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A Vindication of the Rights of Authors, London (1762)

Source:
British Library: 1130.d.4b

Citation:
A Vindication of the Rights of Authors (1762), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

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Record-ID:
uk_1762b

Full title
Anon., A Vindication of the Exclusive Rights of Authors

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Abstract
This document is associated with the following core document: uk_1762

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Author
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Publisher
Griffiths

Location
London

Year
1762

Language
English

Source
British Library: 1130.d.4b

Physical description
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Illustrations tables
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Persons referred to
Addison, Joseph (1672-1719)
Anne (1665-1714)
Bacon, Francis (1561-1626)
Budé, Guillaume (1467-1540)
Caxton, William (c.1422-c.1492)
Charles I (1600-1649)
Charles II (1630-1685)
Cicero, Marcus Tullius (106 B.C.-43 B.C.)
Cordier, Mathurin (c.1480-1564)
Elizabeth I (1533-1603)
Erasmus (1466/69-1536)
Gadbury, John (1627-1704)
Henry VI (1421-1471)
Henry VII (1457-1509)
Menander (c.343 B.C.-291 B.C.)
Henry VIII (1491-1547)
Jonson, Ben (1572-1637)
More, Margaret (1505-1544)
More, Sir Thomas, St (1478-1535)
Pemberton, Sir Francis (1625-1697)
Raleigh, Sir Walter (1554-1618)
Seymour, Sir Edward (1633-1708)
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Warburton, William (1698-1779)
Wolsey, Thomas (c.1475-1530)

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Places referred to
England

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Legislation referred to
Licensing Act, 1662, 13 & 14 Car.II, c.33
Statute of Anne, 1710, 8 Anne, c.19

Legislation referred to in commentary
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Cases referred to
Stationers' Company v. Seymour (1677) 1 Mod. 256
Earl of Yarmouth v. Darrel (1686) 3 Mod. 75

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Institutions referred to
Stationers' Company

Institutions referred to in commentary
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Key words
authors' remuneration
book market
common law copyright
Enlightenment, the
inventions
natural rights
property theory, authors' property
public domain
transferability

Responsible editor
Ronan Deazley




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