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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:  | | Milton's Contract, (1667) Source: Masson, D., The Life of John Milton and History of his Time, 7 vols (London: MacMillan & Co., 1881), 6: 509-11 Citation: Milton's Contract (1667), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Commentary Record-ID: uk_1667 Full title John Milton's contract with Samuel Simmons for the publication of Paradise Lost Full title original language N/A Abstract The contract between the poet John Milton and the stationer Samuel Simmons, concerning the publication of Paradise Lost, is the earliest agreement between an author and a publisher for which there exists documentary evidence. The commentary suggests that, while the terms of the contract do not necessarily reveal anything substantive about how authors in the mid-seventeenth century understood the nature of the rights they had in their manuscript work, it is nevertheless significant. Since the early eighteenth century, Milton, his work, and his contract with Simmons, were all co-opted, in a variety of ways, to service contemporary debates about the status of the author, about author-publisher relations, and about the nature of the relationship between an author and his work within the context of the emerging copyright regime. Bibliography Lindenbaum, P., "Milton's Contract", Cardozo Arts & Ent. L.J., 10 (1991-92): 439-54 Lindenbaum, P., "Authors and Publishers in the Late Seventeenth Century: New Evidence on their Relations", The Library, 6th ser., 17 (1995): 250-69 Lindenbaum, P., "Authors and Publishers in the Late Seventeenth Century, II: Brabazon Aylmer and the Mysteries of the Trade", The Library, (2002): 32-57 Loewenstein, J., The Author's Due: Printing and the Prehistory of Copyright (Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2002) Rose, M., Authors and Owners: The Invention of Copyright (Cambridge, Massachusetts and London: Harvard University Press, 1993) Related documents in this database Author N/A Publisher N/A Location N/A Year 1667 Language English Source Masson, D., The Life of John Milton and History of his Time, 7 vols (London: MacMillan & Co., 1881), 6: 509-11 Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to Milton, John (1608-1674) Simmons, Samuel (1640-1687) Persons referred to in commentary Abree, James (c.1691-1768) Austen, Jane (1775-1817) Aylmer, Brabazon (c.1645-c.1719) Bacon, Francis (1561-1626) Barrow, Isaac (1630-1677) Barrow, Thomas (fl.1630s) Bently, Richard (1662-1742) Boswell, James (1740-1795) Burney, Fanny (1752-1840) Camden, Charles Pratt, 1st Earl (1714-1794) Charles II (1630-1685) Clark, Samuel (1626-1701) Clarke, Sir Thomas (1703/04-1764) Cooper, Thomas (c.1517-1594) Daniel, Samuel (1562/63-1619) D'Israeli, Isaac (1766-1848) Dryden, John (1631-1700) Elizabeth I (1533-1603) Elzevir (fl.1592-1681) Fenton, Elijah (1683-1730) Fielding, Henry (1707-1754) Foster, Elizabeth (fl.1738) Goodwin, John (c.1594-1665) James I (1566-1625) Jekyll, Joseph (c.1662-1738) Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784) Jonson, Ben (1572-1637) Locke, John (1632-1704) Macaulay, Thomas Babington (1800-1859) Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl (1705-1793) Marchant, John (fl.1751) Melbourne, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount (1779-1848) Milton, Elizabeth (1638-1727) Milton, John (1608-1674) Minsheu, John (1559/60-1627) Newton, Sir Isaac (1642-1727) Newton, Thomas (1704-1782) Peel, Sir Robert (1788-1850) Pepys, Samuel (1633-1703) Pope, Alexander (1688-1744) Powell, Thomas (d.1635) Richardson, Samuel (1689-1761) Russell, John, 1st Earl Russell (1792-1878) Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) Simmons, Samuel (1640-1687) Southey, Robert (1774-1843) Speed, John (1551/52-1629) Stallenge, William (fl.1607) Talfourd, Thomas Noon (1795-1854) Tonson, Jacob, 'the Elder' (1655/56-1736) Wakley, Thomas (1795-1862) Walker, Robert (c.1709-1761) Warburton, Henry (1784-1858) Willes, Edward (c.1723-1787) Wither, George (1588-1667) Yorke, Philip, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (1690-1764) Places referred to Amsterdam Places referred to in commentary N/A Legislation referred to N/A Legislation referred to in commentary Licensing Act, 1662, 13 & 14 Car.II, c.33 Statute of Anne, 1710, 8 Anne, c.19 Copyright Amendment Act, 1842, 5 & 6 Vict., c.45 Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary Donaldson v. Becket (1774) 4 Burr. 2408, 2 Bro. P.C. 129 Eyre v. Walker (1735) NA, c.11 1520/29 Forrester v. Walker (1741) NA, c.11 867/54 Gyles v. Wilcox (1741) 2 Atk. 141 Millar v. Taylor (1769) 4 Burr. 2303 Pope v. Curl (1741) 2 Atk. 342 Tonson v. Walker (1739) NA, c.33 1753/208 Tonson v. Walker (1752) NA, c.11 1106/18, 3 Swans 672 Webb v. Rose (1732) NA, c.11 1534/62, 1881/156 Institutions referred to N/A Institutions referred to in commentary Court of Chancery House of Commons Privy Council Stationers' Company Theatre Royal, Drury Lane Key words author/publisher relations authors' remuneration authorship, legal concept of contract duration editions, new inheritability manuscript natural rights property theory, authors' property Responsible editor Ronan Deazley Copyright status (c) The British Library Board. All Rights Reserved, Licence No: 8716. 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