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    Core documents by: Date Place Core documents for: Italy Germany France Britain United States All documents for: Italy Germany France Britain United States Original language: English French German Italian Latin Browse documents by: Person ... by name ... by occupation ... by life dates Place Institution Legislation Case law Browse commentaries by: Person ... by name ... by occupation ... by life dates Place Institution Legislation Case law Browse database by: Key words Editors' login: | Persons referred to in commentaries Abbott, Charles (1762-1832); also: Baron Tenterdon; info: judge 1833: United Kingdom * Dramatic Literary Property Act 1862: United Kingdom * Fine Art Copyright Act Abbot, George (1562-1633); info: prelate; Archbishop of Canterbury (1611-1633) 1624: United Kingdom * Statute of Monopolies Abbt, Thomas (1738-1766); info: author; critic 1794: Germany * Prussian Statute Book (ALR) Abel, Karl Friedrich (1723-1787); info: composer; concert impresario 1777: United Kingdom * Bach v. Longman Abernethy, John (1764-1831); info: surgeon 1835: United Kingdom * Publication of Lectures Act Abree, James (c.1691-1768); info: printer 1667: United Kingdom * Milton's Contract Accursio, Marcangelo (fl.1524); info: Italian poet; editor 1517 : Italy * Venetian Decree on Press Affairs Aconcio, Jacopo (c.1492-c.1567); info: Italian humanist; military engineer; political refugee to England 1474: Italy * Venetian Statute on Industrial Brevets Actors, Peter (fl.1485); info: King's printer 1518: United Kingdom * The Articles of the Pope's Bulle 1553: United Kingdom * Totell's Printing Patent 1559: United Kingdom * Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass Adams, Richard (1709/10-1774); info: judge 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket Adams, Samuel (1722-1803); info: American revolutionary politician 1672: USA * Usher's Printing Privilege Adams, Sir Francis Ottiwell (1826-1889); info: diplomat; Minister Plenipotentiary at Berne 1886: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act Addison, Joseph (1672-1719); info: writer; politician 1704: United Kingdom * Defoe's Essay on the Press 1741: United Kingdom * Pope v. Curl 1762: United Kingdom * Tonson v. Collins Adgate, Andrew (d.1793); info: American musician; choral director 1781: USA * Andrew Law's Petition Adolphus, John (1765-1845); info: barrister 1833: United Kingdom * Dramatic Literary Property Act Aeschylus (c.525 B.C.-c.456 B.C.); info: Greek tragedian 1846 : Germany * Bilateral Treaty between Prussia and Britain Aesop; info: legendary Greek fabulist 1775: United Kingdom * Stationers' Company v. Carnan Aguesseau, Henri-François d' (1668-1751); info: statesman; Chancellor of France (1717-1750, intermittently) 1723: France * Code de la Librairie 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade Albert III (1414-1486); also: Achilles; info: Elector of Brandenburg 1479 : Germany * Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg Alberti, Leon Battista (1404-1472); info: Italian architect; poet; cryptographer 1474: Italy * Venetian Statute on Industrial Brevets Alciato, Andrea (1492-1550); also: Alciati; Andreas Alciatus; info: Italian jurist 1515: France * Galliot Du Pré's Privilege 1545: Italy * Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations Alderson, Edward Hall (1787-1857); info: judge; legal writer 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey Alembert, Jean le Rond D' (1717-1783); info: philosopher; mathematician 1762: France * Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors Alexander VI (1431-1503); also: Rodrigo Borgia; info: Pope (1492-1503) 1503: Italy * Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon Allen, Joel (b.1755); info: American silversmith; engraver 1781: USA * Andrew Law's Petition Allingham, William (1824-1889); info: journalist; editor 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report Alviano, Bartolomeo d' (1455-1515); info: Italian soldier; condottiero 1503: Italy * Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon Amerbach, Johann (1414-1513); info: printer 1501: Germany * Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica 1531: Germany * Basel Printers' Statute Amerot, Adrien (d.1560); info: teacher of Greek; lexicographer 1531 : Germany * Basel Printers' Statute Ammianus Marcellinus (c.330-390); info: Roman historian 1517 : Italy * Venetian Decree on Press Affairs Ammirato, Scipione (1531-1601); info: Italian historian 1486 : Italy * Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege Anderson, William (fl.1772); info: bookseller 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Anderton, William (d.1693); info: printer 1690: United Kingdom * Locke's Second Treatise on Government (selected extracts) Andreae, Hieronymus (d.1556); info: artist 1511: Germany * Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick André, Johann Anton (1775-1842); info: composer; music publisher; publisher of Mozart's works 1830: Germany * Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy Angelus Silesius (1624-1677); also: Johann Scheffler; info: poet; mystic 1659: Germany * Schupp: The Book Thief Anisson-Duperron, Etienne (1748-1794); info: printer; director of the Imprimerie royale (1788) 1723: France * Code de la Librairie Anne (1665-1714); info: Queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1702-1714) 1690: United Kingdom * Locke's Second Treatise on Government (selected extracts) 1704: United Kingdom * Defoe's Essay on the Press 1710: United Kingdom * Statute of Anne 1721: United Kingdom * Burnet v. Chetwood 1741: United Kingdom * Gyles v. Wilcox (Atkyn's Reports) 1762: United Kingdom * Tonson v. Collins 1777: France * Linguet's memorandum Antico da Montona, Andrea (c.1480-c.1538); also: Anticho; Antiquo; info: Italian music printer; publisher; composer 1498: Italy * Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent Antommarchi, Francesco (1780-1838); info: Napoleon's physician at St Helena 1814: France * Court of Cassation on sculptures Antoninus Florentinus, St (1389-1459); info: Dominican friar; Archbishop of Florence 1517: Italy * Venetian Decree on Press Affairs Applegarth, Augustus (c.1788-1871); info: calico printer; silk printer 1787: United Kingdom * Calico Printers' Act Apuleius, Lucius (c.123-c.180); info: Roman writer; satirist; rhetorician 1486: Italy * Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege Aquinas, St Thomas (1225-1274); info: scholastic philosopher; theologian 1517: Italy * Venetian Decree on Press Affairs 1586: France * Simon Marion's plea on privileges Arbuthnot, John (1667-1735); info: physician; satirist 1737: United Kingdom * Baller v. Watson: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders 1741: United Kingdom * Pope v. Curl Arcadelt, Jacques (c.1504-1568); also: Jacob; info: Franco-Flemish composer 1498: Italy * Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent Archenholtz, Johann Wilhelm von (1741-1812); info: historian 1790: Germany * J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire Archer, Frederick Scott (1813-1857); info: English photographic pioneer 1876: Germany * Copyright Acts for the German Empire regarding works of art, photography, and designs Archer, Thomas (fl.1620); info: printer 1624: United Kingdom * Statute of Monopolies Aretino, Pietro (1492-1557); info: Italian poet 1503: Italy * Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon Argenson, Marc-Pierre de Voyer de Paulmy, comte d' (1696-1764); info: statesman; director of the Librairie (1737-1740) 1723: France * Code de la Librairie Ariosto, Ludovico (1474-1533); info: Italian poet 1486: Italy * Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege 1515: Italy * Ariosto's Printing Privilege 1517: Italy * Venetian Decree on Press Affairs 1545: Italy * Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations 1672: USA * Usher's Printing Privilege Aristotle (384 B.C.-322 B.C.); info: Greek philosopher; scientist 1513 : Germany * Imperial privilege for Eucharius Rösslin 1545: Italy * Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations 1586: France * Simon Marion's plea on privileges Arne, Thomas (1710-1778); info: composer; music performer 1777: United Kingdom * Bach v. Longman Arnold, Matthew (1822-1888); info: poet; writer 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report Arrighi, Ludovico Vicentino degli (1475-1527); info: papal scribe; type designer 1503: Italy * Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon Artaria, Francesco (1744-1808); info: founder of publishing house 1840 : Germany * Bilateral Treaty between Austria and Sardinia Asher, Adolphus (1800-1853); info: Berlin bookseller; anglophile 1846 : Germany * Bilateral Treaty between Prussia and Britain Ashurst, William (1725-1807); info: judge 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1798: United Kingdom * Beckford v. Hood Aston, Richard (1717-1778); info: judge 1747: United Kingdom * Warburton's Letter from an Author 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1778: France * Pluquet's letters 1833: United Kingdom * Dramatic Literary Property Act 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Astrue, John (fl.1753); info: lexicographer 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Atkyns, John Tracey (1706-1773); info: law reporter 1741: United Kingdom * Gyles v. Wilcox (Atkyn's Reports) Attaignant, Pierre (c.1494-1552); info: music printer 1498: Italy * Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent 1552: France * General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard Auber, Daniel François Esprit (1782-1871); info: composer 1838: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey Augurello, Giovanni Aurelio (1441-1524); also: Joannes Aurelius Augurellus; info: Italian humanist scholar; poet; alchemist 1545: Italy * Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations Augustine, St (354-430); also: Aurelius Augustinus; info: Church father 1469: Italy * Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly 1515: France * Galliot Du Pré's Privilege 1517: Italy * Venetian Decree on Press Affairs Aumont (fl.1757-1761); info: publisher 1761: France * La Fontaine case Austen, Jane (1775-1817); info: novelist 1667: United Kingdom * Milton's Contract Austin, Stephen (d.1750); info: bookseller 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Avellaneda, Alonso Fernández de (fl.1614); info: pseudonym of the author of the spurious second part of "Don Quixote" 1845: France * Court of Appeal on translations Aylmer, Brabazon (c.1645-c.1719); info: bookseller 1667: United Kingdom * Milton's Contract Babington, Thomas (1758-1837); info: philanthropist; politician 1814: United Kingdom * Copyright Act 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 1498: Italy * Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent 1777: United Kingdom * Bach v. Longman 1838: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act Bacon, Francis (1561-1626); info: philosopher; essayist 1667: United Kingdom * Milton's Contract Badius, Josse (1462-1535); also: Jodocus Badius; Bade; info: printer; author 1531: Germany * Basel Printers' Statute Baillière, Hippolyte-Pierre (1809-1867); info: publisher 1838: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act Baillière, Jean-Baptiste (1797-1885); info: publisher 1838: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act Baker, William C. M. (fl.1867-1879); info: American auditor 1879: USA * Baker v. Selden Bakfark, Bálint (1507-1576); also: Valentin Greffius; info: composer 1511: Germany * Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick Baldwyn, Joshua (fl.1781); info: Clerk of Stationers' Company 1775: United Kingdom * Stationers' Company v. Carnan Balesdens, Jean (d.1674); also: Ballesdens; info: scholar; editor; bibliophile 1552: France * General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard Ballard, Christophe (d.1715); info: music printer 1552: France * General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard Ballard, Christophe-Jean-François (d.1765); info: music printer 1552: France * General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard Ballard, Jean-Baptiste-Christophe (c.1663-1750); info: music printer 1552 : France * General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard Ballard, Pierre I (c.1575-1639); info: music printer 1552: France * General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard Ballard, Pierre-Robert-Christophe (d.1812); info: music printer 1552 : France * General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard Ballard, Robert I (d.1588); info: music printer 1515: France * Galliot Du Pré's Privilege 1552: France * General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard 1786: France * French Decree on Musical Publications Ballard, Robert III (c.1610-1673); info: music printer 1552: France * General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard Ballarin, Giorgio (d.1512); info: Venetian glassmaker 1474: Italy * Venetian Statute on Industrial Brevets Balzac, Honoré de (1799-1850); info: novelist 1834: France * Balzac's letter to authors Bancroft, George (1800-1891); info: American historian; US Minister in Britain (1846-1849) 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey Bancroft, Richard (1544-1610); info: prelate; Archbishop of Canterbury (1604-1610) 1559: United Kingdom * Elizabethan Injunctions Barbaro, Daniele (fl.1493); info: Italian publisher 1469: Italy * Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly 1486: Italy * Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege 1517: Italy * Venetian Decree on Press Affairs Barbaro, Ermolao (1454-1493/95); also: Hermolaus Barbarus; info: Italian scholar 1469: Italy * Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly 1486: Italy * Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege 1517: Italy * Venetian Decree on Press Affairs Barbin, Claude (c.1628-1698); info: bookseller; publisher 1761 : France * La Fontaine case Barker, Christopher (1528/29-1599); info: Queen's printer 1586: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree Barlow, Joel (1754-1812); info: American poet; politician 1781: USA * Andrew Law's Petition 1783: USA * Connecticut Copyright Statute Barnardiston, Thomas (1706-1752); info: law reporter 1741: United Kingdom * Gyles v. Wilcox (Atkyn's Reports) Barnes, Joseph (fl.1785-1792); info: American steamboat constructor 1789: USA * The Constitutional Copyright Clause Barnes, Thomas (1785-1841); info: drama critic; editor of "The Times"; reformer 1835: United Kingdom * Publication of Lectures Act Barovier, Angelo (1405-1460); info: inventor of Venetian crystal 1474 : Italy * Venetian Statute on Industrial Brevets Barovier, Marietta (fl.1460); info: Venetian glassmaker 1474 : Italy * Venetian Statute on Industrial Brevets Barre, Jean-François de la (1745-1766); info: free thinker 1776: France * Fragments on the Freedom of the Press 1777: France * Linguet's memorandum Barrow, Isaac (1630-1677); info: theologian 1667: United Kingdom * Milton's Contract Barrow, Thomas (fl.1630s); info: linen-draper 1667: United Kingdom * Milton's Contract Baskett, John (1664/65-1742); info: stationer; printer 1762: United Kingdom * Tonson v. Collins Baskett, Robert (fl.1746-1749); info: printer 1762: United Kingdom * Tonson v. Collins Baskett, Thomas (1701-1761); info: printer 1762: United Kingdom * Tonson v. Collins Bathurst, Henry, 2nd Earl (1714-1794); also: Lord Apsley; info: Lord Chancellor (1771-1778) 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1775: United Kingdom * Stationers' Company v. Carnan 1833: United Kingdom * Dramatic Literary Property Act 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Baudelaire, Charles Pierre (1821-1867); info: Symbolist poet 1869 : France * Court of Cassation on originality Baudry; info: Paris-based publishing house 1838: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act Baumgarten, Alexander Gottlieb (1714-1762); info: German philosopher 1774 : Germany * Pütter: The Reprinting of Books Baumgarten, Siegmund Jakob (1706-1757); info: German theologian 1774 : Germany * Pütter: The Reprinting of Books Bayard, James Asheton, Jr. (1799-1880); info: Senator for Delaware 1856: USA * Copyright Act Amendment Bayley, Daniel (1729-1799); info: American music publisher; organist 1781: USA * Andrew Law's Petition Bayley, Sir John (1763-1841); info: judge; legal writer 1838: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey Bayle, Pierre (1647-1706); info: Protestant philosopher 1701 : France * Royal letters patent 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de (1732-1799); info: playwright 1780 : France Beaumarchais's report 1780: France Decree on Dramatic Literary Property 1780: France * Dramatic Act 1834: France * Balzac's letter to authors Bebel, Johann (fl.1530); info: printer 1531: Germany * Basel Printers' Statute 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 (1722-1813); also: Beckett; info: bookseller 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket Beck, Balthasar (fl.1527-1551); info: German printer 1503: Italy * Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon Beck, Leonhard, (c.1480-1542); info: painter; draftsman 1511: Germany * Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick Bede, the Venerable, St (c.673-735); info: scholar; theologian; historian 1566: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827); info: composer 1830: Germany * Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy 1870: Germany * Copyright Act for the German Empire Beier, Adrian (1634-1698); also: Beyer; info: Professor of law at Jena 1690: Germany Beier: On the Book Trade and its Privileges Belknap, Jeremy (1744-1798); info: American historian; clergyman 1783: USA * Connecticut Copyright Statute Bellay, Joachim du (1522-1560); info: poet; humanist 1515: France * Galliot Du Pré's Privilege Bellini, Vincenzo (1801-1835); info: operatic composer 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey Bell, Thomas (fl.1783); info: inventor of cylinder printing; engraver 1787: United Kingdom * Calico Printers' Act Bembo, Carlo (b.c.1500); info: Venetian patrician 1545: Italy * Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations Bembo, Pietro (1470-1547); info: Italian scholar; poet; cardinal 1486 : Italy * Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege 1503: Italy * Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon 1545: Italy * Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations Benedict, Sir Julius (1804-1885); info: composer 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report Bentham, Joseph (fl.1740-1758); info: Cambridge University printer 1762: United Kingdom * Tonson v. Collins Bentley, George (1828-1895); info: publisher 1847: United Kingdom * Foreign Reprints Act Bently, Richard (1662-1742); also: Bentley; info: scholar; critic 1667: United Kingdom * Milton's Contract Bergne, Sir John Henry Gibbs (1842-1908); info: diplomat 1886: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act Berg, Günther Heinrich, Freiherr vom (1765-1843); info: delegate at Frankfurt Diet 1837: Germany * Directive for reciprocal copyright protection within the German Confederation Berkeley, Sir William (1605-1677); info: Governor of Virginia (1642-1652, 1660-1677) 1672: USA * Usher's Printing Privilege Bernardus de Landriano (fl.1524); info: Italian jurist 1486: Italy * Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege Berni, Francesco (c.1497-1535); also: Bernia; info: Italian poet 1503 : Italy * Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon Beroaldo, Filippo I (1453-1505); also: Philippus Beroaldus; info: Italian humanist; Professor of Rhetoric at Bologna 1486: Italy * Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege Bertauld, Alred (1812-1882); info: jurist 1878: France * Morillot on the author's right Berthelet, Thomas (d.1555); info: King's printer; bookbinder 1559: United Kingdom * Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass Berthold of Henneberg (1441-1504); info: Archbishop of Mainz 1479 : Germany * Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg Bertuch, Friedrich Justin (1747-1822); info: publisher 1809: Germany * Baden Civil Code Betbéder (fl.1862); info: photographer 1862: France * Court of Cassation on photography Bethell, Richard, 1st Baron Westbury (1800-1873); info: Lord Chancellor (1861-1865) 1862: United Kingdom * Fine Art Copyright Act Beuchot, Adrien Jean Quentin (1773-1851); info: scholar; editor of Voltaire's works 1814: France * Court of Cassation on compilations Bey, Gilles (fl.1586-1595); info: bookseller 1586: France * Simon Marion's plea on privileges Bibliander, Theodor (1504-1564); also: Theodorus; Theodor Buchmann; info: Professor of theology at Basel; Orientalist; translator 1531: Germany * Basel Printers' Statute Biester, Johann Erich (1749-1816); info: librarian 1794: Germany * Prussian Statute Book (ALR) Bignon, Jérôme (1589-1656); info: councillor of state 1701 : France * Royal letters patent Billings, William (1746-1800); info: American choral composer; tanner 1672: USA * Usher's Printing Privilege 1781: USA * Andrew Law's Petition Billon, François de (fl.1555); info: author 1507: France * Eloy d'Amerval's privilege Binder, Nicolaus (1785-1865); info: Hamburg senator 1827: Germany * Kramer: Rights of Writers and Publishers Bingham, Thomas (b.1933); also: Baron Bingham of Cornhill; info: judge 1690: United Kingdom * Locke's Second Treatise on Government (selected extracts) Bird, Robert Montgomery (1805-1854); info: American author 1856: USA * Copyright Act Amendment Birkenhead, John (1617-1679); info: journalist; poet; Surveyor of the Press 1662: United Kingdom * Licensing Act Birnbaum, Johann Abraham (1702-1748); info: Professor of Rhetoric at Leipzig 1740: Germany * Encyclopaedia Article on "The Reprinting of Books" Birrell, Augustine (1850-1933); info: politician; writer 1710: United Kingdom * Statute of Anne 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report Blackstone, William (1723-1780); info: legal writer; judge 1690: United Kingdom * Locke's Second Treatise on Government (selected extracts) 1741: United Kingdom * Pope v. Curl 1762: United Kingdom * Tonson v. Collins 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1775: United Kingdom * Stationers' Company v. Carnan 1798: United Kingdom * Beckford v. Hood 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Bladen, William (1673-1718); info: clerk of the Maryland House of Delegates 1672: USA * Usher's Printing Privilege Blado, Antonio (1490-1567); info: Italian publisher; apostolic printer (1545-1567) 1531: Italy * Bernardo Giunti's privilege for Machiavelli's works Blaine, Delabere Roberton (1807-1871); info: lawyer; author of "On the Laws of Artistic Copyright and their Defects" (1853) 1847: United Kingdom * Foreign Reprints Act 1862: United Kingdom * Fine Art Copyright Act 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 Blatchford, Samuel (1820-1893); info: American judge; reporter of decisions 1856: USA * Copyright Act Amendment Bleistein, George (1861-1918); info: American publisher; printer; lithographer 1903: USA * Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co. Blodgett, William (1754-1809); info: American cartographer 1781: USA * Andrew Law's Petition Blondel, Pierre-Jacques (1683-1739); info: author 1515: France * Galliot Du Pré's Privilege 1650: France * Vitré's memorandum on the prolongation of privileges 1701: France * Royal letters patent 1723: France * Code de la Librairie 1759: France * Sieur d'Anville's contract 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade 1845: France * Court of Appeal on translations Blumauer, Aloys (1755-1798); also: Aloysius; info: Austrian author; editor; censor 1781: Germany * Austrian Statutes on Censorship and Printing Bluntschli, Johann Kaspar (1808-1881); info: jurist; author 1821 : Germany * Hegel: Remarks on Intellectual Property 1853: Germany * Bluntschli: On Authors' Rights 1857: Germany * Wächter: "Publishing Right" Boccaccio, Giovanni (1313-1375); info: Italian writer 1545: Italy * Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations Bodin, Jean (1530-1596); info: political philosopher 1586: France * Simon Marion's plea on privileges Böhm, Hans (d.1476); info: religious revolutionary 1479 : Germany * Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg Boileau, Etienne (c.1200-1270); info: Grand-Provost of Paris 1762 : France * Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors Boileau-Despréaux, Nicolas (1636-1711); info: author 1759 : France * Sieur d'Anville's contract Boisguilbert, Pierre de (1646-1714); info: Lieutenant General of Police of Rouen 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade Boissier, Jean (fl.1504); info: bookseller 1507: France * Eloy d'Amerval's privilege Boker, George Henry (1823-1890); info: American poet; playwright; diplomat 1856: USA * Copyright Act Amendment Boleyn, Anne (c.1504-1536); info: second wife of Henry VIII 1538: United Kingdom * Henrician Proclamation Bolingbroke, Henry St John, 1st Viscount (1678-1751); info: statesman; writer 1737: United Kingdom * Baller v. Watson: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders Bonafusus de Sancta Columba (fl.1236); info: Mayor of Bordeaux 1762 : France * Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors Bonaventure, St (1221-1274); also: Bonaventura; Giovanni di Fidanza; Doctor Seraphicus; info: Italian theologian 1486: Italy * Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege Boosey, Thomas (1794/95-1871); info: music publisher 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey Borgia, Cesare (1476-1507); info: Italian soldier; Captain-General of the armies of the Church 1503: Italy * Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon Bossuet, Jacques Bénigne (1627-1704); info: churchman; orator 1814: France * Court of Cassation on compilations Boswell, James (1740-1795); info: lawyer; diarist; biographer 1667: United Kingdom * Milton's Contract 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson 1842: United Kingdom * Copyright Act Boucicault, Dion (1820-1890); info: Irish actor; dramatist 1833: United Kingdom * Dramatic Literary Property Act 1856: USA * Copyright Act Amendment Boudinot, Elias (1740-1821); info: American lawyer; statesman; President of the Continental Congress (1782-1783) 1783: USA * Connecticut Copyright Statute 1790: USA * Copyright Act Boufflers, Stanislas Jean chevalier de (1738-1815); info: statesman; writer 1762: France * Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors Bourdalouse, Louis (1632-1704); info: churchman; orator 1814: France * Court of Cassation on compilations Bourke, Robert, Baron Connemara (1827-1902); info: barrister; MP; Governor of Madras (1886-1902) 1886: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act Bourne, Nicholas (d.1661); info: printer 1624: United Kingdom * Statute of Monopolies Bourne, Robert (fl.1586); info: printer 1586: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree Bourne, Samuel (1834-1912); info: photographer 1862: United Kingdom * Fine Art Copyright Act Bousset, Jean-Baptiste Drouart de (1662-1725); info: French composer; singer 1552: France * General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard Boydell, John (1720-1804); info: engraver; dealer in prints 1798: United Kingdom * Models and Busts Act Boydell, John (1720-1804); info: engraver; printseller 1862: United Kingdom * Fine Art Copyright Act Boyer, Jean-Baptiste de, Marquis d'Argens (1703-1771); info: philosopher; courtier 1765: Germany Reich v. Pauli 1765: Germany * Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel 1794: Germany * Prussian Statute Book (ALR) Boyle, Richard, 3rd Earl of Burlington (1694-1753); info: patron of the arts 1737: United Kingdom * Booksellers' Bill Braddon, Mary Elizabeth (1835-1915); info: novelist 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report Bradford, William (1663-1752); info: English-born American printer 1672: USA * Usher's Printing Privilege Bradley, Joseph Philo (1813-1892); info: American jurist; U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice (1870-1892) 1879: USA * Baker v. Selden Bragg, Benjamin (fl.1704); info: publisher 1704: United Kingdom * Defoe's Essay on the Press Brant, Sebastian (1457-1521); info: author 1501: Germany * Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica Bras-de-Fer, Jean, Sieur de Château-Fort (fl.1611); info: inventor 1762: France * Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors Brauer, Johann Niklas Friedrich (1754-1813); info: jurist; editor of Baden Statute Book 1809: Germany * Baden Civil Code Breitkopf, Johann Gottlob Immanuel (1719-1794); info: music publisher; typographer 1765: Germany Reich v. Pauli 1765: Germany * Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel 1790: Germany * J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire 1794: Germany * Prussian Statute Book (ALR) Brettell, T. (fl.1831-1838); info: music publisher 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey Brewster, Benjamin Harris (1816-1888); info: American attorney 1853: USA * Stowe v. Thomas Brie, Eustace de (fl.1507); info: bookseller 1507: France * Eloy d'Amerval's privilege Briot, Nicolas (1579-1646); info; coin engraver; inventor 1762 : France * Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors Britton, John (1771-1857); info: antiquary 1814: United Kingdom * Copyright Act Brockes, Barthold Heinrich (1680-1747); info: author 1739: Germany Privilege of the Protestant Swiss Cantons Brockhaus, Friedrich (1800-1865); info: publisher 1830: Germany * Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy Brönner, Johann Carl (1738-1812); info: bookseller; publisher 1794 : Germany * Prussian Statute Book (ALR) Brooke, Henry (c.1703-1783); info: writer; playwright 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Brouault, Jean (fl.1646); info: alchemist 1552: France * General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard Brougham, Henry Peter, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778-1868); info: jurist; Lord Chancellor (1830-1834) 1798: United Kingdom * Beckford v. Hood 1814: United Kingdom * Copyright Act 1835: United Kingdom * Publication of Lectures Act 1838: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act 1842: United Kingdom * Copyright Act 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey Brown, George (d.1776); also: Lord Coalston; info: judge 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Brucioli, Antonio (d.1566); info: Italian humanist; religious thinker; publisher; biblical translator 1545: Italy * Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations Brunelleschi, Filippo (1377-1466); info: Italian architect; goldsmith; sculptor 1474: Italy * Venetian Statute on Industrial Brevets 1762: France * Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors Brunet, Anthelme (d.1835); info: publisher 1814: France * Court of Cassation on compilations Brunfels, Otto (c.1488-1534); info: botanist; theologian 1533 : Germany * Schott v. Egenolph Bruyset, Jean-Marie (1719-1793); info: printer; bookseller 1759 : France * Sieur d'Anville's contract 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 * International Copyright Act Brydges, Sir Samuel Egerton (1762-1837); info: writer; genealogist 1814: United Kingdom * Copyright Act Bryer, Henry (fl.1812); info: bookseller 1814: United Kingdom * Copyright Act Buckley, Samuel (fl.1710-1733); info: bookseller 1710: United Kingdom * Statute of Anne 1838: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act Buckner, John (1631-1695); info: English immigrant to Virginia 1672: USA * Usher's Printing Privilege Budé, Guillaume (1467-1540); also: Budaeus; info: scholar 1531 : Germany * Basel Printers' Statute Buller, Sir Francis (1746-1800); info: judge 1833: United Kingdom * Dramatic Literary Property Act Bullier; info: news agency 1861: France * Court of Cassation on telegraphic news Bullinger, Henry; info: author; reformer 1538: United Kingdom * Henrician Proclamation Bunyan, John (1628-1688); info: author; preacher 1737: United Kingdom * Baller v. Watson: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders Burckhardt, Jacob Christopher (1818-1897); info: Swiss historian; writer on the Renaissance 1474: Italy * Venetian Statute on Industrial Brevets Burgkmair, Hans, (1473-1531); info: painter; draftsman 1511: Germany * Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick Burke, Aedanus (1743-1802); info: American soldier; judge; congressman 1790: USA * Copyright Act Burke, Charles 1833: United Kingdom * Dramatic Literary Property Act Burke, Edmund (1729-1797); info: statesman; philosopher 1801: United Kingdom * Copyright Act Burnet, Dr. Thomas (c.1635-1715); info: natural philosopher; headmaster 1721: United Kingdom * Burnet v. Chetwood 1741: United Kingdom * Gyles v. Wilcox (Atkyn's Reports) Burnet, Gilbert (1690-1726); info: writer 1741: United Kingdom * Gyles v. Wilcox (Atkyn's Reports) Burney, Fanny (1752-1840); also: Frances; Madame D'Arblay; info: novelist; diarist 1667: United Kingdom * Milton's Contract Burns, Robert (1759-1796); info: Scottish poet 1814: United Kingdom * Copyright Act 1853: USA * Stowe v. Thomas Busca, Ercole (d.1484); info: Italian typographer 1469: Italy * Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly Bussi, Giovanne Andrea (1417-1475); info: librarian at the Vatican; editor 1469: Italy * Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly 1545: Italy * Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations Butterworth, John (fl.1814); info: bookseller 1814: United Kingdom * Copyright Act Butter, Nathaniel (c.1583-1664); info: printer 1624: United Kingdom * Statute of Monopolies Bynkershoek, Cornelis van (1673-1743); info: judge; jurist 1762: United Kingdom * Tonson v. Collins Bürckli, Johann Heinrich (fl.1743); info: publisher 1739 : Germany Privilege of the Protestant Swiss Cantons Byrd, William (c.1543-1623); info: composer 1586: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron of Rochdale (1788-1824); info: poet 1798: United Kingdom * Beckford v. Hood 1814: United Kingdom * Copyright Act 1833: United Kingdom * Dramatic Literary Property Act Cadell, Thomas, Sr. (1742-1802); info: bookseller 1833: United Kingdom * Dramatic Literary Property Act Cadwalader, Lambert (1742-1823); info: American merchant; military officer; congressman 1790: USA * Copyright Act Caird, John (1820-1898); info: university principal; Church of Scotland minister; theologian 1835: United Kingdom * Publication of Lectures Act Calcraft, Sir Henry George (1836-1896); info: Permanent Secretary of the Board of Trade 1886: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act Calvisius, Seth (1556-1615); info: composer 1511: Germany * Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick Calye, Robert (fl.1558); info: printer 1559: United Kingdom * Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass Camden, Charles Pratt, 1st Earl (1714-1794); info: jurist; statesman 1667: United Kingdom * Milton's Contract 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1775: United Kingdom * Stationers' Company v. Carnan Cameron, Dr Charles (1841-1924); info: newspaper owner 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report Campbell, Ilay (1734-1823); info: judge; politician 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Campbell, John, 1st Baron Campbell (1779-1861); info: MP; judge; Lord Chancellor (1859-1861) 1741: United Kingdom * Pope v. Curl 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey Campion, Edmund (1540-1581); info: Jesuit writer 1586: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree Camusat, Jean (fl.1634); info: printer 1650: France * Vitré's memorandum on the prolongation of privileges Caneto, Giovanni Antonio de (fl.1519-1534); info: Italian music printer 1498: Italy * Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent Canfield, John (1740-1786); info: American lawyer 1783: USA * Connecticut Copyright Statute Canova, Antonio (1757-1822); info: sculptor 1814: France * Court of Cassation on sculptures Capen, Nahum (1804-1886); info: American bookseller; historian; postmaster 1841: USA * Folsom v. Marsh Cardon, the Abbé (fl.1802-1815); info: author 1814: France * Court of Cassation on compilations Carey, Henry Charles (1793-1879); info: American economist; printer; publisher; protectionist 1801: United Kingdom * Copyright Act 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey Carey, Mathew (1760-1839); info: printer; pamphleteer 1801: United Kingdom * Copyright Act Carlyle, Thomas (1795-1881); info: historian; essayist; sage 1838: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act Carmer, Johann Heinrich (1720-1821); info: statesman 1794: Germany * Prussian Statute Book (ALR) Carnan, Thomas (1737-1788); info: printer; bookseller 1775: United Kingdom * Stationers' Company v. Carnan Castiglione, Baldassare, Count (1478-1529); info: Italian courtier; writer 1498: Italy * Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent Catherine of Aragon (1485-1536); info: first wife of Henry VIII 1538: United Kingdom * Henrician Proclamation Catherine of Siena, St (1347-1380); also: Caterina Benincasa; info: Italian mystic 1503: Italy * Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon 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 Cavazzoni, Marco Antonio (c.1490-1570); info: Italian composer; organist 1498: Italy * Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent Cavendish, Spencer Compton, 8th Duke (1833-1908); also: Marquis of Hartington; info: politician 1886: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act Cave, Edward (1691-1754); info: printer; magazine proprietor 1737: United Kingdom * Booksellers' Bill 1741: United Kingdom * Gyles v. Wilcox (Atkyn's Reports) Cavour, Count Camillo Benso di (1810-1861); info: statesman 1862 : France * Court of Cassation on photography Cawood, John (1514-1572); info: royal printer; Master of Stationers' Company 1559: United Kingdom * Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass 1566: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree Caxton, William (c.1422-c.1492); info: printer; merchant; diplomat 1501 : Germany * Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica 1518: United Kingdom * The Articles of the Pope's Bulle 1553: United Kingdom * Totell's Printing Patent 1559: United Kingdom * Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass 1838: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act Cecil, Sir Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne, 3rd Marquis of Salisbury (1830-1903); info: Conservative statesman; Prime Minister (1885-1886, 1886-1892, 1895-1902) 1886: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act Cecil, William, 1st Baron Burghley (1520-1598); also: Burleigh; Burchleigh; info: statesman 1586: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree Celtis, Conrad (1459-1508); info: author 1479: Germany * Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg 1501: Germany * Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica 1511: Germany * Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick 1660: Germany * Frankfurt Printers' Ordinance Certon, Pierre (c.1515-1572); info: French composer 1552: France * General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de (1547-1616); info: Spanish novelist; playwright; poet 1809: Germany * Baden Civil Code 1845: France * Court of Appeal on translations Chamberlain, Joseph (1836-1914); info: statesman; President of the Board of Trade (1880-1885) 1886: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act Chambers, William (1800-1883); info: Scottish publisher; philanthropist 1847: United Kingdom * Foreign Reprints Act Chanfrau, Frank S. (1824-1884); also: Francis; info: American actor; theatre manager 1856: USA * Copyright Act Amendment Chapman, Frederick (fl.1870); info: publisher 1847: United Kingdom * Foreign Reprints Act Chappell, Frederick (fl.1863); info: joint author of "A Handy-Book of the Law of Copyright" (1863) 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Chappell, William (1809-1888); info: music publisher; antiquary 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey 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); info: King of Great Britain and Ireland (1625-1649) 1624: United Kingdom * Statute of Monopolies 1662: United Kingdom * Licensing Act Charles II (1630-1685); info: King of Scotland and England (1660-1685) 1637: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree 1662: United Kingdom * Licensing Act 1667: United Kingdom * Milton's Contract 1833: United Kingdom * Dramatic Literary Property Act Charles IX (1550-1574); info: King of France (1559-1574) 1552 : France * General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard Charles V of Habsburg (1500-1558); info: Holy Roman Emperor (1519-1556) 1511: Germany * Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick 1513: Germany * Imperial privilege for Eucharius Rösslin 1515: France * Galliot Du Pré's Privilege 1533: Germany * Schott v. Egenolph 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) 1660: Germany * Frankfurt Printers' Ordinance Charlewood, John (d.1593); info: printer 1586: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree Chateaubriand, François René, Vicomte de (1768-1848); info: author; statesman 1814: France * Court of Cassation on compilations 1869: France * Court of Cassation on originality Chemlin, Caspar (d.1643); info: publisher 1659: Germany * Schupp: The Book Thief Chepman, Walter (c.1473-c.1528); info: printer; merchant 1559: United Kingdom * Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass Chetwood, William (d.1766); info: bookseller; writer 1721: United Kingdom * Burnet v. Chetwood Chevillier, André (1636-1700); info: librarian at the Sorbonne; historian of the book trade 1507: France * Eloy d'Amerval's privilege 1515: France * Galliot Du Pré's Privilege 1759: France * Sieur d'Anville's contract Chitty, Joseph (1796-1833); info: lawyer; legal writer 1775: United Kingdom * Stationers' Company v. Carnan Chodowiecki, Daniel (1726-1801); info: painter; illustrator 1781 : Germany * Austrian Statutes on Censorship and Printing Christian, Edward (1758-1823); info: jurist; magistrate 1814: United Kingdom * Copyright Act Christian, Fletcher (c.1764-c.1794); info: seaman; ringleader of the mutiny on the "Bounty" 1814: United Kingdom * Copyright Act Churchman, John (1753-1805); info: American scientist; inventor 1789: USA * The Constitutional Copyright Clause 1790: USA * Copyright Act Cibber, Theophilus (1703-1758); info: actor; playwright 1833: United Kingdom * Dramatic Literary Property Act Cicero, Marcus Tullius (106 B.C.-43 B.C.); info: Roman orator; statesman; author 1469: Italy * Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly 1486: Italy * Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege 1517: Italy * Venetian Decree on Press Affairs Cilian of Bibra (d.1494); also: Kilian; info: theologian; Provost of the Würzburg Cathedral Chapter 1479: Germany * Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg Cisneros, Francisco Jimenez de (1436-1517); also: Cardinal Ximenes; info: churchman; statesman; Cardinal 1531: Germany * Basel Printers' Statute Clarendon, George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of (1800-1870); info: diplomat; statesman; Foreign Secretary (1853-1858, 1865-1866, 1868-1870) 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey Clarke, Edward (1649/51-1710); info: MP 1662: United Kingdom * Licensing Act Clarke, Edward (1649/51-1710); info: politician 1690: United Kingdom * Locke's Second Treatise on Government (selected extracts) Clarke, Sir Thomas (1703/04-1764); info: judge 1667: United Kingdom * Milton's Contract 1741: United Kingdom * Gyles v. Wilcox (Atkyn's Reports) Clark, Charles (fl.1866); info: legal writer 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey Clark, Robert (fl.1773); info: bookseller 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Clark, Samuel (1626-1701); info: Nonconformist minister; biblical scholar 1667: United Kingdom * Milton's Contract Clay, Henry (1777-1852); info: American politician; U.S. Secretary of State (1825-1829); Senator from Kentucky 1838: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act Clement VII (1478-1534); also: Giulio de Medici; info: Pope (1523-1534) 1531: Italy * Bernardo Giunti's privilege for Machiavelli's works 1538: United Kingdom * Henrician Proclamation Closs, Thomas (fl.1858); info: art dealer 1862: United Kingdom * Fine Art Copyright Act Cobden, Richard (1804-1865); info: manufacturer; politician 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report Cochin, Jacques-Denis (1726-1783); also: l'abbé Cochin; info: theologian; philanthropist 1814: France * Court of Cassation on compilations Cochrane, John George (1781-1852); info: bookseller; publisher; librarian 1814: United Kingdom * Copyright Act Cochu, Joseph-Félicité (fl.1760-1771); info: lawyer at Parlement of Paris 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade 1777: France * Linguet's memorandum 1778: France * Pluquet's letters Cockburn, Alexander James Edmund (1802-1880); info: judge 1862: United Kingdom * Fine Art Copyright Act Coke, Sir Edward (1552-1634); info: lawyer; legal writer; politician 1775: United Kingdom * Stationers' Company v. Carnan 1790: USA * Copyright Act Colbert, Jean Baptiste (1619-1683); info: statesman; minister under Louis XIV 1650: France * Vitré's memorandum on the prolongation of privileges 1686: France * Book trade regulations 1701: France * Royal letters patent 1723: France * Code de la Librairie 1762: France * Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors Colebrooke, William (1787-1870); info: Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick 1847: United Kingdom * Foreign Reprints Act Coleridge, John Taylor (1790-1876); info: judge 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772-1832); info: poet; critic; philosopher 1814: United Kingdom * Copyright Act Columbus, Ferdinand (1488-1539); also: Fernando Colón; info: Spanish bibliophile; biographer 1498: Italy * Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent Condorcet, Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis de (1743-1794); info: mathematician; author 1586: France * Simon Marion's plea on privileges 1749: France * Crébillon case 1759: France * Sieur d'Anville's contract 1776: France * Fragments on the Freedom of the Press 1777: France * Linguet's memorandum 1778: France * Pluquet's letters 1790: France * Sieyès' report 1862: France * Court of Cassation on photography 1869: France * Court of Cassation on originality Conforti, Francesco di (fl.1504-1510); info: Italian singer 1498 : Italy * Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent Conring, Hermann (1606-1681); info: Professor of law at Helmstadt 1690: Germany Beier: On the Book Trade and its Privileges Contee, Benjamin (1755-1815); info: American military officer; congressman; Episcopal priest 1790: USA * Copyright Act Converse, Sherman (1790-1873); info: American publisher 1831: USA * Copyright Act Cooke, Andrew (fl.1667); info: inspector of the press 1662: United Kingdom * Licensing Act Cook, Dutton (1831-1883); info: theatre critic 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report Cook, James (1728-1779); also: Captain Cook; info: navigator 1781: USA * Andrew Law's Petition 1783: USA Ledyard Petition Committee Report 1783: USA Petition of John Ledyard Cooper, Thomas (c.1517-1594); info: bishop; lexicographer 1667: United Kingdom * Milton's Contract 1672: USA * Usher's Printing Privilege Copinger, Walter Arthur (1847-1910); info: barrister; bibliographer; antiquary 1798: United Kingdom * Beckford v. Hood 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1835: United Kingdom * Publication of Lectures Act 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1862: United Kingdom * Fine Art Copyright Act 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report Copley, John Singleton (1738-1815); info: American painter 1862: United Kingdom * Fine Art Copyright Act Copley, John Singleton, 1st Baron Lyndhurst (1772-1863); info: politician; Lord Chancellor (1827-1830, 1834-1835, and 1841-1846) 1775: United Kingdom * Stationers' Company v. Carnan 1862: United Kingdom * Fine Art Copyright Act Corallus, Stephanus (fl.1477); info: Italian publisher 1517: Italy * Venetian Decree on Press Affairs Corneille, Pierre (1606-1684); info: dramatist 1759: France * Sieur d'Anville's contract Cornilleau, Jean (fl.1520); also: Johannes Cornicularius; info: printer 1515: France * Galliot Du Pré's Privilege Corrozet, Gilles (1510-1568); info: publisher; historian; translator 1515 : France * Galliot Du Pré's Privilege Corteccia, Francesco (1502-1571); info: Italian composer; organist; music teacher 1498: Italy * Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent Coryate, Thomas (c.1577-1617); info: English traveller 1498: Italy * Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent Cotta, Johann Friedrich (1764-1832); info: publisher 1815: Germany * Annotated Publishers' Petition to the Congress of Vienna 1830: Germany * Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy Cottington, Francis (c.1579-1652); info: government licensor of newspapers 1624: United Kingdom * Statute of Monopolies Couhin, Claude Raoul (b.1850); info: jurist; author of "La propriété industrielle, artistique et littéraire" 1814: France * Court of Cassation on sculptures 1842: France * Court of Cassation on artistic property 1861: France * Court of Cassation on telegraphic news 1862: France * Court of Cassation on photography 1869: France * Court of Cassation on originality Courtenay, William Reginald, 11th Earl of Devon (1807-1888); info: politician 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report Courtin, Claude Christophe (fl.1759-1770); info: lawyer at Parlement of Paris 1749: France * Crébillon case Coxe, Tench (1755-1824); info: American economist 1789: USA * The Constitutional Copyright Clause Craggs, James, 'the Younger' (1686-1721); info: politician 1737: United Kingdom * Booksellers' Bill Craig, Sir Thomas (c.1538-1608); info: lawyer; jurist 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Crampton, Sir John Fiennes Twistleton (1805-1886); info: British Minister to the USA 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey Crastone, Giovanni (c.1420-1498); also: Johannes Crastonus; Johannes Carmelitanus; info: monk; lexicographer 1531: Germany * Basel Printers' Statute Cratander, Andreas (fl.1519-1538); info: printer 1531: Germany * Basel Printers' Statute Crébillon, Prosper Jolyot de (1674-1762); info: dramatist 1749 : France * Crébillon case 1761: France * La Fontaine case Cresswell, Sir Cresswell (1794-1863); info: judge 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey Crompton, Charles John (1797-1865); info: judge 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey Cromwell, Thomas (c.1485-1540); info: statesman; Lord Great Chamberlain 1538: United Kingdom * Henrician Proclamation 1553: United Kingdom * Totell's Printing Patent 1559: United Kingdom * Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass Crotus, Johann (d.1545); also: Crotus Rubeanus; info: theologian 1560 : Germany Counterfeited papal privilege Cuningham, William (fl.1559); also: Conningham; Cunningham; info: astrologer; physician; engraver 1566: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree Cuno, Johannes (1462-1513); info: scholar; editor 1531: Germany * Basel Printers' Statute Curio, Valentin (fl.1520-1522); info: printer 1531: Germany * Basel Printers' Statute Curl, Edmund (1683-1747); info: bookseller 1737: United Kingdom * Booksellers' Bill 1741: United Kingdom * Pope v. Curl Curran, John Philpot (1750-1817); info: Irish orator 1801: United Kingdom * Copyright Act Curtis, Benjamin Robbins (1809-1874); info: American attorney; Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1851-1857) 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright Curtis, George Ticknor (1812-1894); info: patent attorney; legal writer; author of "A Treatise on the Law of Copyright" (1847) 1790: USA * Copyright Act 1798: United Kingdom * Beckford v. Hood 1841: USA * Folsom v. Marsh 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1853: USA * Stowe v. Thomas 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Daguerre, Louis Jacques Mandé (1789-1851); info: photographic pioneer; painter 1876: Germany * Copyright Acts for the German Empire regarding works of art, photography, and designs Daldy, Frederick Richard (fl.1854-1886); info: publisher; Honorary Secretary of the Copyright Association of Great Britain 1847: United Kingdom * Foreign Reprints Act 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report 1886: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act Dallier, Jean (fl.1549-1564); info: bookseller 1507: France * Eloy d'Amerval's privilege Dall'Aquila, Marco (c.1480-1538); info: Venetian lutenist; composer 1498 : Italy * Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent Dalrymple, Sir David (1726-1792); also: Lord Hailes; info: judge; historian 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Daly, Augustine (1838-1899); info: American playwright; theatre manager; critic 1856: USA * Copyright Act Amendment Dambach, Otto (1831-1899); info: civil servant; jurist; author 1876 : Germany * Copyright Acts for the German Empire regarding works of art, photography, and designs Dammert, Johann Ludewig (1788-1855); info: Hamburg senator 1827: Germany * Kramer: Rights of Writers and Publishers Dancourt, Florent Carton (1661-1725); also: d'Ancourt; info: dramatist; actor 1507: France * Eloy d'Amerval's privilege 1759: France * Sieur d'Anville's contract Daniel, Samuel (1562/63-1619); info: poet; historian 1667: United Kingdom * Milton's Contract Dante Alighieri (1265-1321); info: poet 1503: Italy * Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon Danz, Wilhelm August (1764-1803); info: jurist 1790: Germany * J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire Darcy, Edward (fl.1603); info: playing card manufacturer 1624: United Kingdom * Statute of Monopolies 1775: United Kingdom * Stationers' Company v. Carnan Darjes, Joachim Georg (1714-1791); info: jurist; Professor of law at Frankfurt 1794: Germany * Prussian Statute Book (ALR) Darling, William (fl.1773); info: bookseller 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Davenport, Mr. (fl.1779); info: lawyer 1775: United Kingdom * Stationers' Company v. Carnan David, Michel-Etienne (fl.1733-1739); info: bookseller 1845: France * Court of Appeal on translations Davis, James (1721-1785); info: American printer 1672: USA * Usher's Printing Privilege Dawkins, Henry (fl.1753-1786); info: English-born American engraver 1781: USA * Andrew Law's Petition Day, John (1521/22-1584); info: printer 1566: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree 1586: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree 1662: United Kingdom * Licensing Act Day, John (1521/22-1584); info: printer; bookseller 1559: United Kingdom * Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass Day, Mathew (1620-1649); info: American printer 1672: USA * Usher's Printing Privilege Day, Stephen (1594-1668); info: Anglo-American printer; locksmith 1672: USA * Usher's Printing Privilege de Grey, William (1719-1781); info judge 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1775: United Kingdom * Stationers' Company v. Carnan De Rippe, Albert (c.1500-1551); also: Alberto de Ripa; info: Italian lutenist; composer 1552: France * General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard Defoe, Daniel (1660-1731); info: author 1704: United Kingdom * Defoe's Essay on the Press 1710: United Kingdom * Statute of Anne 1741: United Kingdom * Gyles v. Wilcox (Atkyn's Reports) Denman, Thomas (1779-1854); info: judge 1833: United Kingdom * Dramatic Literary Property Act Derby, Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, 14th Earl (1799-1869); also: Lord Stanley; info: statesman; Colonial Secretary (1833-1834, 1841-1844); Prime Minister (1852, 1858-1859, 1866-1868) 1847: United Kingdom * Foreign Reprints Act Desaint, Jean (d.1776); info: bookseller; publisher 1749: France * Crébillon case 1759: France * Sieur d'Anville's contract 1777: France * Linguet's memorandum Desessarts, Jean-Baptiste (fl.1725-1730); info: printer 1759 : France * Sieur d'Anville's contract Desessarts, Nicolas-Toussaint Lemoyne (1744-1810); also: Des Essarts; info: French bookseller; compiler 1799: Germany * Kehr: Apology of the Reprinting of Books Desprez, Guillaume (1630-1709); info: printer 1759: France * Sieur d'Anville's contract Dibdin, Thomas Frognall (1776-1847); info: bibliographer 1814: United Kingdom * Copyright Act Dibdin, Thomas John (1771-1841); info: playwright; actor 1833: United Kingdom * Dramatic Literary Property Act Dicey, Albert Venn (1835-1922); info: jurist; constitutional theorist 1828: United Kingdom * Maugham's Treatise 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Dickens, Charles Culliford Boz (1837-1896); info: magazine editor 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report Dickens, Charles (1812-1870); info: writer 1838: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act 1846: Germany * Bilateral Treaty between Prussia and Britain 1847: United Kingdom * Foreign Reprints Act 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey Diderot, Denis (1713-1784); info: author; philosopher 1507: France * Eloy d'Amerval's privilege 1515: France * Galliot Du Pré's Privilege 1586: France * Simon Marion's plea on privileges 1723: France * Code de la Librairie 1741: United Kingdom * Pope v. Curl 1749: France * Crébillon case 1759: France * Sieur d'Anville's contract 1761: France * La Fontaine case 1762: France * Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade 1770: France * Luneau de Boisjermain's case 1776: France * Fragments on the Freedom of the Press 1777: France * Linguet's memorandum 1778: France * Pluquet's letters 1869: France * Court of Cassation on originality Dilly, Charles (1739-1807); info: bookseller 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Dilly, Edward (1732-1779); info: bookseller 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Dilworth, Rev. Thomas (d.1780); info: spelling-book author 1783: USA * Connecticut Copyright Statute Disraeli, Benjamin, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (1804-1881); info: Prime Minister (1868, 1874-1880); novelist 1814: United Kingdom * Copyright Act 1838: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report Doddridge, Mercy (1709-1790); info: dissenting laywoman; letter-writer 1741: United Kingdom * Pope v. Curl Dodsley, James (1724-1797); info: bookseller 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor Dodsley, Robert (1704-1764); info: bookseller; writer 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor Dolby, Thomas (1782-1856); info: publisher; writer 1833: United Kingdom * Dramatic Literary Property Act Dold, Stephan (c.1479); info: printer 1479: Germany * Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg Donaldson, Alexander (1727-1794); info: bookseller; printer 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket Donati, Clemente (fl.1470); info: Italian financier 1486: Italy * Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege Donatus, Aelius (fl.375); info: grammarian 1469: Italy * Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly 1501: Germany * Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica Doneau, Hugues (1527-1591); also: Hugo Donellus; info: Professor of law at Heidelberg and Altdorf 1515: France * Galliot Du Pré's Privilege 1690: Germany Beier: On the Book Trade and its Privileges Dongan, Thomas, 2nd Earl of Limerick (1634-1715); info: Irish soldier; Governor of the Province of New York (1684-1688) 1672: USA * Usher's Printing Privilege Donizetti, Gaetano (1797-1848); info: Italian composer 1846: Germany * Bilateral Treaty between Prussia and Britain Dotto, Girolamo (fl.1575); info: Italian nobleman; son-in-law of Marcantonio Passero 1545: Italy * Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations Douglas, Catherine (1701-1777); also: Duchess of Queensberry; info: literary patron 1737: United Kingdom * Baller v. Watson: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders Drach, Peter, the Elder (d.1480); info: printer 1479: Germany * Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg Draper, Somerset (d.1756); info: bookseller 1741: United Kingdom * Pope v. Curl Dresch, Johann Casimir (fl.1828-1831; info: publisher; reprinter 1830: Germany * Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy Drone, Eaton Sylvester (1842-1917); info: American legal writer; editor of "The New York Herald" 1798: United Kingdom * Beckford v. Hood 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1853: USA * Stowe v. Thomas 1879: USA * Baker v. Selden Drone, Eaton Sylvester (1842-1917); info: legal writer; editor of The New York Herald 1841: USA * Folsom v. Marsh Droz, Numa (1844-1899); info: Swiss politician; member of the Swiss Federal Council (1875-1892) 1886: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act Drucker, Louis (fl.1838); info: wine merchant 1832: Germany * Gans: On the right to perform published stage plays Dryden, John (1631-1700); info: poet; playwright; critic 1667: United Kingdom * Milton's Contract Du Chemin, Nicolas (c.1520-1576); also: Duchemin; info: music printer 1498 : Italy * Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent 1552: France * General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard Du Pré, Galliot (fl.1512-1561); info: printer; bookseller 1507 : France * Eloy d'Amerval's privilege 1515: France * Galliot Du Pré's Privilege 1761: France * La Fontaine case Dubus, J. (fl.1860); info: professor of maritime navigation 1869 : France * Court of Cassation on originality Duchenne, Guillaume Benjamin Amand (1806-1875); info: physician; pioneer in electrophysiology 1862: France * Court of Cassation on photography Duchesne, Nicolas Bonaventure (1711-1765); info: publisher 1759 : France * Sieur d'Anville's contract Dumas, Alexandre, père (1802-1870); also: Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie; info: novelist; playwright 1846: Germany * Bilateral Treaty between Prussia and Britain Duncombe, Thomas Slingsby (1796-1861); info: politician 1833: United Kingdom * Dramatic Literary Property Act Dunkin, Christopher (1812-1881); info: Canadian Minister of Agriculture 1847: United Kingdom * Foreign Reprints Act Dunlap, William (1766-1839); info: American theatre manager 1856: USA * Copyright Act Amendment Dunning, John (1731-1783); info: barrister; politician 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor Dunn, Thomas (fl.1586); info: printer 1586: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree Duns Scotus, John (c.1265-1308); info: Scottish scholastic philosopher 1517: Italy * Venetian Decree on Press Affairs Dunster, Henry (1609-1659); info: Anglo-American Puritan clergyman; President of Harvard College (1640-1654) 1672: USA * Usher's Printing Privilege Dupin, André Marie Jean Jacques (1783-1865); info: Prosecutor-General 1842: France * Court of Cassation on artistic property Dupré, Jean (fl.1481); info: publisher 1515: France * Galliot Du Pré's Privilege Durand de Maillane, Pierre-Toussaint (1729-1814); info: legal writer; politician 1759: France * Sieur d'Anville's contract Dwight, Timothy (1752-1817); info: American Congregationalist preacher; theologian; President of Yale College (1795-1817) 1783: USA * Connecticut Copyright Statute 1831: USA * Copyright Act Dyck, Johann Gottfried, Jr. (1750-1813); info: publisher; author 1790: Germany * J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528); info: painter; engraver 1474 : Italy * Venetian Statute on Industrial Brevets 1501: Germany * Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica 1503: Italy * Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon 1504: Italy * A woodcut by Albrecht Dürer plagiarized by Marcantonio Raimondi 1511: Germany * Imperial Privilege for Albrecht Dürer 1511: Germany * Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick 1533: Germany * Schott v. Egenolph 1568: Italy * Giorgio Vasari, Life of Marcantonio of Bologna and Other Engravers of Prints 1660: Germany * Frankfurt Printers' Ordinance d'Ableiges, Jacques (fl.1388); info: king's bailiff 1515: France * Galliot Du Pré's Privilege d'Almaine, Thomas (c.1784-1866); info: music publisher 1838: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey d'Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon, Sieur (1697-1782); info: geographer; cartographer 1507: France * Eloy d'Amerval's privilege 1723: France * Code de la Librairie 1749: France * Crébillon case 1759: France * Sieur d'Anville's contract 1761: France * La Fontaine case 1777: France * Linguet's memorandum d'Avenant, Sir William (1606-1668); also: Davenant; info: poet; playwright; theatre manager 1833: United Kingdom * Dramatic Literary Property Act d'Etalonde, Gaillard (fl.1765); info: free thinker 1776: France * Fragments on the Freedom of the Press d'Hémery, Joseph (fl.1749-1769); info: inspector of the Parisian book trade 1515: France * Galliot Du Pré's Privilege D'Israeli, Isaac (1766-1848); info: writer 1667: United Kingdom * Milton's Contract 1814: United Kingdom * Copyright Act Eastlake, Sir Charles (1793-1865); info: painter; President of the Royal Academy (1850-1865) 1862: United Kingdom * Fine Art Copyright Act Easton, James Marshall (b.1867); info: barrister; law writer 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Eberhard, Christian August Gottlieb (1769-1845); info: German bookseller; publicist 1837: Germany * Directive for reciprocal copyright protection within the German Confederation Eck, Johannes (1486-1543); info: author; theologian 1513: Germany * Imperial privilege for Eucharius Rösslin 1516: Germany Imperial Privilege for Johannes Eck Edgeworth, Maria (1768-1849); info: novelist 1801: United Kingdom * Copyright Act 1838: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act Edward III (1312-1377); info: King of England (1327-1377) 1624: United Kingdom * Statute of Monopolies Edward IV (1442-1483); info: King of England (1461-1483) 1775: United Kingdom * Stationers' Company v. Carnan Edwards, Henry Sutherland (1828-1906); info: journalist 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report Egenolph, Christian Sr. (1501-1555); info: printer; publisher 1533 : Germany * Schott v. Egenolph Egenolph, Christian (1501-1555); info: printer; publisher 1660 : Germany * Frankfurt Printers' Ordinance Ehlers, Martin (1732-1800); info: paedagogical reformer; Professor of Philosophy at Kiel 1846: Germany * Bilateral Treaty between Prussia and Britain Ehrenbach, Johann Fischler, Edler von (1720-1785); info: lawyer 1809 : Germany * Baden Civil Code Eichhorn, Karl Friedrich (1781-1854); info: Prussian jurist 1774 : Germany * Pütter: The Reprinting of Books Eisenlohr, Ludwig Wilhelm Anton (1799-1861); info: jurist 1857 : Germany * Wächter: "Publishing Right" Eldon, John Scott, 1st Earl of (1751-1838); info: lawyer; politician; Lord Chancellor (1801-1827) 1721: United Kingdom * Burnet v. Chetwood 1741: United Kingdom * Gyles v. Wilcox (Atkyn's Reports) 1775: United Kingdom * Stationers' Company v. Carnan 1835: United Kingdom * Publication of Lectures Act Elizabeth I (1533-1603); info: Queen of England and Ireland (1558-1603) 1557: United Kingdom * Stationers' Charter 1559: United Kingdom * Elizabethan Injunctions 1566: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree 1586: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree 1624: United Kingdom * Statute of Monopolies 1637: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree 1643: United Kingdom * The Humble Remonstrance of the Stationers' Company 1662: United Kingdom * Licensing Act 1667: United Kingdom * Milton's Contract 1775: United Kingdom * Stationers' Company v. Carnan 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Ellenbog, Nikolaus (d.1543); info: theologian 1516: Germany Imperial Privilege for Johannes Eck Ellenborough, Edward Law, 1st Baron (1750-1818); info: Lord Chief Justice (1802-1818) 1741: United Kingdom * Gyles v. Wilcox (Atkyn's Reports) 1798: United Kingdom * Beckford v. Hood 1798: United Kingdom * Models and Busts Act 1814: United Kingdom * Copyright Act 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Ellsworth, Emily Schotten, née Webster (1790-1861); info: eldest daughter of Noah Webster 1831: USA * Copyright Act Ellsworth, Oliver (1745-1807); info: American lawyer; politician; Chief Justice of the United States (1796-1800) 1831: USA * Copyright Act Ellsworth, William W. (1791-1868); info: American politician 1831: USA * Copyright Act Eloy d'Amerval (fl.1455-1508); info: poet; composer; choirmaster 1486 : Italy * Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege 1507: France * Eloy d'Amerval's privilege 1586: France * Simon Marion's plea on privileges 1672: USA * Usher's Printing Privilege 1759: France * Sieur d'Anville's contract 1761: France * La Fontaine case Elzevir (fl.1592-1681); also: Elsevier; info: Dutch publishers' dynasty 1667: United Kingdom * Milton's Contract Emser, Hieronymus (1478-1527); info: theologian 1513: Germany * Imperial privilege for Eucharius Rösslin Enfield, William (1741-1797); info: Unitarian minister; preacher 1762 : France * Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors 1762: United Kingdom * An Enquiry into Literary Property 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade Enslin, Theodor Johann Christian Friedrich (1787-1851); info: bookseller; publisher; bibliographer; President of the Börsenverein (1835-1838) 1830: Germany * Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy Erasmus (1466/69-1536); also: Desiderius Erasmus; Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam; info: humanist; theologian 1486: Italy * Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege 1501: Germany * Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica 1515: France * Galliot Du Pré's Privilege 1531: Germany * Basel Printers' Statute 1545: Italy * Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations Erle, William (1793-1880); info: judge 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey Erskine, Henry (1746-1817) info: lawyer; politician 1833: United Kingdom * Dramatic Literary Property Act Erskine, James (1722-1796); also: Lord Alva; info: judge 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Erskine, Thomas, 1st Baron (1750-1823); info: jurist; pamphleteer; Lord Chancellor (1806-1807) 1775: United Kingdom * Stationers' Company v. Carnan Espinasse, Isaac (1758-1834); info: law reporter; legal writer 1798: United Kingdom * Beckford v. Hood 1801: United Kingdom * Copyright Act 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 Eustace, Guillaume (fl.1500-1513); info: publisher 1515: France * Galliot Du Pré's Privilege Evans, Walter (1842-1923); info: American politician; judge 1903: USA * Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co. Everett, Edward (1794-1865); info: American statesman; scholar; US Secretary of State (1852-1853); President of Harvard University (1846-1849) 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey Eyre, Sir James (1734-1799); info: judge 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1798: United Kingdom * Beckford v. Hood Faber, L. G. (fl.1776); info: reprinter 1794: Germany * Prussian Statute Book (ALR) Fabrizi, Alvise Cinzio dei (1450-c.1528); info: Italian physician; poet 1545: Italy * Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations Facques, William (fl.1504); info: King's printer 1515: France * Galliot Du Pré's Privilege 1518: United Kingdom * The Articles of the Pope's Bulle 1553: United Kingdom * Totell's Printing Patent 1559: United Kingdom * Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass Falconer, Alexander (1593/94-1671); info: judge 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Falkland, Lucius Cary, 10th Viscount (1803-1884); info: Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (1840-1846); Governor of Bombay (1848-1853) 1847: United Kingdom * Foreign Reprints Act Farinacci, Prospero (1554-1618); info: Italian jurist 1545: Italy * Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations Farnese, Ranuccio I (1569-1622); info: Duke of Parma and Piacenza (1592-1622) 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Farrer, Thomas Henry, 1st Baron Farrer (1819-1899); info: Permanent Secretary to the Board of Trade (1867-1886); statistician 1847: United Kingdom * Foreign Reprints Act 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report 1886: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act Faucheron, Adam (fl.1611); info: carpenter 1762: France * Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors Feder, Johann Georg Heinrich (1740-1821); info: Professor of philosophy at Göttingen 1790: Germany * J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire Felßecker, Wolf Eberhard (1626-1680); also: Felssecker; info: printer 1675: Germany * Counterfeited Privilege in Grimmelshausen's "The Magic Bird's Nest" Fénelon, François de Salignac de la Mothe (1651-1715); info: prelate; writer 1761: France * La Fontaine case 1814: France * Court of Cassation on compilations Fenouillot de Falbaire de Quingey, Charles-Georges (1727-1800); info: dramatist 1759: France * Sieur d'Anville's contract Fenton, Elijah (1683-1730); info: poet 1667: United Kingdom * Milton's Contract Ferdinand I of Habsburg (1503-1564); info: Holy Roman Emperor (1558-1564) 1531: Germany * Basel Printers' Statute Ferdinand II (1578-1637); info: Holy Roman Emperor (1619-1637) 1624: United Kingdom * Statute of Monopolies 1637: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree Ferguson, James (fl.1870); info: publisher 1847: United Kingdom * Foreign Reprints Act Fermor, Arabella (d.1737); info: dedicatee of poems by Alexander Pope 1737: United Kingdom * Booksellers' Bill Festa, Costanzo (c.1485-1545); info: Italian composer 1498: Italy * Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent Fétis, François-Joseph (1784-1871); info: Belgian musicologist 1552: France * General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard Feyerabend, Sigmund (1528-1590); info: printer; publisher 1660 : Germany * Frankfurt Printers' Ordinance Fezandat, Michel (fl.1538-1566); also: Faisandat; info: publisher 1552 : France * General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard Fichte, Johann Gottlieb (1762-1814); info: philosopher 1785: Germany * Kant: On the Unlawfulness of Reprinting 1790: Germany * J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire 1793: Germany * Fichte: Proof of the Unlawfulness of Reprinting 1794: Germany * Prussian Statute Book (ALR) 1821: Germany * Hegel: Remarks on Intellectual Property 1827: Germany * Kramer: Rights of Writers and Publishers Ficino, Marsilio (1433-1499); also: Marsilius Ficinus; info: Italian philosopher; humanist 1474: Italy * Venetian Statute on Industrial Brevets 1486: Italy * Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege 1545: Italy * Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations Fielding, Henry (1707-1754); info: author; magistrate 1667: United Kingdom * Milton's Contract 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Filleau de Saint-Martin, François (1632-c.1695); info: translator of Cervantes 