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Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade, Paris (1618)

Source:
Bibliothèque nationale de France : Mss. Fr. 22061 n°69

Citation:
Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade (1618), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

Record Images Commentary


Record-ID:
f_1618

Full title
Letters Patent of the King for the Regulation of the Booksellers, Printers and Binders of this City of Paris

Full title original language
Lettres Patentes du Roy pour le Reglement des Libraires, Imprimeurs & Relieurs de cette Ville de Paris

Abstract
Following the political and religious turmoil of the second half of the sixteenth century, the booksellers and printers of Paris requested more definitive articles of association for their guild, and these were duly granted by Louis XIII in his letters patent of July 1618. This set of regulations, designed to provide an organisational framework for the bookselling profession, consisted of thirty-eight articles which, amongst other things, dealt with the essential question of which conditions had to be met in order to receive printing privileges from the Crown, and, in particular, what criteria were to be applied in determining their term of duration (for privileges were in theory temporary). Finally, the book trade regulations of 1618 confirmed that authors were not allowed to become involved directly in the sale of their own works, even though the author's name did have to be indicated on the title-page of their published works (this, however, being a provisional and pragmatic measure more than anything else).

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Location
Paris

Year
1618

Language
French

Source
Bibliothèque nationale de France : Mss. Fr. 22061 n°69

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Persons referred to
Bailleur, Nicolas de (fl.1618)
Blaise, Thomas (fl.1617-1629)
Blaisot, Gilles (fl.1610)
Bourde, Jean (fl.1618)
Buon, Nicolas (fl.1604-1623)
Charles IX (1550-1574)
Chaudière, Regnault (fl.1515-1530)
Clopejeau, Gabriel (fl.1618)
Coippeau, Gregoire (fl.1605)
Cressonnet, Jean (fl.1618)
Du Fossé, Nicolas (fl.1605-1624)
Durand, Pierre (fl.1618)
Feburier, Pierre Louis (fl.1618)
Fouet, Robert (1594-1642)
Giffart, Louis (fl.1622)
Henri IV (1553-1610)
Iulliot, François (fl.1618)
Le Mur, Pierre (fl.1618)
Loménie, Henri Auguste de (d.1666)
Louis XIII (1601-1643)
Martin, Edme (fl.1650)
Martin, Nicollas (fl.1650)
Mesnes, Henry de (fl.1618)
Mirault, Antoine (fl.1600)
Morel, Claude (fl.1624.)
Niuery, François (fl.1618)
Remy, Jean (fl.1618)
Robinot, Gilles (c.1600)
Séguier, Louis (fl.1525)
Soubron, Jean (fl.1600)
Thierry, Rolin (1585-1623)
Varennes, Olivier de (fl.1597-1646)
Vitré, Antoine (1595-1674)

Persons referred to in commentary
Louis XIII (1601-1643)

Places referred to
Paris
Saint-Germain-en-Laye

Places referred to in commentary
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Legislation referred to
Edict of Gaillon 1571 (regulation of book trade)
Royal Edict of 27 June 1577 (forbidding the hawking of books)
Parisian Book Trade Regulations 1618

Legislation referred to in commentary
Parisian Book Trade Regulations 1618

Cases referred to
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Cases referred to in commentary
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Institutions referred to
Bibliothèque du Roi (French Royal Library)
Chambre syndicale des libraires et imprimeurs (Paris)
Civil Registry at the Châtelet du Paris
Collège de France
King's Council of State (France)
Palais de Justice (Paris)
Parisian Guild of Booksellers and Printers
Parlement of Paris
University of Paris (Sorbonne)

Institutions referred to in commentary
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Key words
almanacs
anonymous works
authenticity
authors, self-publishing
counterfeit
customs
defamation
deposit
duration, prolongation of privileges
employer/employee relations
foreign reprints
formalities
fraud
guild regulation
guilds
immoral works
importation
interest groups
patronage
penalties
penalties, paid to fiscal authorities
price regulation
printing, history of
privileges
privileges, French
registration
reprints
universities
utility

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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