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.) O'Connell, Daniel (1775-1847); also: 'the liberator'; info: Irish political leader; lawyer; agitator for rights of Catholics; MP 1832: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May) 1839: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.) 1840: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (4 Feb.) 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright O'Dwyer, Mr. (fl.1833); info: politician 1833: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Dramatic Literary Property Act (12 March) O'Hara, Kane (c.1712-1782); info: Irish playwright; puppet theatre manager 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature O'Keefe, John (1747-1833); info: dramatist 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright O'Neill, Eliza (1791-1872); info: Irish actress 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature O'Neill, James (1847-1920); info: Irish-born American actor; father of Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953) 1896: USA Debate in Congress O'Reilly, John Boyle (1844-1890); info: Irish-born American poet; novelist 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Packer, Sir Charles (1830-1892); info: Chief Justice of Barbados 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Page, Thomas Nelson (1853-1922); info: American novelist; diplomat 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Page, William (1811-1885); info: American painter 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Paillotet, Prosper (fl.1851-1868); info: publisher 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Paine, Elijah (1757-1842); info: American lawyer; judge of the Vermont Federal District Court (1801-1842) 1828: USA Letter from Donaldson to Wheaton 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report Paine, Thomas (1737-1809); info: English-born American revolutionary philosopher; writer 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Pakington, John Somerset, 1st Baron Hampton (1799-1880); also: John Somerset Russell; info: politician 1862: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (28 Feb.) Palese, Carlo (fl.1770-1799); info: Venetian printer 1781: Italy * "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings Paley, William (1743-1805); info: theologian 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1839: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.) 1841: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) Palmerston, Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount (1784-1865); info: Prime Minister (1855-1858, 1859-1865) 1814: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (12 July) 1852: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (13 Feb.) 1852: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (30 April) 1862: France * Court of Cassation on photography 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Palmer, Albert Marshall (c.1838-1905); info: American theatrical manager 1896: USA Debate in Congress Palmer, Edward Henry (1840-1882); info: orientalist 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Palmer, Roundell, 1st Earl of Selborne (1812-1895); info: Lord Chancellor (1872-1874, 1880-1885) 1862: United Kingdom Fine Art Copyright Bill (20 March) 1862: United Kingdom Fine Art Copyright Bill (27 Feb.) 1862: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (20 March) 1862: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (22 May) 1862: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (24 July) 1862: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (28 Feb.) 1862: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (31 March) 1862: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (6 March) 1872: United Kingdom Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Palmer, Samuel (1692-1732); info: historian of printing 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor Palmer, Sir Arthur Hunter (1819-1898); info: Irish-Australian politician 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Palsgrave, John (c.1480-1554); info: tutor in French; grammarian 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Pancoast, Joseph (1805-1882); info: American surgeon 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Panizzi, Sir Anthony (1797-1879); info: Principal Librarian at the British Museum (1856-1866) 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Papin, Denis (1647-1712?); info: physicist; inventor 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Parant, Narcisse (1794-1842); info: French jurist; politician 1902 : France * Court of Cassation on moral rights Pardessus, Jean-Marie (1772-1853); info: jurist 1826: France * Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission 1845: France * Court of Appeal on translations 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1853: Germany * Bluntschli: On Authors' Rights 1853: USA * Stowe v. Thomas Pardoe, Julia (1806-1862); info: author 1837: USA Petition of British Authors Paris, Matthew (c.1200-1259); info: chronicler 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Parker, James (c.1714-1770); info: American printer; newspaper publisher 1750: USA New York Law Printing Privilege Parker, John Henry (1806-1884); info: archaeologist; writer on architecture; publisher 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Parker, John (1799-1881); info: politician; Joint Secretary of the Treasury 1847: United Kingdom Foreign Reprints Bill 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright Parker, Matthew (1504-1575); info: Archbishop of Canterbury (1559-1575) 1559: United Kingdom * Elizabethan Injunctions 1566: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Parker, Rev. Samuel (1779-1866); info: American missionary 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Parker, Richard Green (1798-1869); info: American educator; author 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Parker, Sir James (1803-1852); info: judge 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Parker, Theodore (1810-1860); info: American preacher; Unitarian 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Parker, Thomas (1667-1732); also: Lord Macclesfield; info: Lord Chancellor (1718-1725) 1721: United Kingdom * Burnet v. Chetwood 1762: United Kingdom * Tonson v. Collins 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1853: United Kingdom Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright 1853: USA * Stowe v. Thomas 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Parke, James, 1st Baron Wensleydale (1782-1868); info: judge 1832: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May) 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey Parkhurst, Thomas (c.1632-1711); info: bookseller 1663: United Kingdom L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals Parkman, Francis (1823-1893); info: American historian; horticulturist 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Park, Mungo (1771-1806); info: Scottish explorer of Africa 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Parrhasius (fl.399 B.C.); info: Greek painter 1762: United Kingdom * Tonson v. Collins Parry, Henry (fl.1814-1817); info: bookseller; bookbinder 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Parry, Sir William Edward (1790-1855); info: Arctic navigator 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Parr, Louisa, née Taylor (d.1903); info: novelist 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Parshall, Benjamin C. (fl.1838); info: President of the New York Typographical Society 1838: USA Memorial of the New York Typographical Society Parsons, Marmaduke (fl.1625-1637); info: master printer 1637: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree Parsons, Theophilus (1749-1813); info: American jurist 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright Parton, James (1822-1891); info: English-born American biographer 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Partridge, John (c.1644-c.1714); info: astrologer; almanac writer 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson Pascal, Blaise (1623-1662); info: mathematician; theologian; physicist 1841: France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Pasco, Samuel (1834-1917); info: English-born American lawyer; Senator for Florida 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Pasquali, Giambattista (1702-1784); info: Venetian printer; bookseller; publisher 1780: Italy * "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents 1781: Italy * "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings Passy, Frédéric (1822-1912); info: economist; Nobel Peace Prize winner 1901 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Pataille, Jules-Henri-Paul (b.1847); info: jurist; author of legal dictionary 1902: France * Court of Cassation on moral rights Paterson, Capt. Daniel (1738-1825); info: compiler of road books; cartographer 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Paterson, James (fl.1744); info: editor of Milton's works 1751: United Kingdom Tonson v. Walker Patisson, Mamert (d.1600); info: printer 1650: France * Vitré's memorandum on the prolongation of privileges 1725: France * Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum Patti, Adelina (1843-1919); info: Italian-born British soprano 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Paulding, James Kirke (1778-1860); info: American novelist; U.S. Secretary of the Navy (1838-1841) 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Pauli, Joachim (1733-1812); info: publisher 1765: Germany Reich v. Pauli Paulmier, Charles-Pierre-Paul (1811-1887); info: French jurist 1880 : Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Paulus Diaconus (c.720-c.799); also: Paul the Deacon; info: historian 1511: Germany Imperial Privilege for Konrad Peutinger Paulus, Heinrich Eberhard Gottlob (1761-1851); info: theologian 1846: Germany Expert Opinion on Schelling v. Paulus Paulus, Julius (c.190-c.225); info: jurist 1738: Germany * Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1774: United Kingdom The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket Pauncefote, Julian, 1st Baron Pauncefote (1828-1902); info: lawyer; diplomat 