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Abbatucci, Paul-Séverin (1821-1888); info: member of the Corps législatif

1866: France
* Literary and artistic property act


Abbey, Edwin Austin (1852-1911); info: American artist; illustrator

1902: USA
  Bleistein's Brief


Abbey, Henry E. (1846-1896); info: American theatre manager

1896: USA
  Debate in Congress


Abbey, Henry (1842-1911); info: American poet

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


Abbott, Benjamin Vaughan (1830-1890); info: American lawyer; legal writer

1873: USA
  Committee on the Library Report

1874: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright


Abbott, Charles (1762-1832); also: Baron Tenterdon; info: judge

1853: United Kingdom
  Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright


Abbott, Jacob (1803-1879); info: American clergyman

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials

1853: USA
  Letters on International copyright

1874: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright


Abbott, Lyman (1835-1922); info: American theologian; editor; author

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


Abbott, William (1788-1854); info: actor; theatre manager

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature


Abbot, Charles, 1st Baron Colchester (1757-1829); info: politician; Speaker of the House of Commons (1802-1817)

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence


Abbot, Charles, 2nd Baron Colchester (1798-1867); info: politician

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


Abeel, David (1804-1846); info: American missionary; writer on China

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials


Abelard, Peter (1079-1142); also: Abailard; info: philosopher

1778 : France
* Pluquet's letters


Abercrombie, John (1780-1844); info: physician

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


Abercromby, George, 2nd Baron Abercromby (1770-1843); lawyer; MP

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


Abernethy, John (1764-1831); info: surgeon

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

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


Ackerman, Rudolph (1764-1834); info: university historian

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence


Acland, Sir Thomas Dyke, 11th Baronet (1809-1898); info: politician; educational reformer

1886: United Kingdom
  International Copyright Bill


Adams, Charles Francis, Jr. (1835-1915); info: American railroad executive; author

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


Adams, Charles Kendall (1835-1902); info: American historian; President of Cornell University (1885-1892)

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


Adams, George Everett (1840-1917); info: American lawyer; congressman

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


Adams, Hannah (1755-1831); info: American religious writer

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials


Adams, Henry (1838-1918); info: American historian; novelist

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


Adams, Herbert Baxter (1850-1901); info: American historian; educator

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848); info: U.S. President (1825-1829); American diplomat; congressman

1828: USA
  Letter from Donaldson to Wheaton

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

1853: USA
  Letters on International copyright


Adams, John (1735-1826); info: American statesman; author of the "Declaration of Independence" (1776); U.S. Vice President (1789-1797); U.S. President (1797-1801)

1789: USA
  Ramsay's Petition

1841: USA
  Master in Chancery Report


Adams, Oscar Fay (1855-1919); info: American author; lecturer

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


Adams, Richard (fl.1554); info: printer

1554: United Kingdom
  Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers


Adams, Richard (1709/10-1774); info: judge

1769: United Kingdom
* Millar v. Taylor

1774: United Kingdom
  The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents

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

1774: United Kingdom
* Donaldson v. Becket


Adams, Sir Francis Ottiwell (1826-1889); info: diplomat; Minister Plenipotentiary at Berne

1886: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union


Adam, Alexander (1741-1809); info: Scottish teacher; writer on Roman antiquities

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright


Adam, Graeme Mercer (1839-1912); info: Scottish-born Canadian publisher

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


Adderley, Charles Bowyer, 1st Baron Norton (1814-1905); info: politician; Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies (1866-1868)

1872: United Kingdom
  Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright


Addison, Joseph (1672-1719); info: writer; politician

1751: United Kingdom
  Tonson v. Walker

1761: United Kingdom
  Tonson v. Collins

1762: United Kingdom
  A Vindication of the Rights of Authors

1773: United Kingdom
* Hinton v. Donaldson

1774: United Kingdom
  The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents

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

1774: United Kingdom
* Donaldson v. Becket

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

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

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature

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

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey

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


Adlard, George (fl.1843); info: American publisher

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


Adolphus, John (1765-1845); info: barrister

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature


Aelian (fl.220); also: Claudius Aelianus; info: Greek rhetorician

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


Aeschylus (c.525 B.C.-c.456 B.C.); info: Greek tragedian

1813: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1862: France
* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires"


Aesop; info: legendary Greek fabulist

1853: USA
  Letters on International copyright


Agasias, son of Dositheus (fl.100 B.C.); info: Greek sculptor

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


Agassiz, Jean Louis Rodolphe (1807-1873); info: Swiss-born American naturalist; glaciologist

1853: USA
  Letters on International copyright

1873: USA
  Committee on the Library Report

1874: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright


Aglionby, Henry (1790-1854); info: MP

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

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


Agnew, Daniel (1809-1902); info: Chief Justice of Pennsylvania

1883: USA
  Burrow-Giles' Brief


Aguesseau, Henri-François d' (1668-1751); info: statesman; Chancellor of France (1717-1750, intermittently)

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

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

1778: France
* Pluquet's letters


Aguilar, Grace (1816-1847); info: English writer

1853: USA
  Letters on International copyright


Aiken, Jesse B. (fl.1846); also: Aikin; info: American singing master; inventor of a system of musical notation

1853: USA
  Letters on International copyright


Aikin, Arthur (1773-1854); info: chemist; mineralogist

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence


Aikin, John (1747-1822); info: physician; biographer

1813: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise


Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Prince (1819-1861); info: Prince Consort to Queen Victoria; patron of the arts

1858: United Kingdom
  Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee


Albrizzi, Angelo (fl.1780-1794); info: Venetian publisher

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


Albrizzi, Giambattista (1698-1777); also: Giovanni Battista; info: Venetian publisher; collector

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


Alcott, Louisa May (1832-1888); info: American writer; nurse

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


Alderson, Edward Hall (1787-1857); info: judge; legal writer

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey


Alde, John (fl.1554); info: printer

1554: United Kingdom
  Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers


Aldrich, Louis (1843-1901); info: American actor

1896: USA
  Debate in Congress


Aldrich, Thomas Bailey (1836-1907); info: American poet; editor; novelist

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


Alembert, Jean le Rond D' (1717-1783); info: philosopher; mathematician

1776: France
* Fragments on the Freedom of the Press

1777: France
* Linguet's memorandum

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

1862: France
* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires"


Alexander the Great (356 B.C.-323 B.C.); info: King of Macedonia

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

1675: Germany
* Counterfeited Privilege in Grimmelshausen's "The Magic Bird's Nest"

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


Alexander VII (1599-1667); also: Fabio Chigi; info: Pope (1655-1667)

1659 : Germany
* Schupp: The Book Thief


Alexander, Archibald (1772-1851); info: American Presbyterian theologian

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials

1853: USA
  Letters on International copyright


Alexander, Sir William (d.1842); info: Chief Baron of the Exchequer

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise


Alexandra, Queen (1844-1925); info: Queen-Consort of King Edward VII

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


Alexandre, Arsène (1859-1937); info: French art critic

1902: USA
  Bleistein's Brief

1903: USA
* Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.


Alfonso XIII (1886-1941); info: King of Spain (1886-1931)

1886: United Kingdom
  Berne Convention

1886: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union


Alfred, the Great (849-899); info: Anglo-Saxon king of Wessex

1769: United Kingdom
* Millar v. Taylor


Ali Muddat ibn al-Husayn (1817-1902); info: Bey and Possessor of the Kingdom of Tunis (1882-1902)

1886: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union


Alison, Archibald (1757-1839); info: didactic writer

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


Alison, Sir Archibald (1792-1867); info: historian; lawyer

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

1853: USA
  Letters on International copyright

1873: USA
  Committee on the Library Report


Alison, Sir Archibald (1792-1867); info: Scottish lawyer; historian

1872: United Kingdom
  Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright

1874: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright

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


Allen, James Lane (1849-1925); info: American novelist

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


Allen, Paul (1775-1826); info: American editor; author

1841: USA
  Master in Chancery Report


Allestree, Richard (1619-1681); also: Allestry; info: clergyman; provost of Eton College

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

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

1762: United Kingdom
* Tonson v. Collins


Alloury, Louis (b.1805); info: journalist

1862: France
* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires"


Allston, Washington (1779-1843); info: American poet; landscape painter

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials


Allwood, Rev Philip (fl.1800); info: classical scholar; Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge

1813: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence


Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence (1836-1912); info: Dutch-born British painter

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


Almeida-Garrett, João Baptista da Silva Leitão (1799-1854); info: Portuguese dramatist; politician

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


Almon, John (1737-1805); info: English journalist

1841: USA
  Master in Chancery Report


Alsop, Bernard (fl.1620-1637); info: master printer

1637: United Kingdom
* Star Chamber Decree


Alsop, Richard (1761-1815); info: American author; translator

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials


Altenstein, Karl Sigmund Franz Freiherr von Stein zum (1777-1840); info: statesman; Prussian Minister of Culture and Education 1817

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

1837: Germany
* Prussian Copyright Act

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


Alvensleben, Count Albrecht von (1794-1858); info: Prussian Minister of Finance (1835-1842)

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


Ambrogini, Angelo (1454-1494); also: Angelo Poliziano; Politian; info: Italian humanist; classical scholar; poet

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

1778: France
* Pluquet's letters


Ambrose, St (c.339-397); info: Church father

1761: United Kingdom
  Tonson v. Collins


Amelot de Chaillou, Antoine-Jean (1732-1795); info: statesman

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

1780: France
* Dramatic Act

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


Ames, Joseph (1689-1759); info: bibliographer; antiquarian

1761: United Kingdom
  Tonson v. Collins

1769: United Kingdom
* Millar v. Taylor

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Alexander Donaldson

1774: United Kingdom
  The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents

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

1774: United Kingdom
* Donaldson v. Becket

1813: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise


Amos, Sheldon (1835-1886); info: jurist

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

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report


Anaxagoras (c.500 B.C.-428 B.C.); info: Greek philosopher

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


Anaximander (c.611 B.C.-546 B.C.); info: Greek philosopher

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


Anaximenes (d.c.500 B.C.); info: Greek philosopher

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


Anderson, Andrew (fl.1671); info: King's printer

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Alexander Donaldson


Anderton, William (d.1693); info: printer

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


Andrews, Ebenezer Turrell (1766-1851); info: American printer; bookseller

1790: USA
  Sample registrations


Andrews, Henry Charles (fl.1794-1830); info: botanist; botanical artist; engraver

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence


Andrews, Miles Peter (1742-1814); info: playwright; gunpowder manufacturer

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature


André, Johann Anton (1775-1842); info: composer; music publisher; publisher of Mozart's works

1830: Germany
* Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy


Andrieux, François Guillaume Jean Stanislaw (1759-1833); info: scholar; dramatist

1826: France
* Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission


Angelus Silesius (1624-1677); also: Johann Scheffler; info: poet; mystic

1657: Germany
  Preface to Silesius's Chant Book


Angot, Charles (fl.1660-1684); info: publisher; bookseller

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


Anisson, Jean (d.1721); info: Lyonnais printer; director of the Librairie (1691-)

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


Anisson, Laurent (fl.1670-1677); info: Lyonnais printer

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


Anisson-Duperron, Etienne (1748-1794); info: printer; director of the Imprimerie royale (1788)

1778: France
* Pluquet's letters


Anne (1665-1714); info: Queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1702-1714)

1710: United Kingdom
  A Bill for Encouragement of Learning

1710: United Kingdom
* Statute of Anne

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

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

1729: United Kingdom
  Gay v. Read

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

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

1737: United Kingdom
* Booksellers' Bill

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

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

1741: United Kingdom
* Pope v. Curl

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

1761: United Kingdom
  Tonson v. Collins

1762: United Kingdom
  A Vindication of the Rights of Authors

1762: United Kingdom
* Tonson v. Collins

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

1769: United Kingdom
* Millar v. Taylor

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Alexander Donaldson

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Messrs John Hinton et al

1773: United Kingdom
* Hinton v. Donaldson

1774: United Kingdom
  Booksellers' Bill

1774: United Kingdom
  The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents

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

1774: United Kingdom
* Donaldson v. Becket

1812: United Kingdom
  Petition of the London Booksellers

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

1813: United Kingdom
  Report of the Acts Respecting Copyright

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

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

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

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

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

1814: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report on the Copyright Acts

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report

1837: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (6 June)

1838: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (27 Feb.)

