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A & C Black, Edinburgh, publishing house (est.1807)

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


Academia de Filarmonici, Verona

1590: Italy
* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books"


Académie de Saint-Luc (Paris)

1814: France
* Court of Cassation on sculptures


Académie française

1690: France
* Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers

1749: France
* Crébillon case

1776: France
* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers

1826: France
* Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission

1834: France
* Balzac's letter to authors

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1862: France
* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires"

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


Academy of Sciences (Paris)

1725: France
* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum

1776: France
* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers

1826: France
* Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission


Adelphi Theatre, London

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature


Agence Havas

1861: France
* Court of Cassation on telegraphic news


Alabama Confederate District Court

1863: USA
  Hardee's Memorial


Aldine Press

1503: Italy
* Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon


Allen, Morrill & Wardwell, American publishing firm (Andover, MA)

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials


Altdorf University

1673: Germany
  Nuremberg Printers' Ordinance


American Academy of Arts and Sciences

1790: USA
  Sample registrations


American Copyright Club

1843: USA
  An Address to the People of the United States


American International Copyright Association (est. 1837)

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


American International Copyright Association (1868), New York

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


American Newspaper Publishers' Association

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


American Philosophical Society

1837: USA
  Address of Certain Authors


American Publishers' Copyright League

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


Antiquarian Society, London

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1842: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April)


Appeals Council (Supplikationsrat) of the H.R.E.

1790: Germany
* J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire


Appleton & Co., American publishing firm

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials

1872: United Kingdom
  Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


Ashmolean Society, Oxford

1837: USA
  Address of Certain Authors


Association Littéraire et Artistique Internationale (ALAI)

1886: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


Association Littéraire Internationale

1886: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union


Athenaeum Club, London

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


Athenaeum Hotel, New York

1843: USA
  An Address to the People of the United States


Augsburg City Council

1713: Germany
  Augsburg Printers' Ordinance


Aulic Council (Reichshofrat) of the H.R.E. (Vienna)

1608: Germany
* "Books Constitution" of Emperor Rudolf II

1713: Germany
  Augsburg Printers' Ordinance

1785: Germany
  Imperial privilege for Aloysius Blumauer's Travesty of Virgil's "Aeneid"

1790: Germany
* J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire


Basel City Council

1531: Germany
* Basel Printers' Statute


Basel University

1738: Germany
* Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books


Basilica di San Giovanni e Paolo (San Zanipolo), Venice

1549: Italy
* Statutes of the Venetian Guild of Printers and Booksellers


Belford Bros., Toronto (publishing firm)

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


Bennett, Backus & Hawley, American publishing firm (Utica, NY)

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials


Berlin University

1846: Germany
  Expert Opinion on Schelling v. Paulus


Berliner Photographische Gesellschaft, New York

1896: USA
  Hearing on H.R. 5976

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


Berne Convention 1886

1886: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union


Biblioteca Marciana (Library of St Mark's), Venice

1516: Italy
* Appointment of Andrea Navagero as Literary Censor

1603: Italy
* Venetian Decree on Privileges for New Books and Reprints


Bibliothèque du Roi (French Royal Library)

1618: France
* Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade

1686: France
* Book trade regulations

1814: France
* Court of Cassation on sculptures


Bibliothèque nationale de France

1793: France
* French Literary and Artistic Property Act

1813: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1841: France
* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property

1851: United Kingdom
  Anglo-French Copyright Treaty

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report


Bickers & Bush, London (bookselling firm)

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


Bijou Theatre, New York

1893: USA
  Falk v. Donaldson


Board of Agriculture (for Great Britain)

1799: United Kingdom
  Documents concerning the Models and Busts Act


Board of Trade

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

1872: United Kingdom
  Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright

1874: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report


Board of Trade, London

1846: Germany
* Bilateral Treaty between Prussia and Britain

1879: United Kingdom
  Copyright Consolidation Bill

1886: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union


Bodleian Library, Oxford

1637: United Kingdom
* Star Chamber Decree

1710: United Kingdom
* Statute of Anne

1737: United Kingdom
* Booksellers' Bill

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Alexander Donaldson

1813: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (12 July)

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (15 July)

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (18 May)

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (7 June)

1814: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report on the Copyright Acts

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1837: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (6 June)

1838: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (27 Feb.)

1838: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (6 June)

1839: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1840: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1841: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (21 April)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (23 March)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (4 March)

1842: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report

1879: United Kingdom
  Copyright Consolidation Bill

1886: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union


Books Commission (Leipzig)

1549: Germany
* Electoral Saxon Printing and Censorship Acts from 1549 to 1717

1773: Germany
* Saxonian Statute

1844: Germany
* Saxon Copyright Act

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


Boston Academy of Music

1853: USA
  Letters on International copyright


Boston Copyright Association (f.1887)

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


Bow Street Magistrates' Court

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature


Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig (f.1719)

1829: Germany
  Music publishers' agreement to ban reprinting

1830: Germany
* Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy


Bremen Senate

1827: Germany
* Treaties on reciprocal protection between Prussia and various German States


Brett Lithographing Co., New York

1891: USA
  Falk v. Brett Lithographing Co.


British and Foreign Bible Society

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


British Embassy in Paris

1842: United Kingdom
* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright


British Institution for Promoting the Fine Arts

1853: United Kingdom
  Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright


British Museum

1774: United Kingdom
  Booksellers' Bill

1774: United Kingdom
  The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents

1813: United Kingdom
  Report of the Acts Respecting Copyright

1813: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report on Acts for the Encouragement of Learning

1813: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (12 July)

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (15 July)

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (18 May)

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (7 June)

1814: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (19 May)

1814: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report on the Copyright Acts

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1837: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (6 June)

1838: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (27 Feb.)

1838: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (6 June)

1838: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act

1839: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1840: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1841: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (21 April)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (23 March)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (27 June)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (4 March)

1842: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1842: United Kingdom
* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright

1844: United Kingdom
  International Copyright Bill

1844: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials

1851: United Kingdom
  Anglo-French Copyright Treaty

1852: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act

1853: USA
  British-American Copyright Convention Draft

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

1872: United Kingdom
  Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report

1879: United Kingdom
  Copyright Consolidation Bill


Buchhandlung des Waisenhauses, Halle

1765: Germany
* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel


Bundesrat of the German Empire

1876: Germany
* Copyright Acts for the German Empire regarding works of art, photography, and designs


Bundesrat (Federal Council) of the North German Confederation

1870 : Germany
* Copyright Act for the German Empire


Bureau de la Librairie

1851: United Kingdom
  Anglo-French Copyright Treaty

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence

1882: Germany
  Bilateral treaty between Switzerland and France


Bureau de l'Union internationale pour la protection des oeuvres littéraires et artistiques

1886: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union


Bureau for the Poor

1790: France
* Sieyès' report


Bureau international de l'Union pour la protection de la propriété industrielle, Berne

1886: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union


B. Schott's Söhne, music publishers (f.1770)

1830: Germany
* Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy


Cabinet des Estampes (Print Room, National Library, Paris)

1793 : France
* French Literary and Artistic Property Act

1813: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence


Caius College Library, Cambridge

1761: United Kingdom
  Tonson v. Collins


Cambridge University Library

1813: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (12 July)

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (15 July)

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (18 May)

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (7 June)

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report on the Copyright Acts

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1837: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (6 June)

1838: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (27 Feb.)

1838: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (6 June)

1839: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1840: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1841: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (21 April)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (23 March)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (4 March)

1842: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report

1879: United Kingdom
  Copyright Consolidation Bill

1886: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union


Canadian House of Commons

1872: United Kingdom
  Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright

1874: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


Canadian Senate

1872: United Kingdom
  Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


Canterbury Music Hall, London

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., publishing house

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


Cawthorn's Circulating Library, London

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


Central Book Censorship Commission (Vienna)

1781: Germany
* Austrian Statutes on Censorship and Printing

1846: Germany
* Austrian Copyright Act


Chamber of Commerce, Vienna

1886: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union


Chamber of Deputies, Paris

1826: France
* Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature

1838: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (9 May)

1840: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.)

1841: France
* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property

1841: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (29 Jan.)

1841: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.)

1842: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April)

1842: United Kingdom
* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright

1902: France
* Court of Cassation on moral rights


Chambre syndicale des libraires et imprimeurs (Paris)

1618: France
* Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade

1665: France
* French book trade regulations

1686: France
* Book trade regulations

1725: France
* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum

1761: France
* La Fontaine case

1770: France
* Luneau de Boisjermain's case

1776: France
* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers

1777: France
* French Decree of 30 August 1777, on the duration of privileges

1778: France
* Pluquet's letters

1780: Italy
  Venetian Reprint of the French Decree of 30 August 1777, on the duration of privileges

1786: France
* French Decree on Musical Publications

1826: France
* Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission


Chancery of France ('Grande Chancellerie')

1665: France
* French book trade regulations

1676: France
* Decree on Sculptures

1701: France
* Royal letters patent

1761: France
* La Fontaine case

1776: France
* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers


Chapel Royal

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey


Chapman & Hall (publishing house)

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


Chappell & Co., music publishers

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


Charles Scribner & Co., American publishing firm

1872: United Kingdom
  Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright

1902: USA
  Bleistein's Brief


Charterhouse School

1721: United Kingdom
  Burnet's Bill of Complaint and Chetwood's Answer


Château du Louvre

1686: France
* Book trade regulations

1723: France
* Code de la Librairie


Châtelet (Provostship of Paris)

1660: France
* Decree on Engravings

1791: France
  Beaumarchais's petition


Chicago Copyright League

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


Christ Church College, Oxford

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence


Christie's, auction house

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


Church Consistory of Leipzig

1844: Germany
* Saxon Copyright Act


Church of England

1538: United Kingdom
* Henrician Proclamation

1559: United Kingdom
* Elizabethan Injunctions

1637: United Kingdom
* Star Chamber Decree

1662: United Kingdom
  Licensing Act (parchment copy)

1662: United Kingdom
* Licensing Act

1663: United Kingdom
  L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals

1693: United Kingdom
  Locke's Memorandum on the 1662 Act

1704: United Kingdom
* Defoe's Essay on the Press

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise


Church of Scotland

1839: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.)


