Home | Launch conference | Methodology | Editorial board | Acknowledgements | Contact








Core documents by:
Date
Place



Core documents for:
Italy
Germany
France
Britain
United States



All documents for:
Italy
Germany
France
Britain
United States


Original language:
English
French
German
Italian
Latin


Browse documents by:
   Person
... by name
... by occupation
... by life dates

Place
Institution
Legislation
Case law


Browse commentaries by:
   Person
... by name
... by occupation
... by life dates

Place
Institution
Legislation
Case law


Browse database by:
Key words



Editors' login:





Institution referred to in commentaries


Abbey of St Benedict, Subiaco

1469: Italy
* Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly


Académie de Saint-Luc (Paris)

1676: France
* Decree on Sculptures

1777: France
* Royal declaration on sculpture and painting


Académie française

1749: France
* Crébillon case

1761: France
* La Fontaine case

1845: France
* Court of Appeal on translations


Academy of Sciences (Paris)

1762: France
* Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors


Accademia dell'Arte del Disegno (Florence)

1798: United Kingdom
* Models and Busts Act


Alcoholics Anonymous

1892: Germany
* Bilateral treaty between the German Reich and the U.S.A.


Aldine Press

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


Association for the Culture and Science of the Jews (Berlin)

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


Association for the Protection of the Rights of Authors

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report


Association Littéraire et Artistique Internationale (ALAI)

1814 : France
* Court of Cassation on sculptures

1886: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act


Association Littéraire Internationale

1886: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act


Augsburg City Council

1660: Germany
* Frankfurt Printers' Ordinance


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

1511: Germany
* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick

1781: Germany
* Austrian Statutes on Censorship and Printing

1809: Germany
* Baden Civil Code


Austrian Court Chancellery

1840: Germany
* Bilateral Treaty between Austria and Sardinia


Austrian Imperial Commission of Justice

1840: Germany
* Bilateral Treaty between Austria and Sardinia


Austrian Society of Authors, Composers, and Music Publishers (f.1897)

1870 : Germany
* Copyright Act for the German Empire


Basel City Council

1531: Germany
* Basel Printers' Statute


Basel Law Faculty

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


Basel University

1531: Germany
* Basel Printers' Statute


Berlin Industrial Academy (Gewerbeakademie)

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


Berlin Municipal Court

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


Berlin Photographic Society

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


Berlin University

1774: Germany
* Pütter: The Reprinting of Books

1821: Germany
* Hegel: Remarks on Intellectual Property

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


Bibliographical Society

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Bibliothèque nationale de France

1814: France
* Court of Cassation on compilations


Board of Agriculture (for Great Britain)

1798: United Kingdom
* Models and Busts Act


Board of Customs

1844: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act


Board of Trade

1844: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act

1847: United Kingdom
* Foreign Reprints Act

1852: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report


Board of Trade, London

1846: Germany
* Bilateral Treaty between Prussia and Britain

1886: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act


Books Commission (Frankfurt)

1809: Germany
* Baden Civil Code


Books Commission (Leipzig)

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

1773: Germany
* Saxonian Statute

1781: Germany
* Austrian Statutes on Censorship and Printing

1846: Germany
* Bilateral Treaty between Prussia and Britain


Börsenverein (German Publishers' and Booksellers' organisation)

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

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

1886: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act


Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig (f.1719)

1830: Germany
* Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy


British Institution for Promoting the Fine Arts

1862: United Kingdom
* Fine Art Copyright Act


British Museum

1814: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1838: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act

1842: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1852: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act


Buchhandlung der Gelehrten (Publishing House for Scholars, est. 1781 in Dessau)

1774: Germany
* Pütter: The Reprinting of Books


Bureau de la Librairie

1701: France
* Royal letters patent


Bureau du Commerce

1762: France
* Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors


Cambridge University Library

1814: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act


Canadian Assembly

1847: United Kingdom
* Foreign Reprints Act


Canadian Embassy, London

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report


Canadian Senate

1847: United Kingdom
* Foreign Reprints Act


Cappella musicale di San Marco (Venice)

1498: Italy
* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent


Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Paris

1814: France
* Court of Cassation on sculptures


Chamber of Deputies, Paris

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


Chancery of France ('Grande Chancellerie')