1838: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill (6 June)

1839: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1840: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

1841: United Kingdom
  Copyright Bill

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

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

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

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

1842: United Kingdom
* Copyright Act

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

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright


Annesley, Arthur, 1st Earl of Anglesey (1614-1686); info: statesman; Lord Privy Seal (1673-1682)

1769: United Kingdom
* Millar v. Taylor

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


Annesley, George, 9th Viscount Valentia (1770-1844); also: Anesley; info: traveller to India

1812: United Kingdom
  Petition of the London Booksellers

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

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise


Anson, Sir William Reynell (1843-1914); info: jurist; politician

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise


Anstis, John, Sr. (1669-1744); info: officer of arms; antiquarian

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise


Anstruther, Sir Alexander (1769-1819); info: judge; legal writer

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence


Anthony, Henry Bowen (1815-1884); info: American newspaper editor; politician

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


Anthony, Henry Mark (1817-1886); info: painter

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


Anthony, St (251-356); also: Anthony the Great; Antony of Thebes; info: Egyptian ascetic

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


Anthon, Charles (1797-1867); info: American classical scholar

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials

1853: USA
  Letters on International copyright


Apelles (fl.330 B.C.); info: Greek painter

1762: United Kingdom
* Tonson v. Collins


Apellicon of Teos (d.c.84 B.C.); info: Greek book collector

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


Appian of Alexandria (c.95-c.165); also: Appianos; info: Roman historian; lawyer

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


Appleton, Charles Edward (1841-1879); info: English Hegelian; Fellow of St John's College, Oxford; editor of the journal "The Academy"

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


Appleton, George S. (1821-1878); info: American publisher

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials


Appleton, Samuel A. (1766-1853); info: American merchant; philanthropist

1838: USA
  Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston


Appleton, William Henry (1814-1899); info: American publisher

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

1872: United Kingdom
  Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright

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

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


Aquinas, St Thomas (1225-1274); info: scholastic philosopher; theologian

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


Arago, Dominique François Jean (1786-1853); info: scientist; optical physicist; statesman

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

1862: France
* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires"


Arago, François Victor Emmanuel (1812-1896); info: French politician; French Ambassador at Berne (1880-1884)

1886: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union


Arbuthnot, John (1667-1735); info: physician; satirist

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

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


Archer, James (1823-1904); info: Scottish painter

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


Archibald, Sir Edward Mortimer (1810-1884); info: lawyer; British consul to New York (1857-1883)

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


Arden, Joseph (fl.1847-1858)

1858: United Kingdom
  Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee


Arden, Sir Richard, 1st Baron Alvanley (1744-1804); info: barrister; politician

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Aretino, Leonardo (c.1369-1444); also: Leonardo Bruni; info: Italian humanist; historian

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


Argenson, René-Louis de Voyer de Paulmy, marquis d' (1694-1757); info: statesman; author

1778: France
* Pluquet's letters


Argenti, Felix (b.c.1800); info: Italian-born American banker

1838: USA
  Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston


Ariosto, Ludovico (1474-1533); info: Italian poet

1515: Italy
* Ariosto's Printing Privilege

1834: France
* Balzac's letter to authors


Aristippus (c.435 B.C.-360 B.C.); info: Greek philosopher

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


Aristophanes (c.448 B.C.-c.388 B.C.); info: Greek playwright; satirist

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

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


Aristotle (384 B.C.-322 B.C.); info: Greek philosopher; scientist

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

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

1776: France
* Fragments on the Freedom of the Press

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright


Aris, Samuel (d.c.1735); info: printer

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


Arkwright, Sir Richard (1732-1792); info: inventor of cotton-spinning machinery; cotton manufacturer

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

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

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

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


Arminius, Jacobus (1560-1609); also: Jakob Hermandszoon; theologian

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


Armitage, Edward (1817-1896); info: painter

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


Arnal, Étienne (1794-1872); info: actor

1834: France
* Balzac's letter to authors


Arnauld d'Andilly, Robert (1588-1674); info: lawyer; scholar; translator

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


Arnauld, Antoine (1612-1694); also: 'the Great Arnauld'; info: Jansenist; philosopher; lawyer; mathematician

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

1862: France
* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires"


Arndt, Johann (1555-1621); info: theologian

1781: Germany
* Austrian Statutes on Censorship and Printing


Arnell, Samuel Mayes (1833-1903); info: American congressman

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


Arnigio, Bartolomeo (1523-1577); info: Italian physician; poet

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


Arnold, Matthew (1822-1888); info: poet; writer

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

1888: USA
  The International Copyright Bill

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


Arnold, Samuel Greene (1821-1880); info: American lawyer; historian; politician

1838: USA
  Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston


Arnold, Samuel James (1774-1852); info: playwright; theatre manager

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature


Arnold, Thomas (1795-1842); info: English educationist; scholar

1853: USA
  Letters on International copyright


Arnott, George Arnott Walker (1799-1868); info: botanist

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature

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


Arthur, Chester Alan (1829-1886); info: U.S. President (1881-1885)

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


Arthur, John (fl.1870); info: colonial administrator

1872: United Kingdom
  Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright


Arthur, Timothy Shay (1809-1885); info: American author

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials


Arthur, William (1819-1901); info: preacher

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


Ascoli, Prospero (1843-1917); info: Italian jurist

1880: Germany
* Kohler: Author's Right


Ashdown, Edwin (1826-1912); info: music publisher

1886: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union


Asher, Adolphus (1800-1853); info: Berlin bookseller; anglophile

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

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


Ashurst, William (1725-1807); info: judge

1769: United Kingdom
* Millar v. Taylor

1774: United Kingdom
  The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents

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

1774: United Kingdom
* Donaldson v. Becket

1798: United Kingdom
* Beckford v. Hood

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey


Astley, Philip (1742-1814); info: theatre manager; equestrian; horse-tamer

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature


Astley, Sir John (fl.1612-1622); info: Master of the Revels

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature


Astley, Thomas (fl.1728-1737); info: bookseller

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


Astle, Thomas (1735-1803); info: archivist; manuscript collector

1813: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence


Aston, Richard (1717-1778); info: judge

1769: United Kingdom
* Millar v. Taylor

1774: United Kingdom
  The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents

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

1774: United Kingdom
* Donaldson v. Becket

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1853: USA
* Stowe v. Thomas


Astruc, Jean (1684-1766); info: physician; biblical scholar

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


Athanaric (d.381); info: Gothic king

1511: Germany
  Imperial Privilege for Konrad Peutinger


Athanasius, St (c.296-317); info: theologian; prelate

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


Athenaeus (fl.200); info: Greek writer

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


Atherton, Sir William (1806-1864); info: lawyer; politician

1861: United Kingdom
  Fine Art Copyright Bill

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

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

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

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


Atkinson, Edward (1827-1905); info: American publicist

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


Atkyns, Richard (1615-1677); info: historian of printing; royalist

1769: United Kingdom
* Millar v. Taylor

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

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


Atkyns, Sir Edward (1630-1698); info: judge; politician; publicist

1769: United Kingdom
* Millar v. Taylor

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

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

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright


Attaignant, Pierre (c.1494-1552); info: music printer

1531: France
  Francis I's letter patent to Pierre Attaignant


Attalus I, Soter (269 B.C.-197 B.C.); info: King of Pergamon (241 B.C.-197 B.C.)

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


Atterbury, Francis (1663-1732); info: writer; politician; Bishop of Rochester

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

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


Atticus, Titus Pomponius (110 B.C.-32 B.C.); info: Roman intellectual; bibliophile

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Alexander Donaldson

1774: United Kingdom
  The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents

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

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey


Attwood, Matthias Wolverley (d.1865); info: MP

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

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


Attwood, Thomas (1783-1856); info: politician; currency theorist

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


Aubéry, Antoine (1616-1695); info: lawyer; historian; biographer of Cardinal Richelieu

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


Auber, Daniel François Esprit (1782-1871); info: composer

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature

1862: France
* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires"

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Aubry, Charles (1803-1883); info: French jurist; co-author of the "Cours de droit civil français" (1839-46)

1902: France
* Court of Cassation on moral rights


Audier-Massillon (fl.1814); info: court reporter

1814: France
* Court of Cassation on sculptures


Audubon, John James (1785-1851); info: Haiti-born American ornithologist; bird artist

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials

1853: USA
  Letters on International copyright


Auger, Louis-Simon (1772-1829); info: journalist; dramatist; permanent secretary of the Académie française 1826

1826: France
* Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission


Augier, Guillaume Victor Emile (1820-1889); info: dramatist

1862: France
* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires"


Augustine, St (354-430); also: Aurelius Augustinus; info: Church father

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

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

1725: France
* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum

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

1862: France
* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires"


Augustus I (1526-1586); info: Elector of Saxony (1553-1586)

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


Augustus of Saxony (1589-1615); info: co-regent of Saxony with his brother Chrisian II

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


Augustus, Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (63 B.C.-14 A.D.); info: Roman Emperor (29 B.C.-14 A.D.)

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

1774: United Kingdom
  Stella's Modest Exceptions

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

1862: France
* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires"


Aumont (fl.1757-1761); info: publisher

1761: France
* La Fontaine case


Austen, Jane (1775-1817); info: novelist

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

1853: USA
  Letters on International copyright


Austin, Elisabeth (fl.1752); info: bookseller's widow

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Alexander Donaldson

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Messrs John Hinton et al

1773: United Kingdom
* Hinton v. Donaldson


Austin, John (1790-1859); info: jurist; legal philosopher

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


Austin, Stephen (d.1750); info: bookseller

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Alexander Donaldson

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Messrs John Hinton et al

1773: United Kingdom
* Hinton v. Donaldson


Ayblinger, Franz Ulrich (fl.1713); info: town clerk

1713: Germany
  Augsburg Printers' Ordinance


Aylmer, Brabazon (c.1645-c.1719); info: bookseller

1751: United Kingdom
  Tonson v. Walker


Aylmer, John (1521-1594); info: prelate; Bishop of London (1577-1594)

1586: United Kingdom
* Star Chamber Decree


Aytoun, William Edmonstoune (1818-1865); info: Scottish poet; humorist

1873: USA
  Committee on the Library Report

1874: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright


Azuni, Domenico Alberto (1749-1827); info: jurist; expert on maritime law

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright


Babbage, Charles (1791-1871); info: mathematician

1837: USA
  Petition of British Authors


Babcock, Sidney (c.1797-1884); info: American publisher

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials


Baber, Henry Hervey (1775-1869); info: philologist

1813: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence


Babuty, François (fl.1714); info: bookseller

1761: France
* La Fontaine case


Bache, Franklin (1792-1864); info: American surgeon; Professor of Chemistry at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy

1853: USA
  Letters on International copyright


Bachman, Rev. John (1790-1874); info: American clergyman; naturalist

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


Bachofen, Johann Caspar (1695-1755); info: composer

1739: Germany
  Privilege of the Protestant Swiss Cantons


Bach, Johann Christian (1735-1782); also: the 'London' Bach; info: composer

1777: United Kingdom
* Bach v. Longman

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750); info: composer; organist

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey


Bacon, Francis (1561-1626); info: Lord Chancellor; politician; philosopher

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


Bacon, Francis (1561-1626); info: philosopher; essayist

1762: United Kingdom
  A Vindication of the Rights of Authors

1762: United Kingdom
* An Enquiry into Literary Property

1762: United Kingdom
* Tonson v. Collins

1774: United Kingdom
  Macauley's A Modest Plea

1774: United Kingdom
  Stella's Modest Exceptions

1774: United Kingdom
  The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents

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

1774: United Kingdom
* Donaldson v. Becket

1776: France
* Fragments on the Freedom of the Press

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1834: France
* Balzac's letter to authors

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

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

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1853: USA
  Letters on International copyright

1853: USA
* Stowe v. Thomas

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright

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


Bacon, John (1740-1799); info: sculptor

1799: United Kingdom
  Documents concerning the Models and Busts Act


Bacon, Leonard Woolsey (1830-1907); info: American clergyman; author

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


Bacon, Roger (c.1214-1292); info: philosopher; scientist

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


Bacon, Sir Nathaniel (1593-1660); info: politician; writer

1769: United Kingdom
* Millar v. Taylor


Bacon, Sir Nicholas (1509-1579); info: statesman; Lord Keeper of the Great Seal

1566: United Kingdom
* Star Chamber Decree


Badeau, Gen. Adam (1831-1895); info: American soldier; author; U.S. Consul-General in London (1870-1881)

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


Badger, Richard (fl.1629-1641); info: master printer

1637: United Kingdom
* Star Chamber Decree


Badius, Josse (1462-1535); also: Jodocus Badius; Bade; info: printer; author

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

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


Baedeker, Karl (1801-1859); info: guidebook publisher

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Baetzmann, Samuel Fredrik (1841-1913); info: Norwegian journalist; author; Honorary President of the ALAI

1886: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union


Bagford, John (1650-1716); info: shoemaker; antiquary

1762: United Kingdom
* Tonson v. Collins

1769: United Kingdom
* Millar v. Taylor


Baglioni, Giovanni Antonio (1705-1754); info: Venetian publisher

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


Bagshaw, Edward (c.1590-1662); info: Independent minister; religious controversionalist