Church-Committee of Saxony

1773: Germany
* Saxonian Statute


Civil Registry at the Châtelet du Paris

1618: France
* Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade


Clarendon Press, Oxford

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


Coburg Theatre (now: Old Vic)

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature


Cockpit Theatre, Drury Lane

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature


Collège de France

1618: France
* Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade


Collège de Montaigu (University of Paris)

1690: France
* Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers


College of Electors (Kurfürstliches Kollegium)

1608: Germany
* "Books Constitution" of Emperor Rudolf II

1790: Germany
* J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire


College of New Jersey

1782: USA
  Letter from Smith to Webster


Colonial Office, London

1857: United Kingdom
  Return of Colonies and British Possessions on Importation of Reprints

1872: United Kingdom
  Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright

1874: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report

1886: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union


Colton & Jenkins, American bookbinding firm (New York)

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials


Comédie-Française

1749: France
* Crébillon case

1776: France
* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers

1780: France
* Dramatic Act

1826: France
* Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature

1834: France
* Balzac's letter to authors

1862: France
* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires"


Comité de Constitution (National Assembly)

1791: France
* Le Chapelier's report

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


Commissioner of Customs, England

1801: United Kingdom
  A Bill for the Further Encouragement of Learning


Commissioner of Customs, Ireland

1801: United Kingdom
  A Bill for the Further Encouragement of Learning


Commissioner of Customs, Scotland

1801: United Kingdom
  A Bill for the Further Encouragement of Learning


Commissioner of Excise, England

1801: United Kingdom
  A Bill for the Further Encouragement of Learning


Commissioner of Excise, Ireland

1801: United Kingdom
  A Bill for the Further Encouragement of Learning


Commissioner of Excise, Scotland

1801: United Kingdom
  A Bill for the Further Encouragement of Learning


Committee of Agriculture & Trade

1791: France
* Report of François Hell to the National Assembly


Committee of Public Instruction (First Republic)

1791: France
  Beaumarchais's petition

1793: France
* French Literary and Artistic Property Act


Compagnie des Usages (association of major Parisian publishers)

1650: France
* Vitré's memorandum on the prolongation of privileges


Confederate Congress (1861-1865)

1861: USA
* Confederate States of America Copyright Act

1863: USA
  Confederate States of America Copyright Act Amendement

1863: USA
  Hardee's Memorial

1863: USA
  International Copyright Resolution


Confederate District Courts

1861: USA
* Confederate States of America Copyright Act

1863: USA
  Hardee's Memorial


Confederate Secretary of State's Office

1861: USA
* Confederate States of America Copyright Act


Confrairie de S Jean Porte-Latine (booksellers' association)

1650: France
* Vitré's memorandum on the prolongation of privileges


Congress

1894: USA
  H.R. 6835 (Cummings Bill)


Congress of the Confederation (1781-1789)

1782: USA
  Letter from Smith to Webster

1787: USA
  Constitutional Convention Journal Entry


Connecticut General Assembly

1781: USA
  Andrew Law's Privilege

1781: USA
* Andrew Law's Petition

1783: USA
  Ledyard Petition Committee Report

1783: USA
  Petition of John Ledyard

1783: USA
* Connecticut Copyright Statute


Connecticut Supreme Court

1783: USA
* Connecticut Copyright Statute


Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report


Conservatoire de Paris

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature

1862: France
* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires"


Constitutional Committee of the French National Assembly

1791: France
* Report of François Hell to the National Assembly


Constitutional Convention (1787)

1787: USA
  Madison's Edited Journal Record

1787: USA
  Madison's Journal Record

1788: USA
  The Federalist No. 43

1873: USA
  Committee on the Library Report

1883: USA
  Burrow-Giles' Brief


Continental Congress (1774-1789)

1783: USA
  Continental Congress Resolution

1783: USA
  Letter from Joel Barlow to the Continental Congress


Copyright Association of Great Britain

1872: United Kingdom
  Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright

1886: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union


Copyright Association of the United States

1872: United Kingdom
  Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


Corps législatif (1852-1870)

1862: France
* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires"

1866: France
* Literary and artistic property act

1878: France
* Morillot on the author's right

1902: France
* Court of Cassation on moral rights


Corpus Christi College, Oxford

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence


Cosmar & Krause, music publishers (f.1826)

1830: Germany
* Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy


Council of State (England)

1649: United Kingdom
  An Act against Unlicensed and Scandalous Books and Pamphlets

1653: United Kingdom
  An Act for reviving [the 1649 Act]


Council of State (France)

1862: France
* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires"

1902: France
* Court of Cassation on moral rights


Council of the City of London

1649: United Kingdom
  An Act against Unlicensed and Scandalous Books and Pamphlets


Council of the Comédie-Française (est. 1766)

1780: France
* Dramatic Act


Cour de Commerce (Paris)

1778: France
* Pluquet's letters


Court of Appeal of England and Wales

1858: United Kingdom
  Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee


Court of Appeal (Bordeaux)

1861: France
* Court of Cassation on telegraphic news


Court of Appeal (Paris)

1902: France
* Court of Cassation on moral rights


Court of Appeal (Rouen)

1845: France
* Court of Appeal on translations

1853: France
  Court of Cassation on translations

1853: USA
* Stowe v. Thomas


Court of Cassation (Paris)

1814: France
* Court of Cassation on compilations

1814: France
* Court of Cassation on sculptures

1841: France
  Court of Cassation on artistic property

1842: France
* Court of Cassation on artistic property

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1862: France
* Court of Cassation on photography

1869: France
* Court of Cassation on originality

1902: France
* Court of Cassation on moral rights


Court of Chancery

1737: United Kingdom
* Booksellers' Bill

1741: United Kingdom
  Gyles v. Wilcox (Barnardiston's Report)

1741: United Kingdom
  Pope v Curl: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders

1741: United Kingdom
* Pope v. Curl

1747: United Kingdom
* Warburton's Letter from an Author

1751: United Kingdom
  Tonson v. Walker

1761: United Kingdom
  Tonson v. Collins

1762: United Kingdom
* Tonson v. Collins

1766: United Kingdom
  Blackstone's Commentaries, Vol.II (selected extracts)

1769: United Kingdom
* Millar v. Taylor

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Alexander Donaldson

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Messrs John Hinton et al

1773: United Kingdom
* Hinton v. Donaldson

1774: United Kingdom
  Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property

1774: United Kingdom
  Macauley's A Modest Plea

1774: United Kingdom
  The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents

1774: United Kingdom
  The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House

1774: United Kingdom
* Donaldson v. Becket

1798: United Kingdom
* Beckford v. Hood

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature


Court of Chancery, England

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report

1835: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Lectures Act (24 Aug.)

1838: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act

1839: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.)

1840: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.)

1842: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (20 April)

1842: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April)

1842: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (8 Feb.)

1842: United Kingdom
* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1853: United Kingdom
  Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

1879: USA
* Baker v. Selden

1883: USA
  Burrow-Giles' Brief

1883: USA
  Sarony's Brief

1902: USA
  Bleistein: Donaldson Lithographing Co. Brief


Court of Common Pleas

1774: United Kingdom
  Macauley's A Modest Plea

1775: United Kingdom
* Stationers' Company v. Carnan

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1838: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (6 June)

1839: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1840: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1841: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (21 April)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (23 March)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (4 March)

1842: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1842: United Kingdom
* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright

1853: United Kingdom
  Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Court of Common Pleas, South Carolina

1784: USA
  South Carolina Copyright Statute

1792: USA
  Purcell's Printing Privilege


Court of Exchequer

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright


Court of Exchequer, England

1710: United Kingdom
* Statute of Anne

1769: United Kingdom
* Millar v. Taylor

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1838: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (6 June)

1839: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1840: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1841: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (21 April)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (23 March)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (4 March)

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Court of Exchequer, Ireland

1838: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (6 June)

1839: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1840: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1841: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (21 April)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (23 March)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (4 March)


Court of High Commission

1637: United Kingdom
* Star Chamber Decree

1774: United Kingdom
  The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey


Court of King's Bench

1762: United Kingdom
* Tonson v. Collins

1769: United Kingdom
* Millar v. Taylor

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Alexander Donaldson

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Messrs John Hinton et al

1773: United Kingdom
* Hinton v. Donaldson

1774: United Kingdom
  The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents

1774: United Kingdom
  The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House

1774: United Kingdom
* Donaldson v. Becket

1777: United Kingdom
* Bach v. Longman

1799: United Kingdom
  Documents concerning the Models and Busts Act

1813: United Kingdom
  Report of the Acts Respecting Copyright

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (7 June)

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report on the Copyright Acts

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1830: USA
  Judiciary Committee Report

1831: USA
  House Debate

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report

1838: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April)

1842: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May)

1842: United Kingdom
* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

1883: USA
  Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


Court of Queen's Bench

1838: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (6 June)

1839: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1840: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1841: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (21 April)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (23 March)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (4 March)

1842: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May)

1842: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1853: United Kingdom
  Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence

1900: USA
  Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co., Circuit Court Decision


Court of Sessions, Scotland

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Alexander Donaldson

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Messrs John Hinton et al

1773: United Kingdom
* Hinton v. Donaldson

1774: United Kingdom
  Booksellers' Bill

1774: United Kingdom
  The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House

1774: United Kingdom
* Donaldson v. Becket

1787: United Kingdom
* Calico Printers' Act

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (12 July)

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (15 July)

1814: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1837: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (6 June)

1838: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (27 Feb.)

