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Eloy d'Amerval's privilege, (1507)

Source:
Bibliothèque nationale de France: Res. F. 940

Citation:
Eloy d'Amerval's privilege (1507), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

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Record-ID:
f_1507

Full title
Privilege granted to Eloy d'Amerval for his poem "Le Livre de la deablerie"

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Abstract
Book trade privileges in Europe are usually understood to have been granted primarily to booksellers or printers. They could be obtained from the royal administration for a limited term to protect the work and cover for the financial investment and risks involved in the publication of books at the beginning of the sixteenth century. Authors were also among the first protagonists of this new market. These first favours granted on their behalf would seem to illustrate the particular credit which some writers, such as Eloy d'Amerval, enjoyed within the political and courtly spheres. However, though it is true that authors could indeed protect some specific interests by means of these exclusive rights, it nevertheless appears that the economic rationales expressed in their requests, and within the text of the actual privileges, were very similar to those invoked by printers and booksellers.

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Year
1507

Language
French

Source
Bibliothèque nationale de France: Res. F. 940

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Persons referred to
Eloy d'Amerval (fl.1455-1508)
Louis XII (1462-1515)

Persons referred to in commentary
d'Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon, Sieur (1697-1782)
Billon, François de (fl.1555)
Boissier, Jean (fl.1504)
Brie, Eustace de (fl.1507)
Chevillier, André (1636-1700)
Dallier, Jean (fl.1549-1564)
Dancourt, Florent Carton (1661-1725)
Diderot, Denis (1713-1784)
Du Pré, Galliot (fl.1512-1561)
Eloy d'Amerval (fl.1455-1508)
Francis I (1494-1547)
Furetière, Antoine (1619-1688)
Gaultier, Pierre (fl.1545-1557)
Henri II (1519-1559)
Héricourt, Louis d' (1687-1752)
La Vigne, André de (d.1515)
Le Breton, André François (1708-1779)
Le Cop, Guillaume (fl.1504)
Le Maire de Belges, Jean (c.1473-1524)
Le Noir, Michel (fl.1486-1520)
Lotrian, Alain (fl.1520-1543)
Louis XII (1462-1515)
Luneau de Boisjermain, Pierre-Joseph-Francois (1732-1801)
Marion, Simon (1540-1605)
Marot, Clément (c.1497-1544)
Renouard, Augustin-Charles (1794-1878)
Ribou, Pierre (c.1654-1719)
Saliat, Pierre (fl.1537-1556)
Séguier, Antoine-Louis (1726-1792)
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus (c.4 B.C.-c.65 A.D.)

Places referred to
Blois
Paris

Places referred to in commentary
Blois
England
Orleans
Paris

Legislation referred to
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Legislation referred to in commentary
Parisian Book Trade Regulations 1618
Decree of the King's Council on the duration of privileges (1777)

Cases referred to
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Cases referred to in commentary
La Vigne case (1504)
Luneau de Boisjermain v. Parisian Guild of Booksellers (1678-1679)

Institutions referred to
King's Council of State (France)
Provostship of Paris

Institutions referred to in commentary
Château de Blois
Parisian Guild of Booksellers and Printers
Parlement of Paris

Key words
author/publisher relations
authors' remuneration
authors, self-publishing
books, protected subject matter
contract
duration
patronage
penalties
privileges, French
privileges, printing

Responsible editor
Frédéric Rideau




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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