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Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Commentary Record-ID: i_1486 Full title Printing privilege granted to the author Marco Antonio Sabellico to print his "Decades rerum Venetarum" Full title original language N/A Abstract This is the first recorded privilege to an author, recognising the right of the humanist Marco Antonio Sabellico to authorize the publication of his history of Venice entitled "Decades rerum Venetarum", and securing protection against illegal replication. Sabellico's privilege set the precedent for the custom of granting privileges not just to the printers but also directly to the authors. Such privileges are best understood as an extension of the traditional patronage system and as a form of reward rather than ownership. Sabellico's privilege was an exceptional arrangement in the sense that it was a form of reward for a literary work which promoted the public interest, rather than an assertion of the inherent rights of the author. Bibliography Chavasse, Ruth, "The first known author's copyright, September 1486, in the context of a humanist career", "Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester" 69 (1986-7): 11-37 Gaeta, Franco "Storiografia, coscienza nazionale e politica culturale nella Venezia del Rinascimento", in G. Arnaldi and M. Pastore Stocchi (eds), "Storia della cultura veneta", vol. 3/I (Vicenza: Neri Pozza Editore, 1980), 1-91 Gerulaitis, Leonardas V., "Printing and Publishing in fifteenth-century Venice" (Chicago: American Library Association, 1976) Pozza, Neri, "L'editoria Veneziana da Giovanni da Spira ad Aldo Manuzio", "La stampa degli incunaboli nel Veneto, Saggi e note" (Verona: tipografia Editoriale Aldo Manuzio", 1983), 9-35 Richardson, Brian, "Printing, writers and readers in Renaissance Italy" (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999) Related documents in this database Author N/A Publisher N/A Location Venice Year 1486 Language Latin Source scanned from the manuscript held in the Venetian State Archives: ASV, NC, reg. 11, c. 55r. Physical description 1 folio parchment; approximately 78 x 42,5cm; bound in a wooden board codex; handwritten Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to Barbara, Zacharias (fl.1486) Navagero, Lucas (fl.1486) Sabellico, Marco Antonio (c.1436-1506) Trevisano, Benedetto (fl.1486) Persons referred to in commentary Ammirato, Scipione (1531-1601) Apuleius, Lucius (c.123-c.180) Ariosto, Ludovico (1474-1533) Barbaro, Daniele (fl.1493) Barbaro, Ermolao (1454-1493/95) Bembo, Pietro (1470-1547) Bernardus de Landriano (fl.1524) Beroaldo, Filippo I (1453-1505) Bonaventure, St (1221-1274) Cicero, Marcus Tullius (106 B.C.-43 B.C.) Donati, Clemente (fl.1470) Eloy d'Amerval (fl.1455-1508) Erasmus (1466/69-1536) Ficino, Marsilio (1433-1499) Fratta, Giovanni (fl.1575-1611) George of Trebizond (1395-1486) Giunti, Filippo (c.1456-1517) Giustiniani, Bernardo (1408-1489) Jenson, Nicolas (1420-1480) Kolb, Anton (fl.1500) Louis XII (1462-1515) Machiavelli, Niccolo (1469-1527) Manilio, Sebastiano (fl.1493) Manutius, Aldus (1449/50-1515) Michelangelo (1475-1564) Paganini, Paganino de (c.1450-1538) Pico della Mirandola, Gianfrancesco (1469-1533) Pietro Francesco of Ravenna (fl.1492) Raphael (1483-1529) Sabellico, Marco Antonio (c.1436-1506) Sanuto, Marino, 'the Younger' (1466-1536) Sechino, Francesco (fl.1503) Seneca, Lucius Annaeus (c.4 B.C.-c.65 A.D.) Terracina, Democrito (fl.1498) Torresani d'Asola, Andrea (1451-1529) Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574) Virgil (70 B.C.-19 B.C.) Places referred to Rome Venice Places referred to in commentary Agnadello Bologna England Ferrara Florence France Padua Rome Spain Venice Legislation referred to N/A Legislation referred to in commentary Venetian printing privilege for Pietro Francesco of Ravenna (1492) Venetian printing privilege for Daniele Barbaro (1493) Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary N/A Institutions referred to Venetian Senate Institutions referred to in commentary University of Padua Venetian Collegio (cabinet of government), in the Doge's palace Venetian Senate Key words authorship, corporate authorship, theory of book trade classics, Greek and Latin humanism imitation originality patronage privileges, Venetian Renaissance, the Responsible editor Joanna Kostylo 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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