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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:  | | Galliot Du Pré's Privilege, (1515) Source: Bbibliothèque municipale de Beaune Citation: Galliot Du Pré's Privilege (1515), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Record-ID: f_1515 Full title Privilege granted to the printer Galliot Du Pré for "Le Grand Coutumier de France" Full title original language N/A Abstract The privilege granted by the Royal Chancery to Galliot Du Pré, a renowned Parisian bookseller, was one of the first of its kind in France. It was obtained in May 1514 from Louis XII, to be definitively confirmed by his successor Francis I in 1515. At a time when the book trade was growing rapidly, in particular from the beginning of the sixteenth century, exclusive rights (exclusivity, or "l'exclusif", as Diderot would later put it) over a publication appeared to be, as in all Europe, the most obvious means to protect this new market and its protagonists, printers and booksellers, but also authors (see f_1507 for the latter). In a world where the freedom to print and publish was still the rule, before the development of censorship, the request for a precious royal monopoly had to be grounded on some simple rationales: particularly economic ones, that is, to protect the hazardous investments involved in this new trade, especially if these financial risks were being taken in order to publish useful and interesting books for the king's subjects. Consequently, privileges were not conceded as a recognition of a pre-existing right, and had, in particular, to be limited in duration. Bibliography N/A Related documents in this database Author N/A Publisher N/A Location N/A Year 1515 Language French Source Bbibliothèque municipale de Beaune Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to Du Pré, Galliot (fl.1512-1561) Francis I (1494-1547) Louis XII (1462-1515) Persons referred to in commentary d'Ableiges, Jacques (fl.1388) Alciato, Andrea (1492-1550) Augustine, St (354-430) Ballard, Robert I (d.1588) Bellay, Joachim du (1522-1560) Blondel, Pierre-Jacques (1683-1739) Charles V of Habsburg (1500-1558) Chevillier, André (1636-1700) Cornilleau, Jean (fl.1520) Corrozet, Gilles (1510-1568) Diderot, Denis (1713-1784) Doneau, Hugues (1527-1591) Du Pré, Galliot (fl.1512-1561) Dupré, Jean (fl.1481) Erasmus (1466/69-1536) Eustace, Guillaume (fl.1500-1513) Facques, William (fl.1504) Francis I (1494-1547) Froben, Johann (c.1460-1527) Furetière, Antoine (1619-1688) d'Hémery, Joseph (fl.1749-1769) Henri II (1519-1559) Johannes of Speyer (d.1470) Laboulaye, Édouard René de (1811-1883) Le Noir, Michel (fl.1486-1520) Le Roy, Adrien (c.1520-1598) Linguet, Simon Nicolas Henri (1736-1794) Livy (59 B.C.-17 A.D.) Louis XII (1462-1515) Loyseau, Charles (1564-1627) Macé, Jean (fl.1561-1582) Mary I (1516-1558) Petit, Jean (fl.1534) Pirckheimer, Willibald (1470-1530) Renouard, Augustin-Charles (1794-1878) St Bruno (925-965) St Paul the Apostle (c.5-67) Séguier, Antoine-Louis (1726-1792) Vérard, Antoine (1485-1512) Places referred to Paris Places referred to in commentary Basel England Europe France Lyon Paris Venice Legislation referred to N/A Legislation referred to in commentary French royal edict on censorship 1547 Parisian Book Trade Regulations 1618 Decree of the King's Council on the duration of privileges (1777) Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary Josse v. Malassis (1665) Crébillon's case (1749) Institutions referred to King's Council of State (France) Provostship of Paris Institutions referred to in commentary Chancery of France ('Grande Chancellerie') King's Council of State (France) Palais de Justice (Paris) Parlement of Paris Provostship of Paris Stationers' Company Key words book market book trade classics, Greek and Latin duration humanism novelty patronage privileges, French privileges, printing reprints 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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