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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:  | | Saxonian Statute, Dresden (1773) Source: Sächsische Landesbibliothek - Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden Hist.Sax.K.17.m-1,misc.32, Hist.Sax.K.17-9,misc.69 Citation: Saxonian Statute (1773), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Record-ID: d_1773 Full title Friedrich August Elector of Saxony's Statute of 18 December 1773 and Regulation for the Register to be kept by the Book Commission in Leipzig Full title original language Ihro Churfürstl. Durchl. zu Sachsen, etc. etc. Mandat den Buch=Handel betreffend. Ergangen de Dato Dresden, den 18. Decembris 1773 Abstract The Saxonian Statute of 1773 served the interests of the local book industry and the Leipzig fair as the main trading and reloading place for German books. A publisher from outside Saxony could benefit from the strict and effective measures against reprinting on condition that (1) he arranged for his book to be published by a Saxon printing office, and (2) he could prove "that in his native country reciprocity is observed in this matter with regard to Our subjects" (im.1), the latter being a hurdle which at the time could only be met by publishers from Prussia, where a general ban on reprints had been decreed in 1766. It was explicitly laid down that no excuse was to be tolerated, such as the usual one to the effect "that the reprinted copies were just being conveyed in transit" (im.5). A central figure in the drafting and issuing of the Statute was Johann Thomas Freiherr Fritsch (1700-1775), a civil servant notable for his role in the rebuilding of Saxony after the Seven Years' War (1756-63), whose signature is on the document. His father Thomas Fritsch (1666-1726) was one of the most important Leipzig-based publishers and booksellers of the early eighteenth century. Bibliography Gieseke, Ludwig, "Vom Privileg zum Urheberrecht" (Baden-Baden: Nomos 1995) Related documents in this database Author Thomas Freyherr von Fritsch / Christian August Menius Publisher Chur= Fürstl. Sächs. privilegierte Hofdruckerey Location Dresden Year 1773 Language German Source Sächsische Landesbibliothek - Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden Hist.Sax.K.17.m-1,misc.32, Hist.Sax.K.17-9,misc.69 Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to Frederick August III (1750-1827) Fritsch, Thomas Freiherr von (1700-1775) Menius, Christian August (fl.1773) Persons referred to in commentary Frederick August III (1750-1827) Fritsch, Johann Thomas (1666-1726) Fritsch, Thomas Freiherr von (1700-1775) Places referred to Leipzig Saxony Places referred to in commentary Leipzig Prussia Saxony Legislation referred to Saxonian Statute 1686 Saxonian Statute (1773), on regulation of the book trade Legislation referred to in commentary Prussian Cabinet Order (1766), forbidding all reprinting Saxonian Statute (1773), on regulation of the book trade Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary N/A Institutions referred to Books Commission (Leipzig) Church-Committee of Saxony Leipzig fair Institutions referred to in commentary Books Commission (Leipzig) Leipzig fair Key words author/publisher relations authenticity book fairs book trade deposit duration formalities importation penalties, paid to fiscal authorities penalties, paid to publisher(s) price regulation privileges privileges, Saxon property theory, publishers' property reciprocity registration reprints societies, publishers' translation, right of Responsible editor Friedemann Kawohl Copyright status Photographic images and scans of public domain documents may be protected under some copyright laws and/or contractual restrictions apply. If you wish to use images of this document in other contexts, please contact the relevant archive (see source). Translation and commentary fall under the project licence (see home page). Photographic images and scans of public domain documents may be protected under some copyright laws and/or contractual restrictions apply. If you wish to use images of this document in other contexts, please contact the relevant archive (see source). Translation and commentary fall under the project licence (see home page). | |||||
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