1838: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (6 June)

1839: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1840: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1841: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (21 April)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (23 March)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (4 March)

1861: United Kingdom
  Fine Art Copyright Bill

1862: United Kingdom
  Fine Art Copyright Bill (20 March)

1862: United Kingdom
  Fine Art Copyright Bill (27 Feb.)

1862: United Kingdom
* Fine Art Copyright Act

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report

1879: United Kingdom
  Copyright Consolidation Bill


Court of St James

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Alexander Donaldson


Crédit Agricole (f.1860)

1862: France
* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires"


Crédit Foncier de France (f.1852)

1862: France
* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires"


Crédit Mobilier de France (f.1852)

1862: France
* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires"


Crocker & Brewster, American publishing firm (Boston)

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials


Crosby Hall, Bishopsgate

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


Crystal Palace, London

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


C. C. Lose, Copenhagen, music publishers (f.1802)

1830: Germany
* Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy


Dawson Bros., Montreal, publishing firm

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


Designs Office, Board of Trade

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


Downing College, Cambridge

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence


Dramatic Authors'

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


Dramatic Authors' Society

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Dudley Gallery, London

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


East India Company

1813: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1814: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (18 July)

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1841: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.)

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence

1880: Germany
* Kohler: Author's Right


Edinburgh Central Public Library

1814: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (18 July)


Edward Schuberth & Co., music publishing house (New York)

1896: USA
  Hearing on H.R. 5976


Elliott & Fry, London, photographic studio (est.1863)

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


English Law Society

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise


Erfurt Law Faculty

1690: Germany
  Beier: On the Book Trade and its Privileges

1740: Germany
* Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books"


Escorial Monastery (El Escorial)

1650: France
* Vitré's memorandum on the prolongation of privileges


Estates of the Holy Roman Empire

1774: Germany
* Pütter: The Reprinting of Books


Eton College

1813: United Kingdom
  Petition of the Printers of London and Westminster

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1837: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (6 June)

1838: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (27 Feb.)

1838: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (6 June)

1839: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1840: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1841: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (21 April)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (23 March)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (4 March)

1842: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1842: United Kingdom
* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report


Exeter College, Oxford

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence


Exeter Hall, London

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


Faculty of Advocates, Edinburgh

1710: United Kingdom
* Statute of Anne

1737: United Kingdom
  An Act for the Encouragement of Learning (Draft)

1737: United Kingdom
* Booksellers' Bill

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Alexander Donaldson

1774: United Kingdom
  Booksellers' Bill

1812: United Kingdom
  Petition of the London Booksellers

1813: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (12 July)

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (15 July)

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (18 May)

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (7 June)

1814: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report on the Copyright Acts

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1837: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (6 June)

1838: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (27 Feb.)

1838: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (6 June)

1839: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1840: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1841: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (21 April)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (23 March)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (4 March)

1842: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report

1879: United Kingdom
  Copyright Consolidation Bill

1886: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union


Federal Assembly (Bundestag) of the German Confederation

1824 : Germany
* Neustetel: The Reprinting of Books

1827: Germany
* Treaties on reciprocal protection between Prussia and various German States

1832: Germany
* Gans: On the right to perform published stage plays

1837: Germany
* Directive for reciprocal copyright protection within the German Confederation

1840: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.)

1842: United Kingdom
* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright

1858: United Kingdom
  Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Federal Chancellery Office (Berlin)

1870: Germany
* Copyright Act for the German Empire


Fleet Prison, London

1721: United Kingdom
  Burnet v. Chetwood: Entries from the Court's Book of Orders

1721: United Kingdom
* Burnet v. Chetwood


Florentine Council of Ten

1532: Italy
  Antonio Blado's edition of Machiavelli's "History of Florence"


Foreign Office, London

1852: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (13 Feb.)

1872: United Kingdom
  Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright

1874: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright

1886: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union


Frankfurt City Council

1533: Germany
* Schott v. Egenolph

1608: Germany
* "Books Constitution" of Emperor Rudolf II

1660: Germany
* Frankfurt Printers' Ordinance

1690: Germany
  Amendment to the Frankfurt Printers' Ordinance


Frankfurt fair

1533: Germany
* Schott v. Egenolph

1659: Germany
* Schupp: The Book Thief

1660: Germany
* Frankfurt Printers' Ordinance

1673: Germany
  Nuremberg Printers' Ordinance

1794: Germany
* Prussian Statute Book (ALR)


French Chamber of Peers

1826: France
* Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission

1840: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.)

1841: France
* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property

1841: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (29 Jan.)

1842: United Kingdom
* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright


French Embassy in Berne

1882: Germany
  Bilateral treaty between Switzerland and France


French Ministry of Finance

1776: France
* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers


French Ministry of Justice

1776: France
* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers


French Ministry of Public Instruction

1841: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (29 Jan.)


French Ministry of the Interior

1841: France
* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence

1882: Germany
  Bilateral treaty between Switzerland and France


General Post Office (U.K.)

1872: United Kingdom
  Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright


George Routledge & Sons, publishing house (London)

1888: USA
  American Authors and British Pirates


Georgia House of Representatives

1786: USA
  Georgia Copyright Statute


Georgia Secretary of State's Office

1786: USA
  Georgia Copyright Statute


German Customs Union (Zollverein)

1846: Germany
* Bilateral Treaty between Prussia and Britain


German music publishers' Union Against Piracy (1830)

1830: Germany
* Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy

1835: Germany
* Copyright statement of Johann Strauss for Austria and Prussia


German Publishers' & Booksellers' Association (1765)

1765: Germany
* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel

1766: Germany
  Prussian Cabinet Order


German Reed Entertainment, London

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


Giessen law faculty

1740: Germany
* Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books"


Globe Theatre, London

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


Goldsmiths' Company, London

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence


Government House, New Zealand

1872: United Kingdom
  Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright


Government House, Ottawa

1872: United Kingdom
  Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright

1874: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright


Governor-General's Office, Ottawa

1872: United Kingdom
  Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright


Graham's Town Public Library

1874: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright


Gray's Inn

1737: United Kingdom
  An Act for the Encouragement of Learning (Draft)

1737: United Kingdom
* Booksellers' Bill


Great Exhibition, Crystal Palace (1851)

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Grecian Theatre, London

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Guildhall, London

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


Guillaumin (fl.1830-1890), publishing house

1862: France
* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires"


G. P. Putnam & Sons, American publishing firm (est.1866)

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


H S King & Co., London (publishing firm)

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


Hamburg City Council

1853: Germany
  Bilateral Treaty between Hamburg and Great Britain


Hamburg Senate

1842: United Kingdom
* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright


Harper & Brothers, American publishing firm (est.1833)

1872: United Kingdom
  Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence

1883: USA
  Sarony's Brief

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright

1896: USA
  Treloar Copyright Bill (H.R. 5976)


Harvard University

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


Harvard University Library

1783: USA
  Massachusetts Copyright Statute


Haude & Spener publishing house (f.1640)

1765: Germany
* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel


Haymarket Theatre

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise


Helmstadt law faculty

1740: Germany
* Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books"


Hermann & Langbein, music publishing house (Berlin)

1835: Germany
* Copyright statement of Johann Strauss for Austria and Prussia


High Commission

1586: United Kingdom
* Star Chamber Decree

1643: United Kingdom
* The Humble Remonstrance of the Stationers' Company


High Court of Parliament

1553: United Kingdom
  William Seres' Printing Patent


HM Treasury

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence

1879: United Kingdom
  Copyright Consolidation Bill


Hogan & Thompson, American publishing firm (Philadelphia)

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials


Holyrood Palace

1853: USA
  Letters on International copyright


Hôpital Général (Paris)

1650: France
* Vitré's memorandum on the prolongation of privileges

1665: France
* French book trade regulations


House of Commons

1663: United Kingdom
  L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals

1693: United Kingdom
  Locke's Memorandum on the 1662 Act

1709: United Kingdom
  More Reasons Humbly Offer'd for the Bill for the Encouragement of Learning

1709: United Kingdom
  Reasons Humbly Offer'd to the Consideration of the Honourable House of Commons

1710: United Kingdom
  A Bill for Encouragement of Learning

1737: United Kingdom
  An Act for the Encouragement of Learning (Draft)

1766: United Kingdom
  Engravers' Copyright Act

1769: United Kingdom
* Millar v. Taylor

1774: United Kingdom
  The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House

1774: United Kingdom
* Donaldson v. Becket

1777: United Kingdom
  Engravers' Copyright Act

1787: United Kingdom
* Calico Printers' Act

1799: United Kingdom
  Documents concerning the Models and Busts Act

1801: United Kingdom
  A Bill for the Further Encouragement of Learning

1812: United Kingdom
  Petition of the London Booksellers

1813: United Kingdom
  Petition of the Edinburgh Booksellers

1813: United Kingdom
  Petition of the Printers of London and Westminster

1813: United Kingdom
  Report of the Acts Respecting Copyright

1813: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report on Acts for the Encouragement of Learning

1813: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (18 May)

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (7 June)

1814: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (12 July)

1814: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (18 July)

1814: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (19 May)

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report on the Copyright Acts

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1830: United Kingdom
  Dramatic Writings Bill

1832: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May)

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature

1835: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Lectures Act (24 Aug.)