1845: France * Court of Appeal on translations Fillion, Johann; info: Grimmelshausen's pseudonym for the printer Wolf Eberhard Felßecker 1675: Germany * Counterfeited Privilege in Grimmelshausen's "The Magic Bird's Nest" Fillmore, Millard (1800-1874); info: U.S. President (1850-1853) 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey Finch, Heneage, 1st Earl of Nottingham (1621-1682); info: Lord Chancellor (1674-1682) 1737: United Kingdom * Baller v. Watson: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders Finck, Hermann (1527-1558); info: German composer; organist 1498 : Italy * Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent Firth, John; info: author 1538: United Kingdom * Henrician Proclamation Fisher, John (c.1469-1535); info: author 1538: United Kingdom * Henrician Proclamation Fish, Simon (d.1531); info: author 1538: United Kingdom * Henrician Proclamation Fitch, John (1743-1798); info: American inventor; steam-ship constructor 1789: USA * The Constitutional Copyright Clause FitzGerald, John David (1816-1889); info: judge 1835: United Kingdom * Publication of Lectures Act FitzRoy, Charles (1683-1757); also: Duke of Grafton; info: naval officer 1737: United Kingdom * Baller v. Watson: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders Fitzsimons, Thomas (1741-1811); info: American merchant; statesman 1789: USA * The Constitutional Copyright Clause Fleischhauer, Johann Georg (1737-1815); info: reprinter; mayor of Reutlingen 1775: Germany Chodowiecki's Allegory "Works of Darkness" 1781: Germany * Austrian Statutes on Censorship and Printing 1785: Germany * Kant: On the Unlawfulness of Reprinting 1809: Germany * Baden Civil Code Fletcher, Col. Benjamin (1640-1703); info: soldier; Governor of New York (1692-1698); Governor of Pennsylvania (1693-1694) 1672: USA * Usher's Printing Privilege Fleuriau d'Armenonville, Joseph Jean Baptiste (1661-1728); info: statesman 1723: France * Code de la Librairie Flower, Francis (fl.1573); info: printer 1586: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree Flusin, Charles-Nicholas (fl.1774); info: lawyer 1723: France * Code de la Librairie Folsom, Charles (1794-1872); info: American scholar; editor 1841: USA * Folsom v. Marsh Fontenelle, Bernard le Bovier de (1657-1757); info: author 1776: France * Fragments on the Freedom of the Press Forrest, Edwin (1806-1872); info: American actor 1856: USA * Copyright Act Amendment Foster, Elizabeth (fl.1738); info: Milton's granddaughter 1667: United Kingdom * Milton's Contract Foster, Sir Michael (1689-1763); info: judge; legal writer 1762: United Kingdom * Tonson v. Collins Fournière, Pierre de la (fl.1665); info: inventor 1762 : France * Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors Fournier, Pierre Simon (1712-1768); also: Fournier le Jeune; info: typographer; music publisher 1552: France * General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard Fowler, D. B. (fl.1795); info: official at Court of Exchequer 1737: United Kingdom * Baller v. Watson: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders Fowler, William Chauncey (1793-1881); info: American educator; author; editor of Webster's "Dictionary" 1831: USA * Copyright Act Fowle, Daniel (c.1715-1787); info: American printer; newspaper publisher 1672: USA * Usher's Printing Privilege Fox, Charles James (1749-1806); info: politician 1798: United Kingdom * Models and Busts Act Francioso, Pietro (fl.1492); info: Italian printer 1545: Italy * Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations Francis I (1494-1547); info: King of France (1515-1547) 1498 : Italy * Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent 1507: France * Eloy d'Amerval's privilege 1513: Germany * Imperial privilege for Eucharius Rösslin 1515: France * Galliot Du Pré's Privilege 1531: Germany * Basel Printers' Statute 1547: France * French Censorship Act Francis II (1768-1835); also: Francis I of Austria; info: Holy Roman Emperor (1792-1806); Emperor of Austria (1806-1835) 1790: Germany * J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire Franck, Theodor (fl.1480); info: German printer 1498: Italy * Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent Franklin, Richard (d.1765); info: printer; bookseller 1721: United Kingdom * Burnet v. Chetwood Fraser, James (fl.1860); info: author of "A Handy-Book of Patent and Copyright Law" (1860) 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Fratta, Giovanni (fl.1575-1611); info: Italian poet; lawyer 1486 : Italy * Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege 1545: Italy * Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations 1590: Italy * Giovanni Fratta's "On the Dedication of Books" Frederick August III (1750-1827); info: Elector of Saxony(1763-1806); King of Saxony (1805-1827) 1773: Germany * Saxonian Statute Frederick III of Habsburg (1415-1493); info: Holy Roman Emperor (1452-1493) 1479: Germany * Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg 1501: Germany * Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica 1511: Germany * Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick Frederick III of Saxony (1463-1525); also: Frederick the Wise; info: Elector of Saxony (1486-1525) 1513: Germany * Imperial privilege for Eucharius Rösslin Frederick III (1463-1525); also: Frederick the Wise; info: Elector of Saxony 1501: Germany * Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica Frederick II, the Great (1712-1786); info: King of Prussia (1740-1786) 1765: Germany Reich v. Pauli 1765: Germany * Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel 1766: Germany Prussian Cabinet Order 1781: Germany * Austrian Statutes on Censorship and Printing 1790: Germany * J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire 1794: Germany * Prussian Statute Book (ALR) Frederick V (1596-1632); info: Elector of the Palatinate (1610-1623); King of Bohemia (1619-1620) 1624: United Kingdom * Statute of Monopolies 1637: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree Frederick William II (1744-1797); info: King of Prussia (1786-1797) 1794 : Germany * Prussian Statute Book (ALR) Frederick William III (1770-1840); info: King of Prussia (1797-1840) 1827: Germany * Treaties on reciprocal protection between Prussia and various German States Freke, John (1652-1717); info: lawyer 1662: United Kingdom * Licensing Act 1690: United Kingdom * Locke's Second Treatise on Government (selected extracts) Friedländer, Max (1829-1872); info: German-Austrian journalist; author of "Der ausländische und einheimische Rechtsschutz gegen Nachdruck und Nachbildung" (1857) 1857: Germany * Wächter: "Publishing Right" Frith, Francis (1822-1898); info: photographer 1862: United Kingdom * Fine Art Copyright Act Fritsch, Ahasver (1629-1701); info: lawyer; politician; hymnwriter 1750 : Germany Fritsch: Treatise on Book Printers, Booksellers, Paper Manufacturers and Bookbinders Fritsch, Caspar (1677-1745); info: publisher; founder of publishing house 1765: Germany Reich v. Pauli 1765: Germany * Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel 1790: Germany * J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire 1794: Germany * Prussian Statute Book (ALR) 1809: Germany * Baden Civil Code Fritsch, Johann Thomas (1666-1726); info: German publisher; bookseller 1773: Germany * Saxonian Statute Fritsch, Thomas Freiherr von (1700-1775); info: Saxonian statesman 1773 : Germany * Saxonian Statute Fritzsch, Christian (1695-1769); info: engraver 1739: Germany Privilege of the Protestant Swiss Cantons Froben, Hieronymus (1501-1563); info: printer; publisher 1531 : Germany * Basel Printers' Statute Froben, Johann (c.1460-1527); info: printer 1515: France * Galliot Du Pré's Privilege 1531: Germany * Basel Printers' Statute Froude, James Anthony (1818-1894); info: historian 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report Furetière, Antoine (1619-1688); info: scholar; lexicographer 1507 : France * Eloy d'Amerval's privilege 1515: France * Galliot Du Pré's Privilege Fusi, Francesco (fl.1807-1839); info: publisher 1840: Germany * Bilateral Treaty between Austria and Sardinia Fust, Johannes (c.1400-1466); info: printer 1498: Italy * Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent 1501: Germany * Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica 1512: Germany Lyrical Reference to an Imperial privilege for Arnolt Schlick 1552: France * General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard Gabiano, Balthazar de (fl.1502-1527); info: Italian-born Lyonnais printer 1503: Italy * Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon Gabriele da Brasichella (fl.1498); info: Italian printer 1503 : Italy * Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon Gabrielli, Maggino (b.1561); info: Jewish businessman 1474: Italy * Venetian Statute on Industrial Brevets Gaillard, Carl (1813-1851); also: Karl; info: music critic; author; music publisher; editor of "Berliner musikalische Zeitung" (1844-1847) 1830: Germany * Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy 1846: Germany * Bilateral Treaty between Prussia and Britain Galen (c.130-c.201); info: Greek physician 1531: Germany * Basel Printers' Statute Galignani, Giovanni Antonio (1757-1821); info: newspaper publisher 1838: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act Galignani, Guillaume (1798-1882); info: publisher 1838: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act 1846: Germany * Bilateral Treaty between Prussia and Britain Galignani, Jean Antoine (1796-1873); info: publisher 1838: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act 1846: Germany * Bilateral Treaty between Prussia and Britain Galignani; info: Paris-based publishing house 1838: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act Gallus, Jacobus (1550-1591); also: Jacob Handl; info: composer 1511: Germany * Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick Gans, Abraham (d.1813); info: banker 1832: Germany * Gans: On the right to perform published stage plays Gans, Eduard (1797-1839); info: Professor of law at Berlin 1498 : Italy * Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent 1824: Germany * Neustetel: The Reprinting of Books 1832: Germany * Gans: On the right to perform published stage plays Ganz, Johann Friedrich Ferdinand (1741-1795); info: diplomat; jurist 1790: Germany * J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire Gardano, Antonio (c.1509-1569); info: Italian music publisher 1498 : Italy * Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent Garden, Francis (1721-1793); also: Lord Gardenstone; info: judge 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Gareis, Carl (1844-1923); info: jurist 1821: Germany * Hegel: Remarks on Intellectual Property 1832: Germany * Gans: On the right to perform published stage plays 1857: Germany * Wächter: "Publishing Right" 1877: Germany * Gareis: Juridical Nature of Author's Rights Garrard, George (1760-1826); info: painter; sculptor 1798: United Kingdom * Models and Busts Act Gastambide, Adrien-Joseph (fl.1837-1860); info: jurist; legal writer 1814: France * Court of Cassation on compilations Gaultier de Biauzat, Jean-François (1739-1815); info: lawyer; delegate to the Estates General of 1789; Mayor of Clermont-Ferrand 1586: France * Simon Marion's plea on privileges 1701: France * Royal letters patent 1723: France * Code de la Librairie 1749: France * Crébillon case 1762: France * Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade 1776: France * Fragments on the Freedom of the Press 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers 1777: France * Linguet's memorandum 1778: France * Pluquet's letters 1869: France * Court of Cassation on originality Gaultier, Pierre (fl.1545-1557); info: printer 1507: France * Eloy d'Amerval's privilege Gaurico, Luca (1476-1558); also: Lucas Gauricus; info: Italian astrologer 1503: Italy * Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon Gavard, Jacques Dominique Charles (1794-1871); info: engraver 1842 : France * Court of Cassation on artistic property Gay, John (1685-1732); info: poet; playwright 1737: United Kingdom * Baller v. Watson: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders 1741: United Kingdom * Pope v. Curl Gedicke, Friedrich (1754-1803); info: schools inspector 1794 : Germany * Prussian Statute Book (ALR) Gellert, Christian Fürchtegott (1715-1769); info: author; Professor of philosophy at Leipzig 1765: Germany Reich v. Pauli 1765: Germany * Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel 1794: Germany * Prussian Statute Book (ALR) 1809: Germany * Baden Civil Code Geminiani, Francesco (1687-1762); info: composer; music theorist 1777: United Kingdom * Bach v. Longman Georg of Saxony (1471-1539); also: Georg 'the bearded'; info: Duke of Saxony (1500-1539) 1513: Germany * Imperial privilege for Eucharius Rösslin George I (1660-1727); info: King of Great Britain and Ireland (1714-1727); Elector of Hanover (1698-1727) 1777: United Kingdom * Bach v. Longman George II (1683-1760); info: King of Great Britain and Ireland (1727-1760) 1774: Germany * Pütter: The Reprinting of Books George III (1738-1820); info: King of Great Britain (1760-1820); Elector of Hanover (King 1815) 1798: United Kingdom * Models and Busts Act 1862: United Kingdom * Fine Art Copyright Act George of Trebizond (1395-1486); also: Trapezuntius; info: Greek philosopher; scholar 1486: Italy * Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege Gerber, Karl Friedrich Wilhelm von (1823-1891); info: jurist; politician 1857: Germany * Wächter: "Publishing Right" Gero, Jhan (fl.1540-1555); also: Ghero; Giero; info: Franco-Flemish composer 1498: Italy * Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent Gerstlacher, Carl Friedrich (1732-1795); info: Professor of law at Tübingen 1809: Germany * Baden Civil Code Geyer, Frederick William (fl.1787); info: American merchant 1789: USA * The Constitutional Copyright Clause Ghiberti, Lorenzo (1378-1455); also: Lorenzo di Bartolo; info: Florentine gold-smith; bronze-caster; sculptor; scholar 1474: Italy * Venetian Statute on Industrial Brevets Gibson, Sir Alexander (d.1644); also: Lord Durie; info: judge 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Gibson, Thomas Milner (1806-1884); info: politician 1847: United Kingdom * Foreign Reprints Act Giddy, Davies (1767-1839); info: scientific advisor; applied mathematician 1814: United Kingdom * Copyright Act Gierke, Otto Friedrich von (1841-1921); info: German legal theorist; Rector of Berlin University 1821: Germany * Hegel: Remarks on Intellectual Property 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Gilmour, Sir John (1605-1671); info: judge 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Giorgio Martini, Francesco di (1439-1502); info: Italian painter; sculptor; architect 1474: Italy * Venetian Statute on Industrial Brevets Girardin, François Saint-Marc (1801-1873); info: critic; politician 1832: Germany * Gans: On the right to perform published stage plays Girardin, Jean Pierre Louis (1803-1884); info: chemist; agronomist 1845: France * Court of Appeal on translations Giunti, Bernardo (d.c.1550); info: Florentine