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


Bailleur, Nicolas de (fl.1618); info: counsellor to the King of France

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


Baillie, Joanna (1762-1851); info: playwright; poet

1837: USA
  Petition of British Authors


Baillie, Joanna (1762-1851); info: Scottish playwright; poet

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

1853: USA
  Letters on International copyright


Baily, Edward Hodges (1788-1867); also: Bailey; info: sculptor

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


Baines, Sir Edward, Jr. (1800-1890); info: newspaper editor; MP

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

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

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


Bain, Alexander (1818-1903); info: Scottish empirical philosopher; psychologist

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

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report


Baird, Henry Carey (1825-1912); info: American economist; industrial publisher

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


Baird, Robert (1789-1863); info: American clergyman; author

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials


Baker, Abraham (fl.1619); info: smalt-maker

1624: United Kingdom
* Statute of Monopolies


Baker, Sir Richard (c.1568-1645); info: historian

1769: United Kingdom
* Millar v. Taylor

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise


Baker, William C. M. (fl.1867-1879); info: American auditor

1879: USA
  Baker's Argument

1879: USA
  Selden's Argument

1879: USA
* Baker v. Selden


Baldi, Bernardino (1533-1617); info: Italian mathematician; writer

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


Baldwin, Eleazer B. (fl.1865-1879); info: American county treasurer

1879: USA
  Selden's Argument


Baldwin, Henry (1734-1813); info: newspaper proprietor

1774: United Kingdom
  The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents


Baldwin, Henry (1780-1844); info: Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1830-1844)

1834: USA
  Letters from Sumner to Story

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright


Baldwin, John Denison (1809-1883); info: American politician; Member of the U.S. House of Representatives

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

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


Baldwin, Robert (1780-1858); info: bookseller

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise


Balfe, Michael William (1808-1870); info: Irish composer

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


Ballanche, Pierre-Simon (1776-1847); info: poet; counterrevolutionary philosopher

1834: France
* Balzac's letter to authors


Ballard, Christophe (d.1715); info: music publisher

1725: France
* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum


Ballard, Pierre I (c.1575-1639); info: music printer

1607: France
  General privilege granted to Pierre Ballard


Ballard, Robert I (d.1588); info: music printer

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


Baller, Katherine (fl.1733-1737); info: sister of John Gay

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


Ballot-Beaupré, Marie Clément Jules Alexis (1839-1917); info: French lawyer; President of the Civil Chamber of the Court of Cassation

1902: France
* Court of Cassation on moral rights


Balzac, Honoré de (1799-1850); info: novelist

1834: France
* Balzac's letter to authors

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


Bancks, John (fl.1740); info: printer

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


Bancroft, Aaron (1755-1839); info: American clergyman; biographer of George Washington

1841: USA
  Master in Chancery Report


Bancroft, George (1800-1891); info: American historian; US Minister in Britain (1846-1849)

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

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials

1853: USA
  Letters on International copyright

1873: USA
  Committee on the Library Report

1874: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright

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

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


Bancroft, Hubert Howe (1832-1918); info: American historian; ethnologist

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


Bandinel, Rev. Dr. Bulkeley (1781-1861); info: scholar; ecclesiastic; head librarian at Bodleian Library

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence


Bandlow, August (c.1858-1912); info: American lithographer; designer; portrait painter

1902: USA
  Bleistein's Brief

1902: USA
  Bleistein: Donaldson Lithographing Co. Brief


Bangerow, Karl Adolph von; info: jurist

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


Bankes, Henry (1757-1835); info: MP

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


Bankes, Sir John (1589-1644); info: Attorney General

1637: United Kingdom
* Star Chamber Decree


Banks, Richard (fl.1525-1542); info: printer

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


Banks, Sir Joseph (1744-1820); info: botanist; member of Captain Cook's expedition; President of the Royal Society

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence


Banning, Henry Blackstone (1836-1881); info: American soldier; congressman

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


Barante, Amable Guillaume Prosper Brugière, baron de (1782-1866); info: statesman; historian

1834: France
* Balzac's letter to authors

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


Barbara, Zacharias (fl.1486); info: Venetian councillor

1486 : Italy
* Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege


Barbarigo, Agostino (c.1420-1501); info: Doge of Venice (1486-1501)

1498 : Italy
* Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent


Barber, Francis (c.1745-1801); also: 'Black Frank'; info: Jamaican servant of Samuel Johnson

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

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


Barbeyrac, Jean (c.1674-1744); info: jurist

1769: United Kingdom
* Millar v. Taylor

1774: United Kingdom
  Enfield's Observations

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

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

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright


Barbour, Philip Pendleton (1783-1841); info: congressman; Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1836-1841)

1828: USA
  H.R. 140 Committee Bill


Barbou, Jean Joseph (fl.1753); info: printer; publisher

1725: France
* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum

1761: France
* La Fontaine case


Barclay, Alexander (c.1475-1552); info: Scottish poet; translator

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise


Baretti, Giuseppe Marc Antonio (1719-1789); info: critic; compiler of Anglo-Italian dictionary

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature


Barham, Richard Harris (1788-1845); info: humorist

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


Baring, Alexander, 1st Baron Ashburton (1774-1848); commercial agent; politician; special ambassador to the U.S.A. (1842)

1872: United Kingdom
  Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright


Baring, Henry Bingham (1804-1869); info: politician

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

1844: United Kingdom
  International Copyright Bill


Baring, Thomas (1799-1873); info: banker; politician

1858: United Kingdom
  Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee


Baring-Gould, Sabine (1834-1924); info: author; clergyman

1873: USA
  Committee on the Library Report

1874: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright


Barker, Col. Thomas (1713-c.1786); info: American businessman

1746: USA
  North Carolina Printing Privilege to Commissioners


Barkly, Sir Henry (1815-1898); info: Governor of Cape Colony (1870-1877)

1874: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright


Barlow, Joel (1754-1812); info: American poet; politician

1782: USA
  Letter from Smith to Webster

1783: USA
  Letter from Joel Barlow to the Continental Congress


Barlow, J. (fl.1737-1741); info: abridger

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


Barnard, Charles (1838-1920); info: American journalist; author

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881

1896: USA
  Debate in Congress


Barnard, Frederick Augustus Porter (1809-1889); info: American scientist; educationalist

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


Barnes, Albert (1798-1870); info: American theologian

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials

1853: USA
  Letters on International copyright

1873: USA
  Committee on the Library Report

1874: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright


Barnes, Alfred Smith (1817-1888); info: American publisher

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials


Barnes, Thomas (1785-1841); info: drama critic; editor of "The Times"; reformer

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature


Barrère de Vieuzac, Bertrand (1755-1841); info: advocate; Jacobin

1862: France
* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires"


Barrett, George (1752-1821); info: actuary

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence


Barrett, Wilson (1846-1904); info: English actor; theatre manager

1896: USA
  Debate in Congress


Barrett-Lennard, Sir Thomas (1788-1856); info: MP

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature


Barret, Jean-Marie (fl.1760-1778); info: Lyonnais bookseller; printer

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


Barrois, Théophile (fl.1768-1784); info: publisher

1761 : France
* La Fontaine case


Barrot, Ferdinand Victorin (1806-1883); info: French politician

1866: France
* Literary and artistic property act


Barrow, Isaac (1630-1677); info: theologian

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence


Barrow, Sir John (1764-1848); info: naval administrator; traveller

1853: USA
  Letters on International copyright

1873: USA
  Committee on the Library Report

1874: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright


Barry, Charles, Jr. (1823-1900); info: architect

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

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report


Barry, John (fl.1789-1796); info: American teacher; author of "The Philadelphia Spelling Book" (1790)

1790: USA
  Sample registrations


Barry, Spranger (1719-1777); info: Irish actor

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


Barr, Amelia Edith, née Huddleston (1831-1919); info: British-born American novelist

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


Barthélemy, Auguste Marseille (1796-1867); info: poet; political satirist

1834: France
* Balzac's letter to authors


Barthélemy, Jean Jacques (1716-1795); info: author; antiquary

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


Barthélemy, Jean-Jacques (1716-1795); also: l'abbé Bartélemy; info: numismatist; author

1759: France
* Sieur d'Anville's contract


Barthelet, Thomas (fl.1529-1547); info: King's printer

1761: United Kingdom
  Tonson v. Collins


Barthe, Félix (1795-1863); info: politician; senator

1862: France
* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires"


Bartholin, Thomas, the Elder (1616-80); info: physician; mathematician

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


Bartholomaei, Albrecht Friedrich (fl.1765); info: publisher

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


Bartlett, John Russell (1805-1886); info: American bookseller; publisher

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials


Bartley, George (1782-1858); info: comic actor; theatre manager

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature


Baseggio, Giacomo (fl.1780); info: Venetian printer

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


Baskerville, John (1706-1775); info: English printer; typographer; printer to the University of Cambridge

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


Baskett, Thomas (1701-1761); info: printer

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright


Basnage, Henri (1656-1710); info: lawyer; author

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


Bastiat, Frédéric (1801-1850); info: political economist

1862: France
* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires"


Bateman, Kate Josephine (1842-1917); info: American actress

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


Bates, Henry Walter (1825-1892); info: naturalist; traveller

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


Bathurst, Henry, 2nd Earl (1714-1794); also: Lord Apsley; info: Lord Chancellor (1771-1778)

1774: United Kingdom
  The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents

1774: United Kingdom
* Donaldson v. Becket

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1841: USA
* Folsom v. Marsh

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

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Batracus; info: Spartan architect

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


Baudouin, Manuel Achille (1846-1917); info: judge; Procurator-General of the Court of Cassation

1902: France
* Court of Cassation on moral rights


Baudry-Lacantiniere, Gabriel (1837-1913); info: French jurist

1902 : France
* Court of Cassation on moral rights


Baumann, Georg (fl.1641-1657); info: publisher; newspaper publisher

1657 : Germany
  Preface to Silesius's Chant Book


Bavier, Simeon (1825-1896); info: politician; President of the Swiss Confederation 1882

1882: Germany
  Bilateral treaty between Switzerland and France


Bawdwen, William (1762-1816); info: antiquary; translator

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise


Baxter, Richard (1615-1691); info: Nonconformist clergyman

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

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


Bayard, Jean-François Alfred (1796-1853); info: dramatist

1853 : France
  Court of Cassation on translations

1853: USA
* Stowe v. Thomas


Bayley, Sir John (1763-1841); info: judge; legal writer

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1853: United Kingdom
  Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Bayley, Sir Steuart Colvin (1836-1925); info administrator in India

1886: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union


Bayley, Thomas Butterworth (1744-1802); info: agriculturalist; Fellow of the Royal Society

1774: United Kingdom
  Enfield's Observations


Bayley, Thomas Haynes (1797-1839); info: English songwriter

1853: USA
  Letters on International copyright


Bayle, Pierre (1647-1706); info: Protestant philosopher

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

1776: France
* Fragments on the Freedom of the Press


Baylor, Frances Courtenay, née Dawson (1848-1920); info: American author

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


Bayly, Lewis (d.1631); info: Puritan; Bishop of Bangor

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


Beale, John (fl.1637); info: master printer

1637: United Kingdom
* Star Chamber Decree


Beardsley, Aubrey Vincent (1872-1898); info: English illustrator

1902: USA
  Bleistein's Brief


Beattie, James (1735-1803); info: Scottish poet; essayist

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright


Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de (1732-1799); info: playwright

1780 : France
  Beaumarchais's report

1791: France
  Beaumarchais's petition

1834: France
* Balzac's letter to authors

1862: France
* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires"

1902: France
* Court of Cassation on moral rights


Beaume, Alexandre (fl.1854-1862); info: co-author, with Etienne Blanc, of "Code général de la propriété industrielle littéraire et artistique" (1854); co-author, with Adrien Huard, of "Dialogue des morts sur la propriété littéraire" (1862)

1858: United Kingdom
  Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee

1880: Germany
* Kohler: Author's Right


Beaumont, Christophe de (1703-1781); info: Archbishop of Paris

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


Beaumont, Francis (c.1584-1616); info: playwright

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

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature


Beazley, Samuel (1786-1851); info: architect; playwright

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature


Beccaria, Carlo Emanuele, Marchese d'Incisa (1846-1923); info: Italian diplomat

1886: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union


Bechet, Denis (fl.1643); info: bookseller

1665: France
* French book trade regulations


Beckenhub, Johannes (c.1479); info: printer

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


Becker, Rudolph Zacharias (1752-1822); info: publisher; author

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


Becket, Thomas à (1118-1170); info: Archbishop of Canterbury (1162-1170); martyr

1538: United Kingdom
* Henrician Proclamation


Becket, Thomas (1722-1813); also: Beckett; info: bookseller

1774: United Kingdom
  The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents

1774: United Kingdom
* Donaldson v. Becket


Beckford, Peter (1740-1811); info: author

1798: United Kingdom
* Beckford v. Hood


Beck, James Burnie (1822-1890); info: Senator for Kentucky

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


Beck, Theodric Romeyn (1791-1855); info: American physician; specialist in medical jurisprudence

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials


Bédarrides, Gustave-Emmanuel (1817-1899); info: jurist at the Court of Cassation

1869: France
* Court of Cassation on originality


Beecher, Henry Ward (1813-1887); info: American Congregationalist clergyman; writer

1873: USA
  Committee on the Library Report

1874: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright

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

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827); info: composer

1834: France
* Balzac's letter to authors

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

1880: Germany
* Kohler: Author's Right


Behnes, William (1795-1864); info: sculptor

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


Beier, Adrian (1634-1698); also: Beyer; info: Professor of law at Jena

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


Belasco, David (1853-1931); info: American playwright; impresario; theatrical producer

1896: USA
  Debate in Congress


Belcher, Lady Diana, née Jolliffe (1806-1890); info: wife of Admiral Sir Edward Belcher (1799-1877); author

1874: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright


Belden, Lemuel W. (d.1839); info: American physician

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials


Bellamy, Edward (1850-1898); info: American author; socialist

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


Bellamy, George Ann (c.1727-1788); info: actress; author

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise


Bellamy, Joseph (1719-1790); info: American Congregationalist pastor; theologian

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials


Bellamy, William Henry (1800-1866); info: songwriter

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Bellenden, John (d.1587); also: Ballantyne; info: Scottish ecclesiastic

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Alexander Donaldson


Bellew, Harold Kyrle Money (1850-1911); info: actor

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


Bellini, Vincenzo (1801-1835); info: operatic composer

1853: United Kingdom
  Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

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


Bell, George Joseph (1770-1843); info: Scottish jurist

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright


Bell, Jacob (1810-1859); info: pharmacist; artistic patron

1858: United Kingdom
  Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee

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


Bell, John (1811-1895); info: sculptor

1858: United Kingdom
  Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee


Bell, Sir Charles (1774-1842); info: physiologist; surgeon

1837: USA
  Petition of British Authors

1853: United Kingdom
  Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright


Bembo, Diodato (fl.1770-1780); info: Venetian patrician

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

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


Bembo, Pietro (1470-1547); info: Italian scholar; poet; cardinal

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


Benedict, Sir Julius (1804-1885); info: composer

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

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report


Bennett, George John (1800-1879); info: actor

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature


Bennett, Rev. John William (fl.1876); info: Anglican clergyman

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


Bennet, Robert (fl.1700); info: Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, Edinburgh

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Alexander Donaldson


Bensley, Thomas (1759-1835); info: printer; publisher

1813: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence


Bentham, Jeremy (1748-1832); info: philosopher; jurist; social reformer; proponent of utilitarianism

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

1853: USA
  Letters on International copyright

1862: France
* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires"


Bentinck, Lord William Cavendish (1774-1839); info: Governor-General of India (1828-1835)

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


Bentley, George (1828-1895); info: publisher

1872: United Kingdom
  Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright

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


Bentley, Richard (1794-1871); info: publisher

1872: United Kingdom
  Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright


Bently, Richard (1662-1742); also: Bentley; info: scholar; critic

1751: United Kingdom
  Tonson v. Walker

1769: United Kingdom
* Millar v. Taylor

1773: United Kingdom
* Hinton v. Donaldson

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

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

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright


Benvenuti, Rinaldo (fl.1780-1790); info: Venetian printer

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


Béranger, Pierre Jean de (1780-1857); info: poet

1834 : France
* Balzac's letter to authors

1862: France
* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires"


Berenger, Sir Thomas (fl.1560); info: Master of the Revels

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature


Berger, Daniel (1744-1824); info: engraver

1794: Germany
* Prussian Statute Book (ALR)


Berger, Johann Heinrich von (1657-1732); info: Professor of law at Wittenberg

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


Bergier, Nicolas-Sylvestre (1715-1790); info: theologian; philologist

1862: France
* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires"


Bergman,Torbern Olof (1735-1784); info: Swedish chemist; mineralogist

1776: France
* Fragments on the Freedom of the Press


Bergne, Sir John Henry Gibbs (1842-1908); info: diplomat

1886: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union


Bernard, Sir Thomas (1750-1818); info: philanthropist

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence


Bernhard II (1800-1882); info: Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1803-1866)

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


Bernhöft, Franz (1852-1933); info: German comparative jurist

1880 : Germany
* Kohler: Author's Right


Bernoulli, Daniel (1700-1782); info: mathematician

1862: France
* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires"


Bernoulli, Jacques (1654-1705); also: Jakob; info: mathematician

1862: France
* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires"


Bernoulli, Jean (1667-1748); also: Johann; info: mathematician

1862: France
* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires"


Bernstorff, Albrecht, Count von (1809-1874); info: Prussian ambassador in London

1846: Germany
* Bilateral Treaty between Prussia and Britain


Bernstorff, Christian Günther, Count von (1769-1835); info: Prussian Minister for Foreign Affairs (1817-); diplomat

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


Berryer, Pierre-Antoine (1790-1868); info: advocate; politician

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


Berthelet, Thomas (d.1555); info: King's printer; bookbinder

1774: United Kingdom
  The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents

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


Berthelin, Jean (fl.1639-1651); info: publisher; bookseller

1665 : France
* French book trade regulations


Berthold of Henneberg (1441-1504); info: Archbishop of Mainz

1485 : Germany
  Censorship Edict of the Archbishop of Mainz


Bertier, Antoine (fl.1636-1660); info: printer; publisher

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


Bertone di Sambuy, Count Vittorio Amadeo Balbo (1793-1846); info: diplomat

1840: Germany
* Bilateral Treaty between Austria and Sardinia


Bertuch, Friedrich Justin (1747-1822); info: publisher

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


Bérulle, M. de (fl.1694); info: Intendant in Lyon

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


Berville, Saint-Albin (1788-1868); info: advocate; biographer

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


Berzelius, Johan Jakob (1779-1848); info: Swedish chemist

1853: USA
  Letters on International copyright


Besant, Sir Walter (1836-1901); info: English novelist; social reformer

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


Beseler, Karl Georg Christoph (1809-1888); info: jurist; politician

1857 : Germany
* Wächter: "Publishing Right"

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

1878: France
* Morillot on the author's right

1891: Germany
  50 Prussian Expert Opinions from 1870-1876


Besold, Christoph (1577-1638); info: Professor of law at Tübingen

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


Best, William Draper (1767-1845); also: Baron Wynford; info: judge; deputy speaker

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1853: United Kingdom
  Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright


Betbéder (fl.1862); info: photographer

1862: France
* Court of Cassation on photography


Bethell, Richard, 1st Baron Westbury (1800-1873); info: Lord Chancellor (1861-1865)

1861: United Kingdom
  Fine Art Copyright Bill

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

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

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

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

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

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report

1888: USA
  American Authors and British Pirates


Betterton, Thomas (c.1635-1710); info: actor; adapter of dramas

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature


Bettinelli, Giuseppe (1731-1786); info: Venetian publisher

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


Bettinelli, Niccolò (fl.1780-1807); info: Venetian bookseller

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

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


Beuvelet, Mathieu (c.1600-after 1663); info: ecclesiastic; devotional writer

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


Beuvelet, Matthieu (c.1622-1657); info: priest; author

1665: France
* French book trade regulations


Bey, Gilles (fl.1586-1595); info: bookseller

1586: France
* Simon Marion's plea on privileges


Bezout, Étienne (1730-1783); info: mathematician

1862: France
* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires"


Bickersteth, Henry, 1st Baron Langdale (1783-1851); info: law reformer; Master of the Rolls

1841: USA
* Folsom v. Marsh

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1853: United Kingdom
  Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Biddle, Edward C. (1808-1893); info: American publisher

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials


Biddle, H. (fl.1837)

1837: USA
  Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States


Biddle, Nicholas (1786-1844); info: American financier

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


Bidwell, Walter Hilliard (1798-1881); info: American editor

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


Bigelow, Horatio Nelson (1816-1868); info: American entrepreneur

1838: USA
  Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston


Bigelow, John (1817-1911); info: American lawyer; statesman

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


Bignon, Jérôme (1589-1656); info: councillor of state

1665 : France
* French book trade regulations

1778: France
* Pluquet's letters


Bilaine, Pierre (fl.1624-1644); info: printer

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

1725: France
* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum


Billaud-Varenne, Jacques Nicolas (1756-1819); info: lawyer; Jacobin; member of the Committee of Public Safety (1793-1795)

1793: France
* French Literary and Artistic Property Act


Billings, William (1746-1800); info: American choral composer; tanner

1772: USA
  William Billings' Printing Privilege

1772: USA
  William Billings' Second Petition


Binder, Nicolaus (1785-1865); info: Hamburg senator

1827: Germany
* Kramer: Rights of Writers and Publishers


Binney, Horace (1780-1875); info: American lawyer

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report


Bird, Robert Montgomery (1805-1854); info: American author

1837: USA
  Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials


Birnbaum, Johann Abraham (1702-1748); info: Professor of Rhetoric at Leipzig

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


Birnie, Sir Richard (1760-1832); info: magistrate

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature


Birt, Samuel (d.1755); info: bookseller

1751: United Kingdom
  Tonson v. Walker


Bishop, Richard (fl.1637); info: master printer

1637: United Kingdom
* Star Chamber Decree


Bishop, Sir Henry Rowley (1786-1855); info: opera composer

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature

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


Bishop, William Henry (1847-1928); info: American travel writer

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


Bisland, Elizabeth (1861-1929); also: Elizabeth Bisland Wetmore; info: American author

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


Bismarck, Otto von (1815-1898); info: statesman; Imperial Chancellor (Berlin)

1870: Germany
* Copyright Act for the German Empire

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

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


Bisson, Auguste-Rosalie (1826-1900); info: photographic pioneer

1862 : France
* Court of Cassation on photography


Bisson, Louis-Auguste (1814-1876); info: photographic pioneer

1862 : France
* Court of Cassation on photography


Blackburn, Colin, Baron Blackburn (1813-1896); info: Scottish judge

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Blackstone, William (1723-1780); info: judge; legal writer

1774: United Kingdom
  Enfield's Observations


Blackstone, William (1723-1780); info: legal writer; judge

1762: United Kingdom
* Tonson v. Collins

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

1769: United Kingdom
* Millar v. Taylor

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Messrs John Hinton et al

1774: United Kingdom
  The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents

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

1774: United Kingdom
* Donaldson v. Becket

1775: United Kingdom
* Stationers' Company v. Carnan

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report

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

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

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

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

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


Blackwood, Helen Selina, née Sheridan (1807-1867); also: Lady Dufferin; info: author; song-writer

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


Blackwood, John (1818-1879); info: Scottish publisher

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


Blackwood, William (1776-1834); info: Scottish publisher

1872: United Kingdom
  Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright


Black, Adam (1784-1874); info: Scottish publisher; founder of publishing house; MP

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

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


Black, John (1783-1855); info: editor of the "Morning Chronicle"

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature


Black, William (1841-1898); info: Scottish novelist

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


Bladen, William (1673-1718); info: clerk of the Maryland House of Delegates

1700: USA
  Bladen's Privilege


Blado, Antonio (1490-1567); info: Italian publisher; apostolic printer (1545-1567)

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

1531: Italy
* Bernardo Giunti's privilege for Machiavelli's works

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


Blaine, Delabere Roberton (1807-1871); info: lawyer; author of "On the Laws of Artistic Copyright and their Defects" (1853)

1853: United Kingdom
  Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright

1858: United Kingdom
  Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee

1872: United Kingdom
  Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright

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

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report


Blair, Francis Preston, Jr. (1821-1875); info: American politician; Union Army general

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


Blair, Hugh (1718-1800); info: Scottish preacher; Regius Professor of Rhetoric at Edinburgh

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

1853: USA
  Letters on International copyright


Blaise, Thomas (fl.1617-1629); info: bookseller

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


Blaisot, Gilles (fl.1610); info: printer

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


Blake, Alexander V. (fl.1838-1847); info: American publisher

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials


Blanchard, John Adams (1807-1872); info: American banker

1838: USA
  Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston


Blanchard, Samuel Laman (1804-1845); info: English author; journalist

1853: USA
  Letters on International copyright


Blanchard, Thomas (1760-1797); info: actor; singer

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature


Blanc, Etienne (1805-1874); info: jurist; author of "Traité de la contrefaçon en tous genres et de sa poursuite en justice" (1837)