1837: USA
  Address of Certain Authors

1838: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (27 Feb.)

1838: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (6 June)

1838: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (9 May)

1838: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (20 March)

1839: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1839: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (1 May)

1839: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.)

1839: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (9 July)

1840: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1840: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.)

1840: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (4 Feb.)

1840: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (8 July)

1841: France
* Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property

1841: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1841: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Jan.)

1841: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (29 Jan.)

1841: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (21 April)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (23 March)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (27 June)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (4 March)

1842: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (16 Mar.)

1842: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (20 April)

1842: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (21 Feb.)

1842: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (23 Mar.)

1842: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (3 Mar.)

1842: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April)

1842: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (8 Feb.)

1842: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May)

1842: United Kingdom
* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright

1844: United Kingdom
  International Copyright Bill

1844: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act

1847: United Kingdom
  Foreign Reprints Bill

1851: United Kingdom
  Anglo-French Copyright Treaty

1852: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (13 Feb.)

1853: United Kingdom
  Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright

1857: United Kingdom
  Return of Colonies and British Possessions on Importation of Reprints

1861: United Kingdom
  Fine Art Copyright Bill

1861: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Bill (6 May)

1862: United Kingdom
  Fine Art Copyright Bill (27 Feb.)

1862: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (20 March)

1862: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (22 May)

1862: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (24 July)

1862: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (28 Feb.)

1862: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (31 March)

1862: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (5 June)

1862: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (6 March)

1872: United Kingdom
  Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright

1874: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report

1879: United Kingdom
  Copyright Consolidation Bill

1886: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union


House of Lords

1663: United Kingdom
  L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals

1693: United Kingdom
  Locke's Memorandum on the 1662 Act

1695: United Kingdom
  Reasons for objecting to the renewal of the Licensing Act

1710: United Kingdom
  A Bill for Encouragement of Learning

1741: United Kingdom
* Gyles v. Wilcox (Atkyn's Reports)

1762: United Kingdom
* Tonson v. Collins

1766: United Kingdom
  Engravers' Copyright Act

1769: United Kingdom
* Millar v. Taylor

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Alexander Donaldson

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Messrs John Hinton et al

1774: United Kingdom
  Booksellers' Bill

1774: United Kingdom
  Macauley's A Modest Plea

1774: United Kingdom
  The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents

1774: United Kingdom
  The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House

1774: United Kingdom
* Donaldson v. Becket

1775: United Kingdom
* Stationers' Company v. Carnan

1777: United Kingdom
  Engravers' Copyright Act

1787: United Kingdom
* Calico Printers' Act

1798: United Kingdom
* Beckford v. Hood

1799: United Kingdom
  Documents concerning the Models and Busts Act

1801: United Kingdom
  A Bill for the Further Encouragement of Learning

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1830: United Kingdom
  Dramatic Writings Bill

1832: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May)

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report

1835: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Lectures Act (24 Aug.)

1838: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (19 July)

1840: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.)

1841: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Jan.)

1841: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (29 Jan.)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (21 April)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (23 March)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (27 June)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (4 March)

1842: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April)

1842: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May)

1842: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May)

1842: United Kingdom
* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright

1844: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1851: United Kingdom
  Anglo-French Copyright Treaty

1852: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (30 April)

1853: Germany
* Bluntschli: On Authors' Rights

1853: United Kingdom
  Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright

1858: United Kingdom
  Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee

1862: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (22 May)

1862: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (23 May)

1862: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (24 July)

1862: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (5 June)

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

1872: United Kingdom
  Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright

1874: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report

1879: United Kingdom
  Copyright Consolidation Bill

1883: USA
  Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony

1886: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union

1888: USA
  American Authors and British Pirates

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


Hurd & Houghton, New York (publishing firm)

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


Imperial Circles (Reichskreise)

1790: Germany
* J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire


Imperial Commission for [University] Studies and Censorship, based in Vienna

1790: Germany
* J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire


Imperial Court of Paris

1862: France
* Court of Cassation on photography


Imperial Diet (Reichstag) at Augsburg 1548

1549: Germany
* Electoral Saxon Printing and Censorship Acts from 1549 to 1717


Imperial Diet (Reichstag) at Speyer 1570

1549: Germany
* Electoral Saxon Printing and Censorship Acts from 1549 to 1717


Imperial Exchequer (Reichsfiskal)

1790: Germany
* J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire


Imperial Senate

1501: Germany
* Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica

1502: Germany
  Privilege of the Imperial Senate for Works of Conrad Celtis


Imperial State Chancery (Berlin)

1876: Germany
* Copyright Acts for the German Empire regarding works of art, photography, and designs

1877: Germany
* Gareis: Juridical Nature of Author's Rights


Imperial State Chancery (Vienna)

1608: Germany
* "Books Constitution" of Emperor Rudolf II

1835: Germany
* Copyright statement of Johann Strauss for Austria and Prussia


Imperial Supreme Court (Reichskammergericht, Speyer)

1608: Germany
* "Books Constitution" of Emperor Rudolf II


Imperial Supreme Court (Reichskammergericht, Wetzlar)

1713: Germany
  Augsburg Printers' Ordinance

1790: Germany
* J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire


Imperial Treasury

1513: Germany
* Imperial privilege for Eucharius Rösslin


Imperial Treasury (Vienna)

1785: Germany
  Imperial privilege for Aloysius Blumauer's Travesty of Virgil's "Aeneid"


India Office, London

1886: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union


Indiana University, Bloomington

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


Inner Temple

1737: United Kingdom
  An Act for the Encouragement of Learning (Draft)

1737: United Kingdom
* Booksellers' Bill


Institut de France

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1862: France
* Court of Cassation on photography


International Copyright Union

1886: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union


International Exhibition 1862

1862: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (28 Feb.)

1862: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (31 March)

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


International Typographical Union (1852-1986)

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881

1896: USA
  Hearing on H.R. 5976

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


Iowa State University

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


J G Cotta'sche Buchhandlung, Stuttgart (f.1659)

1815: Germany
* Annotated Publishers' Petition to the Congress of Vienna

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


James Campbell & Son, Toronto (publishing firm)

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


Jena law faculty

1740: Germany
* Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books"


Jesus College, Cambridge

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence


John F. Trow & Co., American printing firm

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials


Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


Joint Committee on Printing, U.S. Congress

1842: USA
  Memorial of a Number of Persons Concerned in Printing and Publishing


Joint Committee on the Library (U.S. Congress)

1837: USA
  Debates in Congress

1870: USA
  Committee Report on S.703

1873: USA
  Committee on the Library Report

1874: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


Judiciary Committee, U.S. Senate

1826: USA
  Letter from Daniel Webster to Noah Webster

1828: USA
  H.R. 140 Committee Bill

1830: USA
  Judiciary Committee Report

1831: USA
* Copyright Act

1842: United Kingdom
* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright

1842: USA
  Memorial of a Number of Persons Concerned in Printing and Publishing


Keeper of the Seals ('Garde des Sceaux')

1725: France
* Louis d'Héricourt's memorandum

1725: France
* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum

1776: France
* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers


Kentucky District Court

1899: USA
  Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co., District Court Decision

1900: USA
  Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co., Circuit Court Decision

1902: USA
  Bleistein's Brief

1903: USA
* Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.


Kentucky State University

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


King's College Chapel, Cambridge

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence


King's College London

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


King's Council of State (France)

1507: France
* Eloy d'Amerval's privilege

1515: France
* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege

1547: France
* French Censorship Act

1618: France
* Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade

1650: France
* Vitré's memorandum on the prolongation of privileges

1660: France
* Decree on Engravings

1665: France
* French book trade regulations

1676: France
* Decree on Sculptures

1690: France
* Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers

1701: France
* Royal letters patent

1714: France
  Decree on Fine Arts

1723: France
* Code de la Librairie

1749: France
* Crébillon case

1761: France
* La Fontaine case

1763: France
* Diderot's Letter on the book trade

1776: France
* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers

1777: France
* French Decree of 30 August 1777, on the duration of privileges

1778: France
* Pluquet's letters

1780: France
* Dramatic Act

1780: Italy
  Venetian Reprint of the French Decree of 30 August 1777, on the duration of privileges

1786: France
* French Decree on Musical Publications

1814: France
* Court of Cassation on sculptures


La Scala, Milan

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature


Lacroix & Verboeckhoven, publishers (Brussels)

1862: France
* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires"


Lambeth Palace

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence


Langham Chambers Artists' Society

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


Lawrence University, Appleton (Wisconsin)

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


Leipzig City Council

1549: Germany
* Electoral Saxon Printing and Censorship Acts from 1549 to 1717

1844: Germany
* Saxon Copyright Act

1870: Germany
* Copyright Act for the German Empire


Leipzig Commercial Court

1844: Germany
* Saxon Copyright Act

1870: Germany
* Copyright Act for the German Empire

1876: Germany
* Copyright Acts for the German Empire regarding works of art, photography, and designs

1877: Germany
* Gareis: Juridical Nature of Author's Rights


Leipzig fair

1549: Germany
* Electoral Saxon Printing and Censorship Acts from 1549 to 1717

1673: Germany
  Nuremberg Printers' Ordinance

1765: Germany
* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel

1773: Germany
* Saxonian Statute

1794: Germany
* Prussian Statute Book (ALR)

1799: Germany
* Kehr: Apology of the Reprinting of Books


Leipzig law faculty

1740: Germany
* Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books"

1815: Germany
* Annotated Publishers' Petition to the Congress of Vienna


Leipzig University

1549: Germany
* Electoral Saxon Printing and Censorship Acts from 1549 to 1717


Library of Alexandria

1590: Italy
* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books"


Library of Congress

1844: USA
  H.R. 9 (Ingersoll Bill)

