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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:  | | French book trade regulations, Paris (1665) Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France : Mss. Fr. 22071 n° 107 Citation: French book trade regulations (1665), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Record-ID: f_1665 Full title Decree and Regulations of the Council, relating to privileges and their prolongations, for the printing or re-printing of books, old and new alike. Full title original language Arrest et Reglement du Conseil Touchant les Privileges & continüations d'iceux, pour l'impression ou reimpression des Livres tant anciens que nouveaux ; en faveur des Marchands Libraires & Imprimeurs des Villes de Paris, Lyon, Rouën, & autres du Royaume. Abstract In 1665, that is just a few years after the letters patent of December 1649, a law-suit was instituted by Georges Josse, a Parisian bookseller, against a colleague from the city of Rouen, Clement Malassis, for the counterfeit of a work protected by a privilege which had been renewed in Josse's favour. This benchmark law-suit in the history of the French book trade gave rise to yet more discussions about the principles on which privileges were awarded and secured. Indeed, the Josse v. Malassis case made quite a stir in the world of the book trade and would continue to be cited frequently well into the eighteenth century by each side in the 'battle of the booksellers'. Moreover, the case as such went beyond the merely personal interests of these two booksellers, for both Josse and Malassis were supported by their respective guilds (with Malassis even being backed by the Lyonnais guild, too). At the end of the proceedings, on 27 February 1665, the Court of the King's Council sentenced Malassis to pay damages for counterfeit and passed its ruling in the form of a new set of regulations. These reflected the King's Council's policy of exclusive control over the book market, to the detriment of the Parlement of Paris. Moreover, they put an end to the contestations of the provincial printers and booksellers who suffered the most from the monopolies held by some of their Parisian counterparts, by confirming that the latter could obtain unlimited extensions to privileges for "new" books, as well as renewals of privileges for "ancient" works under conditions which were left rather vague. This new phase in the consolidation of the Parisian monopolies would contribute to the inevitable "enervation" of the book trade in the provinces. Bibliography N/A Related documents in this database Author N/A Publisher N/A Location Paris Year 1665 Language French Source Bibliothèque nationale de France : Mss. Fr. 22071 n° 107 Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to Bechet, Denis (fl.1643) Berthelin, Jean (fl.1639-1651) Beuvelet, Matthieu (c.1622-1657) Bignon, Jérôme (1589-1656) Boucherat, Louis (1616-1699) Boulanger, Jean (fl.1650) Boulley, Jean (fl.1609-1639) Caumartin, Louis-François Lefebvre de (d.1687) Courbé, Augustin (d.1662) Cramoisy, Sébastien (1585-1669) Douceur, David (fl.1580-1607) Du Bray, Jean (fl.1641-1645) Du Bray, Toussant (1604-1636) Estienne, Antoine (1594-1674) Garde, Hierosme de la (fl.1648) Geoffroy, David (c.1565-1629) Hamillon, Nicolas (fl.1630) Huguetan, Jean Antoine (1567-1650) Josse, Georges (fl.1665-1693) Louis XIV (1638-1715) Maissat, Pierre (fl.1673) Malassis, Clement (fl.1650-1665) Mettayer, Pierre (d.1639) Motte, Pierre de la (fl.1623-1629) Ormesson, Olivier Le Fèvre d' (1616-1686) Ouyn, Adrien (c.1580-c.1650) Petit Val, David du (fl.1632) Ravaud, Marc Antoine (1623-1666) Renouard, Nicolas (d.1650) Serres, Olivier de (1539-1619) Varennes, Olivier de (fl.1597-1646) Viret, Jean (fl.1697-1702) Persons referred to in commentary Josse, Georges (fl.1665-1693) Malassis, Clement (fl.1650-1665) Places referred to Bordeaux Grenoble Lyon Paris Rouen Toulouse Places referred to in commentary Lyon Paris Rouen Legislation referred to Charte aux Normands 1315 Royal Letters Patent of 1649 Decree of the King's Council (1665), regulating the French book trade Legislation referred to in commentary N/A Cases referred to Cramoisy v. Courbé et Berthelin (1659) Cramoisy v. de la Garde, Huguetan et Ravaud (1660) Cramoisy v. Ravaud (1663) Josse v. Malassis (1665) Seigneur de Pradel v. Rouen Guild of Booksellers (1610) Cases referred to in commentary Josse v. Malassis (1665) Institutions referred to Chambre syndicale des libraires et imprimeurs (Paris) Chancery of France ('Grande Chancellerie') Hôpital Général (Paris) King's Council of State (France) Lyon Guild of Booksellers and Printers Parisian Guild of Booksellers and Printers Parlement of Paris Parlement of Rouen Rouen Guild of Booksellers and Printers University of Paris (Sorbonne) Institutions referred to in commentary King's Council of State (France) Lyon Guild of Booksellers and Printers Parisian Guild of Booksellers and Printers Rouen Guild of Booksellers and Printers Key words counterfeit duration duration, prolongation of privileges guilds immoral works licensing, Approbation licensing, Imprimatur penalties penalties, paid to publisher(s) privileges privileges, French privileges, printing public domain public good Reformation, the registration religious works renewal reprints Responsible editor Frédéric Rideau Copyright status Original document is out of copyright. 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