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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:  | | Code de la Librairie, Paris (1723) Source: N/A Citation: Code de la Librairie (1744), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Record-ID: f_1723 Full title Booksellers' and Printers' Code, or Report on the regulations decreed by the King's Council on 28 February 1723, and implemented for the whole Kingdom by the King's Council on 24 March 1744 Full title original language N/A Abstract The ruling of the King's Council of State of 28 February 1723 - more commonly referred to as the "Code de la Librairie" - is without doubt one of the most well-known documents in the history of the book trade and printing in France. First of all, it was the last general example of a succession of legislative texts on the matter before the decrees of 30 August 1777. Those responsible for the drafting of the ruling were clearly determined at any rate to carry out their task fully, and even to introduce some vital reforms, following the general provisions of 1686, to enable a better regulation of the book market and the guild organisation on the basis of the privilege and permissions system. The most famous edition of the 'Code', that by Saugrain, which is the one included in our digital archive, expresses this intention already in the title and in the exhaustive recapitulating discussions which follow after each one of the 123 articles of the ruling. Saugrain's edition received the approval and privilege of the King in 1744, the year when the ruling came into force across the whole territory of France (previously it had applied to Paris only). It was because of this extension to cover the whole kingdom that in 1779 the assistant public prosecutor Séguier could still argue that this ruling "can be regarded as the complete code of the book trade". The elaboration, however, of this important piece of eighteenth-century legislation remains quite complicated to analyse, but it does seem that, as was the case in 1701, lobbying by the Parisian Guild played a significant role. This supposition seems all the more likely, given that the status quo with regard to the duration of privileges, both in terms of the actual provisions of the 'Code' and in their application, was to remain in place for several decades still after 1723. Bibliography N/A Related documents in this database Author N/A Publisher Claude Saugrain Location Paris Year 1744 Language French Source not available Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to Louis XV (1710-1774) Persons referred to in commentary Aguesseau, Henri-François d' (1668-1751) Anisson-Duperron, Etienne (1748-1794) d'Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon, Sieur (1697-1782) Argenson, Marc-Pierre de Voyer de Paulmy, comte d' (1696-1764) Blondel, Pierre-Jacques (1683-1739) Colbert, Jean Baptiste (1619-1683) Diderot, Denis (1713-1784) Fleuriau d'Armenonville, Joseph Jean Baptiste (1661-1728) Flusin, Charles-Nicholas (fl.1774) Gaultier de Biauzat, Jean-François (1739-1815) Héricourt, Louis d' (1687-1752) Louis XIV (1638-1715) Louis XV (1710-1774) Maboul, Jean-François (d.1757) Malesherbes, Chrétien Guillaume de Lamoignon de (1721-1794) Phélypeaux, Louis (1643-1727) Pluquet, François-André-Adrien (1716-1790) Sartine, Antoine de (1729-1801) Saugrain, Claude-Martin (1679-1750) Séguier, Antoine-Louis (1726-1792) Suard, Jean-Baptiste-Antoine (1733-1817) Voysin, Daniel-François (1654-1717) Places referred to Paris Places referred to in commentary England Lyon Paris Legislation referred to Code de la Librairie 1723 Legislation referred to in commentary Ruling of the Parlement of Paris (1657), forbidding new editions unless the work had been significantly enlarged Parisian Book Trade Regulations 1665 Parisian Book Trade Regulations 1686 French Royal Letters Patent (1701), on the book trade Statute of Anne, 1710, 8 Anne, c.19 Code de la Librairie 1723 Decree of the King's Council (1725), regulating the Parisian book trade Decree of the King's Council (1744), applying the Code de la Librairie (1726) to all of France Decree of the King's Council on the duration of privileges (1777) Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary Luneau de Boisjermain v. Parisian Guild of Booksellers (1678-1679) Crébillon's case (1749) Affaire des Demoiselles de La Fontaine (1761) Millar v. Taylor (1769) 4 Burr. 2303 Institutions referred to Château du Louvre King's Council of State (France) Institutions referred to in commentary Keeper of the Seals ('Garde des Sceaux') King's Council of State (France) Parisian Guild of Booksellers and Printers Parlement of Paris Stationers' Company Key words counterfeit deposit duration, prolongation of privileges formalities guild regulation interest groups licensing, Approbation lobbying monopoly privileges, printing public domain registration 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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