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials

1853: USA
  Affidavit of Harriet Beecher Stowe

1853: USA
  Stowe v. Thomas, Complainant's Bill

1853: USA
  Stowe v. Thomas, Defendant's Answer

1865: USA
* Copyright Act Amendment

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

1870: USA
* Copyright Act

1872: United Kingdom
  Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright

1872: USA
  International Copyright Bill

1874: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence

1883: USA
  Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony

1883: USA
  Burrow-Giles' Brief

1883: USA
  Sarony's Brief

1885: USA
  Carte v. Duff

1886: USA
  Committee on Patents Report

1888: USA
  American Authors and British Pirates

1891: USA
* International Copyright Act (The Chace Act)

1893: USA
  Falk v. Donaldson

1896: USA
  Hearing on H.R. 5976

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright

1896: USA
  Treloar Copyright Bill (H.R. 5976)

1899: USA
  Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co., District Court Decision

1900: USA
  Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co., Circuit Court Decision

1902: USA
  Bleistein's Brief

1902: USA
  Bleistein: Donaldson Lithographing Co. Brief


Lincoln's Inn

1737: United Kingdom
  An Act for the Encouragement of Learning (Draft)

1737: United Kingdom
* Booksellers' Bill

1774: United Kingdom
  Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1853: United Kingdom
  Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


Lincoln's Inn Hall

1832: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May)


Linnean Society

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence


London Library, The (f.1841 by Thomas Carlyle)

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


Louvre Museum

1902: USA
  Bleistein's Brief


Lower Austrian Provincial Government

1835: Germany
* Copyright statement of Johann Strauss for Austria and Prussia


Lübeck Senate

1827: Germany
* Treaties on reciprocal protection between Prussia and various German States


Lyceum Theatre, London

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature


Lyon Correctional Tribunal

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright


Lyon Guild of Booksellers and Printers

1665: France
* French book trade regulations

1690: France
* Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers


Lyon Imperial Law Court

1814: France
* Court of Cassation on compilations


Maine District Court

1790: USA
  Sample registrations

1853: USA
  Affidavit of Harriet Beecher Stowe

1853: USA
  Stowe v. Thomas, Complainant's Bill

1853: USA
  Stowe v. Thomas, Defendant's Answer


Maison du Roi (French Royal Household)

1780: France
* Dramatic Act


Mansion House

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


Marburg University

1659: Germany
* Schupp: The Book Thief


Marischal College of Aberdeen

1842: United Kingdom
* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright


Maryland County Courts

1700: USA
  Bladen's Privilege


Maryland General Assembly

1783: USA
  Maryland Copyright Statute


Maryland House of Delegates

1700: USA
  Bladen's Privilege


Massachusetts Circuit Court

1841: USA
  Master in Chancery Report

1841: USA
* Folsom v. Marsh

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


Massachusetts District Court

1790: USA
  Sample registrations

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright


Massachusetts General Court

1672: USA
* Usher's Printing Privilege

1772: USA
  William Billings' Second Petition


Massachusetts House of Representatives

1772: USA
  William Billings' Printing Privilege

1772: USA
  William Billings' Second Petition

1782: USA
  Letter from Smith to Webster

1783: USA
  Massachusetts Copyright Statute


Massachusetts Senate

1783: USA
  Massachusetts Copyright Statute


Massachussets Governor's Council

1772: USA
  William Billings' Printing Privilege


Matthew Carey & Sons, Philadelphia (publishing firm)

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report


Mechanics Institute

1839: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.)


Mercantile Library Association, New York

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


Merchant Taylors School

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence


Meyersche Buchhandlung, Lemgo (f.1664)

1765: Germany
* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel


Middle Temple

1737: United Kingdom
  An Act for the Encouragement of Learning (Draft)

1737: United Kingdom
* Booksellers' Bill


Mobile Confederate District Court

1863: USA
  Hardee's Memorial


Montreal Typographical Union

1872: United Kingdom
  Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright


Music Publishers' Association of the United States

1896: USA
  Hearing on H.R. 5976


Music Publishers' Association, London (f.1881)

1886: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union


Nassau Hall, Princeton University

1782: USA
  Letter from Smith to Webster


National Assembly (1789-1791)

1791: France
  Beaumarchais's petition

1791: France
* Le Chapelier's report

1791: France
* Report of François Hell to the National Assembly

1826: France
* Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission

1842: United Kingdom
* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright

1862: France
* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires"

1902: France
* Court of Cassation on moral rights


National Convention (1792-1795)

1793: France
* French Literary and Artistic Property Act

1842: United Kingdom
* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright

1862: France
* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires"


National Educational Association (NEA), U.S.A.

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


National Gallery

1861: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Bill (6 May)

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


National Portrait Gallery

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


Natural History Society, Hartford, Conn.

1837: USA
  Address of Certain Authors


New Hampshire Circuit Court

1879: USA
  Baker's Argument


New Jersey General Assembly

1783: USA
  New Jersey Copyright Statute


New Jersey Legislative Council

1783: USA
  New Jersey Copyright Statute


New Water-Colour Society

1853: United Kingdom
  Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright

1858: United Kingdom
  Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


New York District Court

1883: USA
  Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v. Sarony

1885: USA
  Carte v. Duff

1891: USA
  Falk v. Brett Lithographing Co.

1893: USA
  Falk v. Donaldson


New York Secretary of State's Office

1786: USA
  New York Copyright Statute


New York Senate

1786: USA
  New York Copyright Statute


New York State Assembly

1750: USA
  New York Law Printing Privilege

1772: USA
  Second New York Law Printing Privilege

1786: USA
  New York Copyright Statute


New York Supreme Court

1772: USA
  Second New York Law Printing Privilege


New York Supreme Court of Judicature

1786: USA
  New York Copyright Statute


New York Typographical Society

1838: USA
  Memorial of the New York Typographical Society


North Carolina General Assembly

1785: USA
  North Carolina Copyright Statute


Nova Scotia House of Assembly

1872: United Kingdom
  Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright


Novello & Co., music publishers

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


Nuremberg City Council

1673: Germany
  Nuremberg Printers' Ordinance


Nuremberg City Senate

1853: Germany
* Bluntschli: On Authors' Rights


Nuremberg Municipal Public Library

1673: Germany
  Nuremberg Printers' Ordinance


N. Simrock, music publishers (f.1793)

1829: Germany
  Music publishers' agreement to ban reprinting

1830: Germany
* Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy


Ohio District Court

1879: USA
  Baker's Argument

1879: USA
  Selden's Argument

1879: USA
* Baker v. Selden


Ohio State University

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


Old Bailey

1769: United Kingdom
* Millar v. Taylor

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Old Water-Colour Society

1853: United Kingdom
  Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright


Olympic Theatre, London

1832: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May)

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature


Opéra (Paris)

1834: France
* Balzac's letter to authors


Opéra-Comique, Paris

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature

1853: France
  Court of Cassation on translations

1853: USA
* Stowe v. Thomas


Order of Malta

1834: France
* Balzac's letter to authors


Otis, Broaders & Co., American publishing firm (Boston)

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials


Otterbein College, Ohio

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


Palais de Justice (Paris)

1618: France
* Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade

1686: France
* Book trade regulations


Pantheon, Oxford Street

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature


Paris Faculty of Theology (Sorbonne)

1547: France
* French Censorship Act


Parisian Guild of Booksellers and Printers

1618: France
* Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade

1649: France
  Book trade regulations

1650: France
* Vitré's memorandum on the prolongation of privileges

1665: France
* French book trade regulations

1686: France
* Book trade regulations

1690: France
* Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers

1725: France
* Louis d'Héricourt's memorandum

1725: France
* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum

1761: France
* La Fontaine case

1763: France
* Diderot's Letter on the book trade

1770: France
* Luneau de Boisjermain's case

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Alexander Donaldson

1776: France
* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers

1777: France
* French Decree of 30 August 1777, on the duration of privileges

1778: France
* Pluquet's letters

1780: Italy
  Venetian Reprint of the French Decree of 30 August 1777, on the duration of privileges

1786: France
* French Decree on Musical Publications

1826: France
* Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission


Parisian Guild of Master Casters and Founders

1814: France
* Court of Cassation on sculptures


Parisian Guild of Master Painters and Sculptors

1676: France
* Decree on Sculptures

1814: France
* Court of Cassation on sculptures


Parlement of Paris

1547: France
* French Censorship Act

1552: France
* General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard

1618: France
* Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade

1650: France
* Vitré's memorandum on the prolongation of privileges

1665: France
* French book trade regulations

1686: France
* Book trade regulations

1701: France
* Royal letters patent

1725: France
* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum

1762: France
* Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors

1762: United Kingdom
* An Enquiry into Literary Property

1763: France
* Diderot's Letter on the book trade

1776: France
* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers

1777: France
* Royal declaration on sculpture and painting

1778: France
* Pluquet's letters

1814: France
* Court of Cassation on sculptures

1826: France
* Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission


Parlement of Rouen

1665: France
* French book trade regulations


Parliament

1559: United Kingdom
* Elizabethan Injunctions

1624: United Kingdom
* Statute of Monopolies

1643: United Kingdom
  An Ordinance for the Regulation of Printing

1643: United Kingdom
* The Humble Remonstrance of the Stationers' Company

1647: United Kingdom
  Ordinance against Unlicensed or Scandalous Pamphlets

1649: United Kingdom
  An Act against Unlicensed and Scandalous Books and Pamphlets

1653: United Kingdom
  An Act for reviving [the 1649 Act]

1662: United Kingdom
* Licensing Act

1663: United Kingdom
  L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals

1695: United Kingdom
  Reasons for objecting to the renewal of the Licensing Act

1704: United Kingdom
* Defoe's Essay on the Press

1709: United Kingdom
  More Reasons Humbly Offer'd for the Bill for the Encouragement of Learning

1710: United Kingdom
* Statute of Anne

1735: United Kingdom
  The Case of Designers, Engravers, Etchers, &c.