1814: France
* Court of Cassation on sculptures

1845: France
* Court of Appeal on translations

1853: USA
* Stowe v. Thomas

1857: Germany
* Wächter: "Publishing Right"

1858: United Kingdom
  Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee

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

1880: Germany
* Kohler: Author's Right

1902: France
* Court of Cassation on moral rights


Blatchford, Samuel (1820-1893); info: American judge; reporter of decisions

1853: USA
  Letters on International copyright

1873: USA
  Committee on the Library Report

1874: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright

1883: USA
  Burrow-Giles' Brief

1883: USA
  Sarony's Brief

1885: USA
  Carte v. Duff


Bleistein, George (1861-1918); info: American publisher; printer; lithographer

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

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

1902: USA
  Bleistein's Brief

1902: USA
  Bleistein: Donaldson Lithographing Co. Brief


Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of, née Power (1789-1849); info: Irish novelist

1837: USA
  Petition of British Authors

1853: USA
  Letters on International copyright


Bliss, Philip (1787-1857); info: antiquary; librarian at Bodleian Library

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence


Blomfield, Charles James (1786-1857); info: Bishop of London (1828-1856)

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


Blondel, Pierre-Jacques (1683-1739); info: author

1725: France
* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum


Blosio Palladio (d.1550); also: Blosius Palladius; info: Italian poet; prelate; papal secretary

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

1531: Italy
* Bernardo Giunti's privilege for Machiavelli's works


Blount, Charles (1654-1693); info: deist; controversialist

1721: United Kingdom
* Burnet v. Chetwood


Blumauer, Aloys (1755-1798); also: Aloysius; info: Austrian author; editor; censor

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


Bluntschli, Johann Kaspar (1808-1881); info: jurist; author

1853: Germany
* Bluntschli: On Authors' Rights

1857: Germany
* Wächter: "Publishing Right"

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

1878: France
* Morillot on the author's right


Blücher, Gebbard Lebrecht von (1742-1819); also: Prince of Wahlstadt; info: military commander

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature


Boccaccio, Giovanni (1313-1375); info: Italian writer

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


Boccardo, Gerolamo (1829-1904); also: Girolamo; info: Professor of Political Economy at Genoa; author of "Della proprietà letteraria" (1861)

1880: Germany
* Kohler: Author's Right


Bochetel, Guillaume (d.1553); info: secretary of State; translator

1547 : France
* French Censorship Act


Bodda, Frank (c.1823-1892); info: baritone

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


Boderie, Guy Lefèvre de la (1541-1598); info: orientalist; biblical scholar; poet

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


Bode, Heinrich (1652-1720); also: Bodinus; info: Professor of law at Halle

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


Bodley, Sir Thomas (1545-1613); info: scholar; diplomat; founder of the Bodleian Library

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report on the Copyright Acts


Bodley, Sir Thomas (1545-1613); info: scholar; diplomat; Master of Stationers' Company

1637: United Kingdom
* Star Chamber Decree

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

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

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Boece, Hector (c.1465-1536); also: Boyis; Boethius; info: Scottish historian

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Alexander Donaldson


Böhmer, Justus Henning (1674-1749); also: Just; info: Professor of law at Halle

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


Böhmer, Justus Henning (1674-1749); info: Professor of Law at Halle

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


Böhme, Johann August (1766-1847); info: music publisher

1829 : Germany
  Music publishers' agreement to ban reprinting


Bohn, Henry George (1796-1884); info: publisher; dealer in rare books

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials

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


Bohn, Johann Carl (1712-1773); info: publisher; bookseller

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

1774: Germany
* Pütter: The Reprinting of Books


Boileau-Despréaux, Nicolas (1636-1711); info: author

1777: France
* Linguet's memorandum

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

1862: France
* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires"


Boisrobert, François le Métel de (1592-1662); info: poet

1777: France
* Linguet's memorandum


Boissieux, M. (fl.1861); info: clerk at the Court of Cassation

1861 : France
* Court of Cassation on telegraphic news


Boissy d'Anglas, François Antoine de (1756-1828); info: revolutionary politician

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


Boivin-Champeaux, Paul (b.1854); info: President of the Court of Cassation

1902: France
* Court of Cassation on moral rights


Bolingbroke

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey


Bolingbroke, Henry St John, 1st Viscount (1678-1751); info: statesman; writer

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

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

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Alexander Donaldson

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


Bolmar, Anthony (1797-1861); also: Jean Claude Antoine Brunen de Bolmar; info: French-born American schoolmaster; textbook author

1853: USA
  Letters on International copyright


Bomare, Valmont de (1731-1807); info: writer

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


Bonald, Louis Gabriel Ambroise, Vicomte de (1754-1840); info: writer; monarchist; cardinal

1862: France
* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires"


Bonaparte, Charles Lucien Jules Laurent, 2nd Prince of Canino and Musignano (1803-1857); info: naturalist; editor of Wilson's "American Ornithology"

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


Bonaparte, Lucien, 1st Prince of Canino (1775-1840); also: Luciano Buonaparte; info: brother of Napoleon; diplomat; author

1837: USA
  Petition of British Authors


Bond, George William (1811-1892); info: American wool merchant

1838: USA
  Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston


Bonheur, Rosa (1822-1899); info: animal painter

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

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


Bonner, John (1828-1899); info: American author

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


Booker, John (1601-1667); info: author; licenser for almanacs

1643: United Kingdom
  An Ordinance for the Regulation of Printing


Boone, Richard G. (fl.1890); info: American educator

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


Boosey, John (1832-1893); info: music publisher

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


Boosey, Thomas (1794/95-1871); info: music publisher

1853: United Kingdom
  Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey

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


Booth, Edwin Thomas (1833-1893); info: American author

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


Booth, Junius Brutus (1796-1852); info: actor

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature


Borgofranco, Giovanni Battista da (fl.1543); info: Venetian publisher

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


Bossange, Hector (1795-1884); info: bookseller; publisher; author of "Opinion nouvelle sur la proprieté litteraire" (1836)

1837: USA
  Address of Certain Authors

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


Bossuet, Jacques Bénigne (1627-1704); info: churchman; orator

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

1777: France
* Linguet's memorandum

1778: France
* Pluquet's letters

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

1862: France
* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires"


Bostock, John (1773-1846); info: physician; medicinal chemist

1837: USA
  Petition of British Authors


Boswell, Alexander (1707-1782); also: Lord Auchinleck; info: judge

1773: United Kingdom
* Hinton v. Donaldson


Boswell, James (1740-1795); info: lawyer; diarist; biographer

1773: United Kingdom
* Hinton v. Donaldson

1774: United Kingdom
  The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents

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

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

1853: USA
  Letters on International copyright

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


Boswell, Sir Alexander (1775-1822); info: antiquary; song writer

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


Bosworth, Thomas (c.1824-1899); info: publisher; bookseller

1852: USA
  Copyright and Natural Right

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


Botta, Carlo Giuseppe Guglielmo (1766-1837); info: Italian historian

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials


Bouchel, Laurent (1588-1629); info: French jurist; author

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


Boucherat, Louis (1616-1699); info: statesman; Chancellor of France (1685-1699)

1665: France
* French book trade regulations

1686: France
* Book trade regulations

1725: France
* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum


Boucher, Jonathan (1738-1804); info: Anglican clergyman; lexicographer

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise


Boucicault, Dion (1820-1890); info: Irish actor; dramatist

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


Boudinot, Elias (1740-1821); info: American lawyer; statesman; President of the Continental Congress (1782-1783)

1783: USA
  Letter from Joel Barlow to the Continental Congress


Bouffé, Marie (1800-1888); also: Vignol; info: actor

1834 : France
* Balzac's letter to authors


Bouhier, Pierre (fl.1582-1584); info: Mayor of Dijon; historian

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


Boulanger, Jean (fl.1650); info: printer

1665: France
* French book trade regulations


Boulanger, Nicolas-Antoine (1722-1759); info: engineer; author

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


Boulay de la Meurthe, François Joseph, Comte (1799-1880); info: French Senator

1866: France
* Literary and artistic property act


Boulley, Jean (fl.1609-1639); info: bookseller

1665: France
* French book trade regulations


Bourbon-Condé, Anne Genevieve de (1619-1679); also: Duchesse de Longueville; info: protectress of the Jansenists

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


Bourbon-Conti, Amélie Gabrielle Stephanie Louise de (1756-1825); info: memoirist; prototype of Eugenie in Goethe's "Die Natürliche Tochter"

1790: USA
  Sample registrations


Bourchier, Thomas (c.1404-1486); info: cardinal; Archbishop of Canterbury (1454-1486)

1769: United Kingdom
* Millar v. Taylor

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

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Bourdaloue, Louis (1632-1794); info: preacher

1777: France
* Linguet's memorandum

1862: France
* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires"


Bourde, Jean (fl.1618); info: bookseller

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


Bourke, Robert, Baron Connemara (1827-1902); info: barrister; MP; Governor of Madras (1886-1902)

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

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report


Bouvier, John (1787-1851); info: French-born American jurist; author of law dictionary

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


Bovill, Sir William (1814-1873); info: judge

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey


Bowditch, Nathaniel (1773-1838); info: American mathematician; founder of modern maritime navigation

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials

1853: USA
  Letters on International copyright


Bowen, Charles Synge Christopher (1835-1894); also: Lord Bowen; info: judge; author

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

1883: USA
  Burrow-Giles' Brief

1893: USA
  Falk v. Donaldson


Bowen, Charles (1807-1845); info: American bookseller

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


Bowen, Jabez (1739-1815); info: Deputy Governor of Rhode Island (1778-1779, 1781-1786); Chief Justice of Rhode Island

1783: USA
  Rhode Island Copyright Statute


Bowen, Sir George Ferguson (1821-1899); info: colonial governor

1872: United Kingdom
  Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright


Bowker, Richard Rogers (1848-1933); info: American editor; publisher

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


Bowles, William Lisle (1762-1852); info: clergyman; poet; editor of Pope's works

1813: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise


Bowring, Sir John (1792-1872); info: politician; diplomat; writer

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

1853: United Kingdom
  Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright


Bowyer, Robert (1758-1834); info: miniature painter; publisher

1813: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence


Bowyer, William (1699-1777); info: printer

1769: United Kingdom
* Millar v. Taylor


Boyesen, Hjalmar Hjorth (1848-1895); info: Norwegian-born American writer; scholar; author of memoirs on Ivan Turgenev

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


Boyle, Rev. Isaac (1782-1850); info: American clergyman

1838: USA
  Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston


Boyle, Roger, 1st Earl of Orrery (1621-1679); info: soldier; statesman; writer

1761: United Kingdom
  Tonson v. Collins


Boyle, Sir Courtenay Edmund (1845-1901); info: civil servant

1886: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union


Boyle, The Hon Robert (1627-1691); info: physicist; chemist

1773: United Kingdom
* Hinton v. Donaldson


Boyneburg, Johann Christian Baron von (1622-1672); also: Boineburg; info: statesman; diplomat

1659: Germany
* Schupp: The Book Thief


Bozérian, Jules-François Jeannotte (fl.1875-1890); info: French Senator

1902: France
* Court of Cassation on moral rights


Bracton, Henry de (c.1210-1268); info: ecclesiastic; jurist

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

1769: United Kingdom
* Millar v. Taylor

1774: United Kingdom
  The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise


Braddon, Mary Elizabeth (1835-1915); info: novelist

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

1873: USA
  Committee on the Library Report

1874: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright

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


Bradford, Augustus Williamson (1806-1881); info: American politician

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


Bradley, Benjamin (fl.1832-1856); info: American bookbinder

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials


Bradley, James (1693-1762); info: astronomer

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise


Bradley, Joseph Philo (1813-1892); info: American jurist; U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice (1870-1892)

1879: USA
* Baker v. Selden

1902: USA
  Bleistein: Donaldson Lithographing Co. Brief


Bradley, William Henry (1868-1962); info: American illustrator; designer

1902: USA
  Bleistein's Brief


Bradshaw, Henry (1831-1886); info: scholar; librarian at Cambridge University Library

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


Braham, John Joseph (c.1848-1919); info: English-born American musician; composer

1896: USA
  Debate in Congress


Braham, John (c.1774-1856); info: tenor

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature


Bramston, Sir John (1577-1654); info: judge; licenser for law books

1643: United Kingdom
  An Ordinance for the Regulation of Printing


Bramston, Sir John (1832-1921); info: politician; civil servant

1886: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union


Brande, William Thomas (1788-1866); info: English chemist; compiler of encyclopaedia

1853: USA
  Letters on International copyright


Brandt, Johann Christian (fl.1764-1773); info: publisher

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


Braun, Anton Gottfried (fl.1765-1770); info: publisher

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


Brecken de St Croix, Frederick (1828-1903); info: Canadian lawyer; politician; attorney-general of Prince Edward Island

