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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:  | | Austrian Statutes on Censorship and Printing, Vienna (1781) Source: Private Collection Citation: Austrian Statutes on Censorship and Printing (1785), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Commentary Record-ID: d_1781 Full title Joseph II of Habsburg's Statutes on Censorship and Printing for the Habsburg Lands as published in the "Compendium of all Statutes and Provisions for the Royal and Imperial Hereditary Lands Enacted under the Government of Emperor Joseph II" Full title original language "Gesetze über das Zensur= und Duckereifach" in "Handbuch aller unter der Regierung des Kaisers Joseph des II. für die K.K. Erbländer ergangenen Verordnungen und Gesetze" Abstract The collection of Austrian statutes on censorship and printing covers the important Decree of 13 January 1781 (p. 542 f.), which protected native authors and publishers, "whereas, on the other hand, the reprinting of approved foreign-published books is to be granted freely to every book printer as a commercial operation, even if exactly the same work happens to have already been (re-) published by one or several native book printers." The Decree of 1781 was issued to reinforce a decree of 1775 and remained in force until the Directive for Reciprocal Copyright Protection within the German Confederation of 1837 (d_1837b) was implemented in Austria. The commentary focusses on the coincidence of the coronation ceremony of Joseph II and the retreat of the Leipzig publishers from the Frankfurt book fair in 1764; and also considers an allegorical engraving entitled "Works of Darkness", which serves to illustrate the conflict between Austrian and North German publishers. Bibliography Kapp, Friedrich, "Geschichte des Deutschen Buchhandels bis in das siebzehnte Jahrhundert" (Leipzig: Verlag des Börsenvereins der Deutschen Buchhändler, 1886) Wittmann, Reinhold, "Geschichte des Deutschen Buchhandels" (Munich: Beck, 1991) Related documents in this database Author Joseph II of Habsburg Publisher Johann Georg Moesle Location Vienna Year 1785 Language German Source Private Collection Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to Arndt, Johann (1555-1621) Joseph II (1741-1790) Tirsch, Leopold (1733-1788) Trattner, Johann Thomas von (1717-1798) Persons referred to in commentary Blumauer, Aloys (1755-1798) Chodowiecki, Daniel (1726-1801) Fleischhauer, Johann Georg (1737-1815) Frederick II, the Great (1712-1786) Goethe, Johann Wolfgang (1749-1832) Goldfriedrich, Johann (1870-1945) Himburg, Christian Friedrich (1733-1801) Joseph II (1741-1790) Maria Theresia of Austria (1717-1780) Nicolai, Friedrich (1733-1811) Reich, Philipp Erasmus (1717-1787) Scheben, Franz Anton Xaver, Reichsfreiherr von (1711-1765) Schmieder, Christian Gottlieb (1750-1827) Sonnenfels, Joseph von (1732-1817) Swieten, Gerhard van (1700-1772) Swieten, Gottfried van, Baron (1733-1803) Trattner, Johann Thomas von (1717-1798) Virgil (70 B.C.-19 B.C.) Places referred to Bohemia Cracow (Krakow) Halle Königgraz Lemgo Ortenburg Prague Regensburg Sorau (Zari, in Poland) Teschen (Cieszyn, in Poland) Vienna Places referred to in commentary Augsburg Austria Baden Berlin Copenhagen Frankfurt Göttingen Hanover Karlsruhe Leipzig Offenbach Prague Prussia Reutlingen Saxony Silesia Switzerland Vienna Württemberg Legislation referred to Austrian decree of 1775 penalising the reprinting of Austrian-published books Teschen, Peace Treaty of (13 May 1779) Austrian Statutes on Censorship and Printing 1781 Legislation referred to in commentary Saxonian Statute (1773), on regulation of the book trade Austrian decree of 1775 penalising the reprinting of Austrian-published books Austrian Statutes on Censorship and Printing 1781 Directive of reciprocal protection within the German Confederation (1837) Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary N/A Institutions referred to Central Book Censorship Commission (Vienna) Teschen Consistory of the Augsburg Confession Institutions referred to in commentary Aulic Council (Reichshofrat) of the H.R.E. (Vienna) Books Commission (Leipzig) Frankfurt fair German Publishers' & Booksellers' Association (1765) Imperial Books Commission (Frankfurt) Leipzig fair Key words anonymous works authenticity barter trade Bible, the book fairs book trade catechisms censorship censorship, pre-publication customs defamation deposit Enlightenment, the excluded subject matter foreign reprints free trade immoral works importation libraries licensing, Approbation licensing, Imprimatur newspapers penalties penalties, paid to fiscal authorities privileges, printing public good Reformation, the religious works scholarly writing subscription universities Responsible editor Friedemann Kawohl Copyright status Original document is out of copyright. In so far as these scans are protected by copyright, they are made available on the same terms as translations and commentaries (see home page). | |||||
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