1774: Germany
* Pütter: The Reprinting of Books

1774: United Kingdom
  Booksellers' Bill

1774: United Kingdom
  Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property

1798: United Kingdom
  Models and Busts Act (parchment copy)

1798: United Kingdom
* Models and Busts Act

1801: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1814: United Kingdom
  Sculpture Copyright Act

1826: USA
  Letter from Noah Webster to Daniel Webster

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1830: USA
  Judiciary Committee Report

1833: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend the Laws relating to Dramatic Literary Property

1833: United Kingdom
* Dramatic Literary Property Act

1835: United Kingdom
  Publication of Lectures Bill

1838: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (27 Feb.)

1838: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (6 June)

1838: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April)

1838: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (19 July)

1839: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1840: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1841: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (21 April)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (23 March)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (4 March)

1842: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April)

1842: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1844: United Kingdom
  International Copyright Bill

1844: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act

1847: United Kingdom
  Foreign Reprints Bill

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1852: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act

1853: USA
  Letters on International copyright

1861: United Kingdom
  Fine Art Copyright Bill

1862: United Kingdom
  Fine Art Copyright Bill (20 March)

1862: United Kingdom
  Fine Art Copyright Bill (27 Feb.)

1862: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (22 May)

1862: United Kingdom
* Fine Art Copyright Act

1880: Germany
* Kohler: Author's Right

1886: United Kingdom
  International Copyright Bill

1886: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


Patent Office, Board of Trade

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


Patent Office, U.S. Department of State

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report

1838: USA
  Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston

1838: USA
  Memorial of the New York Typographical Society

1838: USA
  Report, from the Committee on Patents

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1870: USA
* Copyright Act

1879: USA
  Baker's Argument

1879: USA
* Baker v. Selden

1883: USA
  Sarony's Brief

1896: USA
  Hearing on H.R. 5976

1896: USA
  Treloar Copyright Bill (H.R. 5976)

1902: USA
  Bleistein's Brief

1902: USA
  Bleistein: Donaldson Lithographing Co. Brief


Pavilion Theatre, London

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature


Pennsylvania District Court

1790: USA
  Sample registrations

1853: USA
  Affidavit of Harriet Beecher Stowe

1853: USA
  Stowe v. Thomas, Complainant's Bill

1853: USA
  Stowe v. Thomas, Defendant's Answer

1853: USA
  "Uncle Tom" at Law

1853: USA
* Stowe v. Thomas


Pennsylvania Eastern District Court

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report


Pennsylvania House of Representatives

1784: USA
  Pennsylvania Copyright Statute


Philipp Reclam jun., Leipzig publishing house

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


Portland Gallery

1853: United Kingdom
  Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright


Prerogative Court of Canterbury

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Messrs John Hinton et al

1773: United Kingdom
* Hinton v. Donaldson


Princeton University

1782: USA
  Letter from Smith to Webster

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


Print Sellers' Association, London

1853: United Kingdom
  Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright


Privy Council

1538: United Kingdom
* Henrician Proclamation

1553: United Kingdom
  William Seres' Printing Patent

1566: United Kingdom
* Star Chamber Decree

1586: United Kingdom
* Star Chamber Decree

1663: United Kingdom
  L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Alexander Donaldson

1773: United Kingdom
* Hinton v. Donaldson

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature

1838: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April)

1838: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (20 March)

1839: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.)

1840: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (14 Feb.)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (21 April)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (23 March)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (4 March)

1842: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (3 Mar.)

1842: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April)

1842: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May)

1842: United Kingdom
* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright

1844: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence

1879: United Kingdom
  Copyright Consolidation Bill


Privy Council Office, Canada

1872: United Kingdom
  Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright

1874: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright


Privy Council, Scotland

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Messrs John Hinton et al

1773: United Kingdom
* Hinton v. Donaldson


Prothonotaries' Office, Philadelphia

1784: USA
  Pennsylvania Copyright Statute


Provostship of Paris

1507: France
* Eloy d'Amerval's privilege

1515: France
* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege

1776: France
* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers


Prussian Association of Literary Experts

1846: Germany
  Expert Opinion on Schelling v. Paulus

1891: Germany
  50 Prussian Expert Opinions from 1870-1876


Prussian Embassy, Vienna

1835: Germany
* Copyright statement of Johann Strauss for Austria and Prussia


Prussian Ministry for Religious, Educational, and Medical Affairs

1837: Germany
* Prussian Copyright Act

1838: Germany
  Ordinance on the Establishment of Societies of Copyright Experts

1846: Germany
* Bilateral Treaty between Prussia and Britain


Prussian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1827: Germany
* Treaties on reciprocal protection between Prussia and various German States


Prussian Ministry of Justice

1838: Germany
  Ordinance on the Establishment of Societies of Copyright Experts


Prussian State Council

1837: Germany
* Prussian Copyright Act


Prussian State Ministry

1837: Germany
* Prussian Copyright Act

1838: Germany
  Ordinance on the Establishment of Societies of Copyright Experts


Prussian Supreme Board of Artistic Trustees

1837: Germany
* Prussian Copyright Act


Prussian Supreme Court

1838: Germany
  Ordinance on the Establishment of Societies of Copyright Experts


Prussian Supreme Court of Appeals

1846: Germany
  Expert Opinion on Schelling v. Paulus


Public Library, Cambridge

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Alexander Donaldson

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (12 July)

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (15 July)

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (18 May)

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (7 June)


Queen's Theatre, London

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Radcliffe Science Library, Oxford

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence


Registry Office of the Union Against Piracy, Leipzig

1830: Germany
* Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy

1835: Germany
* Copyright statement of Johann Strauss for Austria and Prussia


Reichstag of the German Empire

1876: Germany
* Copyright Acts for the German Empire regarding works of art, photography, and designs


Reichstag of the North German Confederation

1870: Germany
* Copyright Act for the German Empire


Rengerische Buchhandlung, Halle

1765: Germany
* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel


Rhode Island General Assembly

1783: USA
  Rhode Island Copyright Statute


Riformatori dello Studio di Padova (Venetian Board of Governors for the University of Padua)

1545: Italy
* Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations

1596: Italy
* Motu proprio controversy

1603: Italy
* Venetian Decree on Privileges for New Books and Reprints

1740: Italy
  Venetian Decree Against Unauthorized Printing of Songs

1780: Italy
* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents

1781: Italy
* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings


Robert Carter & Bros., American publishing firm

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


Robinson, Pratt, & Co., American publishing firm (New York)

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials


Rouen Guild of Booksellers and Printers

1665: France
* French book trade regulations

1690: France
* Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers


Royal Academy

1704: United Kingdom
* Defoe's Essay on the Press

1799: United Kingdom
  Documents concerning the Models and Busts Act

1853: United Kingdom
  Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


Royal Academy of Inscriptions and Belles-Lettres (Paris)

1759 : France
* Sieur d'Anville's contract

1826: France
* Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission


Royal Academy of Music (Paris)

1725: France
* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum

1826: France
* Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission


Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture (Paris)

1676: France
* Decree on Sculptures

1714: France
  Decree on Fine Arts

1725: France
* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum

1735: United Kingdom
  The Case of Designers, Engravers, Etchers, &c.

1777: France
* Royal declaration on sculpture and painting

1826: France
* Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission


Royal Albert Hall

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

1774: United Kingdom
  The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents


Royal College of Surgeons

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise


Royal Commission on Copyright

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report

1886: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


Royal Hospital for Seamen, Greenwich

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Royal Institute of British Architects

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report


Royal Italian Opera, Covent Garden

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature


Royal Library

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Alexander Donaldson

1774: United Kingdom
  Booksellers' Bill

1812: United Kingdom
  Petition of the London Booksellers

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (12 July)

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (15 July)

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (18 May)

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (7 June)

1814: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise


Royal Mail

1872: United Kingdom
  Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright


Royal Ministry of Hanover

1774: Germany
* Pütter: The Reprinting of Books


Royal Navy

1842: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April)


Royal School of Declamation & Song (Paris)

1786: France
* French Decree on Musical Publications


Royal Society

1774: United Kingdom
  Macauley's A Modest Plea


Royal Society of Arts (RSA)

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

1872: United Kingdom
  Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report


Royal Society of Arts (RSA); also: Society for the Encouragement of the Arts, Manufactures and Commerce

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1858: United Kingdom
  Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee


Royal Society of British Artists (RBA)

1853: United Kingdom
  Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright


Royal Society, London

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1842: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April)


Russian Academy of Sciences

1815: Germany
* Annotated Publishers' Petition to the Congress of Vienna


Rutgers College, New Jersey

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


R.H. Sherburne & Co., American publishing firm (Boston)

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials


Sadler's Wells Theatre

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature


Salisbury Court Theatre, London

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature


San Carlo Theatre, Naples

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature


Saxon Ministry of Justice

1844: Germany
* Saxon Copyright Act


Saxon Ministry of the Interior

1844: Germany
* Saxon Copyright Act


Saxon State Chancery

1549: Germany
* Electoral Saxon Printing and Censorship Acts from 1549 to 1717


Schuberth & Niemeyer, music publishers (f.1829)

1830: Germany
* Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy


Scottish National Gallery

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


Seaside Library, New York, publishers of cheap pirated reprint editions

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


See of Canterbury

1710: United Kingdom
* Statute of Anne

1762: United Kingdom
* Tonson v. Collins

1769: United Kingdom
* Millar v. Taylor

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Alexander Donaldson

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Messrs John Hinton et al

1774: United Kingdom
  The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents

1775: United Kingdom
* Stationers' Company v. Carnan

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1840: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (4 Feb.)