1872: United Kingdom
  Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright


Breckinridge, William Campbell Preston (1837-1904); info: American jurist; congressman

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


Breitkopf, Bernhard Christoph (1695-1777); info: publisher

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


Breitkopf, Johann Gottlob Immanuel (1719-1794); info: music publisher; typographer

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


Bremer, Franz Peter (1832-1916); info: German jurist

1880: Germany
* Kohler: Author's Right


Bremer, Fredrika (1801-1865); info: Swedish novelist

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials

1853: USA
  Letters on International copyright


Brentano, Lujo (1844-1931); info: German political economist; pacifist

1880: Germany
* Kohler: Author's Right


Brent, Daniel Carroll (1770-1841); info: Chief Clerk of the U.S. Department of State (1817-1833)

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report


Brent, Sir Nathaniel (c.1573-1652); info: Warden of Merton College, Oxford; licenser for canon and civil law books

1643: United Kingdom
  An Ordinance for the Regulation of Printing


Bretfeld-Chlumczansky, Franz Joseph Thomas, Baron von (1777-1839); info: Bohemian jurist; numismatist

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


Brett, Colonel W. F. (fl.1870-1871); info: Governor of Bermuda

1872: United Kingdom
  Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright


Brett, William Baliol, 1st Viscount Esher (1817-1899); info: lawyer; Master of the Rolls

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

1883: USA
  Burrow-Giles' Brief

1902: USA
  Bleistein: Donaldson Lithographing Co. Brief


Brevoort, Henry, Jr. (1791-1874); info: friend of Washington Irving

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


Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham (1810-1897); info: clergyman; compiler of reference works

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Brewster, Benjamin Harris (1816-1888); info: American attorney

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

1853: USA
* Stowe v. Thomas


Brewster, Osmyn (1798-1889); info: American publisher

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials


Brewster, Sir David (1781-1868); info: natural philosopher; academic administrator

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

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


Brewster, Thomas (fl.1649-1663); info: bookseller

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


Briasson, Antoine-Claude (1700-1775); info: Lyonnais publisher; bookseller

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


Bridgeman, Sir Orlando (1609-1674); info: judge

1769: United Kingdom
* Millar v. Taylor

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


Bridges, Henry (fl.1663); info: printer

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


Bridgman, John W. (fl.1899)

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

1902: USA
  Bleistein's Brief


Briesen, Arthur von (1843-1920); info: German-born American lawyer; philanthropist

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright

1902: USA
  Bleistein's Brief

1903: USA
* Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co.


Briggs, Charles Frederick (1804-1877); info: American journalist; author; editor

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


Brindley, John (d.1758); info: bookseller

1751: United Kingdom
  Tonson v. Walker


Bristed, Charles Astor (1820-1874); info: American scholar; author; Secretary of the U.S. Copyright Association

1872: United Kingdom
  Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright

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


Bristed, John (1778-1855); info: English-born American clergyman

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials


Britton, John (1771-1857); info: antiquary

1813: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence


Brocas, Paul-Denis (1724-c.1790); info: publisher

1761: France
* La Fontaine case


Brockes, Barthold Heinrich (1680-1747); info: author

1739: Germany
  Privilege of the Protestant Swiss Cantons


Broderip, William John (1789-1859); info: lawyer; naturalist

1858: United Kingdom
  Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee


Brodie, Sir Benjamin Collins (1783-1862); info: physiologist; surgeon

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


Brontë, Charlotte (1816-1855); also: Currer Bell (pseudonym); info: writer

1853: USA
  Letters on International copyright


Brooke, Samuel (fl.1818-1830); info: printer

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise


Brooke, Sir Robert (d.1558); info: legal writer

1769: United Kingdom
* Millar v. Taylor


Brookshaw, George (c.1751-1823); info: painter; illustrator

1813: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence


Brooks, Charles William Shirley (1816-1874); info: journalist; novelist

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


Brooks, James (1810-1873); info: American newspaper editor; politician

1837: USA
  Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States

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


Brooks, Thomas (1608-1680); info: Nonconformist preacher

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


Brotherton, Joseph (1783-1837); info: Nonconformist; MP; info: law reformer

1853: United Kingdom
  Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright


Brotier, Gabriel (1723-1789); info: Jesuit; classical scholar

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise


Brougham, Henry Peter, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778-1868); info: jurist; Lord Chancellor (1830-1834)

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

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

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

1853: USA
  Letters on International copyright

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Brougham, William, 2nd Baron Brougham and Vaux (1795-1886); info: law reformer; politician

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

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature

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


Broughton, Rhoda (1840-1920); info: Welsh novelist

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


Browne, Alexander P. (fl.1880-1896); info: American copyright lawyer

1896: USA
  Hearing on H.R. 5976


Browne, Causten (1828-1909); info: American jurist

1885: USA
  Carte v. Duff


Browne, Charles Farrar (1834-1867); also: Artemus Ward (pseud); info: American humorist

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


Browne, Francis Fisher (1843-1913); info: American poet; editor

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


Browning, Elizabeth, née Barrett (1806-1861); info: poet

1873: USA
  Committee on the Library Report

1874: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright

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


Browning, Robert (1812-1889); info: poet

1872: United Kingdom
  Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright

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


Brownson, Orestes Augustus (1803-1876); info: American publicist; Transcendentalist

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


Brown, Charles Brockden (1771-1810); info: American novelist

1853: USA
  Letters on International copyright


Brown, Davis S. (fl.1891); info: entrepreneur

1891: USA
  Falk v. Brett Lithographing Co.


Brown, Delaplaine (1841-1906); info: entrepreneur

1891: USA
  Falk v. Brett Lithographing Co.


Brown, George William (1812-1890); info: Mayor of Baltimore (1860-1861); memoirist

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


Brown, George (d.1776); also: Lord Coalston; info: judge

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Alexander Donaldson

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Messrs John Hinton et al

1773: United Kingdom
* Hinton v. Donaldson


Brown, Henry Billings (1836-1913); info: Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1891-1906)

1902: USA
  Bleistein: Donaldson Lithographing Co. Brief


Brown, Josiah (d.1793); info: barrister; case reporter

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report


Brown, Thomas (fl.1722); info: stationer

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Alexander Donaldson


Brown, Thomas (1778-1820); info: Scottish philosopher

1853: USA
  Letters on International copyright


Bruce, George (1781-1866); info: Scottish-born American printer; type founder

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


Bruce, James (1730-1794); also: 'the Abyssinian'; info: Scottish explorer

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence


Bruce, Robert (1718-1785); also: Lord Kennet; info: judge

1773: United Kingdom
* Hinton v. Donaldson


Bruen, Matthias (1793-1829); info: American clergyman

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials


Brunet, Anthelme (d.1835); info: publisher

1814: France
* Court of Cassation on compilations


Bruns, Carl Georg (1816-1880); info: jurist

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


Brutus, Marcus Junius (85 B.C.-42 B.C.); info: Roman politician; conspirator

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

1821: Germany
* Hegel: Remarks on Intellectual Property


Bruyset, Jean-Marie (1719-1793); info: printer; bookseller

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


Bryant, Jacob (1715-1804); info: scholar; mythographer

1769: United Kingdom
* Millar v. Taylor


Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878); info: American poet; journalist

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

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials

1853: USA
  Letters on International copyright

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

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


Bryce, James, 1st Viscount (1838-1922); info: jurist; Regius Professor of Civil Law at Oxford; historian; politician; Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1886)

1886: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union

1886: United Kingdom
  International Copyright Bill


Brydges, Sir Samuel Egerton (1762-1837); info: writer; genealogist

1813: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

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

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

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

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


Bryer, Henry (fl.1812); info: bookseller

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

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


Brüggemann, Karl (fl.1829-1833); info: music publisher

1829 : Germany
  Music publishers' agreement to ban reprinting


Buchanan, David (1779-1848); info: writer; editor

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


Buchanan, Dr Francis (1762-1829); also: Francis Hamilton; info: Scottish physician; geographer; zoologist; botanist; historian of the Kingdom of Nepal

1813: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence


Buchanan, George (c.1506-1582); info: scholar; humanist

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


Buchanan, James (1791-1868); info: Senator from Pennsylvania; U.S. President (1857-1861)

1837: USA
  Debates in Congress

1837: USA
  Memorial of a Number of Citizens of the United States

1837: USA
  Petition of British Authors

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


Buchenröder, Johann Nicolaus Carl (fl.1769-1785); info: publisher; reprinter

1774: Germany
* Pütter: The Reprinting of Books


Buchez, Philippe Benjamin Joseph (1796-1865); info: physician; socialist

1834: France
* Balzac's letter to authors


Buckingham, George Villiers, 2nd Duke of (1627-1687); info: courtier; dramatist

1773: United Kingdom
* Hinton v. Donaldson


Buckingham, James Silk (1786-1855); info: author; traveller; MP

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

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


Buckingham, Joseph Tinker (1779-1861); info: American journalist

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


Buckland, William (1784-1856); info: geologist; clergyman

1837: USA
  Petition of British Authors


Buckley, Samuel (fl.1710-1733); info: bookseller

1774: United Kingdom
  The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence


Buckle, Henry Thomas (1821-1862); info: historian

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


Buckminster, Joseph Stevens (1784-1812); info: American Unitarian preacher

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials


Buckstone, John Baldwin (1802-1879); info: playwright; comedian

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature

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


Buck, Dudley (1839-1909); info: American composer

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


Buck, Sir George (1560-1622); also: Buc; info: antiquarian; Master of the Revels

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature


Buddha (c.563 B.C.-c.483 B.C.); also: Gautama Siddhartha; info: founder of Buddhism

1862: France
* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires"


Budé, Guillaume (1467-1540); also: Budaeus; info: scholar

1762: United Kingdom
  A Vindication of the Rights of Authors


Buffon, George-Louis Leclerc, Comte de (1707-1788); info: naturalist

1813: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1834: France
* Balzac's letter to authors

1862: France
* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires"


Buist, Robert (1805-1880); info: Scottish-born American horticulturist

1853: USA
  Letters on International copyright


Buller, Charles (1806-1848); info: politician; wit

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


Buller, Sir Francis (1746-1800); info: judge

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise


Bullier; info: news agency

1861: France
* Court of Cassation on telegraphic news


Bulmerincq, August Michael von (1822-1890); info: Baltic-German Russian jurist; expert on international law

1880: Germany
* Kohler: Author's Right


Bulwer, Henry Lytton (1801-1872); info: diplomat; author

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature

1837: USA
  Petition of British Authors

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


Bulwer, Sir Henry Ernest Gascoyne (1836-1914); info: diplomat; Governor of Labuan (1871-1875)

1874: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright


Bunce, Oliver Bell (1828-1890); info: American author; editor

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


Bunner, Henry Cuyler (1855-1896); info: American novelist; poet

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


Bunn, Alfred (1796-1860); info: theatre manager; librettist

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


Bunyan, John (1628-1688); info: author; preacher

1761: United Kingdom
  Tonson v. Collins

1769: United Kingdom
* Millar v. Taylor

1774: United Kingdom
  The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents

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

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

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

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


Buon, Nicolas (fl.1604-1623); info: bookseller

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


Burges, Cornelius (c.1589-1665); also: Burgess; info: religious controversialist

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

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


Burke, Edmund (1729-1797); info: statesman; philosopher

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature

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

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1853: USA
  Letters on International copyright


Burke, John (1786-1848); info: author; genealogist

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

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


Burke, Peter (1811-1881); info: legal writer; author of "The Law of International Copyright between England and France" (1852)

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1853: United Kingdom
  Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright


Burke-Roche, Edmond, 1st Baron Fermoy (1815-1874); info: Irish MP

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


Burlamaqui, Jean Jacques (1694-1748); info: Swiss jurist

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright


Burnand, Sir Francis Cowley (1836-1917); info: dramatist; journalist

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


Burnap, George Washington (1802-1859); info: American clergyman

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials


Burnett, Frances Eliza, née Hodgson (1849-1924); info: English-born American novelist; children's author

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


Burnet, Dr. Thomas (c.1635-1715); info: natural philosopher

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


Burnet, Dr. Thomas (c.1635-1715); info: natural philosopher; headmaster

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

1721: United Kingdom
* Burnet v. Chetwood

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1853: USA
* Stowe v. Thomas


Burnet, George

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

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


Burnet, John (1784-1868); info: engraver; painter

1853: United Kingdom
  Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright


Burney, Charles Jr. (1757-1817); info: classical scholar; newspaper collectioner

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence


Burney, Fanny (1752-1840); also: Frances; Madame D'Arblay; info: novelist; diarist

