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Book trade regulations (1649)

Source: Archives nationales : AD 303 (document conservé aux archives nationales, Paris)

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Book trade regulations (1649), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

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than what they cost to print, under the pretext of any
graces & privileges which they might have obtained from
us, & we likewise enjoin them to offer for sale [bailler] such works
in accordance with the price of other books.
      XXIX. And so as not to miss anything out which
we consider necessary, & to ensure that nobody can
abuse of our generosity, & that those who are more
well-off than others do not undertake the publication of
several books at once, to the detriment of their poorer
colleagues, to whom we also want to give the means
for earning their living by honest work, it is our desire
that the Printers or Booksellers who have obtained
a privilege for any of the ancient books of the kind
described above, should be obliged to proceed to
print it within three months of the said privilege
having been obtained, & to carry out the impression
without any interruptions, on pain of the said
privilege becoming void, the term of which will be
reckoned from the day it is issued.

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