1515: France
* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege

1701: France
* Royal letters patent


Château de Blois

1507: France
* Eloy d'Amerval's privilege


Châtelet (Provostship of Paris)

1749: France
* Crébillon case


Church of England

1538: United Kingdom
* Henrician Proclamation

1559: United Kingdom
* Elizabethan Injunctions

1566: United Kingdom
* Star Chamber Decree

1637: United Kingdom
* Star Chamber Decree

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


Collège de France

1778: France
* Pluquet's letters

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


College of Electors (Kurfürstliches Kollegium)

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


College of New Jersey

1783: USA
* Connecticut Copyright Statute


Cologne University

1513: Germany
* Imperial privilege for Eucharius Rösslin


Colonial Office, London

1847: United Kingdom
* Foreign Reprints Act

1886: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act


Comédie-Française

1749: France
* Crébillon case

1780: France
* Dramatic Act


Commercial Court of the Seine

1861: France
* Court of Cassation on telegraphic news


Constitutional Committee of the French National Assembly

1790 : France
* Sieyès' report

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


Continental Congress (1774-1789)

1783: USA
* Connecticut Copyright Statute

1789: USA
* The Constitutional Copyright Clause

1790: USA
* Copyright Act


Copyright Association of Great Britain

1847: United Kingdom
* Foreign Reprints Act

1886: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act


Cour des Monnaies

1762: France
* Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors


Court of Appeal (Paris)

1842: France
* Court of Cassation on artistic property

1869: France
* Court of Cassation on originality


Court of Appeal (Rouen)

1845: France
* Court of Appeal on translations


Court of Cassation (Paris)

1814: France
* Court of Cassation on compilations

1814: France
* Court of Cassation on sculptures

1842: France
* Court of Cassation on artistic property

1845: France
* Court of Appeal on translations

1853: USA
* Stowe v. Thomas

1861: France
* Court of Cassation on telegraphic news

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

1667: United Kingdom
* Milton's Contract

1721: United Kingdom
* Burnet v. Chetwood

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

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


Court of Chancery, England

1833: United Kingdom
* Dramatic Literary Property Act

1835: United Kingdom
* Publication of Lectures Act


Court of High Commission

1557: United Kingdom
* Stationers' Charter


Court of King's Bench

1762: United Kingdom
* Tonson v. Collins

1777: France
* Linguet's memorandum

1777: United Kingdom
* Bach v. Longman

1814: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1833: United Kingdom
* Dramatic Literary Property Act


Court of Session

1710: United Kingdom
* Statute of Anne


C. F. Peters Musikverlag, Leipzig (f.1800)

1870: Germany
* Copyright Act for the German Empire


Dartmouth College

1781: USA
* Andrew Law's Petition


Dramatic Authors' Society

1833: United Kingdom
* Dramatic Literary Property Act

1856: USA
* Copyright Act Amendment


Dramatists' Guild of America (est.1912)

1856: USA
* Copyright Act Amendment


Duncker & Humblot, Berlin-based publishing house (f.1798)

1830: Germany
* Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy


Faculty of Advocates, Edinburgh

1710: United Kingdom
* Statute of Anne

1842: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act


Federal Assembly (Bundestag) of the German Confederation

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

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

1830: Germany
* Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy

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

1867: Germany
* Mandry: Commentary on the Bavarian Copyright Act of 1865

1870: Germany
* Copyright Act for the German Empire

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


Florentine Council of Eight

1474: Italy
* Venetian Statute on Industrial Brevets

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

1545: Italy
* Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations


Foreign Office, London

1838: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act

1844: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act

1846: Germany
* Bilateral Treaty between Prussia and Britain

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report

1886: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act


Frankfurt City Council

1513: Germany
* Imperial privilege for Eucharius Rösslin

1533: Germany
* Schott v. Egenolph

1598: Germany
  Frankfurt Printers' Ordinance

1660: Germany
* Frankfurt Printers' Ordinance

1794: Germany
* Prussian Statute Book (ALR)