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


Burns, Robert (1759-1796); info: Scottish poet

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

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

1853: USA
  Letters on International copyright

1853: USA
* Stowe v. Thomas

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Burn, Richard (1709-1785); info: legal writer; historian

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Burroughs, John (1837-1921); info: American naturalist; essayist

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


Burrow, Sir James (1701-1782); info: law reporter

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

1774: United Kingdom
  The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents

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

1774: United Kingdom
* Donaldson v. Becket

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Burton, Sir Frederick William (1816-1900); info: Irish painter; Director of the National Gallery (1874-1894)

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


Burton, Sir Richard Francis (1821-1890); info: orientalist; explorer

1873: USA
  Committee on the Library Report

1874: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright


Bury, Lady Charlotte Susan Maria (1775-1861); info: Scottish novelist

1853: USA
  Letters on International copyright


Busée, Pierre (1540-1587); also: Petrus Busaeus; Buys; info: Jesuit; theologian

1725: France
* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum


Busée, Pierre (1540-1587); info: theologian

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


Bushe, John Scott (d.1887); info: Colonial Secretary for Trinidad

1874: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright


Bush, George (1796-1859); info: American biblical scholar

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials


Bush, Richard James (1843-1914); info: American painter; explorer of Siberia

1873: USA
  Committee on the Library Report

1874: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright

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


Butler, Benjamin Franklin (1795-1858); info: American lawyer; U.S. Attorney General (1833-1838)

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


Butler, Samuel (1612-1680); info: satirist

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Alexander Donaldson

1773: United Kingdom
* Hinton v. Donaldson


Butterworth, Benjamin (1837-1898); info: American congressman

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


Butterworth, John (fl.1814); info: bookseller

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise


Buttman, Philipp Karl (1764-1829); info: philologist

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials


Bücher, Karl Wilhelm (1847-1930); info: German economist; founder of newspaper science

1880: Germany
* Kohler: Author's Right


Byfield, Adoniran (fl.1643); info: member of Westminster Assembly of Divines

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

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


Bülau, Friedrich von (1805-1859); info: German political scientist; censor; translator of Macaulay's "History of England"

1880: Germany
* Kohler: Author's Right


Byles, Sir John Barnard (1801-1884); info: judge; author

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey


Bülow, Otto von (1827-1901); info: German envoy at Berne

1886: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union


Bynkershoek, Cornelis van (1673-1743); info: judge; jurist

1762: United Kingdom
* Tonson v. Collins

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

1769: United Kingdom
* Millar v. Taylor


Bynner, Edwin Lassetter (1842-1893); info: American author

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


Bürckli, Johann Heinrich (fl.1743); info: publisher

1739 : Germany
  Privilege of the Protestant Swiss Cantons


Byrd, William (c.1543-1623); info: composer

1769: United Kingdom
* Millar v. Taylor


Bürkel, Heinrich (fl.1864); info: German jurist

1880: Germany
* Kohler: Author's Right


Bürkel; info: jurist

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


Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron of Rochdale (1788-1824); info: poet

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

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

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature

1834: France
* Balzac's letter to authors

1838: USA
  Memorial of the New York Typographical Society

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

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

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1853: USA
  Letters on International copyright

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

1872: United Kingdom
  Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright

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

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report

1880: Germany
* Kohler: Author's Right

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


Byron, Henry James (1835-1884); info: dramatist; actor

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


Cable, George Washington (1844-1925); info: American author

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


Cabot, Sebastian (c.1475-1557); info: Venetian navigator; cartographer

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials


Cadell, Thomas, Jr. (1773-1836); info: publisher

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence


Cadell, Thomas, Sr. (1742-1802); info: bookseller

1774: United Kingdom
  The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence


Cadwalader, Lambert (1742-1823); info: American merchant; military officer; congressman

1789: USA
  House Joint copyright and patent bill decision


Caesar, Gaius Julius (100/102 B.C.-44 B.C.); info: Roman general; statesman

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

1762: United Kingdom
* Tonson v. Collins

1775: United Kingdom
* Stationers' Company v. Carnan

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials

1862: France
* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires"


Cailleau, André-Charles (1731-1798); info: bookseller; publisher

1786: France
* French Decree on Musical Publications


Caillemer, Exupère (1837-1913); info: scholar; Dean of the Faculty of History of Law at Lyon

1878: France
* Morillot on the author's right


Cairns, Hugh McCalmont Cairns, 1st Earl (1819-1885); info: statesman; Lord Chancellor (1868, 1874-1880)

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright

1872: United Kingdom
  Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright

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

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report

1888: USA
  American Authors and British Pirates


Cairns, Sir William Wellington (1828-1888); info: Lieutenant Governor of British Honduras (1870-1874)

1874: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting Colonial Copyright


Calamy, Edmund, 'the elder' (1600-1666); info: Presbyterian church leader; licenser for theological books

1643: United Kingdom
  An Ordinance for the Regulation of Printing

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

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

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


Calcondile, Demetrio (fl.1447); info: Greek-born Italian humanist

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


Calcott, Lady Maria, née Graham (1786-1842); info: travel writer; children's writer

1837: USA
  Petition of British Authors


Calcraft, Sir Henry George (1836-1896); info: Permanent Secretary of the Board of Trade

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

1886: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union


Calderón de la Barca, Pedro (1600-1681); info: Spanish dramatist

1880: Germany
* Kohler: Author's Right

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


Calderón Reyes, Climaco (1852-1913); info: Colombian lawyer; statesman; diplomat

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


Calhoun, John Caldwell (1782-1850); info: U.S. Vice President (1825-1832); Senator from South Carolina

1834: USA
  Letters from Sumner to Story

1837: USA
  Debates in Congress


Calman, David (fl.1883); info: American lawyer

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

1883: USA
  Burrow-Giles' Brief


Calmet, Antoine Augustin (1672-1757); info: monk; biblical scholar

1725: France
* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum

1862: France
* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires"


Calvert, Giles (c.1612-1663); info: bookseller

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


Calvin, John (1509-1564); info: theologian; religious reformer

1554: United Kingdom
  Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers

1862: France
* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires"


Calye, Robert (fl.1558); info: printer

1558: United Kingdom
  Calve's privilege for the 'Holsome and Catholick Doctrine'


Cambacérès, Jean Jacques Régis (1753-1824); Arch-Chancellor of the French Empire 1804; editor of the Code Napoléon

1862: France
* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires"


Camden, Charles Pratt, 1st Earl (1714-1794); info: jurist; statesman

1774: United Kingdom
  Macauley's A Modest Plea

1774: United Kingdom
  The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents

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

1774: United Kingdom
* Donaldson v. Becket

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report

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

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Camden, William (1551-1623); info: antiquarian; historian; headmaster of Westminster School (1593)

1813: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

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


Cameron, Julia Margaret (1815-1879); info: photographer

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


Camoens, Luis de (1524-1580); also: Camões; info: poet

1834 : France
* Balzac's letter to authors


Campana, Cesare (c.1540-1606); info: Italian historian

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


Campbell, Ilay (1734-1823); info: judge; politician

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Alexander Donaldson

1773: United Kingdom
* Hinton v. Donaldson


Campbell, John, 1st Baron Campbell (1779-1861); info: MP; judge; Lord Chancellor (1859-1861)

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

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature

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

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

1853: United Kingdom
  Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright

1853: USA
  Letters on International copyright

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


Campbell, Rollo (1803-1871); info: Canadian printer

1872: United Kingdom
  Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright


Campbell, Sheldon A. (fl.1866-1879); info: American auditor

1879: USA
  Selden's Argument


Campbell, Thomas (1777-1844); info: Scottish poet; journalist

1837: USA
  Petition of British Authors

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

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

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

1853: USA
  Letters on International copyright

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


Campbell, Vice-Admiral Sir Patrick (1773-1841); info: Royal Navy officer

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise


Camusat, Jean (fl.1634); info: printer

1725: France
* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum


Canary, Thomas (fl.1896); info: American theatrical producer

1896: USA
  Debate in Congress


Canfield, John (1740-1786); info: American lawyer

1782: USA
  Letter from Smith to Webster


Canitz und Dallwitz, Karl Ernst Wilhelm, Freiherr von (1787-1850); info: Prussian soldier; Prussian Minister for Foreign Affairs (1845-)

1846: Germany
* Bilateral Treaty between Prussia and Britain


Canning, Charles John, 1st Earl (1812-1862); info: Governor-General of India; Viceroy of India

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


Canning, George (1770-1827); info: statesman; Prime Minister (1827)

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

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


Canning, William Pitt (1802-1828); info: naval officer

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


Cantú, Cesare (1804-1895); info: historian; novelist

1862: France
* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires"


Capello, Paolo (fl.1500-1517); info: Venetian politician

1517 : Italy
* Venetian Decree on Press Affairs


Capen, Nahum (1804-1886); info: American bookseller; historian; postmaster

1841: USA
* Folsom v. Marsh

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials


Capperonier, Claude (1671-1744); info: philologist; Professor of Greek philology (Collège de France)

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


Capperonnier, Jean (1716-1775); info: classical scholar

1759 : France
* Sieur d'Anville's contract


Capra, Baldessar (1580-1626); info: plagiarist of Galileo

1762: United Kingdom
* An Enquiry into Literary Property

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Alexander Donaldson


Caracalla (176-217); also: Bassianus; Marcus Aurelius Antoninus; info: Roman Emperor (211-217)

1511: Germany
  Imperial Privilege for Konrad Peutinger


Cardon, Horace (d.1641); info: Lyonnais printer; bookseller

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


Cardon, the Abbé (fl.1802-1815); info: author

1814: France
* Court of Cassation on compilations


Cardozo, Jacob Newton (1786-1873); info: American newspaper editor; political economist

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


Caresme, Joseph Emile (b.1830); info: French jurist; author of "De la propriété littéraire dans l'histoire et selon le droit" (1863)

1880: Germany
* Kohler: Author's Right


Carey, Edward L. (1806-1845); info: American publisher; art collector

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


Carey, Henry Charles (1793-1879); info: American economist; printer; publisher; protectionist

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report

1837: USA
  Address of Certain Authors

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

1853: USA
  Letters on International copyright

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

1880: Germany
* Kohler: Author's Right


Carey, Matthew (1760-1839); info: Irish-born American economist; publisher; political reformer

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report


Carlisle, John Griffin (1834-1910); info: American politician; Senator for Kentucky

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


Carlyle, Thomas (1795-1881); info: historian; essayist; sage

1837: USA
  Petition of British Authors

1837: USA
* Senate Report

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

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials

1853: USA
  Letters on International copyright

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

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


Carnan, Thomas (1737-1788); info: printer; bookseller

1775: United Kingdom
* Stationers' Company v. Carnan

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise


Carnegie, Andrew (1835-1918); info: Scottish-born American industrialist; philanthropist

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


Caroboli, Giacomo (fl.1764-1780); info: Venetian publisher

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


Caroline

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey


Carpenter, William Benjamin (1813-1885); info: biologist

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


Carpenter, W. H. (fl.1845); info: Keeper of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum

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


Carpmael, Alfred (fl.1885); info: solicitor; legal writer

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Carpmael, Edward (1848-1931); info: patent agent; legal writer

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Carpzov, Benedict Jr (1595-1666); info: Professor of Law at Leipzig; judge

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

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

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

1750: Germany
  Fritsch: Treatise on Book Printers, Booksellers, Paper Manufacturers and Bookbinders


Carrell, Joseph (fl.1643); info: preacher; licenser for theological books

1643: United Kingdom
  An Ordinance for the Regulation of Printing


Carrières, Louis de (1662-1717); info: biblical scholar

1778 : France
* Pluquet's letters


Carrington, Charles Robert Wynn, 1st Marquis of Lincolnshire (1843-1928); info: politician; Governor of New South Wales (1885-1890)

1886: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union


Carte, Richard D'Oyly (1844-1901); info: English impresario; opera company manager; hotel proprietor

1885: USA
  Carte v. Duff


Carte, Thomas (1686-1754); info: historian

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report


Caruthers, William Alexander (1802-1846); info: American physician; author

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

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials


Cary, Francis Stephen (1808-1880); info: painter; art teacher

1858: United Kingdom
  Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee


Cassell, John (1817-1865); info: publisher

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


Casserly, Eugene (1820-1883); info: American journalist; lawyer

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


Cassiodorus, Flavius Magnus Aurelius (c.490-c.580); info: Roman historian; statesman

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


Catalano, Antonio (fl.1545); info: teacher of Latin grammar

1545: Italy
* Antonio Catalano's Teaching Licence


Catherine II 'the Great' (1729-1796); info: Empress of Russia (1762-1796)