1886: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union Payne, John Howard (1791-1852); info: American playwright; adapter of plays 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Payne, John (1607-1647); info: engraver 1774: United Kingdom Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property Payson, Lewis Edwin (1840-1909); info: American judge; congressman 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Payson, Rev. Edward (1783-1827); info: American Congregational preacher 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Peabody, Elizabeth Palmer (1804-1894); info: American educator; bookseller 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Peake, Richard Brindsley (1792-1847); info: dramatist 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Pearce, Zachary (1690-1774); info: Bishop of Bangor; critical writer 1751: United Kingdom Tonson v. Walker Pearson, John (1613-1686); info: prelate; theologian 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Peel, Sir Robert (1788-1850); info: politician; Prime Minister (1834-1835, 1841-1846) 1837: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Dec.) 1839: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (1 May) 1839: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (23 Mar.) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Peel, Sir Robert, Sr. (1750-1830); info: cotton manufacturer; calico printer; politician 1839: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.) 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Peirce, Benjamin (1809-1880); info: American mathematician 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Pelletan, Pierre Clément Eugène (1813-1884); info: writer; journalist; politician 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Pellico, Silvio (1788-1854); info: author; Italian patriot 1834 : France * Balzac's letter to authors Pemberton, Sir Francis (1625-1697); info: judge 1762: United Kingdom A Vindication of the Rights of Authors 1762: United Kingdom * Tonson v. Collins 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor Pember, Phoebe Yates, née Levy (1823-1913); info: American memoirist; hospital administrator 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Penfield, Edward (1866-1925); info: American illustrator; poster artist 1902: USA Bleistein's Brief Pennant, Thomas (1726-1798); info: Welsh naturalist 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Penn, William (1644-1718); info: Quaker reformer; colonialist; founder of Pennsylvania 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report Pepys, Charles Christopher, 1st Earl of Cottenham (1781-1851); info: Lord Chancellor (1846-1850) 1841: USA * Folsom v. Marsh 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May) 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Pepys, Samuel (1633-1703); info: diarist; Admiralty official 1841: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (29 Jan.) Perkins, Samuel C. (fl.1853); info: American lawyer 1853: USA Affidavit of Harriet Beecher Stowe 1853: USA Stowe v. Thomas, Complainant's Bill 1853: USA * Stowe v. Thomas Perkins, Samuel H. (fl.1853); info: American lawyer 1853: USA Affidavit of Harriet Beecher Stowe 1853: USA Stowe v. Thomas, Complainant's Bill 1853: USA Stowe v. Thomas, Defendant's Answer 1853: USA * Stowe v. Thomas Perkins, Thomas (1764-1854); info: American merchant; philanthropist 1838: USA Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston Perlet, Adrien (1795-1850); info: actor 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Perrault, Charles (1628-1703); info: author 1834: France * Balzac's letter to authors 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Perrott, George (1710-1780); info: judge 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1774: United Kingdom The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Perry, George (fl.1811); info: naturalist 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Perry, Thomas Sergeant (1845-1928); info: American scholar; critic; translator 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Persigny, Jean Gilbert Victor Fialin, duc de (1808-1872); info: statesman 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Persius (34-62); also: Aulus Persius Flaccus; info: Roman satirist 1503 : Italy * Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon Persona, Cristofore (d.1485); info: Italian monk; translator 1590 : Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Peter I, the Great (1672-1725); info: Tsar of Russia (1682-1725) 1741: United Kingdom Gyles v. Wilcox (Barnardiston's Report) 1741: United Kingdom * Gyles v. Wilcox (Atkyn's Reports) Petersdorff, Charles Erdman (1800-1886); info: legal writer 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Peterson, Charles Jacobs (1819-1887); info: American publisher 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Peters, Carl Friedrich (1779-1827); info: publisher; music publisher 1829 : Germany Music publishers' agreement to ban reprinting 1830: Germany * Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy Peters, Richard, Jr. (1780-1848); info: U.S. Supreme Court Reporter of Decisions (1828-1843) 1828: USA Letter from Donaldson to Peters 1828: USA Letter from Donaldson to Wheaton 1828: USA Letter from Peters to Donaldson 1830: USA Letter from John McLean to Richard Peters Jr. 1834: USA Letters from Sumner to Story 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright Petit Val, David du (fl.1632); info: printer 1665: France * French book trade regulations Petrarca, Francesco (1304-1374); info: humanist, poet 1501: Italy Le Cose volgari. Petrarch (1304-1374); also: Francesco Petrarca; info: Italian poet; scholar 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Petronius Arbiter (c.27-66); info: Latin satirist 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade Petrucci, Ottaviano (1466-1539); info: Italian printer; music publisher 1498: Italy * Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent 1506: Italy "Lamentationum Jeremie Prophete" Petrus Hispanus (1226-1277); info: author 1516: Germany Imperial Privilege for Johannes Eck Pettigrew, James Bell (1834-1908); info: Scottish anatomist 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report Petty-Fitzmaurice, Henry, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne (1780-1863); info: politician 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (19 July) 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Peutinger, Konrad (1465-1547); info: author; antiquarian 1511: Germany Imperial Privilege for Konrad Peutinger Pezzana, Francesco di Niccolò (fl.1768-1780); info: Venetian publisher 1780: Italy * "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents 1781: Italy * "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings Pezzana, Giannantonio (fl.1780-1804); also: Giovanni Antonio; info: Venetian publisher 1780: Italy * "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents 1781: Italy * "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings Pezzana, Lorenzo (1680-1754); info: Venetian book-binder; bookseller 1780 : Italy * "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents 1781: Italy * "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings Pezzana, Niccolò (fl.1669); info: Venetian publisher 1780 : Italy * "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents 1781: Italy * "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings Phayer, Thomas (1510-1560); info: author; lawyer 1558: United Kingdom Phayer's privilege for Virgil's Aeneid Phelps, Almira Hart Lincoln (1793-1884); info: American educator 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Phélypeaux, Louis (1643-1727); also: chancellor de Pontchartrain; info: statesman: Chancellor of France (1699-1714) 1701: France * Royal letters patent 1714: France Decree on Fine Arts 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Phélypeaux, Louis, Duc de La Vrillière (1705-1777); info: statesman; Secretary of State for Protestant Affairs (1723-1775) 1749: France * Crébillon case 1762: France * Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers 1791: France Beaumarchais's petition Phidias (d.c.431 B.C.); info: Greek sculptor 1841: France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Philip II (1527-1598); info: King of Spain (1556-1598) 1558: United Kingdom Calve's privilege for the 'Holsome and Catholick Doctrine' 1558: United Kingdom Phayer's privilege for Virgil's Aeneid 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" 1650: France * Vitré's memorandum on the prolongation of privileges 1684: United Kingdom Stationers' Charter 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Philip II (382 B.C.-336 B.C.); info: King of Macedonia 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Philip of Wittelsbach (1448-1508); info: Elector Palatine of the Rhine (1476-1508) 1511: Germany * Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick Philip, Michel Maxwell (1829-1888); info: solicitor general of Trinidad and Tobago 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Phillimore, Joseph (1775-1855); info: lawyer; curator at the Bodleian Library 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Phillips, Sir Thomas (1792-1872); info: antiquary; book collector 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Phillips, Watts (1825-1874); info: dramatist 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Phillips, Willard (1784-1873); info: American lawyer; author 1838: USA Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston 1841: USA * Folsom v. Marsh Philpott, John (c.1515-1555); info: biblical scholar; Hebraist; Protestant martyr 1554: United Kingdom Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers Phipps, Constantine Henry, 1st Marquess of Normanby (1797-1863); info: politician; British Ambassador to France (1846-1852) 1851: United Kingdom Anglo-French Copyright Treaty 1852: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (30 April) Phipps, George Augustus Constantine, 2nd Marquess of Normanby (1819-1890); info: Governor of Queensland (1871-1874) 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Phoenix, Jonas Phillips (1788-1859); info: American politician 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Picard, Edmond (1836-1924); info: Belgian jurist; author 1902 : France * Court of Cassation on moral rights Picard, Louis-Benoît (1769-1828); info: dramatist 1826 : France * Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission Pickering, William (fl.1554); info: printer 1554: United Kingdom Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers Pickersgill, Frederick Richard (1820-1900); info: historical painter 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee Pierce, Henry Lillie (1825-1896); info: American politician 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Pierpont, John (1785-1866); info: American poet; teacher; Congregationalist minister 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Pierrepoint, Lady Mary (1689-1762); also: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu; info: writer; wife of English Ambassador at Istanbul 1841: USA * Folsom v. Marsh 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Pierre, Jean de la (fl.1470); also: Heyn; info: Prior of the Sorbonne; printer 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade Pierson, Pierre Louis (1822-1913); info: photographer 1862: France * Court of Cassation on photography Piggott, Sir Arthur Leary (1749-1819); info: MP; attorney-general 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Pike, Albert (1809-1891); info: American lawyer; soldier; writer 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth (1746-1825); info: American statesman; constitutional delegate 1787: USA Madison's Edited Journal Record 1787: USA Madison's Journal Record 1883: USA Burrow-Giles' Brief 1883: USA Sarony's Brief Pinckney, Henry Laurens (1794-1863); info: congressman 1834: USA Letters from Sumner to Story Pindar (c.522 B.C.-c.440 B.C.); also: Pindaros; info: Greek lyric poet 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" 1762: United Kingdom * An Enquiry into Literary Property 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Pinelli, Antonio (fl.1603-1631); info: Venetian printer; publisher 1603 : Italy * Venetian Decree on Privileges for New Books and Reprints 1740: Italy Venetian Decree Against Unauthorized Printing of Songs Pine, John (1690-1756); info: engraver 1735: United Kingdom Engravers' Copyright Act (parchment copy) 1735: United Kingdom The Case of Designers, Engravers, Etchers, &c. 1735: United Kingdom * Engravers' Copyright Act 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Pine, Sir Benjamin Chilley Campbell (1809-1891); info: colonial governor 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Pinsent, Sir Robert John (1834-1893); info: Newfoundland judge 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Pitkin, Timothy (1766-1847); info: American lawyer; politician; historian 1841: USA Master in Chancery Report Pitteri, Francesco (fl.1735-1780); info: Venetian publisher 1780 : Italy * "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents 1781: Italy * "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings Pitt, William 'the Younger' (1759-1806); info: statesman; Prime Minister (1783-1801, 1804-1806) 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Pius IV (1499-1565); also: Giovanni Angelo Medici; info: Pope (1559-1565) 1560: Germany Counterfeited papal privilege Pius V (1504-1572); info: Pope 1568: Italy * Giorgio Vasari, Life of Marcantonio of Bologna and Other Engravers of Prints Place, Francis (1771-1854); info: radical; trade union agitator 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Planché, James Robinson (1796-1880); info: dramatist; librettist for Weber; antiquary; herald 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Planiol, Marcel Ferdinand (1853-1931); info: Professor of Civil Law at Paris 1902: France * Court of Cassation on moral rights Plantin, Christophe (c.1520-1589); also: Christoffel Plantijn; info: humanist; printer; publisher 1650: France * Vitré's memorandum on the prolongation of privileges Plato (c.428 B.C.-c.348 B.C.); info: Greek philosopher 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" 1704: United Kingdom * Defoe's Essay on the Press 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade 1841: France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Platt, Orville Hitchcock (1827-1905); info: Senator for Connecticut 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Platt, Sir Thomas Joshua (1788/90-1862); info: judge 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey Platt, Thomas (d.1842); info: executor of Dr John Sibthorpe's will 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Plautus, Titus Maccius (c.250 B.C.