Frankfurt fair

1501: Germany
* Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica

1511: Germany
* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick

1513: Germany
* Imperial privilege for Eucharius Rösslin

1533: Germany
* Schott v. Egenolph

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

1659: Germany
* Schupp: The Book Thief

1660: Germany
* Frankfurt Printers' Ordinance

1781: Germany
* Austrian Statutes on Censorship and Printing

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

1794: Germany
* Prussian Statute Book (ALR)

1796: Germany
  Lobethan: On Publishers' Privileges


Frankfurt-on-the-Oder Provincial Court of Appeal

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


Freemasons' Tavern, London

1844: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act


French Chamber of Peers

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


German Customs Union (Zollverein)

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

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

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


German Publishers' & Booksellers' Association (1765)

1765: Germany
  Reich v. Pauli

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

1766: Germany
  Prussian Cabinet Order

1781: Germany
* Austrian Statutes on Censorship and Printing

1794: Germany
* Prussian Statute Book (ALR)


German Society for Musical Performance Rights (f.1903)

1870: Germany
* Copyright Act for the German Empire


German Supreme Court (Bundesgerichtshof, BGH)

1892: Germany
* Bilateral treaty between the German Reich and the U.S.A.


Gray's Inn

1737: United Kingdom
* Booksellers' Bill


Harvard College

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright


Harvard Law School

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright


Harvard University

1672: USA
* Usher's Printing Privilege

1841: USA
* Folsom v. Marsh


Haude & Spener publishing house (f.1640)

1794: Germany
* Prussian Statute Book (ALR)


Heidelberg Law Faculty

1824: Germany
* Neustetel: The Reprinting of Books

1827: Germany
* Kramer: Rights of Writers and Publishers


Heidelberg University

1824: Germany
* Neustetel: The Reprinting of Books

1827: Germany
* Kramer: Rights of Writers and Publishers

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


Hermann & Langbein, music publishing house (Berlin)

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


High Commission

1559: United Kingdom
* Elizabethan Injunctions

1566: United Kingdom
* Star Chamber Decree

1586: United Kingdom
* Star Chamber Decree

1637: United Kingdom
* Star Chamber Decree

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


House of Commons

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

1662: United Kingdom
* Licensing Act

1667: United Kingdom
* Milton's Contract

1690: United Kingdom
* Locke's Second Treatise on Government (selected extracts)

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

1710: United Kingdom
* Statute of Anne

1735: United Kingdom
* Engravers' Copyright Act

1737: United Kingdom
* Booksellers' Bill

1775: United Kingdom
* Stationers' Company v. Carnan

1777: United Kingdom
* Bach v. Longman

1798: United Kingdom
* Models and Busts Act

1814: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1833: United Kingdom
* Dramatic Literary Property Act

1835: United Kingdom
* Publication of Lectures Act

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey

1862: United Kingdom
* Fine Art Copyright Act


House of Lords

1662: United Kingdom
* Licensing Act

1690: United Kingdom
* Locke's Second Treatise on Government (selected extracts)

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

1710: United Kingdom
* Statute of Anne

1735: United Kingdom
* Engravers' Copyright Act

1737: United Kingdom
* Booksellers' Bill

1762: United Kingdom
* An Enquiry into Literary Property

1762: United Kingdom
* Tonson v. Collins

1774: United Kingdom
* Donaldson v. Becket

1775: United Kingdom
* Stationers' Company v. Carnan

1777: France
* Linguet's memorandum

1778: France
* Pluquet's letters

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

1801: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1814: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1831: USA
* Copyright Act

1833: United Kingdom
* Dramatic Literary Property Act

1835: United Kingdom
* Publication of Lectures Act

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

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey

1862: United Kingdom
* Fine Art Copyright Act


Imagerie d'Épinal (factory producing images)

1814: France
* Court of Cassation on sculptures


Imperial Books Commission (Frankfurt)

1511: Germany
* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick

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

1660: Germany
* Frankfurt Printers' Ordinance

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

1781: Germany
* Austrian Statutes on Censorship and Printing

1796: Germany
  Lobethan: On Publishers' Privileges


Imperial Censorship Committee (Vienna)

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


Imperial Court of Paris

1861: France
* Court of Cassation on telegraphic news

1862: France
* Court of Cassation on photography

1869: France
* Court of Cassation on originality


Imperial Diet at Augsburg 1530

1660: Germany
* Frankfurt Printers' Ordinance


Imperial Senate

1479: Germany
* Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg

1501: Germany
* Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica


Imperial State Chancery (Vienna)