1834: France
* Balzac's letter to authors


Catlin, George (1796-1872); info: American painter

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials


Catlyn, Sir Robert (d.1574); also: Catlin; info: judge

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


Cato, Marcus Porcius, 'the Elder' (234 B.C.-149 B.C.); also: 'the Censor'; info: Roman statesman; orator

1774: United Kingdom
  Stella's Modest Exceptions

1862: France
* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires"


Catrou, François (1659-1737); info: historian; translator

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


Catullus, Gaius Valerius (c.84 B.C.-c.54 B.C.); info: Roman lyric poet

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

1725: France
* Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum


Caumartin, Louis-François Lefebvre de (d.1687); info: Master of Requests to King of France

1665: France
* French book trade regulations


Caunter, Rev. John Hobart (1794-1851); info: author

1837: USA
  Petition of British Authors


Caussin de Perceval, E. (b.1802); info: judge

1862: France
* Court of Cassation on photography


Cavallo, Tiberius (1749-1809); info: physicist; natural philosopher

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence


Cavendish, William, 1st Earl of Devonshire (1551-1626); also: Baron Cavendish of Hardwick; info: statesman

1769: United Kingdom
* Millar v. Taylor


Cavendish, William, 6th Duke of Devonshire (1790-1858); also: the 'Bachelor Duke'; info: Lord Chamberlain

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature


Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, Lord Henry William (1804-1870); info: sportsman; politician

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


Cavour, Count Camillo Benso di (1810-1861); info: statesman

1862 : France
* Court of Cassation on photography


Cawarden, Sir Thomas (c.1514-1559); info: courtier; Master of the Revels

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature


Cawood, John (1514-1572); info: royal printer; Master of Stationers' Company

1557: United Kingdom
* Stationers' Charter

1559: United Kingdom
  Jugge and Cawood's printing patent for statute books

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

1559: United Kingdom
* Elizabethan Injunctions


Caxton, William (c.1422-c.1492); info: printer; merchant; diplomat

1761: United Kingdom
  Tonson v. Collins

1762: United Kingdom
  A Vindication of the Rights of Authors

1769: United Kingdom
* Millar v. Taylor

1774: United Kingdom
  The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

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

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

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

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


Caxton, William (c.1424-c.1492); info: printer; merchant; diplomat

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Alexander Donaldson


Cayley, Edward Stillingfleet (1802-1862); info: MP

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


Cayvan, Georgia (1857-1906); also: Georgie Eva Cayvan; info: American actress

1896: USA
  Debate in Congress


Cecil, James, 1st Marquess of Salisbury (1748-1823); info: Lord Chamberlain

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature


Cecil, Sir Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne, 3rd Marquis of Salisbury (1830-1903); info: Conservative statesman; Prime Minister (1885-1886, 1886-1892, 1895-1902)

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

1886: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union


Cecil, William, 1st Baron Burghley (1520-1598); also: Burleigh; Burchleigh; info: statesman

1566: United Kingdom
* Star Chamber Decree

1769: United Kingdom
* Millar v. Taylor


Cellot, Louis-Marie (fl.1765-1786); info: printer; publisher

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


Celtis, Conrad (1459-1508); info: author

1501: Germany
* Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica

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


Ceruti, Federico (1531-1611); info: Veronese publisher; author

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


Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de (1547-1616); info: Spanish novelist; playwright; poet

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature

1834: France
* Balzac's letter to authors

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

1853: USA
* Stowe v. Thomas

1880: Germany
* Kohler: Author's Right

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


Cesarini, Giuliano (1398-1444); info: Italian cardinal

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


Chace, Jonathan (1829-1917); info: Senator for Rhode Island

1886: USA
  Committee on Patents Report

1888: USA
  The International Copyright Bill

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881

1896: USA
  The Question of Copyright


Chalmers, George (1742-1825); info: Scottish antiquarian

1853: USA
  Letters on International copyright


Chalmers, Patrick (1802-1854); info: antiquary; MP

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

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


Chalmers, Thomas (1780-1847); info: Scottish theologian; preacher

1837: USA
  Petition of British Authors

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


Chalon, Alfred Edward (1780-1860); info: portrait painter

1858: United Kingdom
  Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee


Chamberlin, Daniel (1810-1879); info: American hotel proprietor

1838: USA
  Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston


Chambers, Robert (1802-1871); info: Scottish publisher; writer of reference books

1872: United Kingdom
  Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright


Chambers, Sir Robert (1737-1803); info: jurist; Vinerian Professor of English Law at Oxford; Chief Justice of Bengal

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise


Chambers, William (1800-1883); info: Scottish publisher; philanthropist

1872: United Kingdom
  Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright


Chamfort, Nicolas Sébastien Roch (1741-1794); info: French writer

1902: France
* Court of Cassation on moral rights


Champein, Stanislas (1753-1830); info: composer

1826: France
* Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission


Champney, Elizabeth Williams (1850-1922); info: American author

1888: USA
  American Authors and British Pirates

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


Chandler, Joseph Ripley (1792-1880); info: American editor; politician

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


Chandler, Peleg Whitman (1816-1889); info: American attorney

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials


Chandler, Richard (1713-1744); info: bookseller

1751: United Kingdom
  Tonson v. Walker


Chanler, Amélie Louise, née Rives (1863-1945); also: Princess Amélie Rives Troubetzkoy; info: American novelist; poet

1890: USA
  Report on H.R. 10881


Channing, William Ellery (1780-1842); info: American clergyman; author

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials


Channing, William Henry (1810-1884); info: American Unitarian minister; writer

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


Chantrey, Sir Francis Legatt (1781-1841); info: sculptor

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


Chapelain, Jean (1595-1674); info: poet; critic

1777: France
* Linguet's memorandum


Chapman, Frederick (fl.1870); info: publisher

1872: United Kingdom
  Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright


Chapman, Livewell (fl.1643-1665); info: bookseller

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


Chapman, T. Ellwood (fl.1848-1861); info: American publisher

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials


Chapman, Walter (fl.1528); info: printer

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Alexander Donaldson


Chappell, Thomas Patey (1819-1902); info: music publisher

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

1886: United Kingdom
  Correspondence respecting the Copyright Union


Chappell, William (1809-1888); info: music publisher; antiquary

1853: United Kingdom
  Blaine's Laws of Artistic Copyright


Chapsal, Charles Pierre (1787-1858); info: grammarian; editor

1862: France
* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires"


Charlemagne (747-814); also: Carolus Magnus; Karl der Große; info: King of the Franks; Western Roman Emperor

1862: France
* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires"


Charles Albert of Savoy (1798-1849); also: Carlo Alberto Amadeo di Savoia; info: King of Piedmont-Sardinia (1831-1849)

1840: Germany
* Bilateral Treaty between Austria and Sardinia


Charles I (1600-1649)

1862: France
* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires"


Charles I (1600-1649); info: King of Great Britain and Ireland (1625-1649)

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

1762: United Kingdom
  A Vindication of the Rights of Authors

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Messrs John Hinton et al

1774: United Kingdom
  Enfield's Observations

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

1774: United Kingdom
  The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents

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

1774: United Kingdom
* Donaldson v. Becket

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature

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

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Charles II (1630-1685); info: King of Scotland and England (1660-1685)

1662: United Kingdom
* Licensing Act

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

1684: United Kingdom
  Stationers' Charter

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

1762: United Kingdom
  A Vindication of the Rights of Authors

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Alexander Donaldson

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Messrs John Hinton et al

1774: United Kingdom
  The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents

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

1774: United Kingdom
* Donaldson v. Becket

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

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

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

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report

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

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

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

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

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

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1854: United Kingdom
* Jeffreys v. Boosey

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

1878: United Kingdom
* Royal Commissioners' Report


Charles IV (1316-1378); info: Holy Roman Emperor (1355-1378)

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


Charles IX (1550-1574); info: King of France (1559-1574)

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

1725: France
* Louis d'Héricourt's memorandum

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Alexander Donaldson


Charles the Bold (1433-1477); info: Duke of Burgundy (1467-1477)

1769: United Kingdom
* Millar v. Taylor


Charles V of Habsburg (1500-1558); info: Holy Roman Emperor (1519-1556)

1533: Germany
* Schott v. Egenolph

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

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

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


Charles VI of Habsburg (1685-1740); info: Holy Roman Emperor (1711-1740)

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

1713: Germany
  Augsburg Printers' Ordinance

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


Charles VIII (1470-1498); info: King of France (1483-1498)

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


Charles X (1757-1836); info: King of France (1824-1830)

1826 : France
* Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission

1830: USA
  Judiciary Committee Report

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature

1834: France
* Balzac's letter to authors

1862: France
* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires"


Charlesworth, Maria Louisa (1819-1880); info: religious writer

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


Charon, Viala, Baron de (1794-1880); info: French Senator; soldier

1866: France
* Literary and artistic property act


Charpentier; info: publisher

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


Charteris, Henry (d.1599); info: printer; bookseller

1773: United Kingdom
  Information for Alexander Donaldson


Chase, Samuel (1741-1811); info: American jurist

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report


Chateaubriand, François René, Vicomte de (1768-1848); info: author; statesman

1834: France
* Balzac's letter to authors

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

1862: France
* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires"


Chatterton, Thomas (1752-1770); info: poet; forger

1883: USA
  Sarony's Brief

1893: USA
  Falk v. Donaldson


Chaucer, Geoffrey (c.1345-1400); info: poet

1773: United Kingdom
* Hinton v. Donaldson

1774: United Kingdom
  The Cases of the Appellants and Respondents


Chauchat (fl.1814); info: solicitor

1814: France
* Court of Cassation on compilations


Chaudey, Gustave (1817-1871); info: journalist; politician

1862: France
* Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires"


Chaudière, Regnault (fl.1515-1530); info: bookseller

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


Cheever, George Barrell (1807-1890); info: American clergyman; author

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

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials


Chénier, Marie André (1762-1794); info: poet

1834 : France
* Balzac's letter to authors


Chénon, Pierre (fl.1751-1791); info: police officer; Commissaire at the Châtelet

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


Chéret, Jules (1836-1932); info: French painter; lithographer; poster designer

1902: USA
  Bleistein's Brief


Cherlewood, John (fl.1554); info: printer

1554: United Kingdom
  Selected Extracts from the Stationers' Company's Registers


Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of (1694-1773); info: statesman; orator; wit; author

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

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

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature

1841: USA
* Folsom v. Marsh

1847: USA
* A Treatise on the Law of Copyright

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Chetwood, William (d.1766); info: bookseller; writer

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

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

1721: United Kingdom
* Burnet v. Chetwood


Chevillier, André (1636-1700); info: librarian at the Sorbonne; historian of the book trade

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


Chiabrera, Gabriel (1552-1638); info: Italian poet

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


Chichester, George, 3rd Marquess of Donegal and Earl of Belfast (1797-1883); info: Irish nobleman; politician

1832: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature


Child, David Lee (1794-1874); info: American journalist

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


Child, Lydia Maria (1802-1880); info: American abolitionist; women's rights activist; author

1848: USA
  Jay, Bryant and Others' Memorials

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


Chipman, Nathaniel (1752-1843); info: Senator from Vermont

1790: USA
  Sample registrations


Chitty, Joseph (1796-1833); info: lawyer; legal writer

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1870: United Kingdom
* Copinger's Law of Copyright


Choate, Joseph Hodges (1832-1917); info: American lawyer; diplomat

1885: USA
  Carte v. Duff

1902: USA
  Bleistein: Donaldson Lithographing Co. Brief


Choate, Rufus (1799-1859); info: American lawyer; orator

1838: USA
  Memorial of a Number of Citizens of Boston


Chodowiecki, Daniel (1726-1801); info: painter; illustrator

1775 : Germany
  Chodowiecki's Allegory "Works of Darkness"


Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849); info: Polish composer

1880 : Germany
* Kohler: Author's Right


Chorley, Henry Fothergill (1808-1872); info: literary critic; music critic; author

1837: USA
  Petition of British Authors


Choules, Rev. John Overton (1801-1856); info: American clergyman; author

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


Christian II (1583-1611); info: Elector of Saxony (1601-1611)

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


Christian, Edward (1758-1823); info: jurist; magistrate

1818: United Kingdom
  Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence

1828: United Kingdom
* Maugham's Treatise

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters

1834: USA
* Wheaton v. Peters Independent Report

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


Christie, William Dougal (1816-1874); info: MP; British ambassador in Brazil; author of "A Plea for Perpetual Copyright" (1840)

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

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


Christina (1626-1689); info: Queen of Sweden (1632-1654)

1776: France
* Fragments on the Freedom of the Press


Christison, Sir Robert (1797-1882); info: toxicologist; physician

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


Chudleigh, Elizabeth (1720-1788); also: Countess of Bristol; Duchess of Kingston; info: courtesan; bigamist