-184 B.C.); also: Maccus; info: Roman comedy writer 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Playfair, John (1748-1819); info: Scottish scientist; Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy at Edinburgh; contributor to the "Encyclopaedia Britannica" 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May) 1853: USA Letters on International copyright Pliny 'the Elder' (23-79); also: Gaius Plinius Secundus; info: Roman writer on natural history 1469: Italy * Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly 1725: France * Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade 1774: United Kingdom Macauley's A Modest Plea 1774: United Kingdom Stella's Modest Exceptions 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Pliny, 'the Younger' (62-113); also: Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus; info: Roman writer; orator 1738: Germany * Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor Plotinus (c.205-270); info: Neoplatonist philosopher 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Plowden, Edmund (1518-1585); info: English Catholic lawyer 1834: USA * Wheaton v. Peters Plumb, Preston B. (1837-1891); info: Senator for Kansas 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Plumer, Sir Thomas (1753-1824); info: judge; politician 1841: USA * Folsom v. Marsh 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Pluquet, François-André-Adrien (1716-1790); also: l'abbé Pluquet; info: priest; Professor of history; author 1778: France * Pluquet's letters 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Plutarch (c.46-c.120); also: Ploutarchos; info: historian; biographer; philosopher 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" 1704: United Kingdom * Defoe's Essay on the Press 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Pluto 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849); info: American poet; story writer 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Poinsett, Joel Roberts (1779-1851); info: American physician; botanist; statesman 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Pole, Reginald (1500-1558); info: cardinal; Archbishop of Canterbury (1556-1558) 1554: United Kingdom Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers Pollio, Gaius Asinius (76 B.C.-4 A.D.); info: Roman orator; soldier; patron of Virgil and Horace 1841: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.) Pollock, Henry (1826-1889); info: photographer 1858: United Kingdom Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee Pollock, Jonathan Frederick (1783-1870); info: judge 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Pollock, Sir Frederick (1845-1937); info: jurist 1896: USA The Question of Copyright Pollux, Julius (fl.170); also: Ioulios Poludeukes; info: Greek grammarian; sophist; rhetorician 1878: France * Morillot on the author's right Polybius (c.205 B.C.-c.123 B.C.); info: Greek historian 1590 : Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de (1721-1764); info: mistress of Louis XV; patroness of the arts 1841: France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property Pompeati, Domenico (fl.1765-1789); info: Venetian publisher 1781 : Italy * "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings Pompey (106 B.C.-48 B.C.); also: Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus; info: Roman soldier; triumvir 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Pont, Paul (1808-1888); info: French jurist 1902: France * Court of Cassation on moral rights Poole, John (1786-1872); info: playwright; writer 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Poole, Paul Falconer (1806-1879); info: painter 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Poole, William Frederick (1821-1894); info: American librarian; bibliographer 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Poore, Benjamin Perley (1820-1887); info: American journalist; author 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Pope, Alexander (1688-1744); info: poet 1741: United Kingdom Pope v Curl: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders 1741: United Kingdom Pope's Bill of Complaint, and Curl's Answer 1741: United Kingdom * Pope v. Curl 1761: United Kingdom Tonson v. Collins 1762: United Kingdom * Tonson v. Collins 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1773: United Kingdom Information for Messrs John Hinton et al 1774: United Kingdom Macauley's A Modest Plea 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1813: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1834: France * Balzac's letter to authors 1839: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (1 May) 1841: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.) 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Porson, Richard (1759-1808); info: classical scholar 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Porß, Johannes Martin (fl.1661); also: Hans Porss; info: lawyer; publisher 1659: Germany * Schupp: The Book Thief Portalis, Joseph Marie Portalis, 1st Count (1778-1858); info: First President of the Court of Cassation (1829-1852) 1841: France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property 1842: France * Court of Cassation on artistic property 1902: France * Court of Cassation on moral rights Porter, Ebenezer (1772-1834); info: American theologian 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials Porter, Jane (1776-1850); info: writer 1818: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence Porter, Joshua (1730-1825); info: American physician; colonel of state militia 1783: USA Petition of John Ledyard Porter, Noah (1811-1892); info: American educationalist; philosophical writer 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Porter, Robert (1768-1842); info: American judge 1834: USA Letters from Sumner to Story Portese, Agostino da (fl.1526); info: Venetian printer 1526: Italy Papal and Venetian Privileges for Sigismondo Fanti's "Triompho di Fortuna" Postlethwayt, Malachy (c.1707-1767); info: writer on economics 1773: United Kingdom Information for Alexander Donaldson 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Post, Albert Hermann (1839-1895); info: German legal anthropologist 1880 : Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Posuel, Jean (fl.1689-1718); info: Lyonnais printer 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers Pothier, Robert-Joseph (1699-1772); info: Professor of Law at Orléans 1790: USA Sample registrations 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright Potter, Rev. John Philips (1793-1861); info: author 1837: USA Petition of British Authors Potts, Robert (1805-1885); info: mathematician 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Pouillet, Eugène (1835-1905); info: legal theorist; author of "Traité théorique et pratique de la propriété littéraire et artistique" 1902: France * Court of Cassation on moral rights Poulson, John (fl.1718-1734); info: bookseller 1751: United Kingdom Tonson v. Walker Powell, Sir John (1645-1713); info: Justice of the King's Bench 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor Powers, Hiram (1805-1873); info: American sculptor 1883: USA Sarony's Brief Power, James (fl.1821); info: music publisher 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise Poynter, Sir Edward John (1836-1919); info: English painter 1902: USA Bleistein's Brief Pradon, Jacques (1632-1698); info: dramatist 1777: France * Linguet's memorandum 1841: France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1862: France * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires" Praed, Winthrop Mackworth (1802-1839); info: poet; politician 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (6 June) 1838: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (9 May) Pralard, André (1635-c.1721); info: bookseller; printer 1690: France * Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers 1778: France * Pluquet's letters Pratt, John Jeffreys Pratt, 2nd Earl and 1st Marquess Camden (1759-1840); info: politician 1839: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (9 July) Prault, Laurent-François (1712-1780); also: Prault fils l'aîné; info: publisher 1749: France * Crébillon case 1761: France * La Fontaine case Prault, Pierre (fl.1749); info: printer 1749: France * Crébillon case Prentice, George Dennison (1802-1870); info: American newspaper editor 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States Prentiss, Elizabeth, née Payson (1818-1878); also: Prentice; info: American religious writer 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Prescott, William Hickling (1796-1859); info: American historian 1848: USA Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Pressensé, Edmond Dehaut de (1824-1891); info: French Protestant theologian; politician 1873: USA Committee on the Library Report 1874: United Kingdom Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright Preston, John (1587-1628); info: clergyman; Puritan; Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge 1643: United Kingdom * The Humble Remonstrance of the Stationers' Company Preston, William Campbell (1794-1860); info: Senator from South Carolina 1837: USA Debates in Congress 1837: USA Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States 1837: USA Petition of British Authors 1841: USA S. 227 (Dramatic Works Public Performance Bill) 1843: USA An Address to the People of the United States 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Price, Jonathan (1766-1822); info: American cartographer; surveyor 1790: USA Sample registrations Price, Stephen (1783-1840); info: theatre manager 1832: United Kingdom Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature Prideaux, Humphrey (1648-1724); info: Orientalist 1762: United Kingdom * Tonson v. Collins 1774: United Kingdom The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents Priestley, Joseph (1733-1804); info: Presbyterian minister; chemist 1774: United Kingdom Enfield's Observations 1776: France * Fragments on the Freedom of the Press 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1853: USA Letters on International copyright 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Prime, Samuel Irenaeus (1812-1885); info: American clergyman; author 1896: USA The Question of Copyright 1896: USA Treloar Copyright Bill (H.R. 5976) Prince, Frederick Octavius (1818-1899); info: American lawyer; politician 1890: USA Report on H.R. 10881 Prinsep, Valentine Cameron (1838-1904); also: Val Princep; info: Pre-Raphaelite painter 1878: United Kingdom Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence Prior, Matthew (1664-1721); info: poet; diplomat 1842: United Kingdom Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) Probst, Heinrich Albert (1791-1846); info: music publisher; publisher of Schubert songs 1829: Germany | ||||||