1840: Germany
* Bilateral Treaty between Austria and Sardinia


Imperial Supreme Court (Reichskammergericht, Frankfurt)

1501 : Germany
* Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica

1513: Germany
* Imperial privilege for Eucharius Rösslin


Imperial Supreme Court (Reichskammergericht, Speyer)

1511: Germany
* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick

1533: Germany
* Schott v. Egenolph


Imperial Supreme Court (Reichskammergericht, Wetzlar)

1774: Germany
* Pütter: The Reprinting of Books


Imperial Treasury (Vienna)

1511: Germany
* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick


Ingolstadt University

1513: Germany
* Imperial privilege for Eucharius Rösslin

1516: Germany
  Imperial Privilege for Johannes Eck

1516: Germany
  Privilege of the Duke of Bavaria


Inner Temple

1737: United Kingdom
* Booksellers' Bill


International Exhibition 1862

1862: United Kingdom
* Fine Art Copyright Act

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


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

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

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


John P. Jewett & Co., American publishing firm (Boston)

1853: USA
* Stowe v. Thomas


Judiciary Committee, U.S. Senate

1831: USA
* Copyright Act


Keeper of the Seals ('Garde des Sceaux')

1723: France
* Code de la Librairie


Kentucky District Court

1903: USA
* Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.


King's Council of State (France)

1515: France
* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege

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

1586: France
* Simon Marion's plea on privileges

1665: France
* French book trade regulations

1701: France
* Royal letters patent

1723: France
* Code de la Librairie

1749: France
* Crébillon case

1761: France
* La Fontaine case

1780: France
* Dramatic Act

1786: France
* French Decree on Musical Publications


Leipzig City Court

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


Leipzig fair

1513: Germany
* Imperial privilege for Eucharius Rösslin

1659: Germany
* Schupp: The Book Thief

1765: Germany
  Reich v. Pauli

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

1773: Germany
* Saxonian Statute

1781: Germany
* Austrian Statutes on Censorship and Printing

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

1794: Germany
* Prussian Statute Book (ALR)

1830: Germany
* Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy

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


Leipzig University

1513: Germany
* Imperial privilege for Eucharius Rösslin

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

1765: Germany
  Reich v. Pauli

1794: Germany
* Prussian Statute Book (ALR)


Leuwen University

1531: Germany
* Basel Printers' Statute


Lincoln's Inn

1737: United Kingdom
* Booksellers' Bill


Liverpool Photographic Society

1862: United Kingdom
* Fine Art Copyright Act


Lyon Correctional Tribunal

1814: France
* Court of Cassation on compilations

1869: France
* Court of Cassation on originality


Lyon Guild of Booksellers and Printers

1665: France
* French book trade regulations


Maison Ballard, sole music printers to the King of France (1552-1788)

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


Marburg University

1513: Germany
* Imperial privilege for Eucharius Rösslin


Massachusetts Board of Education

1841: USA
* Folsom v. Marsh


Massachusetts Circuit Court

1841: USA
* Folsom v. Marsh


Massachusetts General Court

1672: USA
* Usher's Printing Privilege


Massachusetts House of Representatives

1672: USA
* Usher's Printing Privilege


Middle Temple

1737: United Kingdom
* Booksellers' Bill


National Assembly (1789-1791)

1776: France
* Fragments on the Freedom of the Press

1777: France
* Linguet's memorandum

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

1869: France
* Court of Cassation on originality


National Association for the Promotion of Social Science

1838: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act


New Water-Colour Society

1862: United Kingdom
* Fine Art Copyright Act


Nuremberg City Council

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

1660: Germany
* Frankfurt Printers' Ordinance


N. Simrock, music publishers (f.1793)

1830: Germany
* Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy


Ohio District Court

1879: USA
* Baker v. Selden


Ottaviano Scotto, Venice, music publishing firm (est.1480)

1498 : Italy
* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent


Palais de Justice (Paris)

1515: France
* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege


Paris Correctional Tribunal

1814: France
* Court of Cassation on compilations


Paris Mint

1469: Italy
* Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly

1762: France
* Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors


Paris Opéra (Académie Royale de Musique)

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


Parisian Guild of Booksellers and Printers

1507: France
* Eloy d'Amerval's privilege

1665: France
* French book trade regulations

1686: France
* Book trade regulations

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

1701: France
* Royal letters patent

1723: France
* Code de la Librairie

1749: France
* Crébillon case

1759: France
* Sieur d'Anville's contract

1761: France
* La Fontaine case

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

1770: France
* Luneau de Boisjermain's case

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


Parisian Guild of Master Painters and Sculptors

1676: France
* Decree on Sculptures


Parlement of Paris

1507: France
* Eloy d'Amerval's privilege

1515: France
* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege

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

1586: France
* Simon Marion's plea on privileges

1686: France
* Book trade regulations

1701: France
* Royal letters patent

1723: France
* Code de la Librairie

1762: France
* Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors

1777: France
* Linguet's memorandum


Parliament

1538: United Kingdom
* Henrician Proclamation

1557: United Kingdom
* Stationers' Charter

1624: United Kingdom
* Statute of Monopolies

1737: United Kingdom
* Booksellers' Bill

1846: Germany
* Bilateral Treaty between Prussia and Britain

1852: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act

1862: United Kingdom
* Fine Art Copyright Act

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report


Patent Office, U.S. Department of State

1879: USA
* Baker v. Selden


Pennsylvania District Court

1853: USA
* Stowe v. Thomas


Pennsylvania Supreme Court

1789: USA
* The Constitutional Copyright Clause


Permanent Imperial Diet (Regensburg)

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


Peterhouse College, Cambridge

1814: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act


Philipp Reclam jun., Leipzig publishing house

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


Princeton University

1783: USA
* Connecticut Copyright Statute


Privy Council

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

1538: United Kingdom
* Henrician Proclamation

1553: United Kingdom
* Totell's Printing Patent

1559: United Kingdom
* Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass

1559: United Kingdom
* Elizabethan Injunctions

1566: United Kingdom
* Star Chamber Decree

1586: United Kingdom
* Star Chamber Decree

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

1662: United Kingdom
* Licensing Act

1667: United Kingdom
* Milton's Contract

1842: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act


Provostship of Paris

1515: France
* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege

1749: France
* Crébillon case


Prussian Association of Literary Experts

1837: Germany
* Prussian Copyright Act

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


Prussian Association of Musical Experts

1870: Germany
* Copyright Act for the German Empire


Prussian Customs Union

1830: Germany
* Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy

1846: Germany
* Bilateral Treaty between Prussia and Britain


Prussian Embassy, Vienna

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


Prussian Ministry for Religious, Educational, and Medical Affairs

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


Prussian Ministry for the Revision of the Laws

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


Prussian Ministry of Commerce

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


Prussian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1830: Germany
* Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy


Prussian Ministry of Justice

1794: Germany
* Prussian Statute Book (ALR)

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

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


Prussian Ministry of the Interior

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


Prussian Privy Council

1809: Germany
* Baden Civil Code


Prussian State Council (Staatsrat)

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


Prussian Supreme Court

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


Registry Office of the Union Against Piracy, Leipzig

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

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


Réunion des Fabricants de Bronze (Paris)

1814: France
* Court of Cassation on sculptures


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

1545: Italy
* Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations

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


Rouen Guild of Booksellers and Printers

1665: France
* French book trade regulations


Royal Academy

1798: United Kingdom
* Models and Busts Act

1862: United Kingdom
* Fine Art Copyright Act


Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture (Paris)

1660: France
* Decree on Engravings

1676: France
* Decree on Sculptures

1777: France
* Royal declaration on sculpture and painting

1798: United Kingdom
* Models and Busts Act

1814: France
* Court of Cassation on sculptures


Royal Chapel of France

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


Royal Commission on Copyright

1842: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1847: United Kingdom
* Foreign Reprints Act

1862: United Kingdom
* Fine Art Copyright Act

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report

1886: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act


Royal Navy

1781: USA
* Andrew Law's Petition


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

1862: United Kingdom
* Fine Art Copyright Act


Schuberth & Niemeyer, music publishers (f.1829)

1830: Germany
* Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy


Signoria of Venice (Supreme Government)

1504: Italy
* A woodcut by Albrecht Dürer plagiarized by Marcantonio Raimondi


Sion College, London

1710: United Kingdom
* Statute of Anne


Social Democratic Federation (SDF)

1886: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act


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

1780: France
* Dramatic Act

1834: France
* Balzac's letter to authors

1856: USA
* Copyright Act Amendment


Société des Gens de Lettres de France (SGDL, f.1838)

1834 : France
* Balzac's letter to authors


Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

1838: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act


Society of Authors (U.K.)

1886: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act


Society of the King's Inns, Dublin

1801: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act


Sodalitas Celtica

1501: Germany
* Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica


South German Customs Union

1830: Germany
* Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy


St Bartholomew's Hospital

1835: United Kingdom
* Publication of Lectures Act


St Martin's Lane Academy

1798: United Kingdom
* Models and Busts Act


Stamp Office for Music (Paris)

1786: France
* French Decree on Musical Publications


Star Chamber

1566: United Kingdom
* Star Chamber Decree

1586: United Kingdom
* Star Chamber Decree

1637: United Kingdom
* Star Chamber Decree

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

1662: United Kingdom
* Licensing Act

1762: United Kingdom
* Tonson v. Collins

1775: United Kingdom
* Stationers' Company v. Carnan

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

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Stationers' Company

1515: France
* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege

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

1553: United Kingdom
* Totell's Printing Patent

1557: United Kingdom
* Stationers' Charter

1559: United Kingdom
* Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass

1559: United Kingdom
* Elizabethan Injunctions

1566: United Kingdom
* Star Chamber Decree

1586: United Kingdom
* Star Chamber Decree

1637: United Kingdom
* Star Chamber Decree

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

1662: United Kingdom
* Licensing Act

1667: United Kingdom
* Milton's Contract

1672: USA
* Usher's Printing Privilege

1690: United Kingdom
* Locke's Second Treatise on Government (selected extracts)

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

1710: United Kingdom
* Statute of Anne

1721: United Kingdom
* Burnet v. Chetwood

1723: France
* Code de la Librairie

1737: United Kingdom
* Booksellers' Bill

1761: France
* La Fontaine case

1762: United Kingdom
* Tonson v. Collins

1773: United Kingdom
* Hinton v. Donaldson

1775: United Kingdom
* Stationers' Company v. Carnan

1783: USA
* Connecticut Copyright Statute

1790: USA
* Copyright Act

1801: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1814: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1838: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act

1852: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Stationers' Hall

1773: United Kingdom
* Hinton v. Donaldson

1846: Germany
* Bilateral Treaty between Prussia and Britain

1862: United Kingdom
* Fine Art Copyright Act

1886: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act


Strasbourg City Council

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


Supreme Court (Leipzig)

1870: Germany
* Copyright Act for the German Empire


Swiss Federal Council

1886: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act


Theatre Royal, Covent Garden

1833: United Kingdom
* Dramatic Literary Property Act


Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

1667: United Kingdom
* Milton's Contract

1833: United Kingdom
* Dramatic Literary Property Act


Theatre Royal, Haymarket

1833: United Kingdom
* Dramatic Literary Property Act


Tribunal correctionnel de la Seine

1814: France
* Court of Cassation on sculptures

1842: France
* Court of Cassation on artistic property

1862: France
* Court of Cassation on photography


Tribunal of the Executors against Blasphemy, Venice

1498: Italy
* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent

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


Trinity College, Dublin

1801: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1842: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act


Universal Postal Union

1886: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act


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

1498: Italy
* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent

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

1545: Italy
* Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations

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


University and King's College of Aberdeen

1814: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act


University of Cambridge

1662: United Kingdom
* Licensing Act

1690: United Kingdom
* Locke's Second Treatise on Government (selected extracts)

1710: United Kingdom
* Statute of Anne

1762: United Kingdom
* Tonson v. Collins

1769: United Kingdom
* Millar v. Taylor

1774: United Kingdom
* Donaldson v. Becket

1775: United Kingdom
* Stationers' Company v. Carnan

1814: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1842: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1852: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act


University of Edinburgh

1814: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act


University of Glasgow

1814: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1835: United Kingdom
* Publication of Lectures Act


University of Göttingen

1774: Germany
* Pütter: The Reprinting of Books


University of London

1838: United Kingdom
* International Copyright Act


University of Oxford

1637: United Kingdom
* Star Chamber Decree

1662: United Kingdom
* Licensing Act

1690: United Kingdom
* Locke's Second Treatise on Government (selected extracts)

1710: United Kingdom
* Statute of Anne

1762: United Kingdom
* Tonson v. Collins

1774: United Kingdom
* Donaldson v. Becket

1775: United Kingdom
* Stationers' Company v. Carnan

1814: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1842: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act


University of Padua

1474: Italy
* Venetian Statute on Industrial Brevets

1486: Italy
* Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege


University of Paris (Sorbonne)

1513: Germany
* Imperial privilege for Eucharius Rösslin


University of St Andrews

1814: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act


University of Tübingen

1867: Germany
* Schäffle: "Authors' rights as an artificial means for safeguarding remuneration and annuities"


University of Vienna

1867: Germany
* Schäffle: "Authors' rights as an artificial means for safeguarding remuneration and annuities"


U.S. Circuit Court for New York District

1790: USA
* Copyright Act


U.S. Congress

1789: USA
* The Constitutional Copyright Clause

1790: USA
* Copyright Act

1831: USA
* Copyright Act

1841: USA
* Folsom v. Marsh

1853: USA
* Stowe v. Thomas

1856: USA
* Copyright Act Amendment


U.S. Copyright Office

1789: USA
  Joint Copyright Patent Bill [H.R. 10]

1870: USA
* Copyright Act

1879: USA
* Baker v. Selden


U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth District

1903: USA
* Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.


U.S. Department of Treasury

1879: USA
* Baker v. Selden


U.S. House of Representatives

1831: USA
* Copyright Act


U.S. Secretary of State's Office

1790: USA
* Copyright Act


U.S. Senate

1831: USA
* Copyright Act

1856: USA
* Copyright Act Amendment


U.S. Supreme Court

1789: USA
* The Constitutional Copyright Clause

1790: USA
* Copyright Act

1834: USA
  Letters from Sumner to Story

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters

1841: USA
* Folsom v. Marsh

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1853: USA
* Stowe v. Thomas

1879: USA
* Baker v. Selden

1903: USA
* Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.


Venetial Guild of Woodworkers and Stone-masons

1474: Italy
* Venetian Statute on Industrial Brevets


Venetian Collegio (cabinet of government), in the Doge's palace

1469 : Italy
* Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly

1486: Italy
* Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege

1498: Italy
* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent

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

1515: Italy
* Ariosto's Printing Privilege

1517: Italy
* Venetian Decree on Press Affairs


Venetian Council of Ten

1474: Italy
* Venetian Statute on Industrial Brevets

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

1517: Italy
* Venetian Decree on Press Affairs

1545: Italy
* Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations


Venetian Grand Council (Maggiore Consiglio)

1469: Italy
* Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly

1474: Italy
* Venetian Statute on Industrial Brevets


Venetian Guild of Glassmakers

1474: Italy
* Venetian Statute on Industrial Brevets


Venetian Guild of Instrumentalists (Arte de' Sonadori)

1498: Italy
* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent


Venetian Guild of Singers (Arte de Cantatori)

1498: Italy
* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent


Venetian Senate

1469: Italy
* Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly

1486: Italy
* Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege

1498: Italy
* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent

1501: Italy
  Vergilius

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

1515: Italy
* Ariosto's Printing Privilege

1517: Italy
* Venetian Decree on Press Affairs

1545: Italy
* Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations

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

1660: Germany
* Frankfurt Printers' Ordinance

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


Vienna University

1511: Germany
* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick


Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, Frankfurt (f.1680)

1765: Germany
  Reich v. Pauli

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

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

1794: Germany
* Prussian Statute Book (ALR)


Wittenberg University

1513: Germany
* Imperial privilege for Eucharius Rösslin


Würzburg Cathedral Chapter

1479: Germany
* Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg


Yale College

1783: USA
* Connecticut Copyright Statute

Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, 10 West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DZ, UK