1842: United Kingdom
* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright


See of London

1710: United Kingdom
* Statute of Anne

1775: United Kingdom
* Stationers' Company v. Carnan

1842: United Kingdom
* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright


See of York

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Alexander Donaldson


Senate of Cambridge University

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence


Senate of France

1862: France
* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires"

1866: France
* Literary and artistic property act


Sheffield Scientific School, Yale

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


Signoria of Venice (Supreme Government)

1516: Italy
* Appointment of Andrea Navagero as Literary Censor


Sion College, London

1710: United Kingdom
* Statute of Anne

1737: United Kingdom
  An Act for the Encouragement of Learning (Draft)

1737: United Kingdom
* Booksellers' Bill

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Alexander Donaldson

1774: United Kingdom
  Booksellers' Bill

1812: United Kingdom
  Petition of the London Booksellers

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (12 July)

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (15 July)

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (18 May)

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (7 June)

1814: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report on the Copyright Acts

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1842: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May)

1842: United Kingdom
* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Smithsonian Institution

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials

1853: USA
  Affidavit of Harriet Beecher Stowe

1853: USA
  Letters on International copyright

1853: USA
  Stowe v. Thomas, Complainant's Bill

1853: USA
  Stowe v. Thomas, Defendant's Answer

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Société des Auteurs Dramatiques (Society of Dramatic Authors, f.1777, now SACD)

1834: France
* Balzac's letter to authors

1851: France
* SACEM's act of constitution

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique (SACEM)

1851: France
* SACEM's act of constitution

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


Society of Artists of Great Britain

1853: United Kingdom
  Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright


Society of Civil Engineers

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence


Society of the King's Inns, Dublin

1801: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1812: United Kingdom
  Petition of the London Booksellers

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (12 July)

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (15 July)

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (18 May)

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (7 June)

1814: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (10 May)

1814: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report on the Copyright Acts

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1842: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May)

1842: United Kingdom
* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Sodalitas Celtica

1501: Germany
* Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica

1502: Germany
  Privilege of the Imperial Senate for Works of Conrad Celtis


Somerset House

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


South African Public Library

1874: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright


South Carolina House of Representatives

1784: USA
  South Carolina Copyright Statute

1792: USA
  Purcell's Printing Privilege


South Carolina Secretary of State's Office

1784: USA
  South Carolina Copyright Statute


South Carolina Senate

1784: USA
  South Carolina Copyright Statute

1792: USA
  Purcell's Printing Privilege


St Bartholomew's Hospital

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1835: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Lectures Act (26 Aug.)


St James Concert Hall

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


St John's College, Oxford

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence


St Mark's Basilica, Venice

1517: Italy
* Venetian Decree on Press Affairs

1740: Italy
  Venetian Decree Against Unauthorized Printing of Songs


St Paul's Cathedral

1693: United Kingdom
  Locke's Memorandum on the 1662 Act


St Paul's Church

1721: United Kingdom
  Burnet's Bill of Complaint and Chetwood's Answer

1741: United Kingdom
  Pope's Bill of Complaint, and Curl's Answer

1774: United Kingdom
  The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents


St Peter's Basilica

1518: United Kingdom
* The Articles of the Pope's Bulle

1526: Italy
  Papal and Venetian Privileges for Sigismondo Fanti's "Triompho di Fortuna"

1531: Italy
* Antonio Blado's privilege for Machiavelli's works


St Peter's College, Oxford

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence


Stamp Office for Music (Paris)

1786: France
* French Decree on Musical Publications


Stamp Office (London)

1774: United Kingdom
  The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House

1774: United Kingdom
* Donaldson v. Becket


Standard Theatre, New York

1885: USA
  Carte v. Duff


Star Chamber

1566: United Kingdom
* Star Chamber Decree

1637: United Kingdom
* Star Chamber Decree

1643: United Kingdom
* The Humble Remonstrance of the Stationers' Company

1761: United Kingdom
  Tonson v. Collins

1769: United Kingdom
* Millar v. Taylor

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Alexander Donaldson

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Messrs John Hinton et al

1773: United Kingdom
* Hinton v. Donaldson

1774: United Kingdom
  Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property

1774: United Kingdom
  The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents

1774: United Kingdom
* Donaldson v. Becket

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report

1842: United Kingdom
* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


Stationers' Company

1559: United Kingdom
* Elizabethan Injunctions

1586: United Kingdom
* Star Chamber Decree

1637: United Kingdom
* Star Chamber Decree

1643: United Kingdom
  An Ordinance for the Regulation of Printing

1643: United Kingdom
* The Humble Remonstrance of the Stationers' Company

1649: United Kingdom
  An Act against Unlicensed and Scandalous Books and Pamphlets

1653: United Kingdom
  An Act for reviving [the 1649 Act]

1662: United Kingdom
  Licensing Act (parchment copy)

1662: United Kingdom
* Licensing Act

1663: United Kingdom
  L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals

1667: United Kingdom
  Recital of the Stationers' Charter

1684: United Kingdom
  Stationers' Charter

1693: United Kingdom
  Locke's Memorandum on the 1662 Act

1695: United Kingdom
  Reasons for objecting to the renewal of the Licensing Act

1709: United Kingdom
  Reasons Humbly Offer'd for the Bill for the Encouragement of Learning

1709: United Kingdom
  Reasons Humbly Offer'd to the Consideration of the Honourable House of Commons

1710: United Kingdom
  A Bill for Encouragement of Learning

1710: United Kingdom
* Statute of Anne

1721: United Kingdom
  Burnet's Bill of Complaint and Chetwood's Answer

1721: United Kingdom
* Burnet v. Chetwood

1729: United Kingdom
  Gay v. Read

1737: United Kingdom
  An Act for the Encouragement of Learning (Draft)

1737: United Kingdom
* Baller v. Watson: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders

1737: United Kingdom
* Booksellers' Bill

1741: United Kingdom
  Gyles v. Wilcox (Barnardiston's Report)

1751: United Kingdom
  Tonson v. Walker

1761: United Kingdom
  Tonson v. Collins

1762: United Kingdom
  A Vindication of the Rights of Authors

1762: United Kingdom
* Tonson v. Collins

1769: United Kingdom
* Millar v. Taylor

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Alexander Donaldson

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Messrs John Hinton et al

1774: United Kingdom
  Booksellers' Bill

1774: United Kingdom
  Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property

1774: United Kingdom
  Macauley's A Modest Plea

1774: United Kingdom
  The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents

1774: United Kingdom
  The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House

1774: United Kingdom
* Donaldson v. Becket

1775: United Kingdom
* Stationers' Company v. Carnan

1798: United Kingdom
* Beckford v. Hood

1801: United Kingdom
  A Bill for the Further Encouragement of Learning

1801: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1812: United Kingdom
  Petition of the London Booksellers

1813: United Kingdom
  Petition of the Printers of London and Westminster

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (12 July)

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (15 July)

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (18 May)

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (7 June)

1814: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report on the Copyright Acts

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report

1837: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (6 June)

1838: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (27 Feb.)

1838: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (6 June)

1838: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act

1839: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1840: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1841: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (21 April)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (23 March)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (4 March)

1842: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1842: United Kingdom
* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright

1844: United Kingdom
  International Copyright Bill

1844: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act

1846: Germany
* Bilateral Treaty between Prussia and Britain

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials

1851: United Kingdom
  Anglo-French Copyright Treaty

1853: USA
  British-American Copyright Convention Draft

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey

1862: United Kingdom
  Fine Art Copyright Bill (20 March)

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

1872: United Kingdom
  Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright

1874: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report

1879: United Kingdom
  Copyright Consolidation Bill

1883: USA
  Burrow-Giles' Brief


Stationers' Hall

1586: United Kingdom
* Star Chamber Decree

1637: United Kingdom
* Star Chamber Decree

1643: United Kingdom
  An Ordinance for the Regulation of Printing

1653: United Kingdom
  An Act for reviving [the 1649 Act]

1710: United Kingdom
  A Bill for Encouragement of Learning

1710: United Kingdom
* Statute of Anne

1737: United Kingdom
  An Act for the Encouragement of Learning (Draft)

1737: United Kingdom
* Baller v. Watson: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders

1737: United Kingdom
* Booksellers' Bill

1761: United Kingdom
  Tonson v. Collins

1762: United Kingdom
* Tonson v. Collins

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Alexander Donaldson

1798: United Kingdom
* Beckford v. Hood

1812: United Kingdom
  Petition of the London Booksellers

1813: United Kingdom
  Petition of the Printers of London and Westminster

1813: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (12 July)

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (15 July)

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (18 May)

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (7 June)

1814: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (10 May)

1814: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (18 July)

1814: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (19 May)

1814: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report on the Copyright Acts

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1826: USA
  Letter from Noah Webster to Daniel Webster

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report

1838: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (27 Feb.)

