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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:  | | Decree Establishing the Venetian Guild of Printers and Booksellers, Venice (1549) Source: Venice, Archivio di Stato: ASV, CX, Com, reg. 18, 197v-198r. Citation: Decree Establishing the Venetian Guild of Printers and Booksellers (1549), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Commentary Record-ID: i_1549 Full title Decree of the Council of Ten Establishing the Venetian Guild of Printers and Booksellers Full title original language N/A Abstract Decree chartering the establishment of the Guild of Printers and Booksellers. It provided that all those concerned with printing or selling books should join in the corporation, which would restore order within the trade and offer some assistance to the Three Deputies over Heresy in policing the authors and printers of unauthorized writings. In addition to providing for censorship, the establishment of the Guild was also a further measure (after Decrees of 1517, 1527 and 1545) to regulate the printing trade in order to restore the commercial importance of the Venetian book trade by standardizing and improving its procedures. However, the commentary argues that the Guild"s regulations were not rigidly enforced and the censoring of the book trade continued to rely upon the governmental decrees and proclamations. In fact, the Guild was not granted the exclusive control over published works until 1603 when it finally secured the right to grant and register copyrights. Bibliography Brown, Horatio Fortini, The Venetian Printing Press 1469-1800: An Historical Study Based upon Documents for the Most Part Hitherto Unpublished (London: John C. Nimmo, 1891). Chechetti, Bartolomeo. "Stampatori e librari", Archivio Veneto 29 (1885) Hirsch, Rudolf, Printing, Selling and Reading, 1450-1550 (Wiesbaden: Harrasowitz, 1967). Infelise, Mario. "Gli editori veneziani del secondo Cinquecento", in Da Pozzo (ed.), La ragione e l"arte, 27-33. Mackenney, Richard. Tradesmen and Traders: The World of the Guilds in Venice and Europe, c. 1250-c. 1650 (London: Croom Helm, 1987). Related documents in this database Author N/A Publisher N/A Location Venice Year 1549 Language Italian Source Venice, Archivio di Stato: ASV, CX, Com, reg. 18, 197v-198r. Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to N/A Persons referred to in commentary N/A Places referred to Venice Places referred to in commentary N/A Legislation referred to Venetian decree establishing the "Università di Stampatori e Librai" (1549) Legislation referred to in commentary N/A Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary N/A Institutions referred to Venetian Council of Ten Institutions referred to in commentary N/A Key words guild regulation immoral works public good Università di Stampatori e Librai (Venetian Guild of Printers and Booksellers) 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). | |||||
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