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Aldus Manutius's Petition against Counterfeiters, Venice (1502)

Source:
Scanned from the manuscript held in the Venetian State Archives: ASV, Senato Terra, reg. 14, c. 112r.

Citation:
Aldus Manutius's Petition against Counterfeiters (1502), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

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Record-ID:
i_1502

Full title
Petition by Aldus Manutius to the Venetian Senate against Counterfeiters

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Author
Aldus Manutius

Publisher
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Location
Venice

Year
1502

Language
Italian

Source
Scanned from the manuscript held in the Venetian State Archives: ASV, Senato Terra, reg. 14, c. 112r.

Physical description
1 folio parchment; approximately 78 x 42,5cm; bound in a wooden board codex; handwritten

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Persons referred to
Loredan, Leonardo (1436-1521)
Manutius, Aldus (1449/50-1515)

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Places referred to
Brescia
Florence
Lyon
Venice

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Legislation referred to
Venetian monopoly to Aldus Manutius for printing in Greek typeface (1496)
Venetian privilege to Aldus Manutius for the exclusive use of a chancery cursive typeface (1502)

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Institutions referred to
Venetian Senate

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Key words
classics, Greek and Latin
counterfeit
fraud
importation
typography
utility

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).




Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, 10 West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DZ, UK