1644 | Milton's Areopagitica (United Kingdom) |
1650s* | Vitré's memorandum on the prolongation of privileges (France) |
1690* | Locke's Second Treatise on Government (selected extracts) (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1] |
1690s* | Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers (France) Commentary: [1] |
1738* | Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books (Germany) Commentary: [1] |
1769* | Millar v. Taylor (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1] |
1774 | The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents (United Kingdom) |
1776* | Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers (France) Commentary: [1] |
1840 | Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.) (United Kingdom) |
1841* | Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property (France) |
1842* | Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1] |
1842 | Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April) (United Kingdom) |
1842 | Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May) (United Kingdom) |
1847* | A Treatise on the Law of Copyright (United States) Commentary: [1] |
1851 | Anglo-French Copyright Treaty (United Kingdom) |
1858 | Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee (United Kingdom) |
1870* | Copinger's Law of Copyright (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1] |
1878* | Royal Commissioners' Report (United Kingdom) Commentary: [1] |
1878 | Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence (United Kingdom) |
1880* | Kohler: Author's Right (Germany) Commentary: [1] |
1880* | Copyright Regulations (Spain) Commentary: [1] |
1886 | Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union (United Kingdom) |
1886 | Berne Convention (United Kingdom) |
1890 | Report on H.R. 10881 (United States) |