1838: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (6 June)

1838: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act

1839: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1840: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1841: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (21 April)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (23 March)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (4 March)

1842: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1842: United Kingdom
* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright

1844: United Kingdom
  International Copyright Bill

1844: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1851: United Kingdom
  Anglo-French Copyright Treaty

1853: United Kingdom
  Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright

1853: USA
  British-American Copyright Convention Draft

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey

1858: United Kingdom
  Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee

1862: United Kingdom
  Fine Art Copyright Bill (20 March)

1862: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (20 March)

1862: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (22 May)

1862: United Kingdom
* Fine Art Copyright Act

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

1872: United Kingdom
  Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


Supreme Commercial Court of the German Empire

1877: Germany
* Gareis: Juridical Nature of Author's Rights


Supreme Commercial Court of the North German Confederation (Leipzig)

1870 : Germany
* Copyright Act for the German Empire


Supreme Consistory (Lutheran Church Council) in Dresden

1549 : Germany
* Electoral Saxon Printing and Censorship Acts from 1549 to 1717


Supreme Court of the Confederate States

1861: USA
* Confederate States of America Copyright Act


Supreme Court (Leipzig)

1891: Germany
  50 Prussian Expert Opinions from 1870-1876


Supreme Court, Bengal

1838: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (6 June)

1839: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1840: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1841: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (21 April)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (23 March)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (4 March)


Supreme Court, Bombay

1838: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (6 June)

1839: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1840: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1841: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (21 April)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (23 March)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (4 March)


Supreme Court, Fort William

1838: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (6 June)

1839: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1840: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1841: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (21 April)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (23 March)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (4 March)


Supreme Court, Madras

1838: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (6 June)

1839: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1840: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1841: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (21 April)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (23 March)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (4 March)


Surrey Theatre, London

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


Swiss Council of States (upper house of the Swiss parliament)

1882 : Germany
  Bilateral treaty between Switzerland and France

1886: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union


Swiss Embassy in Paris

1882: Germany
  Bilateral treaty between Switzerland and France


Swiss Federal Council

1886: United Kingdom
  Berne Convention

1886: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union


Swiss Federal Government

1882: Germany
  Bilateral treaty between Switzerland and France


Swiss National Council (lower house of the Swiss Parliament)

1882 : Germany
  Bilateral treaty between Switzerland and France


Swords, Stanford, & Co., American publishing firm (New York)

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials


S. H. Goetzel & Co., Confederate publishing firm (Alabama State)

1863: USA
  Hardee's Memorial


Tappan & Dennet, American publishing firm (Boston)

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials


Teschen Consistory of the Augsburg Confession

1781: Germany
* Austrian Statutes on Censorship and Printing


Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature


Theatre Royal, Covent Garden

1832: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May)

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature

1833: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Dramatic Literary Property Act (12 March)

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

1774: United Kingdom
  The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1832: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May)

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


Theatre Royal, Edinburgh

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


Theatre Royal, Glasgow

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


Theatre Royal, Haymarket

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature


Theatre Royal, Liverpool

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


Théâtre-Italien, Paris

1853: France
  Court of Cassation on translations

1853: USA
* Stowe v. Thomas


Thomas Nelson, Inc., publishing firm (est.1798)

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


Ticknor and Fields, publishing firm, Boston (MA)

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence


Tower of London

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature


Tribunal correctionnel de la Seine

1862: France
* Court of Cassation on photography

1902: France
* Court of Cassation on moral rights


Tribunal of Commerce (Bordeaux)

1861: France
* Court of Cassation on telegraphic news


Trinity College, Cambridge

1813: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence


Trinity College, Dublin

1801: United Kingdom
  A Bill for the Further Encouragement of Learning

1801: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1812: United Kingdom
  Petition of the London Booksellers

1813: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (12 July)

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (15 July)

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (18 May)

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (7 June)

1814: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (10 May)

1814: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (18 July)

1814: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report on the Copyright Acts

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1837: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (6 June)

1838: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (27 Feb.)

1838: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (6 June)

1839: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1840: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1841: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (21 April)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (23 March)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (4 March)

1842: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1842: United Kingdom
* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report

1879: United Kingdom
  Copyright Consolidation Bill

1886: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union


Tulane University, New Orleans

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


United Typothetae of America (UTA)

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


Università di Stampatori e Librai (Venetian Guild of Printers and Booksellers)

1549: Italy
* Statutes of the Venetian Guild of Printers and Booksellers

1603: Italy
* Venetian Decree on Privileges for New Books and Reprints

1780: Italy
* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents

1781: Italy
* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: counter-petition and rulings


University and King's College of Aberdeen

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (12 July)

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (15 July)

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (18 May)

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (7 June)

1814: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report on the Copyright Acts

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1837: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (6 June)

1838: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (27 Feb.)

1838: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (6 June)

1839: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1840: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1841: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (21 April)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (23 March)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (4 March)

1842: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May)

1842: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report


University of Aberdeen

1812: United Kingdom
  Petition of the London Booksellers

1813: United Kingdom
  Petition of the Printers of London and Westminster

1813: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence


University of California, Berkeley

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


University of Cambridge

1559: United Kingdom
* Elizabethan Injunctions

1586: United Kingdom
* Star Chamber Decree

1637: United Kingdom
* Star Chamber Decree

1643: United Kingdom
* The Humble Remonstrance of the Stationers' Company

1649: United Kingdom
  An Act against Unlicensed and Scandalous Books and Pamphlets

1653: United Kingdom
  An Act for reviving [the 1649 Act]

1662: United Kingdom
* Licensing Act

1663: United Kingdom
  L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals

1693: United Kingdom
  Locke's Memorandum on the 1662 Act

1710: United Kingdom
  A Bill for Encouragement of Learning

1710: United Kingdom
* Statute of Anne

1737: United Kingdom
  An Act for the Encouragement of Learning (Draft)

1737: United Kingdom
* Booksellers' Bill

1769: United Kingdom
* Millar v. Taylor

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Alexander Donaldson

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Messrs John Hinton et al

1774: United Kingdom
  Booksellers' Bill

1774: United Kingdom
  The Pleadings of the Counsel before the House

1774: United Kingdom
* Donaldson v. Becket

1812: United Kingdom
  Petition of the London Booksellers

1813: United Kingdom
  Petition of the Printers of London and Westminster

1813: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (12 July)

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (15 July)

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (18 May)

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (7 June)

1814: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report on the Copyright Acts

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature

1837: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (6 June)

1838: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (27 Feb.)

1838: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (6 June)

1838: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (20 March)

1839: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1840: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1841: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (21 April)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (23 March)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (4 March)

1842: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May)

1842: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1842: United Kingdom
* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report

1883: USA
  Burrow-Giles' Brief


University of Dakota

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


University of Denver

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


University of Edinburgh

1710: United Kingdom
* Statute of Anne

1737: United Kingdom
  An Act for the Encouragement of Learning (Draft)

1737: United Kingdom
* Booksellers' Bill

1774: United Kingdom
  Booksellers' Bill

1812: United Kingdom
  Petition of the London Booksellers

1813: United Kingdom
  Petition of the Printers of London and Westminster

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (12 July)

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (15 July)

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (18 May)

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (7 June)

1814: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report on the Copyright Acts

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1837: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (6 June)

1838: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (27 Feb.)

1838: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (6 June)

1839: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1840: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1841: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (21 April)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (23 March)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (4 March)

1842: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April)

1842: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May)

1842: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1842: United Kingdom
* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report


University of Georgia, Athens

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


University of Glasgow

1710: United Kingdom
* Statute of Anne

1737: United Kingdom
  An Act for the Encouragement of Learning (Draft)

1737: United Kingdom
* Booksellers' Bill

1774: United Kingdom
  Booksellers' Bill

1812: United Kingdom
  Petition of the London Booksellers

1813: United Kingdom
  Petition of the Printers of London and Westminster

1813: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (12 July)

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (15 July)

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (18 May)

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (7 June)

1814: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report on the Copyright Acts

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1837: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (6 June)

1838: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (27 Feb.)

1838: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (6 June)

1839: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1839: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (27 Feb.)

1840: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1841: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (21 April)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (23 March)

1842: United Kingdom
  Bill to Amend the Law of Copyright (4 March)

1842: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (6 April)

1842: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May)

1842: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

1878: United Kingdom
  Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report


University of Göttingen

1774: Germany
* Pütter: The Reprinting of Books


University of King's College, Aberdeen

1710: United Kingdom
* Statute of Anne

1737: United Kingdom
  An Act for the Encouragement of Learning (Draft)

1737: United Kingdom
* Booksellers' Bill

1774: United Kingdom
  Booksellers' Bill


University of Mississippi, Oxford

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


University of Missouri, Columbia

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


University of Oxford

1559: United Kingdom
* Elizabethan Injunctions

1586: United Kingdom
* Star Chamber Decree

1637: United Kingdom
* Star Chamber Decree

1643: United Kingdom
* The Humble Remonstrance of the Stationers' Company

1649: United Kingdom
  An Act against Unlicensed and Scandalous Books and Pamphlets

1653: United Kingdom
  An Act for reviving [the 1649 Act]

1662: United Kingdom
* Licensing Act

1663: United Kingdom
  L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals

1693: United Kingdom
  Locke's Memorandum on the 1662 Act

1710: United Kingdom
  A Bill for Encouragement of Learning

1710: United Kingdom
* Statute of Anne

1737: United Kingdom
  An Act for the Encouragement of Learning (Draft)

1737: United Kingdom
* Booksellers' Bill

1769: United Kingdom
* Millar v. Taylor

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Alexander Donaldson

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Messrs John Hinton et al

1774: United Kingdom
  Booksellers' Bill

1812: United Kingdom
  Petition of the London Booksellers

1813: United Kingdom
  Petition of the Printers of London and Westminster

1813: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (12 July)

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (15 July)

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (18 May)

1814: United Kingdom
  Bill to amend Acts for the Encouragement of Learning (7 June)

1814: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (18 July)

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report on the Copyright Acts

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters

1837: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (6 June)

1838: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (27 Feb.)

1838: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (6 June)

1838: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (25 April)

1838: United Kingdom
  Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (6 June)

1839: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1840: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1841: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill