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Seneca, Lucius Annaeus 1486: Italy (* Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege ) Seneca, Lucius Annaeus 1507: France (* Eloy d'Amerval's privilege) Seneca, Lucius Annaeus 1586: France (* Simon Marion's plea on privileges) c.5-67 St Paul the Apostle 1515 : France (* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege) St Paul the Apostle 1541: Germany (* Luther's "Warning to the Printers") 23-79 Pliny 'the Elder' 1469 : Italy (* Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly) fl.27 Vitruvius Pollio, Marcus 1474 : Italy (* Venetian Statute on Industrial Brevets) c.35-c.100 Quintilian 1498 : Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) 39-65 Lucan 1503: Italy (* Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon) Lucan 1517: Italy (* Venetian Decree on Press Affairs ) c.40-c.104 Martial, Marcus Valerius Martialis 1503: Italy (* Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon) c.48 B.C.-c.15 B.C. Propertius, Sextus 1503: Italy (* Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon) c.54 B.C.-19 B.C. Tibullus, Albius 1503 : Italy (* Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon ) c.55-120 Tacitus, Publius 1501 : Germany (* Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica) c.55-c.140 Juvenal, Decimus Junius Juvenalis 1501: Italy ( Vergilius) Juvenal, Decimus Junius Juvenalis 1503: Italy (* Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon) 59 B.C.-17 A.D. Livy 1503 : Italy (* Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon ) Livy 1515: France (* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege ) 65 B.C.-8 B.C. Horace 1498 : Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) Horace 1501: Italy ( Vergilius) Horace 1503: Italy (* Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon) 70 B.C.-19 B.C. Virgil 1486 : Italy (* Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege) Virgil 1501: Germany (* Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica) Virgil 1501: Italy ( Vergilius) Virgil 1503: Italy (* Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon) Virgil 1517: Italy (* Venetian Decree on Press Affairs ) Virgil 1559: United Kingdom (* Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass) Virgil 1781: Germany (* Austrian Statutes on Censorship and Printing) c.84 B.C.-c.54 B.C. Catullus, Gaius Valerius 1503: Italy (* Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon) 86 B.C.-34 B.C. Sallust 1517 : Italy (* Venetian Decree on Press Affairs) 106 B.C.-43 B.C. Cicero, Marcus Tullius 1469: Italy (* Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly ) Cicero, Marcus Tullius 1486: Italy (* Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege) Cicero, Marcus Tullius 1517: Italy (* Venetian Decree on Press Affairs) c.123-c.180 Apuleius, Lucius 1486 : Italy (* Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege) c.130-c.201 Galen 1531: Germany (* Basel Printers' Statute) c.185-c.254 Origen 1517: Italy (* Venetian Decree on Press Affairs) c.190 B.C.-159 B.C. Terence 1503 : Italy (* Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon ) c.330-390 Ammianus Marcellinus 1517 : Italy (* Venetian Decree on Press Affairs) c.342-420 St Jerome 1531 : Germany (* Basel Printers' Statute) 354-430 Augustine, St 1469 : Italy (* Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly) Augustine, St 1515: France (* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege) Augustine, St 1517: Italy (* Venetian Decree on Press Affairs) fl.375 Donatus, Aelius 1469 : Italy (* Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly) Donatus, Aelius 1501: Germany (* Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica) 384 B.C.-322 B.C. Aristotle 1513 : Germany (* Imperial privilege for Eucharius Rösslin) Aristotle 1545: Italy (* Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations) Aristotle 1586: France (* Simon Marion's plea on privileges ) c.428 B.C.-c.348 B.C. Plato 1469 : Italy (* Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly) c.435 B.C.-354 B.C. Xenophon 1846 : Germany (* Bilateral Treaty between Prussia and Britain) c.482-565 Justinian I 1773: United Kingdom (* Hinton v. Donaldson) c.525 B.C.-c.456 B.C. Aeschylus 1846 : Germany (* Bilateral Treaty between Prussia and Britain) c.673-735 Bede, the Venerable, St 1566: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree) fl.700 B.C.-? Homer 1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor) Homer 1869: France (* Court of Cassation on originality ) 925-965 St Bruno 1515: France (* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege) d.c.973 Hrotsvit of Gandersheim 1479 : Germany (* Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg) Hrotsvit of Gandersheim 1501: Germany (* Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica) c.1200-1270 Boileau, Etienne 1762 : France (* Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors ) 1207-1272 Henry III 1762 : France (* Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors ) 1215-1270 Louis IX 1762: France (* Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors) 1221-1274 Bonaventure, St 1486 : Italy (* Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege) 1225-1274 Aquinas, St Thomas 1517 : Italy (* Venetian Decree on Press Affairs) Aquinas, St Thomas 1586: France (* Simon Marion's plea on privileges) 1226-1277 Petrus Hispanus 1513 : Germany (* Imperial privilege for Eucharius Rösslin) Petrus Hispanus 1516: Germany ( Imperial Privilege for Johannes Eck) fl.1236 Bonafusus de Sancta Columba 1762: France (* Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors) c.1255-1306 John of Paris 1586 : France (* Simon Marion's plea on privileges) c.1265-1308 Duns Scotus, John 1517 : Italy (* Venetian Decree on Press Affairs) 1265-1321 Dante Alighieri 1503 : Italy (* Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon ) 1304-1374 Petrarch 1503: Italy (* Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon) Petrarch 1545: Italy (* Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations) Petrarch 1880: Germany (* Kohler: Author's Right) 1312-1377 Edward III 1624: United Kingdom (* Statute of Monopolies) 1313-1375 Boccaccio, Giovanni 1545 : Italy (* Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations) fl.1331 Kempe, John 1624: United Kingdom (* Statute of Monopolies) 1347-1380 Catherine of Siena, St 1503 : Italy (* Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon ) c.1369-1415 Huss, Jan 1479 : Germany (* Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg) 1377-1466 Brunelleschi, Filippo 1474 : Italy (* Venetian Statute on Industrial Brevets) Brunelleschi, Filippo 1762: France (* Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors) 1378-1455 Ghiberti, Lorenzo 1474 : Italy (* Venetian Statute on Industrial Brevets) 1382-c.1453 Taccola, Mariano 1474 : Italy (* Venetian Statute on Industrial Brevets) fl.1388 d'Ableiges, Jacques 1515 : France (* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege) 1389-1459 Antoninus Florentinus, St 1517: Italy (* Venetian Decree on Press Affairs) 1395-1486 George of Trebizond 1486 : Italy (* Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege) c.1400-1466 Fust, Johannes 1498 : Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) Fust, Johannes 1501: Germany (* Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica) Fust, Johannes 1512: Germany ( Lyrical Reference to an Imperial privilege for Arnolt Schlick) Fust, Johannes 1552: France (* General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard) c.1400-1468 Gutenberg, Johannes 1469 : Italy (* Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly) Gutenberg, Johannes 1479: Germany (* Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg) Gutenberg, Johannes 1498: Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) Gutenberg, Johannes 1501: Germany (* Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica) Gutenberg, Johannes 1512: Germany ( Lyrical Reference to an Imperial privilege for Arnolt Schlick ) Gutenberg, Johannes 1531: Germany (* Basel Printers' Statute) 1401-1464 Nicholas of Cusa 1469 : Italy (* Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly) Nicholas of Cusa 1479: Germany (* Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg) c.1401-1495 Rudolf of Scherenberg 1479 : Germany (* Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg) 1404-1472 Alberti, Leon Battista 1474 : Italy (* Venetian Statute on Industrial Brevets) 1405-1460 Barovier, Angelo 1474 : Italy (* Venetian Statute on Industrial Brevets) 1408-1489 Giustiniani, Bernardo 1486 : Italy (* Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege) 1414-1486 Albert III 1479 : Germany (* Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg) 1414-1513 Amerbach, Johann 1501 : Germany (* Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica) Amerbach, Johann 1531: Germany (* Basel Printers' Statute ) 1415-1493 Frederick III of Habsburg 1479: Germany (* Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg ) Frederick III of Habsburg 1501: Germany (* Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica) Frederick III of Habsburg 1511: Germany (* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick) 1417-1475 Bussi, Giovanne Andrea 1469 : Italy (* Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly) Bussi, Giovanne Andrea 1545: Italy (* Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations) 1420-1480 Jenson, Nicolas 1469 : Italy (* Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly) Jenson, Nicolas 1486: Italy (* Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege) Jenson, Nicolas 1517: Italy (* Venetian Decree on Press Affairs) c.1420-1498 Crastone, Giovanni 1531 : Germany (* Basel Printers' Statute) c.1422-c.1492 Caxton, William 1501 : Germany (* Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica) Caxton, William 1518: United Kingdom (* The Articles of the Pope's Bulle) Caxton, William 1553: United Kingdom (* Totell's Printing Patent) Caxton, William 1559: United Kingdom (* Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass) Caxton, William 1838: United Kingdom (* International Copyright Act) c.1425-1502 Schöffer, Peter 1498 : Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) Schöffer, Peter 1501: Germany (* Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica) Schöffer, Peter 1512: Germany ( Lyrical Reference to an Imperial privilege for Arnolt Schlick ) Schöffer, Peter 1552: France (* General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard ) 1431-1503 Alexander VI 1503 : Italy (* Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon ) 1433-1499 Ficino, Marsilio 1474 : Italy (* Venetian Statute on Industrial Brevets) Ficino, Marsilio 1486: Italy (* Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege) Ficino, Marsilio 1545: Italy (* Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations) c.1435-1511 Tinctoris, Johannes 1498 : Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) c.1436-1506 Sabellico, Marco Antonio 1469: Italy (* Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly ) Sabellico, Marco Antonio 1486: Italy (* Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege) 1436-1517 Cisneros, Francisco Jimenez de 1531: Germany (* Basel Printers' Statute) 1439-1502 Giorgio Martini, Francesco di 1474: Italy (* Venetian Statute on Industrial Brevets ) 1441-1504 Berthold of Henneberg 1479 : Germany (* Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg) 1441-1511 Petri, Johann 1531 : Germany (* Basel Printers' Statute) 1441-1524 Augurello, Giovanni Aurelio 1545: Italy (* Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations ) 1442-1483 Edward IV 1775: United Kingdom (* Stationers' Company v. Carnan) 1443-1513 Julius II 1503 : Italy (* Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon ) c.1445-1513 Koberger, Anton 1479 : Germany (* Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg) Koberger, Anton 1501: Germany (* Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica) Koberger, Anton 1531: Germany (* Basel Printers' Statute ) 1447-1482 Mary of Burgundy 1511: Germany (* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick) 1448-1508 Philip of Wittelsbach 1511: Germany (* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick) c.1449-1529/30 Pynson, Richard 1518: United Kingdom (* The Articles of the Pope's Bulle) Pynson, Richard 1553: United Kingdom (* Totell's Printing Patent) Pynson, Richard 1559: United Kingdom (* Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass) 1449/50-1515 Manutius, Aldus 1469 : Italy (* Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly) Manutius, Aldus 1474: Italy (* Venetian Statute on Industrial Brevets) Manutius, Aldus 1486: Italy (* Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege) Manutius, Aldus 1498: Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) Manutius, Aldus 1501: Germany (* Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica) Manutius, Aldus 1501: Italy ( Vergilius) Manutius, Aldus 1517: Italy (* Venetian Decree on Press Affairs) Manutius, Aldus 1531: Germany (* Basel Printers' Statute ) Manutius, Aldus 1545: Italy (* Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations) c.1450-1491 Schongauer, Martin 1479 : Germany (* Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg) c.1450-1517 Isaac, Heinrich 1511: Germany (* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick) Isaac, Heinrich 1511: Germany (* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick) 1450-1518 Griffo, Francesco 1498 : Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) Griffo, Francesco 1501: Italy ( Vergilius) Griffo, Francesco 1503: Italy (* Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon) 1450-c.1528 Fabrizi, Alvise Cinzio dei 1545: Italy (* Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations) c.1450-1532 Warham, William 1531 : Germany (* Basel Printers' Statute) c.1450-1538 Paganini, Paganino de 1469 : Italy (* Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly) Paganini, Paganino de 1486: Italy (* Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege) 1451-1529 Torresani d'Asola, Andrea 1486: Italy (* Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege ) Torresani d'Asola, Andrea 1517: Italy (* Venetian Decree on Press Affairs) 1452-1485 Richard III 1624: United Kingdom (* Statute of Monopolies) 1452-1498 Savonarola, Girolamo 1517 : Italy (* Venetian Decree on Press Affairs) 1452-1519 Leonardo da Vinci 1474 : Italy (* Venetian Statute on Industrial Brevets) 1453-1505 Beroaldo, Filippo I 1486 : Italy (* Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege) 1454-1493/95 Barbaro, Ermolao 1469 : Italy (* Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly) Barbaro, Ermolao 1486: Italy (* Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege) Barbaro, Ermolao 1517: Italy (* Venetian Decree on Press Affairs) fl.1455-1508 Eloy d'Amerval 1486 : Italy (* Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege) Eloy d'Amerval 1507: France (* Eloy d'Amerval's privilege ) Eloy d'Amerval 1586: France (* Simon Marion's plea on privileges) Eloy d'Amerval 1672: USA (* Usher's Printing Privilege ) Eloy d'Amerval 1759: France (* Sieur d'Anville's contract ) Eloy d'Amerval 1761: France (* La Fontaine case) 1455-1515 Alviano, Bartolomeo d' 1503 : Italy (* Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon ) 1455-1522 Reuchlin, Johannes 1501 : Germany (* Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica) Reuchlin, Johannes 1531: Germany (* Basel Printers' Statute) c.1455-c.1525 Ugo da Carpi 1469 : Italy (* Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly) Ugo da Carpi 1516: Italy ( Ugo da Carpi's Patent ) b.c.1455-1527 Sassi, Panfilo 1545 : Italy (* Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations) c.1456-1517 Giunti, Filippo 1486 : Italy (* Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege) Giunti, Filippo 1498: Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) Giunti, Filippo 1503: Italy (* Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon) Giunti, Filippo 1545: Italy (* Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations) 1457-1509 Henry VII 1518: United Kingdom (* The Articles of the Pope's Bulle) Henry VII 1553: United Kingdom (* Totell's Printing Patent ) Henry VII 1559: United Kingdom (* Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass) 1457-1521 Brant, Sebastian 1501 : Germany (* Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica) c.1457-1524 Serntein, Zyprian von 1511: Germany (* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick) Serntein, Zyprian von 1513: Germany (* Imperial privilege for Eucharius Rösslin) Serntein, Zyprian von 1516: Germany ( Imperial Privilege for Johannes Eck) 1459-1508 Celtis, Conrad 1479 : Germany (* Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg) Celtis, Conrad 1501: Germany (* Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica) Celtis, Conrad 1511: Germany (* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick) Celtis, Conrad 1660: Germany (* Frankfurt Printers' Ordinance) 1459-1519 Lorenz of Bibra 1479 : Germany (* Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg) Maximilian I 1479: Germany (* Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg) Maximilian I 1501: Germany (* Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica) Maximilian I 1511: Germany (* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick) Maximilian I 1513: Germany (* Imperial privilege for Eucharius Rösslin) Maximilian I 1516: Germany ( Imperial Privilege for Johannes Eck) Maximilian I 1533: Germany (* Schott v. Egenolph ) 1459-1537 Hofhaymer, Paul, 1511: Germany (* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick) fl.1460 Barovier, Marietta 1474 : Italy (* Venetian Statute on Industrial Brevets) 1460-after 1521 Schlick, Arnolt 1511: Germany (* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick) Schlick, Arnolt 1512: Germany ( Lyrical Reference to an Imperial privilege for Arnolt Schlick) Schlick, Arnolt 1660: Germany (* Frankfurt Printers' Ordinance) c.1460-1527 Froben, Johann 1515 : France (* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege) Froben, Johann 1531: Germany (* Basel Printers' Statute ) 1462-1513 Cuno, Johannes 1531 : Germany (* Basel Printers' Statute) 1462-1515 Louis XII 1486 : Italy (* Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege) Louis XII 1507: France (* Eloy d'Amerval's privilege ) Louis XII 1515: France (* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege ) 1462-1535 Badius, Josse 1531 : Germany (* Basel Printers' Statute) 1463-1494 Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni, Comte 1474: Italy (* Venetian Statute on Industrial Brevets ) Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni, Comte 1545: Italy (* Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations) 1463-1525 Frederick III 1501 : Germany (* Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica) Frederick III of Saxony 1513: Germany (* Imperial privilege for Eucharius Rösslin) c.1465-1518 Lachner, Wolfgang 1531 : Germany (* Basel Printers' Statute) 1465-1547 Peutinger, Konrad 1501 : Germany (* Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica) Peutinger, Konrad 1511: Germany (* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick) Peutinger, Konrad 1545: Italy (* Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations) Peutinger, Konrad 1660: Germany (* Frankfurt Printers' Ordinance) d.1466 Johann of Grumbach 1479 : Germany (* Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg) 1466-1536 Sanuto, Marino, 'the Younger' 1469: Italy (* Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly ) Sanuto, Marino, 'the Younger' 1486: Italy (* Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege) Sanuto, Marino, 'the Younger' 1503: Italy (* Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon) 1466-1539 Petrucci, Ottaviano 1469 : Italy (* Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly) Petrucci, Ottaviano 1474: Italy (* Venetian Statute on Industrial Brevets) Petrucci, Ottaviano 1498: Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) Petrucci, Ottaviano 1506: Italy ( "Lamentationum Jeremie Prophete") Petrucci, Ottaviano 1552: France (* General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard ) 1466/69-1536 Erasmus 1486 : Italy (* Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege) Erasmus 1501: Germany (* Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica) Erasmus 1515: France (* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege ) Erasmus 1531: Germany (* Basel Printers' Statute) Erasmus 1545: Italy (* Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations) fl.1467 Sweynheym, Konrad 1469 : Italy (* Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly) Sweynheym, Konrad 1517: Italy (* Venetian Decree on Press Affairs) 1467-1540 Budé, Guillaume 1531 : Germany (* Basel Printers' Statute) 1468-1524 Katharina of Saxony 1513 : Germany (* Imperial privilege for Eucharius Rösslin) fl.1469-1487 Windelin of Speyer 1469 : Italy (* Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly) 1469-1527 Machiavelli, Niccolo 1486 : Italy (* Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege) Machiavelli, Niccolo 1531: Italy (* Bernardo Giunti's privilege for Machiavelli's works) Machiavelli, Niccolo 1545: Italy (* Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations) 1469-1533 Pico della Mirandola, Gianfrancesco 1486: Italy (* Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege ) c.1469-1535 Fisher, John 1538: United Kingdom (* Henrician Proclamation) d.1470 Johannes of Speyer 1469 : Italy (* Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly) Johannes of Speyer 1515: France (* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege) Johannes of Speyer 1517: Italy (* Venetian Decree on Press Affairs) Johannes of Speyer 1660: Germany (* Frankfurt Printers' Ordinance) fl.1470 Donati, Clemente 1486 : Italy (* Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege) Planella, Antonio 1469: Italy (* Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly) c.1470-1526 Rösslin, Eucharius 1513: Germany (* Imperial privilege for Eucharius Rösslin ) Rösslin, Eucharius 1660: Germany (* Frankfurt Printers' Ordinance) Rösslin, Eucharius 1846: Germany (* Bilateral Treaty between Prussia and Britain) 1470-1530 Pirckheimer, Willibald 1511: Germany (* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick) Pirckheimer, Willibald 1515: France (* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege) c.1470-1535 Tromboncino, Bartolomeo 1498: Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) 1470-1547 Bembo, Pietro 1486 : Italy (* Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege) Bembo, Pietro 1503: Italy (* Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon) Bembo, Pietro 1545: Italy (* Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations) fl.1471 Valdarfer, Christopher 1469 : Italy (* Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly) fl.1471-1487 John of Cologne 1469 : Italy (* Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly) John of Cologne 1517: Italy (* Venetian Decree on Press Affairs) 1471-1528 Dürer, Albrecht 1474 : Italy (* Venetian Statute on Industrial Brevets) Dürer, Albrecht 1501: Germany (* Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica) Dürer, Albrecht 1503: Italy (* Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon) Dürer, Albrecht 1504: Italy (* A woodcut by Albrecht Dürer plagiarized by Marcantonio Raimondi) Dürer, Albrecht 1511: Germany (* Imperial Privilege for Albrecht Dürer) Dürer, Albrecht 1511: Germany (* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick) Dürer, Albrecht 1533: Germany (* Schott v. Egenolph) Dürer, Albrecht 1568: Italy (* Giorgio Vasari, Life of Marcantonio of Bologna and Other Engravers of Prints) Dürer, Albrecht 1660: Germany (* Frankfurt Printers' Ordinance) 1471-1539 Georg of Saxony 1513 : Germany (* Imperial privilege for Eucharius Rösslin) 1473-1513 James IV 1559: United Kingdom (* Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass) c.1473-1524 Le Maire de Belges, Jean 1507: France (* Eloy d'Amerval's privilege) c.1473-c.1528 Chepman, Walter 1559: United Kingdom (* Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass ) 1473-1531 Burgkmair, Hans, 1511: Germany (* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick) 1474-1533 Ariosto, Ludovico 1486 : Italy (* Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege) Ariosto, Ludovico 1515: Italy (* Ariosto's Printing Privilege) Ariosto, Ludovico 1517: Italy (* Venetian Decree on Press Affairs) Ariosto, Ludovico 1545: Italy (* Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations) Ariosto, Ludovico 1672: USA (* Usher's Printing Privilege) 1474-1539 Vettore, Francesco 1503 : Italy (* Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon ) 1474-1559 Tunstall, Cuthbert 1538: United Kingdom (* Henrician Proclamation) 1475-1521 Leo X 1498: Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) Leo X 1503: Italy (* Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon) Leo X 1538: United Kingdom (* Henrician Proclamation ) 1475-1527 Arrighi, Ludovico Vicentino degli 1503: Italy (* Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon) c.1475-1530 Wolsey, Thomas 1538: United Kingdom (* Henrician Proclamation) 1475-1536 Rastell, John 1498 : Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) 1475-1564 Michelangelo 1486 : Italy (* Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege) Michelangelo 1503: Italy (* Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon) Michelangelo 1545: Italy (* Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations) Michelangelo 1798: United Kingdom (* Models and Busts Act) d.c.1476 Pannartz, Arnold 1469 : Italy (* Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly) d.1476 Böhm, Hans 1479 : Germany (* Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg) 1476-1507 Borgia, Cesare 1503 : Italy (* Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon ) 1476-1558 Gaurico, Luca 1503 : Italy (* Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon ) fl.1477 Corallus, Stephanus 1517 : Italy (* Venetian Decree on Press Affairs) fl.1477-1506 Vespucci, Agostino 1545 : Italy (* Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations) 1477-1534 Turmair, Johann 1513 : Germany (* Imperial privilege for Eucharius Rösslin) Turmair, Johann 1516: Germany ( Privilege of the Duke of Bavaria) 1478-1527 Emser, Hieronymus 1513 : Germany (* Imperial privilege for Eucharius Rösslin) 1478-1529 Castiglione, Baldassare, Count 1498: Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) 1478-1534 Clement VII 1531: Italy (* Bernardo Giunti's privilege for Machiavelli's works ) Clement VII 1538: United Kingdom (* Henrician Proclamation) 1478-1535 More, Sir Thomas, St 1538: United Kingdom (* Henrician Proclamation) 1478-1541 Köpfel, Wolfgang 1531 : Germany (* Basel Printers' Statute) c.1479 Beckenhub, Johannes 1479 : Germany (* Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg) Dold, Stephan 1479: Germany (* Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg) Wilhelm of Limburg 1479: Germany (* Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg) d.1480 Drach, Peter, the Elder 1479 : Germany (* Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg) fl.1480 Franck, Theodor 1498 : Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) Giunti, Lucantonio 1503: Italy (* Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon) Negro, Francesco Pescennio 1498: Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) fl.1480-1513 Ungaro, Jacomo 1498 : Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) fl.1480-1519 Silber, Eucharius 1498 : Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) c.1480-c.1530 Verdelot, Philippe 1498 : Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) c.1480-c.1534 Raimondi, Marcantonio 1504: Italy (* A woodcut by Albrecht Dürer plagiarized by Marcantonio Raimondi) Raimondi, Marcantonio 1511: Germany (* Imperial Privilege for Albrecht Dürer) Raimondi, Marcantonio 1568: Italy (* Giorgio Vasari, Life of Marcantonio of Bologna and Other Engravers of Prints) c.1480-c.1538 Antico da Montona, Andrea 1498: Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) c.1480-1538 Dall'Aquila, Marco 1498 : Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) Schäufelin, Hans 1511: Germany (* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick) c.1480-1542 Beck, Leonhard, 1511: Germany (* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick) fl.1481 Dupré, Jean 1515 : France (* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege) 1481-1535 Pfinzing, Melchior 1511: Germany (* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick) 1481-1536 Petruzzi, Baldassare 1526 : Italy ( Papal and Venetian Privileges for Sigismondo Fanti's "Triompho di Fortuna") 1482-1531 Oekolampadius, Johannes 1531 : Germany (* Basel Printers' Statute) 1483-1529 Navagero, Andrea 1469 : Italy (* Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly) Navagero, Andrea 1545: Italy (* Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations) Raphael 1486: Italy (* Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege) Raphael 1511: Germany (* Imperial Privilege for Albrecht Dürer) Raphael 1545: Italy (* Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations) Raphael 1814: France (* Court of Cassation on sculptures ) 1483-1546 Luther, Martin 1503 : Italy (* Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon ) Luther, Martin 1511: Germany (* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick) Luther, Martin 1513: Germany (* Imperial privilege for Eucharius Rösslin) Luther, Martin 1525: Germany ( Luther's "Admonition to the Printers") Luther, Martin 1531: Germany (* Basel Printers' Statute ) Luther, Martin 1538: United Kingdom (* Henrician Proclamation) Luther, Martin 1541: Germany (* Luther's "Warning to the Printers") Luther, Martin 1659: Germany (* Schupp: The Book Thief ) Luther, Martin 1660: Germany (* Frankfurt Printers' Ordinance) c.1483-1553 Rapicio, Grovita 1503 : Italy (* Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon ) 1483-1559 Jacquet of Mantua 1498 : Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) d.1484 Busca, Ercole 1469 : Italy (* Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly) 1484-1531 Zwingli, Huldreich 1503 : Italy (* Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon ) fl.1485 Actors, Peter 1518: United Kingdom (* The Articles of the Pope's Bulle) Actors, Peter 1553: United Kingdom (* Totell's Printing Patent) Actors, Peter 1559: United Kingdom (* Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass) 1485-1512 Vérard, Antoine 1515 : France (* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege) 1485-1536 Catherine of Aragon 1538: United Kingdom (* Henrician Proclamation) c.1485-1540 Cromwell, Thomas 1538: United Kingdom (* Henrician Proclamation) Cromwell, Thomas 1553: United Kingdom (* Totell's Printing Patent) Cromwell, Thomas 1559: United Kingdom (* Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass) c.1485-1545 Festa, Costanzo 1498 : Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) 1485-1547 Rhenanus, Beatus 1501 : Germany (* Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica) 1485-1557 Ramusio, Giambattista 1545 : Italy (* Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations) 1485-1559 Tapper, Ruard Tapper 1560 : Germany ( Counterfeited papal privilege) 1485-1575 Werner, Wilhelm, Duke of Zimmern 1479: Germany (* Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg ) fl.1486-1520 Le Noir, Michel 1507 : France (* Eloy d'Amerval's privilege) Le Noir, Michel 1515: France (* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege) 1486-1543 Eck, Johannes 1513 : Germany (* Imperial privilege for Eucharius Rösslin) Eck, Johannes 1516: Germany ( Imperial Privilege for Johannes Eck) Senfl, Ludwig 1511: Germany (* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick) fl.1488 Trezzo, Bettino da 1503 : Italy (* Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon ) 1488-1523 Hutten, Ulrich von 1560 : Germany ( Counterfeited papal privilege) c.1488-1534 Brunfels, Otto 1533 : Germany (* Schott v. Egenolph) 1488-1539 Columbus, Ferdinand 1498 : Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) 1488-1563 Glarean, Heinrich 1503 : Italy (* Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon ) c.1488-1576 Titian 1545: Italy (* Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations) fl.1490-1517 Soardi, Lazaro de 1517 : Italy (* Venetian Decree on Press Affairs) Soardi, Lazaro de 1545: Italy (* Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations) 1490-1562 Villaert, Adrian 1498 : Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) 1490-1567 Blado, Antonio 1531: Italy (* Bernardo Giunti's privilege for Machiavelli's works ) c.1490-1570 Cavazzoni, Marco Antonio 1498: Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) 1491-1547 Henry VIII 1513 : Germany (* Imperial privilege for Eucharius Rösslin) Henry VIII 1518: United Kingdom (* The Articles of the Pope's Bulle) Henry VIII 1538: United Kingdom (* Henrician Proclamation) Henry VIII 1553: United Kingdom (* Totell's Printing Patent) Henry VIII 1557: United Kingdom (* Stationers' Charter) Henry VIII 1559: United Kingdom (* Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass) Henry VIII 1559: United Kingdom (* Elizabethan Injunctions) Henry VIII 1566: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree) Henry VIII 1624: United Kingdom (* Statute of Monopolies) Henry VIII 1762: United Kingdom (* Tonson v. Collins ) Henry VIII 1775: United Kingdom (* Stationers' Company v. Carnan) Henry VIII 1838: United Kingdom (* International Copyright Act) 1491-1563 Passero, Marcantonio 1545 : Italy (* Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations) fl.1492 Francioso, Pietro 1545 : Italy (* Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations) Negro, Giovanni Domenico 1545: Italy (* Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations) Pietro Francesco of Ravenna 1486: Italy (* Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege) Verardi, Carlo 1498: Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) 1492-1550 Alciato, Andrea 1515 : France (* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege) Alciato, Andrea 1545: Italy (* Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations) 1492-1557 Aretino, Pietro 1503 : Italy (* Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon ) c.1492-c.1567 Aconcio, Jacopo 1474 : Italy (* Venetian Statute on Industrial Brevets) fl.1493 Barbaro, Daniele 1469 : Italy (* Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly) Barbaro, Daniele 1486: Italy (* Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege) Barbaro, Daniele 1517: Italy (* Venetian Decree on Press Affairs) Manilio, Sebastiano 1486: Italy (* Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege) 1493-1524 Mosellanus, Petrus 1501 : Germany (* Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica) 1493-1541 Grynaeus, Simon 1531 : Germany (* Basel Printers' Statute) 1493-1550 Wilhelm IV of Bavaria 1513 : Germany (* Imperial privilege for Eucharius Rösslin) Wilhelm IV of Bavaria 1516: Germany ( Privilege of the Duke of Bavaria) d.1494 Cilian of Bibra 1479 : Germany (* Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg) c.1494-1536 Tyndale, William 1538: United Kingdom (* Henrician Proclamation) 1494-1547 Francis I 1498 : Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) Francis I 1507: France (* Eloy d'Amerval's privilege ) Francis I 1513: Germany (* Imperial privilege for Eucharius Rösslin) Francis I 1515: France (* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege ) Francis I 1531: Germany (* Basel Printers' Statute) Francis I 1547: France (* French Censorship Act) c.1494-1552 Attaignant, Pierre 1498 : Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) Attaignant, Pierre 1552: France (* General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard ) d.1495 Ruppel, Berthold 1531 : Germany (* Basel Printers' Statute) fl.1495 Hamman, Johannes 1498 : Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) Schabeler, Johann 1531: Germany (* Basel Printers' Statute) fl.1495-1505 Misinta, Bernardino 1545 : Italy (* Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations) c.1495-1536 Weiditz, Hans 1533 : Germany (* Schott v. Egenolph) fl.1496 Oessler, Dr Jacobus 1501 : Germany (* Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica) Rasma, Bernardino 1503: Italy (* Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon) Rasmo, Bernardo 1517: Italy (* Venetian Decree on Press Affairs) c.1497-1535 Berni, Francesco 1503 : Italy (* Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon ) 1497-1543 Holbein, Hans 1531 : Germany (* Basel Printers' Statute) c.1497-1544 Marot, Clément 1507 : France (* Eloy d'Amerval's privilege) 1497-1560 Melanchthon, Philip 1531 : Germany (* Basel Printers' Statute) 1497-1563 Neudörffer, Johann the Elder 1511: Germany (* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick ) d.1498 Scotto, Ottaviano 1498 : Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) fl.1498 Gabriele da Brasichella 1503 : Italy (* Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon ) Terracina, Democrito 1474: Italy (* Venetian Statute on Industrial Brevets) Terracina, Democrito 1486: Italy (* Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege) 1499-1582 Plattner, Thomas 1531 : Germany (* Basel Printers' Statute) b.c.1500 Bembo, Carlo 1545 : Italy (* Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations) fl.1500 Kolb, Anton 1486 : Italy (* Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege) fl.1500-1513 Eustace, Guillaume 1515 : France (* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege) fl.1500-1514 Raffaele, Niccolò di 1498: Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) Scotto, Amadeo 1498: Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) 1500-1541 Valdés, Juan de 1545 : Italy (* Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations) c.1500-1551 De Rippe, Albert 1552 : France (* General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard) 1500-1558 Charles V of Habsburg 1511: Germany (* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick) Charles V of Habsburg 1513: Germany (* Imperial privilege for Eucharius Rösslin) Charles V of Habsburg 1515: France (* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege) Charles V of Habsburg 1533: Germany (* Schott v. Egenolph) Charles V of Habsburg 1790: Germany (* J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire) c.1500-1559 Marcolini da Forlì, Francesco 1498: Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) 1500-1563 Negri da Bassano, Francesco 1545: Italy (* Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations ) 1501-1555 Egenolph, Christian 1660 : Germany (* Frankfurt Printers' Ordinance) Egenolph, Christian Sr. 1533: Germany (* Schott v. Egenolph) 1501-1563 Froben, Hieronymus 1531 : Germany (* Basel Printers' Statute) fl.1502-1527 Gabiano, Balthazar de 1503 : Italy (* Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon ) Soncino, Girolamo 1503: Italy (* Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon) 1502-1571 Corteccia, Francesco 1498 : Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) d.1503 Lichtenberg, Johannes von 1545 : Italy (* Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations) fl.1503 Sechino, Francesco 1486 : Italy (* Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege) 1503-1564 Ferdinand I of Habsburg 1531 : Germany (* Basel Printers' Statute) d.c.1504 Reyser, Georg 1479 : Germany (* Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg) fl.1504 Boissier, Jean 1507 : France (* Eloy d'Amerval's privilege) Facques, William 1515: France (* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege) Facques, William 1518: United Kingdom (* The Articles of the Pope's Bulle) Facques, William 1553: United Kingdom (* Totell's Printing Patent) Facques, William 1559: United Kingdom (* Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass) Le Cop, Guillaume 1507: France (* Eloy d'Amerval's privilege) fl.1504-1510 Conforti, Francesco di 1498: Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) c.1504-1536 Boleyn, Anne 1538: United Kingdom (* Henrician Proclamation) 1504-1564 Bibliander, Theodor 1531 : Germany (* Basel Printers' Statute) c.1504-1568 Arcadelt, Jacques 1498 : Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) 1504-1575 Parker, Matthew 1557: United Kingdom (* Stationers' Charter) 1504-1579 Hosius, Stanislaus 1566: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree) 1506-1570 Tiletanus, Jodokus 1560 : Germany ( Counterfeited papal privilege) 1506-1576 Sonnius, Franciscus 1560 : Germany ( Counterfeited papal privilege) fl.1507 Brie, Eustace de 1507 : France (* Eloy d'Amerval's privilege) fl.1507-1516 Oeglin, Erhart 1498 : Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) 1507-1568 Oporin, Johann 1531 : Germany (* Basel Printers' Statute) 1507-1576 Bakfark, Bálint 1511: Germany (* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick) fl.1508 Myllar, Androw 1559: United Kingdom (* Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass ) c.1508-1563 Neusiedler, Hans 1511: Germany (* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick) c.1509-1569 Gardano, Antonio 1498 : Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) fl.1510-1540 Steiner, Heinrich 1545 : Italy (* Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations) c.1510-c.1560 Morlaye, Guillaume 1552 : France (* General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard) 1510-1560 Phayer, Thomas 1559: United Kingdom (* Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass ) 1510-1568 Corrozet, Gilles 1515 : France (* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege) c.1510-1569 Hollander, Christian 1511: Germany (* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick) fl.1511 Schlick, Arnolt Jr 1512 : Germany ( Lyrical Reference to an Imperial privilege for Arnolt Schlick) 1511-1574 Vasari, Giorgio 1474 : Italy (* Venetian Statute on Industrial Brevets) Vasari, Giorgio 1486: Italy (* Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege) Vasari, Giorgio 1503: Italy (* Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon) Vasari, Giorgio 1504: Italy (* A woodcut by Albrecht Dürer plagiarized by Marcantonio Raimondi) Vasari, Giorgio 1511: Germany (* Imperial Privilege for Albrecht Dürer) Vasari, Giorgio 1545: Italy (* Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations) Vasari, Giorgio 1568: Italy (* Giorgio Vasari, Life of Marcantonio of Bologna and Other Engravers of Prints) d.1512 Ballarin, Giorgio 1474 : Italy (* Venetian Statute on Industrial Brevets) fl.1512-1561 Du Pré, Galliot 1507: France (* Eloy d'Amerval's privilege) Du Pré, Galliot 1515: France (* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege) Du Pré, Galliot 1761: France (* La Fontaine case) 1512-1564 Staphylus, Friedrich 1566: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree) 1513-1577 Smyth, Sir Thomas 1474 : Italy (* Venetian Statute on Industrial Brevets) 1514-1572 Cawood, John 1559: United Kingdom (* Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass ) Cawood, John 1566: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree) c.1514-1577 Jugge, Richard 1559: United Kingdom (* Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass ) Jugge, Richard 1566: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree) d.1515 La Vigne, André de 1507 : France (* Eloy d'Amerval's privilege) fl.1515 Sambonetto, Pietro 1498 : Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) c.1515-1565 Rore, Cipriano de 1498 : Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) c.1515-1572 Certon, Pierre 1552 : France (* General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard) c.1516 Miller, Johann 1513 : Germany (* Imperial privilege for Eucharius Rösslin) Miller, Johann 1516: Germany ( Imperial Privilege for Johannes Eck) Miller, Johann 1516: Germany ( Privilege of the Duke of Bavaria) Sampach, Erhard 1513: Germany (* Imperial privilege for Eucharius Rösslin) Sampach, Erhard 1516: Germany ( Privilege of the Duke of Bavaria) 1516-1558 Mary I 1515: France (* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege) Mary I 1557: United Kingdom (* Stationers' Charter ) Mary I 1559: United Kingdom (* Elizabethan Injunctions ) Mary I 1761: France (* La Fontaine case) c.1517 Rockner, Vinzenz 1511: Germany (* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick) c.1517-1594 Cooper, Thomas 1667: United Kingdom (* Milton's Contract) Cooper, Thomas 1672: USA (* Usher's Printing Privilege ) fl.1518-1545 Winter, Ruprecht 1531 : Germany (* Basel Printers' Statute) fl.1519-1534 Caneto, Giovanni Antonio de 1498: Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) fl.1519-1538 Cratander, Andreas 1531 : Germany (* Basel Printers' Statute) 1519-1559 Henri II 1469: Italy (* Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly) Henri II 1507: France (* Eloy d'Amerval's privilege ) Henri II 1515: France (* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege ) Henri II 1531: Germany (* Basel Printers' Statute) Henri II 1547: France (* French Censorship Act) Henri II 1552: France (* General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard) 1519-1574 Medici, Cosimo I, 'the Great' 1798: United Kingdom (* Models and Busts Act) 1519-1583 Grindal, Edmund 1557: United Kingdom (* Stationers' Charter) d.1520 Schönsperger, Hans the Elder 1511: Germany (* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick ) fl.1520 Cornilleau, Jean 1515 : France (* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege) fl.1520-1522 Curio, Valentin 1531 : Germany (* Basel Printers' Statute) fl.1520-1533 Schott, Johann 1533 : Germany (* Schott v. Egenolph) fl.1520-1543 Lotrian, Alain 1507 : France (* Eloy d'Amerval's privilege) 1520-1572 Sigismund II Augustus 1511: Germany (* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick) c.1520-1576 Du Chemin, Nicolas 1498 : Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) Du Chemin, Nicolas 1552: France (* General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard ) c.1520-1598 Le Roy, Adrien 1515 : France (* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege) Le Roy, Adrien 1552: France (* General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard) 1520-1598 Cecil, William, 1st Baron Burghley 1586: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree) 1521/22-1584 Day, John 1559: United Kingdom (* Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass ) Day, John 1566: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree ) Day, John 1586: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree ) Day, John 1662: United Kingdom (* Licensing Act) 1522-1560 Bellay, Joachim du 1515 : France (* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege) 1523-1598 Le Bé, Guillaume 1552 : France (* General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard) fl.1524 Accursio, Marcangelo 1517 : Italy (* Venetian Decree on Press Affairs) Bernardus de Landriano 1486: Italy (* Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege) c.1524-1580 Tusser, Thomas 1775: United Kingdom (* Stationers' Company v. Carnan) fl.1525-1549 Hautin, Pierre 1552 : France (* General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard) c.1525-1594 Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da 1498: Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) c.1525-1605 Stow, John 1557: United Kingdom (* Stationers' Charter) Stow, John 1559: United Kingdom (* Elizabethan Injunctions) fl.1526 Pasoti, Giovanni Giacomo 1498 : Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) 1526-1585 Muret, Marc Antoine de 1586 : France (* Simon Marion's plea on privileges) fl.1527-1551 Beck, Balthasar 1503 : Italy (* Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon ) 1527-1558 Finck, Hermann 1498 : Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) 1527-1591 Doneau, Hugues 1515 : France (* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege) Doneau, Hugues 1690: Germany ( Beier: On the Book Trade and its Privileges) 1527-1598 Philip II 1559: United Kingdom (* Elizabethan Injunctions) 1528-1590 Feyerabend, Sigmund 1660 : Germany (* Frankfurt Printers' Ordinance) 1528-1595 Whythorne, Thomas 1498 : Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) 1528-1604 Spangenberg, Cyriacus 1531 : Germany (* Basel Printers' Statute) Spangenberg, Cyriacus 1591: Germany ( A publisher's "Friendly Reminder" about reprints) 1528/29-1599 Barker, Christopher 1586: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree) fl.1529-1547 Schöffer, Peter, Jr. 1498: Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) Schöffer, Peter, Jr. 1512: Germany ( Lyrical Reference to an Imperial privilege for Arnolt Schlick ) fl.1530 Bebel, Johann 1531 : Germany (* Basel Printers' Statute) fl.1530-1545 Nicolini da Sabbio, Giovanni Antonio 1545: Italy (* Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations ) 1530-1596 Bodin, Jean 1586 : France (* Simon Marion's plea on privileges) c.1530-1604 Whitgift, John 1559: United Kingdom (* Elizabethan Injunctions) Whitgift, John 1586: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree) d.1531 Fish, Simon 1538: United Kingdom (* Henrician Proclamation) Roy, William 1538: United Kingdom (* Henrician Proclamation) c.1531-1590 Neusiedler, Melchior 1511: Germany (* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick) 1531-1601 Ammirato, Scipione 1486 : Italy (* Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege) 1532-1594 Lassus, Orlande de 1498 : Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) Lassus, Orlande de 1511: Germany (* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick) Lassus, Orlande de 1552: France (* General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard ) 1533-1592 Montaigne, Michel Eyquem de 1552: France (* General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard) 1533-1603 Elizabeth I 1557: United Kingdom (* Stationers' Charter) Elizabeth I 1559: United Kingdom (* Elizabethan Injunctions) Elizabeth I 1566: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree) Elizabeth I 1586: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree) Elizabeth I 1624: United Kingdom (* Statute of Monopolies) Elizabeth I 1637: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree) Elizabeth I 1643: United Kingdom (* The Humble Remonstrance of the Stationers' Company) Elizabeth I 1662: United Kingdom (* Licensing Act ) Elizabeth I 1667: United Kingdom (* Milton's Contract ) Elizabeth I 1775: United Kingdom (* Stationers' Company v. Carnan) Elizabeth I 1842: United Kingdom (* Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright) 1533-1604 Merulo, Claudio 1498 : Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) fl.1534 Petit, Jean 1515 : France (* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege) Petit, Jean 1531: Germany (* Basel Printers' Statute ) d.1535 Worde, Wynkyn de 1559: United Kingdom (* Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass ) 1535-1598 Stapleton, Thomas 1566: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree) 1535-1600 Schmück, Michel 1531 : Germany (* Basel Printers' Statute) Schmück, Michel 1591: Germany ( A publisher's "Friendly Reminder" about reprints) 1536-1601 Lambard, William 1586: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree) fl.1537-1556 Saliat, Pierre 1507 : France (* Eloy d'Amerval's privilege) fl.1537-1558 Navo, Curtio Troian di 1503: Italy (* Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon ) fl.1538-1566 Fezandat, Michel 1552 : France (* General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard) c.1538-1608 Craig, Sir Thomas 1773: United Kingdom (* Hinton v. Donaldson) c.1539 Salminger, Sigmund 1511: Germany (* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick) fl.1539 Isingrin, Michael 1531 : Germany (* Basel Printers' Statute) 1539-1589 Salvati, Lionardo 1545 : Italy (* Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations) fl.1540-1555 Gero, Jhan 1498 : Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) 1540-1581 Campion, Edmund 1586: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree) c.1540-1587 Vautrollier, Thomas 1586: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree) 1540-1605 Marion, Simon 1507 : France (* Eloy d'Amerval's privilege) Marion, Simon 1586: France (* Simon Marion's plea on privileges) d.1543 Ellenbog, Nikolaus 1516: Germany ( Imperial Privilege for Johannes Eck) c.1543-1623 Byrd, William 1586: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree) 1544-1595 Tasso, Torquato 1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books") 1544-1610 Bancroft, Richard 1559: United Kingdom (* Elizabethan Injunctions) d.1545 Crotus, Johann 1560 : Germany ( Counterfeited papal privilege) fl.1545 Whitechurch, Edward 1559: United Kingdom (* Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass ) fl.1545-1557 Gaultier, Pierre 1507 : France (* Eloy d'Amerval's privilege) fl.1545-1588 Granjon, Robert 1469 : Italy (* Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly) 1546-1628 Matthew, Tobias 1624: United Kingdom (* Statute of Monopolies) d.1547 Lichtenstein, Petrus 1479 : Germany (* Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg) 1547-1616 Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de 1809: Germany (* Baden Civil Code) Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de 1845: France (* Court of Appeal on translations) d.1548 Ryff, Walther Hermann 1503 : Italy (* Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon ) fl.1548 Regnes, Nicolas 1498 : Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) fl.1549-1564 Dallier, Jean 1507 : France (* Eloy d'Amerval's privilege) d.c.1550 Giunti, Bernardo 1531: Italy (* Bernardo Giunti's privilege for Machiavelli's works ) fl.1550 Seriati, Giovanni Battista 1498 : Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) 1550-1574 Charles IX 1552 : France (* General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard) 1550-1591 Gallus, Jacobus 1511: Germany (* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick) fl.1551-1561 Mutio, Theseo 1474 : Italy (* Venetian Statute on Industrial Brevets) 1551/52-1629 Speed, John 1667: United Kingdom (* Milton's Contract) Speed, John 1775: United Kingdom (* Stationers' Company v. Carnan) 1552-1612 Rudolf II of Habsburg 1498 : Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) Rudolf II of Habsburg 1511: Germany (* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick) Rudolf II of Habsburg 1608: Germany (* "Books Constitution" of Emperor Rudolf II) 1552-1634 Coke, Sir Edward 1775: United Kingdom (* Stationers' Company v. Carnan) Coke, Sir Edward 1790: USA (* Copyright Act) c.1553-1599 Marenzio, Luca 1498 : Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) 1553-1610 Henri IV 1552: France (* General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard ) Henri IV 1778: France (* Pluquet's letters) 1553-1617 Thou, Jacques Auguste de 1710: United Kingdom (* Statute of Anne) Thou, Jacques Auguste de 1838: United Kingdom (* International Copyright Act) d.c.1554 Wechel, Christian 1545 : Italy (* Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations) d.1554 Rösslin, Eucharius Jr 1513 : Germany (* Imperial privilege for Eucharius Rösslin) fl.1554 Marshe, Thomas 1586: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree) Marshe, Thomas 1643: United Kingdom (* The Humble Remonstrance of the Stationers' Company) 1554-1618 Farinacci, Prospero 1545 : Italy (* Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations) d.1555 Berthelet, Thomas 1559: United Kingdom (* Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass ) fl.1555 Billon, François de 1507 : France (* Eloy d'Amerval's privilege) fl.1555-1575 Percaccino, Grazioso 1545 : Italy (* Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations) fl.1555-1597 Giunti, Lucantonio, II 1545: Italy (* Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations) d.1556 Andreae, Hieronymus 1511: Germany (* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick) 1556-1615 Calvisius, Seth 1511: Germany (* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick) fl.1558 Calye, Robert 1559: United Kingdom (* Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass ) fl.1559 Cuningham, William 1566: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree) 1559/60-1627 Minsheu, John 1667: United Kingdom (* Milton's Contract) d.1560 Amerot, Adrien 1531 : Germany (* Basel Printers' Statute) fl.1560-1580 Giunti, Jacques 1545 : Italy (* Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations) b.1561 Gabrielli, Maggino 1474 : Italy (* Venetian Statute on Industrial Brevets) fl.1561-1582 Macé, Jean 1515 : France (* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege) 1561-1626 Bacon, Francis 1667: United Kingdom (* Milton's Contract) 1562-1633 Abbot, George 1624: United Kingdom (* Statute of Monopolies) 1562/63-1619 Daniel, Samuel 1667: United Kingdom (* Milton's Contract) d.c.1563 Massenberg, Petrus Massenus 1511: Germany (* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick ) 1563-1632 Marillac, Michel de 1762 : France (* Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors ) 1564-1612 Hassler, Hans Leo 1511: Germany (* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick) 1564-1616 Shakespeare, William 1667: United Kingdom (* Milton's Contract) Shakespeare, William 1856: USA (* Copyright Act Amendment) Shakespeare, William 1880: Germany (* Kohler: Author's Right) 1564-1627 Loyseau, Charles 1515 : France (* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege) fl.1565 Joanellus, Pietro 1511: Germany (* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick) d.1566 Brucioli, Antonio 1545 : Italy (* Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations) fl.1566 Purfoot, Thomas 1566: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree) 1566-1625 James I 1624: United Kingdom (* Statute of Monopolies) James I 1637: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree ) James I 1667: United Kingdom (* Milton's Contract ) James I 1775: United Kingdom (* Stationers' Company v. Carnan) d.1568 Varotta, Marcantonio 1474 : Italy (* Venetian Statute on Industrial Brevets) 1569-1622 Farnese, Ranuccio I 1590 : Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books") fl.1570 Nivelle, Sébastien 1650: France (* Vitré's memorandum on the prolongation of privileges) fl.1570-1586 Tinghi, Philippe 1586 : France (* Simon Marion's plea on privileges) fl.1571 Konrad, Humprecht 1660 : Germany (* Frankfurt Printers' Ordinance) 1571-1646 Keere, Pieter van der 1624: United Kingdom (* Statute of Monopolies) d.1572 Grafton, Richard 1559: United Kingdom (* Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass ) Scotto, Gerolamo 1498: Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) 1572-1637 Jonson, Ben 1474 : Italy (* Venetian Statute on Industrial Brevets) Jonson, Ben 1667: United Kingdom (* Milton's Contract ) fl.1573 Flower, Francis 1586: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree) 1573-1645 Laud, William 1637: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree) 1573-1648 Sanlecque, Jacques de, Sr. 1552: France (* General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard) fl.1575 Dotto, Girolamo 1545 : Italy (* Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations) fl.1575-1611 Fratta, Giovanni 1486 : Italy (* Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege) Fratta, Giovanni 1545: Italy (* Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations) Fratta, Giovanni 1590: Italy (* Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books") c.1575-1639 Ballard, Pierre I 1552 : France (* General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard) c.1576 Vest Johann 1511: Germany (* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick) c.1577-1617 Coryate, Thomas 1498 : Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) 1578-1637 Ferdinand II 1624: United Kingdom (* Statute of Monopolies) Ferdinand II 1637: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree) d.1578/80 Seres, William 1566: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree) c.1579 Steinmetz, Johann 1511: Germany (* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick) 1579-1646 Briot, Nicolas 1762 : France (* Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors ) c.1579-1652 Cottington, Francis 1624: United Kingdom (* Statute of Monopolies) 1580-1652 Gryphiander, Johannes 1750 : Germany ( Fritsch: Treatise on Book Printers, Booksellers, Paper Manufacturers and Bookbinders) fl.1581 Le Bé, Henri 1552 : France (* General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard) 1581-1617 Helwig, Christoph 1659 : Germany (* Schupp: The Book Thief) 1582-1663 Juxon, William 1637: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree) fl.1583-1594 Nivelle, Nicolas 1586 : France (* Simon Marion's plea on privileges) 1583-1619 Hilliger, Oswald 1690: Germany ( Beier: On the Book Trade and its Privileges) 1583-1645 Grotius, Hugo 1762: United Kingdom (* Tonson v. Collins) Grotius, Hugo 1785: Germany (* Kant: On the Unlawfulness of Reprinting) Grotius, Hugo 1794: Germany (* Prussian Statute Book (ALR)) c.1583-1664 Butter, Nathaniel 1624: United Kingdom (* Statute of Monopolies) c.1585-1626 Rowley, William 1833: United Kingdom (* Dramatic Literary Property Act) 1585-1650 Vaugelas, Claude Favre de 1749: France (* Crébillon case) fl.1586 Bourne, Robert 1586: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree) Dunn, Thomas 1586: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree) Holmes, William 1586: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree) Puys, Jacques du 1586: France (* Simon Marion's plea on privileges) Roberts, James 1586: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree) Robinson, Robert 1586: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree) Seres, William, 'the younger' 1586: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree) Ward, Roger 1586: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree) Watkins, Richard 1586: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree) fl.1586-1595 Bey, Gilles 1586 : France (* Simon Marion's plea on privileges) c.1587-c.1641 Hawkins, John 1775: United Kingdom (* Stationers' Company v. Carnan) 1587-1649 Winthrop, John 1672: USA (* Usher's Printing Privilege) d.1588 Ballard, Robert I 1515 : France (* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege) Ballard, Robert I 1552: France (* General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard ) Ballard, Robert I 1786: France (* French Decree on Musical Publications) Jugge, John 1586: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree) 1588-1667 Wither, George 1667: United Kingdom (* Milton's Contract) 1589-1656 Bignon, Jérôme 1701 : France (* Royal letters patent) fl.1590 Rizzo, Zuan Battista 1498 : Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) Rizzo, Zuan Battista 1503: Italy (* Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon) 1592-1603 Limnaeus, Johannes 1690: Germany ( Beier: On the Book Trade and its Privileges) fl.1592-1681 Elzevir 1667: United Kingdom (* Milton's Contract) d.1593 Charlewood, John 1586: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree) Singleton, Hugh 1566: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree) 1593/94-1671 Falconer, Alexander 1773: United Kingdom (* Hinton v. Donaldson) d.1594 Tottell, Richard 1566: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree) Tottell, Richard 1586: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree) c.1594-1665 Goodwin, John 1662: United Kingdom (* Licensing Act) Goodwin, John 1667: United Kingdom (* Milton's Contract ) 1594-1668 Day, Stephen 1672: USA (* Usher's Printing Privilege) 1595-1674 Vitré, Antoine 1650: France (* Vitré's memorandum on the prolongation of privileges) 1596-1632 Frederick V 1624: United Kingdom (* Statute of Monopolies) Frederick V 1637: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree) d.1599 Salus, Franziscus 1511: Germany (* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick) c.1600 Sauer, Johann 1660 : Germany (* Frankfurt Printers' Ordinance) Schönwetter, Johann Theobald 1513: Germany (* Imperial privilege for Eucharius Rösslin) 1600-1649 Charles I 1624: United Kingdom (* Statute of Monopolies) Charles I 1662: United Kingdom (* Licensing Act) d.1601 Wolfe, John 1586: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree) 1601-1643 Louis XIII 1552 : France (* General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard) Louis XIII 1618: France (* Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade) 1602-1661 Mazarin, Jules 1701 : France (* Royal letters patent) 1602-1676 Morice, Sir William 1662: United Kingdom (* Licensing Act) fl.1603 Darcy, Edward 1624: United Kingdom (* Statute of Monopolies) Darcy, Edward 1775: United Kingdom (* Stationers' Company v. Carnan) fl.1605-1625 Hampel, Nikolaus 1659 : Germany (* Schupp: The Book Thief) 1605-1671 Gilmour, Sir John 1773: United Kingdom (* Hinton v. Donaldson) 1605-1677 Berkeley, Sir William 1672: USA (* Usher's Printing Privilege) 1606-1658 Ryer, Pierre du 1845: France (* Court of Appeal on translations) 1606-1668 d'Avenant, Sir William 1833: United Kingdom (* Dramatic Literary Property Act) 1606-1681 Conring, Hermann 1690: Germany ( Beier: On the Book Trade and its Privileges) 1606-1684 Corneille, Pierre 1759 : France (* Sieur d'Anville's contract) fl.1607 Stallenge, William 1667: United Kingdom (* Milton's Contract) 1608-1674 Milton, John 1662: United Kingdom (* Licensing Act) Milton, John 1667: United Kingdom (* Milton's Contract ) Milton, John 1761: France (* La Fontaine case) Milton, John 1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor ) Milton, John 1814: United Kingdom (* Copyright Act ) 1609-1659 Dunster, Henry 1672: USA (* Usher's Printing Privilege) 1609-1674 Hyde, Edward, 1st Earl of Clarendon 1741: United Kingdom (* Gyles v. Wilcox (Atkyn's Reports) ) c.1610-1673 Ballard, Robert III 1552 : France (* General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard) 1610-1678 Oldenburger, Philipp Andreas 1690: Germany ( Beier: On the Book Trade and its Privileges ) 1610-1688 Nisbet, Sir John 1773: United Kingdom (* Hinton v. Donaldson) fl.1611 Bras-de-Fer, Jean, Sieur de Château-Fort 1762: France (* Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors) Faucheron, Adam 1762: France (* Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors) 1612-1683 Killigrew, Thomas 1833: United Kingdom (* Dramatic Literary Property Act) 1613-1662 Vane, Sir Henry 1841: USA (* Folsom v. Marsh) fl.1614 Avellaneda, Alonso Fernández de 1845: France (* Court of Appeal on translations ) 1615-1676 Usher, Hezekiah 1672: USA (* Usher's Printing Privilege) 1615-1702 Green, Samuel 1672: USA (* Usher's Printing Privilege) 1616-1704 L'Estrange, Sir Roger 1662: United Kingdom (* Licensing Act) 1617-1679 Birkenhead, John 1662: United Kingdom (* Licensing Act) 1619-1683 Colbert, Jean Baptiste 1650: France (* Vitré's memorandum on the prolongation of privileges) Colbert, Jean Baptiste 1686: France (* Book trade regulations) Colbert, Jean Baptiste 1701: France (* Royal letters patent) Colbert, Jean Baptiste 1723: France (* Code de la Librairie) Colbert, Jean Baptiste 1762: France (* Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors) 1619-1688 Furetière, Antoine 1507: France (* Eloy d'Amerval's privilege) Furetière, Antoine 1515: France (* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege) 1619-1695 Stair, James Dalrymple, 1st Viscount 1773: United Kingdom (* Hinton v. Donaldson) fl.1620 Archer, Thomas 1624: United Kingdom (* Statute of Monopolies) 1620-1649 Day, Mathew 1672: USA (* Usher's Printing Privilege) 1621-1682 Finch, Heneage, 1st Earl of Nottingham 1737: United Kingdom (* Baller v. Watson: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders) 1621-1695 La Fontaine, Jean de 1761 : France (* La Fontaine case) La Fontaine, Jean de 1799: Germany (* Kehr: Apology of the Reprinting of Books) La Fontaine, Jean de 1809: Germany (* Baden Civil Code) 1622-1660 Karl X Gustav 1659 : Germany (* Schupp: The Book Thief) 1622-1676 Grimmelshausen, Hans Jakob Christoffel von 1675: Germany (* Counterfeited Privilege in Grimmelshausen's "The Magic Bird's Nest") 1622-1692 Walker, Anthony 1662: United Kingdom (* Licensing Act) 1624-1677 Angelus Silesius 1659 : Germany (* Schupp: The Book Thief) 1624-1693 Pellison-Fontanier, Paul 1749 : France (* Crébillon case) 1626-1680 Felßecker, Wolf Eberhard 1675: Germany (* Counterfeited Privilege in Grimmelshausen's "The Magic Bird's Nest") 1626-1701 Clark, Samuel 1667: United Kingdom (* Milton's Contract) 1627-1704 Bossuet, Jacques Bénigne 1814: France (* Court of Cassation on compilations) 1628-1688 Bunyan, John 1737: United Kingdom (* Baller v. Watson: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders) c.1628-1698 Barbin, Claude 1761 : France (* La Fontaine case) c.1629-1692 Muddiman, Henry 1662: United Kingdom (* Licensing Act) 1629-1701 Fritsch, Ahasver 1750 : Germany ( Fritsch: Treatise on Book Printers, Booksellers, Paper Manufacturers and Bookbinders) fl.1630s Barrow, Thomas 1667: United Kingdom (* Milton's Contract) 1630-1677 Barrow, Isaac 1667: United Kingdom (* Milton's Contract) 1630-1685 Charles II 1637: United Kingdom (* Star Chamber Decree) Charles II 1662: United Kingdom (* Licensing Act ) Charles II 1667: United Kingdom (* Milton's Contract ) Charles II 1833: United Kingdom (* Dramatic Literary Property Act) c.1630-1686 Henning, Aegidius 1659 : Germany (* Schupp: The Book Thief) 1630-1709 Desprez, Guillaume 1759 : France (* Sieur d'Anville's contract) 1631-1695 Buckner, John 1672: USA (* Usher's Printing Privilege) 1631-1700 Dryden, John 1667: United Kingdom (* Milton's Contract) 1632-94 Pufendorf, Samuel, Freiherr von 1762: United Kingdom (* Tonson v. Collins) Pufendorf, Samuel, Freiherr von 1785: Germany (* Kant: On the Unlawfulness of Reprinting) Pufendorf, Samuel, Freiherr von 1794: Germany (* Prussian Statute Book (ALR)) 1632-1687 Lully, Jean Baptiste 1552 : France (* General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard) 1632-c.1695 Filleau de Saint-Martin, François 1845: France (* Court of Appeal on translations) 1632-1704 Bourdalouse, Louis 1814: France (* Court of Cassation on compilations) Locke, John 1586: France (* Simon Marion's plea on privileges) Locke, John 1662: United Kingdom (* Licensing Act ) Locke, John 1667: United Kingdom (* Milton's Contract ) Locke, John 1690: United Kingdom (* Locke's Second Treatise on Government (selected extracts)) Locke, John 1704: United Kingdom (* Defoe's Essay on the Press) Locke, John 1710: United Kingdom (* Statute of Anne ) Locke, John 1737: United Kingdom (* Booksellers' Bill ) Locke, John 1761: France (* La Fontaine case) Locke, John 1762: United Kingdom (* Tonson v. Collins ) Locke, John 1763: France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade) Locke, John 1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor ) Locke, John 1785: Germany (* Kant: On the Unlawfulness of Reprinting) Locke, John 1794: Germany (* Prussian Statute Book (ALR)) Locke, John 1821: Germany (* Hegel: Remarks on Intellectual Property) Locke, John 1838: United Kingdom (* International Copyright Act) Locke, John 1870: United Kingdom (* Copinger's Law of Copyright) Locke, John 1880: Germany (* Kohler: Author's Right ) 1633-1703 Pepys, Samuel 1667: United Kingdom (* Milton's Contract) 1633-1708 Seymour, Sir Edward 1704: United Kingdom (* Defoe's Essay on the Press) fl.1634 Camusat, Jean 1650: France (* Vitré's memorandum on the prolongation of privileges) 1634-1698 Beier, Adrian 1690: Germany ( Beier: On the Book Trade and its Privileges) 1634-1715 Dongan, Thomas, 2nd Earl of Limerick 1672: USA (* Usher's Printing Privilege) d.1635 Powell, Thomas 1667: United Kingdom (* Milton's Contract) 1635-1713 Stuart, Sir James 1773: United Kingdom (* Hinton v. Donaldson) c.1635-1715 Burnet, Dr. Thomas 1721: United Kingdom (* Burnet v. Chetwood) Burnet, Dr. Thomas 1741: United Kingdom (* Gyles v. Wilcox (Atkyn's Reports)) 1636-1700 Chevillier, André 1507 : France (* Eloy d'Amerval's privilege) Chevillier, André 1515: France (* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege) Chevillier, André 1759: France (* Sieur d'Anville's contract) 1636-1711 Boileau-Despréaux, Nicolas 1759: France (* Sieur d'Anville's contract) 1636-1715 Tenison, Thomas 1662: United Kingdom (* Licensing Act) Tenison, Thomas 1690: United Kingdom (* Locke's Second Treatise on Government (selected extracts)) 1636/38-1691 Mackenzie, Sir George 1773: United Kingdom (* Hinton v. 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Benjamin 1672: USA (* Usher's Printing Privilege) 1640-1705 Leopold I 1549 : Germany (* Electoral Saxon Printing and Censorship Acts from 1549 to 1717) fl.1641 Winslow, Samuel 1672: USA (* Usher's Printing Privilege) 1641-1688 Guéret, Gabriel 1759 : France (* Sieur d'Anville's contract) 1641-1711 Hyde, Laurence, 1st Earl of Rochester 1704: United Kingdom (* Defoe's Essay on the Press) fl.1642 Glover, John 1672: USA (* Usher's Printing Privilege) 1642-1727 Newton, Sir Isaac 1667: United Kingdom (* Milton's Contract) d.1643 Chemlin, Caspar 1659 : Germany (* Schupp: The Book Thief) 1643-1727 Phélypeaux, Louis 1701 : France (* Royal letters patent) Phélypeaux, Louis 1723: France (* Code de la Librairie) Phélypeaux, Louis 1763: France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade) d.1644 Gibson, Sir Alexander 1773: United Kingdom (* Hinton v. Donaldson) 1645-1706 Werckmeister, Andreas 1511: Germany (* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick) c.1645-c.1719 Aylmer, Brabazon 1667: United Kingdom (* Milton's Contract) fl.1646 Brouault, Jean 1552 : France (* General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard) 1646-1714 Boisguilbert, Pierre de 1763 : France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade) 1646-1723 Kneller, Sir Godfrey 1798: United Kingdom (* Models and Busts Act) 1647-1706 Bayle, Pierre 1701 : France (* Royal letters patent) Bayle, Pierre 1763: France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade) 1648-1698 Leblanc, François 1762 : France (* Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors ) 1648-1726 Usher, John 1672: USA (* Usher's Printing Privilege) 1649/51-1710 Clarke, Edward 1662: United Kingdom (* Licensing Act) Clarke, Edward 1690: United Kingdom (* Locke's Second Treatise on Government (selected extracts)) fl.1650-1665 Malassis, Clement 1665 : France (* French book trade regulations) 1650-1702 William III 1662: United Kingdom (* Licensing Act) William III 1690: United Kingdom (* Locke's Second Treatise on Government (selected extracts)) William III 1704: United Kingdom (* Defoe's Essay on the Press) 1651-1715 Fénelon, François de Salignac de la Mothe 1761: France (* La Fontaine case) Fénelon, François de Salignac de la Mothe 1814: France (* Court of Cassation on compilations) 1652-1717 Freke, John 1662: United Kingdom (* Licensing Act) Freke, John 1690: United Kingdom (* Locke's Second Treatise on Government (selected extracts)) 1653-1727 Russell, Edward, 1st Earl of Orford 1690: United Kingdom (* Locke's Second Treatise on Government (selected extracts)) 1654-1717 Voysin, Daniel-François 1723 : France (* Code de la Librairie) c.1654-1719 Ribou, Pierre 1507 : France (* Eloy d'Amerval's privilege) Ribou, Pierre 1759: France (* Sieur d'Anville's contract ) 1655/56-1736 Tonson, Jacob, 'the Elder' 1667: United Kingdom (* Milton's Contract) Tonson, Jacob, 'the Elder' 1737: United Kingdom (* Baller v. 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Longman) 1660-1731 Defoe, Daniel 1704: United Kingdom (* Defoe's Essay on the Press) Defoe, Daniel 1710: United Kingdom (* Statute of Anne ) Defoe, Daniel 1741: United Kingdom (* Gyles v. Wilcox (Atkyn's Reports)) 1660/64-1707 Tutchin, John 1704: United Kingdom (* Defoe's Essay on the Press) d.1661 Bourne, Nicholas 1624: United Kingdom (* Statute of Monopolies) fl.1661 Maillet, François 1762 : France (* Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors ) Porß, Johannes Martin 1659: Germany (* Schupp: The Book Thief) 1661-1715 Halifax, Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of 1690: United Kingdom (* Locke's Second Treatise on Government (selected extracts)) Halifax, Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of 1737: United Kingdom (* Booksellers' Bill) 1661-1724 Harley, Robert, 1st Earl of Oxford 1690: United Kingdom (* Locke's Second Treatise on Government (selected extracts)) Harley, Robert, 1st Earl of Oxford 1704: United Kingdom (* Defoe's Essay on the Press) 1661-1725 Dancourt, Florent Carton 1507 : France (* Eloy d'Amerval's privilege) Dancourt, Florent Carton 1759: France (* Sieur d'Anville's contract) 1661-1728 Fleuriau d'Armenonville, Joseph Jean Baptiste 1723: France (* Code de la Librairie) 1662-1725 Bousset, Jean-Baptiste Drouart de 1552: France (* General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard) c.1662-1738 Jekyll, Joseph 1667: United Kingdom (* Milton's Contract) 1662-1742 Bently, Richard 1667: United Kingdom (* Milton's Contract) 1663-1742 Massillon, Jean Baptiste 1814: France (* Court of Cassation on compilations) c.1663-1750 Ballard, Jean-Baptiste-Christophe 1552: France (* General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard) 1663-1752 Bradford, William 1672: USA (* Usher's Printing Privilege) 1664-1721 Prior, Matthew 1741: United Kingdom (* Pope v. 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Watson: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders) 1681-1741 Heineccius, Johann Gottlieb 1774: Germany (* Pütter: The Reprinting of Books ) 1681/82-1752 Stackhouse, Rev. Thomas 1773: United Kingdom (* Hinton v. 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Wilcox (Atkyn's Reports)) c.1691-1768 Abree, James 1667: United Kingdom (* Milton's Contract) d.1693 Anderton, William 1690: United Kingdom (* Locke's Second Treatise on Government (selected extracts)) c.1693-1756 Haywood, Eliza 1741: United Kingdom (* Gyles v. Wilcox (Atkyn's Reports)) 1693-1766 Quin, James 1835: United Kingdom (* Publication of Lectures Act) 1693-1776 Harrison, John 1778 : France (* Pluquet's letters) 1694-1753 Boyle, Richard, 3rd Earl of Burlington 1737: United Kingdom (* Booksellers' Bill) 1694-1778 Voltaire, François Marie Arouet de 1759: France (* Sieur d'Anville's contract) Voltaire, François Marie Arouet de 1763: France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade) Voltaire, François Marie Arouet de 1776: France (* Fragments on the Freedom of the Press) Voltaire, François Marie Arouet de 1778: France (* Pluquet's letters) Voltaire, Francois Marie Arouet de 1809: Germany (* Baden Civil Code) d.1695 Nuthead, William 1672: USA (* Usher's Printing Privilege) fl.1695 Sims, John 1690: United Kingdom (* Locke's Second Treatise on Government (selected extracts) ) 1695-1755 Bachofen, Johann Caspar 1739 : Germany ( Privilege of the Protestant Swiss Cantons) 1695-1769 Fritzsch, Christian 1739 : Germany ( Privilege of the Protestant Swiss Cantons) 1696-1764 Argenson, Marc-Pierre de Voyer de Paulmy, comte d' 1723: France (* Code de la Librairie) 1696-1770 Knapton, John 1741: United Kingdom (* Pope v. Curl) Knapton, John 1747: United Kingdom (* Warburton's Letter from an Author) 1696-1782 Kames, Henry Home, Lord 1762: United Kingdom (* Tonson v. Collins) Kames, Henry Home, Lord 1773: United Kingdom (* Hinton v. Donaldson) 1696/67-1776 Vandergucht, Gerrard 1735: United Kingdom (* Engravers' Copyright Act) 1697-1764 Hogarth, William 1735: United Kingdom (* Engravers' Copyright Act) Hogarth, William 1737: United Kingdom (* Booksellers' Bill ) Hogarth, William 1777: United Kingdom (* Bach v. Longman ) Hogarth, William 1798: United Kingdom (* Models and Busts Act) Hogarth, William 1833: United Kingdom (* Dramatic Literary Property Act) 1697-1782 d'Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon, Sieur 1507: France (* Eloy d'Amerval's privilege ) d'Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon, Sieur 1723: France (* Code de la Librairie) d'Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon, Sieur 1749: France (* Crébillon case) d'Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon, Sieur 1759: France (* Sieur d'Anville's contract) d'Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon, Sieur 1761: France (* La Fontaine case) d'Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon, Sieur 1777: France (* Linguet's memorandum) c.1697-1797 Macklin, Charles 1833: United Kingdom (* Dramatic Literary Property Act) fl.1698-1710 Nutt, John 1721: United Kingdom (* Burnet v. Chetwood) c.1698-1750 Parks, William 1672: USA (* Usher's Printing Privilege) 1698-1765 Guérin, Hippolyte-Louis 1761: France (* La Fontaine case) 1698-1779 Warburton, William 1741: United Kingdom (* Pope v. Curl) Warburton, William 1747: United Kingdom (* Warburton's Letter from an Author) Warburton, William 1762: United Kingdom (* An Enquiry into Literary Property) c.1699-1752 Guérin, Jacques 1761 : France (* La Fontaine case) 1699-1752 Johnston, Gabriel 1672: USA (* Usher's Printing Privilege) 1699-1771 Guyon, Claude-Marie, abbé 1759: France (* Sieur d'Anville's contract) 1699-1772 Pothier, Robert-Joseph 1814: France (* Court of Cassation on compilations) 1700-1748 Thomson, James 1737: United Kingdom (* Baller v. Watson: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders) Thomson, James 1759: France (* Sieur d'Anville's contract ) Thomson, James 1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor ) Thomson, James 1774: United Kingdom (* Donaldson v. 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Watson: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders) 1701-1785 La Chalotais, Louis-René de Caradeuc de 1776: France (* Fragments on the Freedom of the Press ) 1702-1748 Birnbaum, Johann Abraham 1740 : Germany (* Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books") 1703-1758 Cibber, Theophilus 1833: United Kingdom (* Dramatic Literary Property Act) 1703-1769 Trudaine, Daniel-Charles 1762 : France (* Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors ) 1703-1771 Boyer, Jean-Baptiste de, Marquis d'Argens 1765: Germany ( Reich v. Pauli) Boyer, Jean-Baptiste de, Marquis d'Argens 1765: Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel) Boyer, Jean-Baptiste de, Marquis d'Argens 1794: Germany (* Prussian Statute Book (ALR)) c.1703-1783 Brooke, Henry 1773: United Kingdom (* Hinton v. Donaldson) 1703-1787 Law, Rt Rev Edmund 1774: United Kingdom (* Donaldson v. Becket) Law, Rt Rev Edmund 1814: United Kingdom (* Copyright Act) 1703/04-1764 Clarke, Sir Thomas 1667: United Kingdom (* Milton's Contract) Clarke, Sir Thomas 1741: United Kingdom (* Gyles v. Wilcox (Atkyn's Reports)) fl.1704 Bragg, Benjamin 1704: United Kingdom (* Defoe's Essay on the Press) 1704-1764 Dodsley, Robert 1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor) c.1704-1766 Ware, Isaac 1735: United Kingdom (* Engravers' Copyright Act) 1704-1770 Kircheisen, Karl David 1765: Germany ( Reich v. Pauli) Kircheisen, Karl David 1765: Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel) Kircheisen, Karl David 1766: Germany ( Prussian Cabinet Order) Kircheisen, Karl David 1794: Germany (* Prussian Statute Book (ALR)) 1704-1782 Newton, Thomas 1667: United Kingdom (* Milton's Contract) d.1705 Jepp, Mary 1662: United Kingdom (* Licensing Act) Jepp, Mary 1690: United Kingdom (* Locke's Second Treatise on Government (selected extracts)) 1705-1768 Millar, Andrew 1741: United Kingdom (* Pope v. Curl) Millar, Andrew 1763: France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade) Millar, Andrew 1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor ) Millar, Andrew 1773: United Kingdom (* Hinton v. Donaldson) Millar, Andrew 1774: United Kingdom (* Donaldson v. Becket) 1705-1777 Phélypeaux, Louis, Duc de La Vrillière 1763: France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade) 1705-1778 Smythe, Sir Sidney Stafford 1774: United Kingdom (* Donaldson v. Becket) Smythe, Sir Sidney Stafford 1833: United Kingdom (* Dramatic Literary Property Act) 1705-1793 Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl 1667: United Kingdom (* Milton's Contract ) Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl 1741: United Kingdom (* Pope v. Curl) Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl 1747: United Kingdom (* Warburton's Letter from an Author) Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl 1762: United Kingdom (* Tonson v. Collins) Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl 1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor) Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl 1773: United Kingdom (* Hinton v. Donaldson) Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl 1774: United Kingdom (* Donaldson v. Becket) Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl 1777: France (* Linguet's memorandum) Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl 1777: United Kingdom (* Bach v. Longman) Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl 1778: France (* Pluquet's letters) Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl 1798: United Kingdom (* Beckford v. Hood) Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl 1831: USA (* Copyright Act) Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl 1833: United Kingdom (* Dramatic Literary Property Act) Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl 1838: United Kingdom (* International Copyright Act) Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl 1854: United Kingdom (* Jeffreys v. Boosey) Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl 1862: United Kingdom (* Fine Art Copyright Act) Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl 1870: United Kingdom (* Copinger's Law of Copyright) 1706-1751 Zedler, Johann Heinrich 1740 : Germany (* Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books") 1706-1752 Barnardiston, Thomas 1741: United Kingdom (* Gyles v. Wilcox (Atkyn's Reports)) 1706-1757 Baumgarten, Siegmund Jakob 1774: Germany (* Pütter: The Reprinting of Books ) 1706-1773 Atkyns, John Tracey 1741: United Kingdom (* Gyles v. Wilcox (Atkyn's Reports)) 1707-1754 Fielding, Henry 1667: United Kingdom (* Milton's Contract) Fielding, Henry 1773: United Kingdom (* Hinton v. Donaldson) c.1708-1772 Henley, Robert, 1st Earl of Northington 1737: United Kingdom (* Baller v. Watson: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders) Henley, Robert, 1st Earl of Northington 1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor) 1708-1779 Le Breton, André François 1507: France (* Eloy d'Amerval's privilege) Le Breton, André François 1759: France (* Sieur d'Anville's contract) Le Breton, André François 1763: France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade) 1708-1782 Hemmerde, Carl Hermann 1794 : Germany (* Prussian Statute Book (ALR)) c.1709-1761 Walker, Robert 1667: United Kingdom (* Milton's Contract) Walker, Robert 1737: United Kingdom (* Baller v. Watson: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders) 1709-1766 Walsh, John, Jr. 1777: United Kingdom (* Bach v. Longman) 1709-1784 Johnson, Samuel 1667: United Kingdom (* Milton's Contract) Johnson, Samuel 1741: United Kingdom (* Gyles v. Wilcox (Atkyn's Reports)) 1709-1787 Vandenhoeck, Anna, née Parry 1790: Germany (* J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire) 1709-1790 Doddridge, Mercy 1741: United Kingdom (* Pope v. Curl) 1709/10-1774 Adams, Richard 1774: United Kingdom (* Donaldson v. Becket) fl.1710-1733 Buckley, Samuel 1710: United Kingdom (* Statute of Anne) Buckley, Samuel 1838: United Kingdom (* International Copyright Act) 1710-1774 Louis XV 1552: France (* General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard ) Louis XV 1723: France (* Code de la Librairie) 1710-1778 Arne, Thomas 1777: United Kingdom (* Bach v. Longman) 1710-1780 Perrott, George 1774: United Kingdom (* Donaldson v. Becket) 1710-1782 Talbot, William 1737: United Kingdom (* Baller v. Watson: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders) c.1710-1784 Sewell, Thomas 1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor) Sewell, Thomas 1774: United Kingdom (* Donaldson v. Becket) 1710-1794 Gould, Henry 1774: United Kingdom (* Donaldson v. Becket) 1711-1765 Duchesne, Nicolas Bonaventure 1759: France (* Sieur d'Anville's contract) Scheben, Franz Anton Xaver, Reichsfreiherr von 1781: Germany (* Austrian Statutes on Censorship and Printing) 1711-1769 Sackville, Charles, 2nd Duke of Dorset 1798: United Kingdom (* Models and Busts Act) 1711-1780 Hutchinson, Thomas 1672: USA (* Usher's Printing Privilege) Hutchinson, Thomas 1781: USA (* Andrew Law's Petition) 1711-1794 Kaunitz, Anton Wenzel, Prince Count of 1790: Germany (* J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire) 1711-1796 Raynal, Guillaume Thomas François 1783: USA (* Connecticut Copyright Statute ) d.1712 Guyenet, Pierre 1552 : France (* General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard) fl.1712 Huet, Pierre 1845: France (* Court of Appeal on translations) 1712-1768 Fournier, Pierre Simon 1552 : France (* General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard) 1712-1778 Rousseau, Jean Jacques 1759 : France (* Sieur d'Anville's contract) 1712-1780 Prault, Laurent-François 1749 : France (* Crébillon case) Prault, Laurent-François 1759: France (* Sieur d'Anville's contract) 1712-1786 Frederick II, the Great 1765: Germany ( Reich v. Pauli) Frederick II, the Great 1765: Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel) Frederick II, the Great 1766: Germany ( Prussian Cabinet Order) Frederick II, the Great 1781: Germany (* Austrian Statutes on Censorship and Printing) Frederick II, the Great 1790: Germany (* J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire) Frederick II, the Great 1794: Germany (* Prussian Statute Book (ALR)) 1712-1799 Wendler Johann 1765: Germany ( Reich v. Pauli) Wendler Johann 1765: Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel) Wendler, Johann 1794: Germany (* Prussian Statute Book (ALR)) fl.1713-1737 Watson, James 1737: United Kingdom (* Baller v. Watson: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders) 1713-1784 Diderot, Denis 1507 : France (* Eloy d'Amerval's privilege) Diderot, Denis 1515: France (* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege) Diderot, Denis 1586: France (* Simon Marion's plea on privileges) Diderot, Denis 1723: France (* Code de la Librairie ) Diderot, Denis 1741: United Kingdom (* Pope v. Curl ) Diderot, Denis 1749: France (* Crébillon case ) Diderot, Denis 1759: France (* Sieur d'Anville's contract ) Diderot, Denis 1761: France (* La Fontaine case) Diderot, Denis 1762: France (* Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors) Diderot, Denis 1763: France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade) Diderot, Denis 1770: France (* Luneau de Boisjermain's case) Diderot, Denis 1776: France (* Fragments on the Freedom of the Press) Diderot, Denis 1777: France (* Linguet's memorandum ) Diderot, Denis 1778: France (* Pluquet's letters) Diderot, Denis 1869: France (* Court of Cassation on originality) 1713-1786 Gozzi, Count Gasparo 1780 : Italy (* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents) 1714-1762 Baumgarten, Alexander Gottlieb 1774: Germany (* Pütter: The Reprinting of Books ) c.1714-1770 Parker, James 1672: USA (* Usher's Printing Privilege) 1714-1791 Darjes, Joachim Georg 1794 : Germany (* Prussian Statute Book (ALR)) 1714-1794 Bathurst, Henry, 2nd Earl 1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor) Bathurst, Henry, 2nd Earl 1774: United Kingdom (* Donaldson v. Becket) Bathurst, Henry, 2nd Earl 1775: United Kingdom (* Stationers' Company v. Carnan) Bathurst, Henry, 2nd Earl 1833: United Kingdom (* Dramatic Literary Property Act) Bathurst, Henry, 2nd Earl 1870: United Kingdom (* Copinger's Law of Copyright) Camden, Charles Pratt, 1st Earl 1667: United Kingdom (* Milton's Contract) Camden, Charles Pratt, 1st Earl 1774: United Kingdom (* Donaldson v. Becket) Camden, Charles Pratt, 1st Earl 1775: United Kingdom (* Stationers' Company v. Carnan) 1714-1799 Monboddo, James Burnett, Lord 1773: United Kingdom (* Hinton v. Donaldson) d.1715 Ballard, Christophe 1552 : France (* General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard) 1715-1759 Kleist, Ewald Christian von 1809: Germany (* Baden Civil Code) 1715-1769 Gellert, Christian Fürchtegott 1765: Germany ( Reich v. Pauli) Gellert, Christian Fürchtegott 1765: Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel) Gellert, Christian Fürchtegott 1794: Germany (* Prussian Statute Book (ALR)) Gellert, Christian Fürchtegott 1809: Germany (* Baden Civil Code) c.1715-1773 Hawkesworth, John 1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor) Hawkesworth, John 1781: USA (* Andrew Law's Petition) c.1715-1787 Fowle, Daniel 1672: USA (* Usher's Printing Privilege) 1716-1774 Thurneysen, Johann Rudolf, II 1738: Germany (* Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books) 1716-1784 Volland, Sophie 1763 : France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade) 1716-1786 Nares, John 1774: United Kingdom (* Donaldson v. Becket) 1716-1790 Pluquet, François-André-Adrien 1723: France (* Code de la Librairie) Pluquet, François-André-Adrien 1763: France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade) Pluquet, François-André-Adrien 1777: France (* Linguet's memorandum) Pluquet, François-André-Adrien 1778: France (* Pluquet's letters) Pluquet, François-André-Adrien 1791: France (* Report of François Hell to the National Assembly) Pluquet, François-André-Adrien 1869: France (* Court of Cassation on originality) 1717-1778 Aston, Richard 1747: United Kingdom (* Warburton's Letter from an Author) Aston, Richard 1763: France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade) Aston, Richard 1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor ) Aston, Richard 1774: United Kingdom (* Donaldson v. Becket) Aston, Richard 1778: France (* Pluquet's letters) Aston, Richard 1833: United Kingdom (* Dramatic Literary Property Act) Aston, Richard 1854: United Kingdom (* Jeffreys v. Boosey ) Aston, Richard 1870: United Kingdom (* Copinger's Law of Copyright) 1717-1780 Maria Theresia of Austria 1775: Germany ( Chodowiecki's Allegory "Works of Darkness" ) Maria Theresia of Austria 1781: Germany (* Austrian Statutes on Censorship and Printing) 1717-1783 Alembert, Jean le Rond D' 1762: France (* Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors ) 1717-1787 Reich, Philipp Erasmus 1765: Germany ( Reich v. Pauli) Reich, Philipp Erasmus 1765: Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel) Reich, Philipp Erasmus 1775: Germany ( Chodowiecki's Allegory "Works of Darkness") Reich, Philipp Erasmus 1781: Germany (* Austrian Statutes on Censorship and Printing) Reich, Philipp Erasmus 1790: Germany (* J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire) Reich, Philipp Erasmus 1794: Germany (* Prussian Statute Book (ALR)) Reich, Philipp Erasmus 1809: Germany (* Baden Civil Code) Reich, Philipp Erasmus 1846: Germany (* Bilateral Treaty between Prussia and Britain) 1717-1789 Miller, Sir Thomas, 1st Baronet 1773: United Kingdom (* Hinton v. Donaldson) 1717-1798 Trattner, Johann Thomas von 1775: Germany ( Chodowiecki's Allegory "Works of Darkness") Trattner, Johann Thomas von 1781: Germany (* Austrian Statutes on Censorship and Printing) Trattner, Johann Thomas von 1809: Germany (* Baden Civil Code) 1717-1799 Oeser, Adam Friedrich 1790: Germany (* J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire) 1719-1781 de Grey, William 1774: United Kingdom (* Donaldson v. Becket) de Grey, William 1775: United Kingdom (* Stationers' Company v. Carnan) 1719-1793 Bruyset, Jean-Marie 1759 : France (* Sieur d'Anville's contract) 1719-1794 Breitkopf, Johann Gottlob Immanuel 1765: Germany ( Reich v. Pauli) Breitkopf, Johann Gottlob Immanuel 1765: Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel) Breitkopf, Johann Gottlob Immanuel 1790: Germany (* J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire) Breitkopf, Johann Gottlob Immanuel 1794: Germany (* Prussian Statute Book (ALR)) 1720-1785 Ehrenbach, Johann Fischler, Edler von 1809: Germany (* Baden Civil Code) 1720-1792 Rivington, John 1773: United Kingdom (* Hinton v. Donaldson) 1720-1804 Boydell, John 1798: United Kingdom (* Models and Busts Act) Boydell, John 1862: United Kingdom (* Fine Art Copyright Act) 1720-1806 Gozzi, Count Carlo 1780 : Italy (* "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents) 1720-1821 Carmer, Johann Heinrich 1794 : Germany (* Prussian Statute Book (ALR)) 1721-1783 Kirnberger, Johann Philipp 1511: Germany (* Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick ) 1721-1785 Davis, James 1672: USA (* Usher's Printing Privilege) 1721-1793 Garden, Francis 1773: United Kingdom (* Hinton v. Donaldson) Sherman, Roger 1790: USA (* Copyright Act) 1721-1794 Malesherbes, Chrétien Guillaume de Lamoignon de 1723: France (* Code de la Librairie) Malesherbes, Chrétien Guillaume de Lamoignon de 1749: France (* Crébillon case) Malesherbes, Chrétien Guillaume de Lamoignon de 1761: France (* La Fontaine case) Malesherbes, Chrétien Guillaume de Lamoignon de 1776: France (* Fragments on the Freedom of the Press) 1721-1801 Svarez, Carl Gottlieb 1794 : Germany (* Prussian Statute Book (ALR)) Svarez, Carl Gottlieb 1832: Germany (* Gans: On the right to perform published stage plays) 1722-1770 Yates, Joseph 1741: United Kingdom (* Pope v. Curl) Yates, Joseph 1759: France (* Sieur d'Anville's contract ) Yates, Joseph 1762: United Kingdom (* Tonson v. Collins ) Yates, Joseph 1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor ) Yates, Joseph 1773: United Kingdom (* Hinton v. Donaldson) Yates, Joseph 1775: United Kingdom (* Stationers' Company v. Carnan) Yates, Joseph 1776: France (* Fragments on the Freedom of the Press) Yates, Joseph 1778: France (* Pluquet's letters) Yates, Joseph 1798: United Kingdom (* Beckford v. Hood ) Yates, Joseph 1831: USA (* Copyright Act) Yates, Joseph 1835: United Kingdom (* Publication of Lectures Act) Yorke, Charles 1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor ) 1722-1795 Voß, Christian Friedrich 1765: Germany ( Reich v. Pauli) Voß, Christian Friedrich 1765: Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel) Voß, Christian Friedrich 1794: Germany (* Prussian Statute Book (ALR)) Voß, Christian Friedrich 1809: Germany (* Baden Civil Code) 1722-1796 Erskine, James 1773: United Kingdom (* Hinton v. Donaldson) 1722-1803 Adams, Samuel 1672: USA (* Usher's Printing Privilege) 1722-1813 Becket, Thomas 1773: United Kingdom (* Hinton v. Donaldson) Becket, Thomas 1774: United Kingdom (* Donaldson v. Becket) 1723-1780 Blackstone, William 1690: United Kingdom (* Locke's Second Treatise on Government (selected extracts)) Blackstone, William 1741: United Kingdom (* Pope v. Curl) Blackstone, William 1762: United Kingdom (* Tonson v. Collins) Blackstone, William 1763: France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade) Blackstone, William 1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor) Blackstone, William 1774: United Kingdom (* Donaldson v. Becket) Blackstone, William 1775: United Kingdom (* Stationers' Company v. Carnan) Blackstone, William 1798: United Kingdom (* Beckford v. Hood) Blackstone, William 1870: United Kingdom (* Copinger's Law of Copyright) c.1723-1787 Willes, Edward 1667: United Kingdom (* Milton's Contract) Willes, Edward 1763: France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade) Willes, Edward 1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor ) Willes, Edward 1774: United Kingdom (* Donaldson v. Becket) Willes, Edward 1845: France (* Court of Appeal on translations) Willes, Edward 1853: USA (* Stowe v. Thomas) Willes, Edward 1854: United Kingdom (* Jeffreys v. Boosey ) 1723-1787 Abel, Karl Friedrich 1777: United Kingdom (* Bach v. Longman) 1723-1790 Livingston, William 1783: USA (* Connecticut Copyright Statute) Smith, Adam 1774: Germany (* Pütter: The Reprinting of Books) 1723-1792 Reynolds, Sir Joshua 1798: United Kingdom (* Models and Busts Act) Reynolds, Sir Joshua 1862: United Kingdom (* Fine Art Copyright Act) 1724-1784 Münchhausen, Ernst Friedemann, Baron von 1794: Germany (* Prussian Statute Book (ALR) ) 1724-1797 Dodsley, James 1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor) 1724-1803 Klopstock, Friedrich Gottlieb 1794: Germany (* Prussian Statute Book (ALR)) 1724-1804 Kant, Immanuel 1785 : Germany (* Kant: On the Unlawfulness of Reprinting) Kant, Immanuel 1794: Germany (* Prussian Statute Book (ALR)) Kant, Immanuel 1799: Germany (* Kehr: Apology of the Reprinting of Books) Kant, Immanuel 1821: Germany (* Hegel: Remarks on Intellectual Property) Kant, Immanuel 1824: Germany (* Neustetel: The Reprinting of Books) Kant, Immanuel 1832: Germany (* Gans: On the right to perform published stage plays) fl.1725-1730 Desessarts, Jean-Baptiste 1759: France (* Sieur d'Anville's contract) 1725-1798 Ramler, Karl Wilhelm 1809 : Germany (* Baden Civil Code) 1725-1805 Greuze, Jean Baptiste 1842 : France (* Court of Cassation on artistic property) 1725-1807 Ashurst, William 1774: United Kingdom (* Donaldson v. Becket) Ashurst, William 1798: United Kingdom (* Beckford v. Hood ) Pütter, Johann Stephan 1501: Germany (* Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica) Pütter, Johann Stephan 1774: Germany (* Pütter: The Reprinting of Books) Pütter, Johann Stephan 1785: Germany (* Kant: On the Unlawfulness of Reprinting) Pütter, Johann Stephan 1790: Germany (* J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire) Pütter, Johann Stephan 1794: Germany (* Prussian Statute Book (ALR)) Pütter, Johann Stephan 1809: Germany (* Baden Civil Code) Pütter, Johann Stephan 1832: Germany (* Gans: On the right to perform published stage plays) Pütter, Johann Stephan 1846: Germany (* Bilateral Treaty between Prussia and Britain) 1726-1783 Cochin, Jacques-Denis 1814: France (* Court of Cassation on compilations) 1726-1792 Dalrymple, Sir David 1773: United Kingdom (* Hinton v. Donaldson) Séguier, Antoine-Louis 1507: France (* Eloy d'Amerval's privilege) Séguier, Antoine-Louis 1515: France (* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege) Séguier, Antoine-Louis 1586: France (* Simon Marion's plea on privileges) Séguier, Antoine-Louis 1701: France (* Royal letters patent) Séguier, Antoine-Louis 1723: France (* Code de la Librairie) Séguier, Antoine-Louis 1777: France (* Linguet's memorandum) 1726-1799 Ross, Robert 1781: USA (* Andrew Law's Petition) 1726-1801 Chodowiecki, Daniel 1781 : Germany (* Austrian Statutes on Censorship and Printing) 1727-1759 Wolfe, James 1798: United Kingdom (* Models and Busts Act) Wolfe, James 1862: United Kingdom (* Fine Art Copyright Act) 1727-1781 Turgot, Anne Robert Jacques 1762: France (* Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors) Turgot, Anne Robert Jacques 1763: France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade) Turgot, Anne Robert Jacques 1776: France (* Fragments on the Freedom of the Press) 1727-1794 Donaldson, Alexander 1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor) Donaldson, Alexander 1773: United Kingdom (* Hinton v. Donaldson) Donaldson, Alexander 1774: United Kingdom (* Donaldson v. Becket) 1727-1800 Fenouillot de Falbaire de Quingey, Charles-Georges 1759: France (* Sieur d'Anville's contract ) 1727-1805 Murphy, Arthur 1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor) 1728-1779 Cook, James 1781: USA (* Andrew Law's Petition) Cook, James 1783: USA ( Ledyard Petition Committee Report) Cook, James 1783: USA ( Petition of John Ledyard ) 1728-1811 Karl Friedrich 1809 : Germany (* Baden Civil Code) fl.1729 Read, Thomas 1737: United Kingdom (* Baller v. Watson: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders) 1729-1781 Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim 1774: Germany (* Pütter: The Reprinting of Books ) Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim 1794: Germany (* Prussian Statute Book (ALR)) Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim 1809: Germany (* Baden Civil Code) 1729-1786 Mendelssohn, Moses 1794 : Germany (* Prussian Statute Book (ALR)) Mendelssohn, Moses 1809: Germany (* Baden Civil Code) 1729-1797 Burke, Edmund 1801: United Kingdom (* Copyright Act) 1729-1799 Bayley, Daniel 1781: USA (* Andrew Law's Petition) 1729-1801 Sartine, Antoine de 1723 : France (* Code de la Librairie) Sartine, Antoine de 1763: France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade) 1729-1804 Rae, David 1773: United Kingdom (* Hinton v. Donaldson) 1729-1814 Durand de Maillane, Pierre-Toussaint 1759: France (* Sieur d'Anville's contract) Reimarus, Johann Albert Heinrich 1785: Germany (* Kant: On the Unlawfulness of Reprinting) 1730-1794 Goezmann, Louis Valentin de 1778: France (* Pluquet's letters) 1731-1783 Dunning, John 1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor) 1731-1791 Macaulay, Catherine 1762: United Kingdom (* An Enquiry into Literary Property) 1731-1793 Zedlitz, Karl Abraham, Baron von 1794: Germany (* Prussian Statute Book (ALR)) 1731-1802 Grosvenor, Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl of 1798: United Kingdom (* Models and Busts Act ) Grosvenor, Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl of 1862: United Kingdom (* Fine Art Copyright Act) 1731-1806 Thurlow, Edward, 1st Baron 1762: United Kingdom (* Tonson v. Collins) Thurlow, Edward, 1st Baron 1769: United Kingdom (* Millar v. Taylor) Thurlow, Edward, 1st Baron 1775: United Kingdom (* Stationers' Company v. Carnan) 1732-1779 Dilly, Edward 1773: United Kingdom (* Hinton v. Donaldson) 1732-1792 North, Frederick, 8th Lord North and 2nd Earl of Guilford 1775: United Kingdom (* Stationers' Company v. Carnan) 1732-1795 Gerstlacher, Carl Friedrich 1809: Germany (* Baden Civil Code) 1732-1799 Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de 1780: France ( Beaumarchais's report) Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de 1780: France ( Decree on Dramatic Literary Property) Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de 1780: France (* Dramatic Act) Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de 1834: France (* Balzac's letter to authors) Washington, George 1790: USA (* Copyright Act) Washington, George 1841: USA (* Folsom v. Marsh) 1732-1800 Ehlers, Martin 1846 : Germany (* Bilateral Treaty between Prussia and Britain) 1732-1801 Luneau de Boisjermain, Pierre-Joseph-Francois 1507: France (* Eloy d'Amerval's privilege ) Luneau de Boisjermain, Pierre-Joseph-Francois 1552: France (* General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard ) Luneau de Boisjermain, Pierre-Joseph-Francois 1749: France (* Crébillon case) Luneau de Boisjermain, Pierre-Joseph-Francois 1759: France (* Sieur d'Anville's contract) Luneau de Boisjermain, Pierre-Joseph-Francois 1761: France (* La Fontaine case) Luneau de Boisjermain, Pierre-Joseph-Francois 1763: France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade) Luneau de Boisjermain, Pierre-Joseph-Francois 1770: France (* Luneau de Boisjermain's case) Luneau de Boisjermain, Pierre-Joseph-Francois 1777: France (* Linguet's memorandum) 1732-1802 Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron 1790: USA (* Copyright Act) Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron 1798: United Kingdom (* Beckford v. Hood) Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron 1814: United Kingdom (* Copyright Act) Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron 1833: United Kingdom (* Dramatic Literary Property Act) 1732-1817 Sonnenfels, Joseph von 1781 : Germany (* Austrian Statutes on Censorship and Printing) Sonnenfels, Joseph von 1790: Germany (* J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire) 1732-1819 Johnson, Thomas 1790: USA (* Copyright Act) fl.1733-1739 David, Michel-Etienne 1845: France (* Court of Appeal on translations) 1733-1798 Read, George 1790: USA (* Copyright Act) 1733-1801 Himburg, Christian Friedrich 1781: Germany (* Austrian Statutes on Censorship and Printing) Himburg, Christian Friedrich 1790: Germany (* J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire) 1733-1803 Swieten, Gottfried van, Baron 1781: Germany (* Austrian Statutes on Censorship and Printing) 1733-1805 Thurn und Taxis, Karl Anselm, Prince of 1790: Germany (* J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire) Wedderburn, Alexander, 1st Earl of Rosslyn 1737: United Kingdom (* Baller v. Watson: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders) Wedderburn, Alexander, 1st Earl of Rosslyn 1762: United Kingdom (* Tonson v. Collins) 1733-1811 Nicolai, Friedrich 1775 : Germany ( Chodowiecki's Allegory "Works of Darkness") Nicolai, Friedrich 1781: Germany (* Austrian Statutes on Censorship and Printing) Nicolai, Friedrich 1794: Germany (* Prussian Statute Book (ALR)) 1733-1812 Pauli, Joachim 1765: Germany ( Reich v. Pauli) Pauli, Joachim 1765: Germany (* Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel) Pauli, Joachim 1766: Germany ( Prussian Cabinet Order ) Pauli, Joachim 1794: Germany (* Prussian Statute Book (ALR)) 1733-1813 Wieland, Christoph Martin 1774: Germany (* Pütter: The Reprinting of Books ) Wieland, Christoph Martin 1809: Germany (* Baden Civil Code) 1733-1817 Suard, Jean-Baptiste-Antoine 1723: France (* Code de la Librairie) Suard, Jean-Baptiste-Antoine 1778: France (* Pluquet's letters) 1734-1796 MacLaurin, John 1773: United Kingdom (* Hinton v. Donaldson) 1734-1799 Eyre, Sir James 1774: United Kingdom (* Donaldson v. Becket) Eyre, Sir James 1798: United Kingdom (* Beckford v. Hood ) 1734-1808 Silvester, Peter 1790: USA (* Copyright Act) 1734-1817 McKean, Thomas 1789: USA (* The Constitutional Copyright Clause) 1734-1823 Campbell, Ilay 1773: United Kingdom (* Hinton v. Donaldson) 1735-1782 Bach, Johann Christian 1498 : Italy (* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent) Bach, Johann Christian 1777: United Kingdom (* Bach v. Longman) Bach, Johann Christian 1838: United Kingdom (* International Copyright Act) 1735-1785 Woollett, William 1798: United Kingdom (* Models and Busts Act) Woollett, William 1862: United Kingdom (* Fine Art Copyright Act) 1735-1794 Lyon, James 1781: USA (* Andrew Law's Petition) 1736-1794 Linguet, Simon Nicolas Henri 1515: France (* Galliot Du Pré's Privilege) Linguet, Simon Nicolas Henri 1586: France (* Simon Marion's plea on privileges) Linguet, Simon Nicolas Henri 1749: France (* Crébillon case) Linguet, Simon Nicolas Henri 1759: France (* Sieur d'Anville's contract) Linguet, Simon Nicolas Henri 1763: France (* Diderot's Letter on the book trade) Linguet, Simon Nicolas Henri 1776: France (* Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers) Linguet, Simon Nicolas Henri 1777: France (* Linguet's memorandum) Linguet, Simon Nicolas Henri 1778: France (* Pluquet's letters) Linguet, Simon Nicolas Henri 1791: France (* Report of François Hell to the National Assembly) Linguet, Simon Nicolas Henri 1814: France (* Court of Cassation on compilations) Linguet, Simon Nicolas Henri 1862: France (* Court of Cassation on photography) Linguet, Simon Nicolas Henri 1869: France (* Court of Cassation on originality) 1736-1795 Murray, Alexander 1773: United Kingdom (* Hinton v. Donaldson) 1736-1800 Huntington, Benjamin 1790: USA (* Copyright Act) d.1737 Fermor, Arabella 1737: United Kingdom (* Booksellers' Bill) 1737-1788 Carnan, Thomas 1775: United Kingdom (* Stationers' Company v. Carnan) 1737-1807 Servan, Joseph Michel Antoine 1741: United Kingdom (* Pope v. Curl) 1737-1809 Paine, Thomas 1783: USA (* Connecticut Copyright Statute) 1737-1815 Fleischhauer, Johann Georg 1775: Germany ( Chodowiecki's Allegory "Works of Darkness" ) Fleischhauer, Johann Georg | ||||||