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Information for Messrs John Hinton et al, Edinburgh (1773)

Source:
British Library: 515.f.15(2)

Citation:
Information for Messrs John Hinton et al (1773), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

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Record-ID:
uk_1773a

Full title
Hinton v. Donaldson: Information for Messrs John Hinton

Full title original language
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Abstract
This document is associated with the following core document: uk_1773

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Author
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Publisher
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Location
Edinburgh

Year
1773

Language
English

Source
British Library: 515.f.15(2)

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Illustrations tables
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Persons referred to
Anne (1665-1714)
Austin, Elisabeth (fl.1752)
Austin, Stephen (d.1750)
Blackstone, William (1723-1780)
Brown, George (d.1776)
Charles I (1600-1649)
Charles II (1630-1685)
Craig, Sir Thomas (c.1538-1608)
Dalrymple, Hugh (fl.1773)
Donaldson, Alexander (1727-1794)
Falconer, Alexander (1593/94-1671)
George II (1683-1760)
George III (1738-1820)
Grotius, Hugo (1583-1645)
Hendrieson, Edward (fl.1566)
Hinton, John (d.1781)
Homer (fl.700 B.C.-?)
Hyde, Edward, 1st Earl of Clarendon (1609-1674)
James V (1512-1542)
Kames, Henry Home, Lord (1696-1782)
Locke, John (1632-1704)
MacDonald, Sir Archibald (1747-1826)
Macdowall, Andrew (1685-1760)
Mackenzie, Sir George (1636/38-1691)
Macklin, Charles (c.1697-1797)
Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587)
Meurose, James (fl.1760-1770)
Millar, Andrew (1705-1768)
Milton, John (1608-1674)
Murray, Sir Thomas, of Glendoick (c.1633-1685)
Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)
Rae, David (1729-1804)
Richardson, William (fl.1766)
Robertson, John (fl.1764-1771)
Ruddiman, Thomas (1674-1757)
Skene, Sir John (c.1543-1617)
Stackhouse, Rev. Thomas (1681/82-1752)
Stair, James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount (1619-1695)
Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)
Talbot, Charles, 1st Baron Talbot (1685-1737)
Taylor, Robert (fl.1763)
Thomson, James (1700-1748)
Urquhart, Leonard (fl.1766)
Virgil (70 B.C.-19 B.C.)
Wood, John (fl.1760-1770)
Yorke, Philip, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (1690-1764)

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Places referred to
America
Berkshire
Berwick
Canterbury
Covent Garden
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Ireland
London
Oxford
Scotland

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Legislation referred to
Statute, Mary, 1551, c.27
Licensing Act, 1662, 13 & 14 Car.II, c.33
Statute of Anne, 1710, 8 Anne, c.19
Engravers' Copyright Act, 1735, 8 Geo.II, c.13
Importation Act, 1739, 12 Geo.II, c.36
Engravers' Copyright Act, 1766, 7 Geo.III, c.38

Legislation referred to in commentary
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Cases referred to
Knaplock v. Curl (1722) NA, c.11 690
Motte v. Faulkner (1735) NA, c.11 2249/4
Eyre v. Walker (1735) NA, c.11 1520/29
Walthoe v. Walker (1736) NA, c.11 1534/62
Tonson v. Walker (1739) NA, c.33 1753/208
Tonson v. Walker (1752) 3 Swans 672
Millar v. Taylor (1769) 4 Burr. 2303
Hinton v. Donaldson (1773)

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Institutions referred to
Court of Chancery
Court of King's Bench
Court of Sessions, Scotland
House of Lords
Prerogative Court of Canterbury
Privy Council, Scotland
See of Canterbury
Star Chamber
Stationers' Company
University of Cambridge
University of Oxford

Institutions referred to in commentary
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Key words
authors, self-publishing
authorship, legal concept of
book trade
common law copyright
contract
foreign reprints
idea/expression
patents, printing
property theory
transferability

Responsible editor
Ronan Deazley




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