printer 1531: Italy * Bernardo Giunti's privilege for Machiavelli's works Giunti, Filippo (c.1456-1517); info: Florentine printer; publisher 1486 : Italy * Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege 1498: Italy * Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent 1503: Italy * Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon 1545: Italy * Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations Giunti, Jacques (fl.1560-1580); also: Giacopo; info: Florentine printer 1545: Italy * Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations Giunti, Lucantonio (fl.1480); info: Florentine printer; publisher 1503 : Italy * Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon Giunti, Lucantonio, II (fl.1555-1597); info: Italian publisher 1545 : Italy * Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations Giustiniani, Bernardo (1408-1489); info: Venetian diplomat; historian 1486 : Italy * Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege Gladstone, William Ewart (1809-1898); info: statesman; Prime Minister (1868-1874, 1880-1885, 1886, 1892-1894) 1842: United Kingdom * Copyright Act 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1844: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act 1847: United Kingdom * Foreign Reprints Act 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report 1886: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act Glarean, Heinrich (1488-1563); also: Glareanus; info: Swiss music theorist; poet; humanist 1503: Italy * Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon Glover, John (fl.1642); info: ship-owner 1672: USA * Usher's Printing Privilege Glover, Jose (d.1638); info: Puritan clergyman 1672: USA * Usher's Printing Privilege Godolphin, Henrietta (1681-1733); also: Duchess of Marlborough; info: patron of the arts 1737: United Kingdom * Baller v. Watson: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders Godson, Richard (1797-1849); info: jurist; MP; author of "A Practical Treatise on the Law of Patents for Inventions and Copyright" (1823) 1814: France * Court of Cassation on compilations 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright 1853: USA * Stowe v. Thomas 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Goepp, Charles (1827-1907); info: German-born American lawyer; publicist 1853: USA * Stowe v. Thomas Goethe, Johann Wolfgang (1749-1832); info: poet 1775: Germany Chodowiecki's Allegory "Works of Darkness" 1781: Germany * Austrian Statutes on Censorship and Printing 1809: Germany * Baden Civil Code 1827: Germany * Treaties on reciprocal protection between Prussia and various German States 1837: Germany * Directive for reciprocal copyright protection within the German Confederation Goezmann, Louis Valentin de (1730-1794); also: Götzmann; info: jurist; judge 1778: France * Pluquet's letters Goldfriedrich, Johann (1870-1945); info: historian of the German book trade 1781: Germany * Austrian Statutes on Censorship and Printing Goodrich, Chauncey Allen (1790-1860); info: American clergyman; editor of Webster's "Dictionary" 1831: USA * Copyright Act Goodwin, John (c.1594-1665); info: independent minister 1662: United Kingdom * Licensing Act 1667: United Kingdom * Milton's Contract Goodyear, Charles (1800-1860); info: American inventor of vulcanized rubber 1847: USA * A Treatise on the Law of Copyright Gordon, William (fl.1772); info: bookseller 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Göschen, Georg Joachim (1752-1828); info: publisher 1809 : Germany * Baden Civil Code Goßler, Christoph (1752-1816); info: editor of the 1794 Prussian Statute Book (1794) 1794: Germany * Prussian Statute Book (ALR) Goulburn, Henry (1784-1856); info: MP 1838: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act Goulburn, Henry (1784-1856); info: politician 1852: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act Gould, Henry (1710-1794); info: judge 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket Gounouilhou, Gustave (b.1821); info: printer; editor of the newspaper "La Gironde" 1861: France * Court of Cassation on telegraphic news Gozzi, Count Carlo (1720-1806); info: Italian dramatist 1780 : Italy * "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents Gozzi, Count Gasparo (1713-1786); info: Venetian press censor; author 1780 : Italy * "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents Grafton, Richard (d.1572); info: King's printer 1559: United Kingdom * Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass Graf, Heinrich (fl.1864); info: German photographer 1876: Germany * Copyright Acts for the German Empire regarding works of art, photography, and designs Granjon, Robert (fl.1545-1588); info: French punchcutter; type designer; printer 1469: Italy * Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly Grattan, Henry (1746-1820); info: Irish statesman 1801: United Kingdom * Copyright Act Green, Samuel (1615-1702); info: American printer 1672: USA * Usher's Printing Privilege Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron (1759-1834); info: Prime Minister (1806-1807) 1798: United Kingdom * Models and Busts Act Greuze, Jean Baptiste (1725-1805); info: painter 1842: France * Court of Cassation on artistic property Grey, Henry Grey, 3rd Earl (1802-1894); also: Viscount Howick; info: statesman 1847: United Kingdom * Foreign Reprints Act Grier, Robert Cooper (1794-1870); info: American jurist; Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1846-1870) 1853: USA * Stowe v. Thomas Griesinger, Ludwig Friedrich (1767-1845); info: solicitor; legal writer 1837: Germany * Directive for reciprocal copyright protection within the German Confederation Griffin, William (d.1775); info: bookseller 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Griffo, Francesco (1450-1518); also: Francesco da Bologna; info: Venetian punchcutter 1498: Italy * Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent 1501: Italy Vergilius 1503: Italy * Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon Grimmelshausen, Hans Jakob Christoffel von (1622-1676); info: author 1675 : Germany * Counterfeited Privilege in Grimmelshausen's "The Magic Bird's Nest" Grindal, Edmund (1519-1583); info: Bishop of London (1559-1570); Archbishop of Canterbury (1575-1577) 1557: United Kingdom * Stationers' Charter Grose, Nash (1740-1814); info: judge 1798: United Kingdom * Beckford v. Hood 1801: United Kingdom * Copyright Act Grosvenor, Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl of (1731-1802); info: politician; landowner 1798: United Kingdom * Models and Busts Act 1862: United Kingdom * Fine Art Copyright Act Gros, Antoine-Jean, Baron (1771-1835); info: painter 1842: France * Court of Cassation on artistic property Grote, George (1794-1871); info: historian; politician 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey Grotius, Hugo (1583-1645); info: jurist 1762: United Kingdom * Tonson v. Collins 1785: Germany * Kant: On the Unlawfulness of Reprinting 1794: Germany * Prussian Statute Book (ALR) Grundy, Felix (1777-1840); info: American politician; congressman 1831: USA * Copyright Act Grynaeus, Simon (1493-1541); info: Professor of Greek at Basel 1531 : Germany * Basel Printers' Statute Gryphiander, Johannes (1580-1652); info: Professor of law at Jena 1750 : Germany Fritsch: Treatise on Book Printers, Booksellers, Paper Manufacturers and Bookbinders Guéret, Gabriel (1641-1688); info: author 1759: France * Sieur d'Anville's contract Guérin, Hippolyte-Louis (1698-1765); info: printer; bookseller 1761 : France * La Fontaine case Guérin, Jacques (c.1699-1752); info: printer; bookseller 1761 : France * La Fontaine case Guiffrey, Georges (1827-1887); info: lawyer; Secretary of the Commission on Literary Property (1861); translator 1869: France * Court of Cassation on originality Gutenberg, Johannes (c.1400-1468); also: Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg; info: goldsmith; inventor of printing 1469: Italy * Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly 1479: Germany * Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg 1498: Italy * Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent 1501: Germany * Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica 1512: Germany Lyrical Reference to an Imperial privilege for Arnolt Schlick 1531: Germany * Basel Printers' Statute Guyenet, Pierre (d.1712); info: director of the Paris Opéra (1704-1712) 1552: France * General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard Guyon, Claude-Marie, abbé (1699-1771); info: historian 1759 : France * Sieur d'Anville's contract Gyles, Fletcher (fl.1741); info: bookseller 1747: United Kingdom * Warburton's Letter from an Author Halévy, Ludovic (1834-1908); info: playwright; novelist; librettist 1852: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act Halifax, Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of (1661-1715); info: statesman; poet 1690: United Kingdom * Locke's Second Treatise on Government (selected extracts) 1737: United Kingdom * Booksellers' Bill Hallam, Henry (1777-1859); info: historian 1844: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act Hall, Frederick James (fl.1851); info: legal writer 1835: United Kingdom * Publication of Lectures Act Hamilton, Alexander (1757-1804); info: American lawyer; politician 1789: USA * The Constitutional Copyright Clause Hamilton, Lord Archibald (1770-1827); info: politician 1814: United Kingdom * Copyright Act Hamman, Johannes (fl.1495); info: Venice-based printer 1498: Italy * Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent Hampel, Nikolaus (fl.1605-1625); info: university printer at Gießen; reprinter 1659: Germany * Schupp: The Book Thief Handel, Georg Friederic (1685-1759); also: Händel; info: composer 1777: United Kingdom * Bach v. Longman Hardenberg, Karl August, Fürst von (1750-1822); info: Prussian statesman 1774: Germany * Pütter: The Reprinting of Books Hardoin, M. (fl.1845); info: President of the Court of Cassation 1845: France * Court of Appeal on translations Hardy, Thomas (1840-1928); info: novelist; poet; dramatist 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report Hargrave, Francis (1740/41-1821); info: legal writer 1762: France * Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors 1762: United Kingdom * An Enquiry into Literary Property 1845: France * Court of Appeal on translations Harlan, John Marshall (1833-1911); info: Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1877-1911) 1903: USA * Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co. Harley, Edward (1689-1741); also: Earl of Oxford; info: book collector; patron of the arts 1737: United Kingdom * Booksellers' Bill Harley, Robert, 1st Earl of Oxford (1661-1724); info: statesman; patron of letters 1690: United Kingdom * Locke's Second Treatise on Government (selected extracts) 1704: United Kingdom * Defoe's Essay on the Press Harrison, John (1693-1776); info: inventor; constructor of marine chronometer 1778: France * Pluquet's letters Hartknoch, Johann Friedrich Jr (1769-1819); info: publisher 1785 : Germany * Kant: On the Unlawfulness of Reprinting Hartknoch, Johann Friedrich Sr (1740-1789); info: publisher 1785 : Germany * Kant: On the Unlawfulness of Reprinting Hartley, Thomas (1748-1800); info: American soldier; lawyer; congressman 1790: USA * Copyright Act Hartung, Gottlieb Lebrecht (1747-1797); info: publisher 1785 : Germany * Kant: On the Unlawfulness of Reprinting Harum, Peter (fl.1857); info: Austrian jurist 1846: Germany * Austrian Copyright Act 1857: Germany * Wächter: "Publishing Right" Harvey, John (1778-1852); info: Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (1846-1852) 1847: United Kingdom * Foreign Reprints Act Haslinger, Tobias (1787-1842); info: music publisher 1835: Germany * Copyright statement of Johann Strauss for Austria and Prussia Hassler, Hans Leo (1564-1612); also: Haßler; info: composer 1511: Germany * Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick Hatton, Joseph (1841-1907); info: journalist; editor 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report Hauff, Wilhelm (1802-1827); info: German poet; novelist 1846 : Germany * Bilateral Treaty between Prussia and Britain Hautin, Pierre (fl.1525-1549); info: printer; typographer 1552 : France * General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard Havas, Auguste (fl.1853-1879); info: director of news agency 1861 : France * Court of Cassation on telegraphic news Havas, Charles-Guillaume (fl.1853); info: director of news agency 1861 : France * Court of Cassation on telegraphic news Havas, Charles-Louis (1783-1858); info: journalist; founder of news agency 1861: France * Court of Cassation on telegraphic news Hawes, Sir Benjamin (1797-1862); info: politician; Under-Secretary for the Colonies (1846-1851) 1847: United Kingdom * Foreign Reprints Act Hawkesworth, John (c.1715-1773); info: author 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1781: USA * Andrew Law's Petition Hawkins, John (c.1587-c.1641); info: grammarian; translator 1775: United Kingdom * Stationers' Company v. Carnan Hawthorne, Nathaniel (1804-1864); info: American novelist; short-story writer 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey Haywood, Eliza (c.1693-1756); also: Fowler, Eliza; info: actress; novelist 1741: United Kingdom * Gyles v. Wilcox (Atkyn's Reports) Hechtel, Daniel Christoph (fl.1776); info: publisher; reprinter 1794 : Germany * Prussian Statute Book (ALR) Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich (1770-1831); info: philosopher 1785 : Germany * Kant: On the Unlawfulness of Reprinting 1821: Germany * Hegel: Remarks on Intellectual Property 1832: Germany * Gans: On the right to perform published stage plays Heidegger, Johann (1666-1749); info: impresario 1777: United Kingdom * Bach v. Longman Heineccius, Johann Gottlieb (1681-1741); info: German jurist 1774 : Germany * Pütter: The Reprinting of Books Heinse, Wilhelm (1746-1803); info: German writer; art critic; librarian 1799: Germany * Kehr: Apology of the Reprinting of Books Hell, François (d.1792); info: deputy to the National Assembly 1777: France * Linguet's memorandum 1790: France * Sieyès' report 1791: France * Report of François Hell to the National Assembly Helps, Sir Arthur (1813-1875); info: civil servant; author 1847: United Kingdom * Foreign Reprints Act Helwig, Christoph (1581-1617); also: Helvicus; info: author 1659 : Germany * Schupp: The Book Thief Hemmerde, Carl Hermann (1708-1782); info: publisher 1794: Germany * Prussian Statute Book (ALR) Henley, Robert, 1st Earl of Northington (c.1708-1772); info: Lord Chancellor (1761-1766) 1737: United Kingdom * Baller v. Watson: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor Henning, Aegidius (c.1630-1686); info: pastor; author 1659: Germany * Schupp: The Book Thief Henri II (1519-1559); info: King of France (1547-1559) 1469: Italy * Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly 1507: France * Eloy d'Amerval's privilege 1515: France * Galliot Du Pré's Privilege 1531: Germany * Basel Printers' Statute 1547: France * French Censorship Act 1552: France * General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard Henri IV (1553-1610); also: Henri of Navarre; Henri le Grand; info: King of France (1589-1610) 1552: France * General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard 1778: France * Pluquet's letters Henry III (1207-1272); info: King of England (1216-1272) 1762 : France * Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors Henry VII (1457-1509); info: King of England (1485-1509) 1518: United Kingdom * The Articles of the Pope's Bulle 1553: United Kingdom * Totell's Printing Patent 1559: United Kingdom * Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass Henry VIII (1491-1547); info: King of England (1509-1547) 1513 : Germany * Imperial privilege for Eucharius Rösslin 1518: United Kingdom * The Articles of the Pope's Bulle 1538: United Kingdom * Henrician Proclamation 1553: United Kingdom * Totell's Printing Patent 1557: United Kingdom * Stationers' Charter 1559: United Kingdom * Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass 1559: United Kingdom * Elizabethan Injunctions 1566: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree 1624: United Kingdom * Statute of Monopolies 1762: United Kingdom * Tonson v. Collins 1775: United Kingdom * Stationers' Company v. Carnan 1838: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act Herbert, Sir Robert George Wyndham (1831-1905); info: colonial administrator; civil servant 1886: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act Héricourt, Louis d' (1687-1752); info: lawyer at Parlement of Paris 1507: France * Eloy d'Amerval's privilege 1586: France * Simon Marion's plea on privileges 1690: France * Memorandum on the dispute between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers 1723: France * Code de la Librairie 1749: France * Crébillon case 1759: France * Sieur d'Anville's contract 1761: France * La Fontaine case 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade 1770: France * Luneau de Boisjermain's case 1776: France * Fragments on the Freedom of the Press 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers 1777: France * Linguet's memorandum 1778: France * Pluquet's letters 1842: France * Court of Cassation on artistic property 1869: France * Court of Cassation on originality Hérold, Ferdinand (1828-1882); info: lawyer at the Court of Cassation; politician 1862: France * Court of Cassation on photography Herschell, Farrer, 1st Baron Herschell (1837-1899); info: Lord Chancellor (1886, 1892-1895) 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report Hervagius; also: Herwagen; info: printers' dynasty 1531: Germany * Basel Printers' Statute Heydemann, Ludwig Eduard (1805-1874); info: jurist; President of the Prussian Association of Literary Experts 1846; President of the Prussian Association of Musical Experts 1858 1870: Germany * Copyright Act for the German Empire 1876: Germany * Copyright Acts for the German Empire regarding works of art, photography, and designs Heywood, Samuel (1753-1822); info: judge; author 1814: United Kingdom * Copyright Act Hillard, George Stillman (1808-1879); info: American lawyer; author 1841: USA * Folsom v. Marsh Hillern, Wilhelmine von (1836-1916); info: author 1870: Germany * Copyright Act for the German Empire Hilliger, Oswald (1583-1619); also: Osvaldus Hilligerus; info: Professor of law at Jena; editor 1690: Germany Beier: On the Book Trade and its Privileges Hill, Aaron (1685-1750); info: writer; entrepreneur 1777: United Kingdom * Bach v. Longman Himburg, Christian Friedrich (1733-1801); info: publisher 1781 : Germany * Austrian Statutes on Censorship and Printing 1790: Germany * J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire Hincks, Sir Francis (1807-1885); info: Canadian Minister of Finance 1847: United Kingdom * Foreign Reprints Act Hinde, Robert (fl.1785); info: author 1737: United Kingdom * Baller v. Watson: Entry from the Court's Book of Orders Hinschius, Franz (1810-1877); info: jurist 1870: Germany * Copyright Act for the German Empire Hinschius, Paul (1835-1898); info: Professor of Law at Halle 1876 : Germany * Copyright Acts for the German Empire regarding works of art, photography, and designs Hinton, John (d.1781); info: bookseller 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Hitzig, Julius Eduard (1780-1849); info: lawyer; publisher; author 1837: Germany * Prussian Copyright Act 1857: Germany * Wächter: "Publishing Right" Hodges, James (d.1774); info: bookseller 1741: United Kingdom * Gyles v. Wilcox (Atkyn's Reports) Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm (1776-1822); also: Amadeus; E.T.A. Hoffmann; info: author; music critic; judge 1832: Germany * Gans: On the right to perform published stage plays 1837: Germany * Prussian Copyright Act Hoffman, David (1784-1854); info: American jurist 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Hoffman, Michael (1787-1848); info: American lawyer; congressman 1831: USA * Copyright Act Hoffmeister, Franz Anton (1754-1812); info: composer; music publisher 1830: Germany * Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy Hofhaymer, Paul, (1459-1537); also Hofheimer, Hofheymer; info: composer 1511: Germany * Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick Hofmeister, Friedrich (1782-1864); info: music publisher 1830: Germany * Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy Hogarth, William (1697-1764); info: painter; engraver 1735: United Kingdom * Engravers' Copyright Act 1737: United Kingdom * Booksellers' Bill 1777: United Kingdom * Bach v. Longman 1798: United Kingdom * Models and Busts Act 1833: United Kingdom * Dramatic Literary Property Act Holbein, Hans (1497-1543); info: painter 1531: Germany * Basel Printers' Statute Hollander, Christian (c.1510-1569); info: composer 1511: Germany * Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick Holland, Sir Henry Thurstan, 1st Viscount Knutsford (1825-1914); info: civil servant; politician 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. (1841-1935); info: American jurist 1903: USA * Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co. Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr. (1809-1894); info: American physician; writer 1903: USA * Bleistein v. Donaldson Lithographing Co. Holmes, William (fl.1586); info: printer 1586: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree Homer (fl.700 B.C.-?); info: Greek epic poet 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1869: France * Court of Cassation on originality Hook, Theodore (1788-1841); info: writer 1838: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act Horace (65 B.C.-8 B.C.); also: Quintus Horatius Flaccus; info: Roman poet; satirist 1498: Italy * Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent 1501: Italy Vergilius 1503: Italy * Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon Hosius, Stanislaus (1504-1579); info: cardinal 1566: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree Howard, Thomas, 3rd Earl of Effingham (1746-1791) 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket Howitt, William (1792-1879); info: writer 1847: United Kingdom * Foreign Reprints Act How, John (c.1657-1719); info: bookseller; printer 1704: United Kingdom * Defoe's Essay on the Press Hrotsvit of Gandersheim (d.c.973); also: Roswitha; info: author; nun 1479 : Germany * Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg 1501: Germany * Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica Huet, Pierre (fl.1712); info: bookseller 1845: France * Court of Appeal on translations Hugo, Gustav von (1764-1844); info: German jurist 1774: Germany * Pütter: The Reprinting of Books Hugo, Victor (1802-1885); info: writer 1886: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act Hulme, Edward Wyndham (1859-1954); info: librarian at the U.K. Patent Office 1474: Italy * Venetian Statute on Industrial Brevets Humboldt, Wilhelm von (1767-1835); info: Prussian civil servant; linguist; philosopher 1774: Germany * Pütter: The Reprinting of Books Huntington, Benjamin (1736-1800); info: American jurist; politician 1790: USA * Copyright Act Huntington, Jabez Williams (1788-1847); info: American politician; congressman 1831: USA * Copyright Act Hunt, Leigh (1784-1859); info: poet; journalist; literary critic 1814: United Kingdom * Copyright Act Huss, Jan (c.1369-1415); info: religious reformer 1479: Germany * Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg Hutchinson, Thomas (1711-1780); info: businessman; Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (1760, 1769-1774); historian 1672: USA * Usher's Printing Privilege 1781: USA * Andrew Law's Petition Hutten, Ulrich von (1488-1523); info: humanist; poet 1560: Germany Counterfeited papal privilege Hutton, Hugo Rudolph (fl.1852); info: American Germanist 1853: USA * Stowe v. Thomas Huxley, Thomas Henry (1825-1895); info: biologist; science educationist 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report Hyde, Edward, 1st Earl of Clarendon (1609-1674); info: statesman; Lord Chancellor (1658-1667) 1741: United Kingdom * Gyles v. Wilcox (Atkyn's Reports) Hyde, Laurence, 1st Earl of Rochester (1641-1711); info: statesman 1704: United Kingdom * Defoe's Essay on the Press Iddesleigh, Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of (1818-1887); info: statesman 1847: United Kingdom * Foreign Reprints Act 1886: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act Ingersoll, Charles Jared (1782-1862); info: American lawyer; politician 1856: USA * Copyright Act Amendment Ingersoll, Ralph Isaacs (1789-1872); info: American politician 1831: USA * Copyright Act Inglis, Sir Robert (1786-1855); info: politician 1838: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act 1846: Germany * Bilateral Treaty between Prussia and Britain Iredell, James (1751-1799); info: American jurist 1789: USA * The Constitutional Copyright Clause Irving, Washington (1783-1859); info: American author 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey Isaac, Heinrich (c.1450-1517); info: composer 1511: Germany * Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick 1511: Germany * Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick Isingrin, Michael (fl.1539); info: printer 1531: Germany * Basel Printers' Statute Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845); info: American military commander; statesman; U.S. President (1829-1837) 1831: USA * Copyright Act Jacquet of Mantua (1483-1559); also: Jacques Colebault; Jachet de Mantoue; info: French-born Italian-based composer 1498: Italy * Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent James I (1566-1625); also: James VI of Scotland; info: King of Scotland (1567-1625); King of England (1603-1625) 1624: United Kingdom * Statute of Monopolies 1637: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree 1667: United Kingdom * Milton's Contract 1775: United Kingdom * Stationers' Company v. Carnan James IV (1473-1513); info: King of Scotland (1488-1513) 1559: United Kingdom * Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass James, George Payne Rainsford (1801-1860); info: novelist 1838: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act 1844: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act James, William Milbourne (1807-1888); info: judge 1852: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826); info: American statesman; diplomat; U.S. Secretary of State (1789-1793); U.S. President (1801-1809) 1789: USA * The Constitutional Copyright Clause 1790: USA * Copyright Act Jekyll, Joseph (c.1662-1738); info: judge; politician 1667: United Kingdom * Milton's Contract Jenkins, John Edward (1838-1910); info: politician; satirist 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report Jenkyns, Henry (1818-1907); info: parliamentary draftsman 1886: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act Jenson, Nicolas (1420-1480); also: Nicolaus; Janson; info: French-born Venetian-based printer; typographer; publisher 1469: Italy * Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly 1486: Italy * Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege 1517: Italy * Venetian Decree on Press Affairs Jepp, Mary (d.1705); info: cousin of John Locke 1662: United Kingdom * Licensing Act 1690: United Kingdom * Locke's Second Treatise on Government (selected extracts) Jerrold, Blanchard (1826-1884); info: journalist; editor 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report Jerrold, Douglas William (1803-1857); info: dramatist; writer 1833: United Kingdom * Dramatic Literary Property Act Jervis, John (1802-1856); info: judge 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey Jewett, John P. (fl.1852-1855); info: American publisher 1853: USA * Stowe v. Thomas Joanellus, Pietro (fl.1565); info: composer 1511: Germany * Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick Johann of Grumbach (d.1466); info: Prince-Bishop of Würzburg 1455 1479: Germany * Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg Johannes of Speyer (d.1470); also: John of Speyer; Johannes de Spira; info: printer; typographer 1469: Italy * Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly 1515: France * Galliot Du Pré's Privilege 1517: Italy * Venetian Decree on Press Affairs 1660: Germany * Frankfurt Printers' Ordinance John of Cologne (fl.1471-1487); also: Johann von Köln; info: Venetian-based German printer 1469: Italy * Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly 1517: Italy * Venetian Decree on Press Affairs John of Paris (c.1255-1306); also: Jean de Paris; Jean Quidort; Johannes de Soardis; info: philosopher; theologian; Dominican monk 1586: France * Simon Marion's plea on privileges Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784); info: author; lexicographer 1667: United Kingdom * Milton's Contract 1741: United Kingdom * Gyles v. Wilcox (Atkyn's Reports) Johnson, Thomas (1732-1819); info: American jurist; Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1790-1793) 1790: USA * Copyright Act Johnston, Gabriel (1699-1752); info: Governor of North Carolina (1734-1752) 1672: USA * Usher's Printing Privilege Johnston, William (fl.1773); info: bookseller 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Jolly, Julius (1823-1891); info: jurist; Baden Minister of Justice 1853: Germany * Bluntschli: On Authors' Rights 1857: Germany * Wächter: "Publishing Right" 1876: Germany * Copyright Acts for the German Empire regarding works of art, photography, and designs Jonson, Ben (1572-1637); info: poet; playwright 1474: Italy * Venetian Statute on Industrial Brevets 1667: United Kingdom * Milton's Contract Joseph II (1741-1790); info: Holy Roman Emperor (1765-1790) 1781 : Germany * Austrian Statutes on Censorship and Printing 1790: Germany * J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire 1809: Germany * Baden Civil Code Josse, Georges (fl.1665-1693); info: publisher 1665: France * French book trade regulations Jourdan, Athanase (1791-1826); info: jurist 1832: Germany * Gans: On the right to perform published stage plays Jugge, John (d.1588); info: Queen's printer 1586: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree Jugge, Richard (c.1514-1577); info: Queen's printer 1559: United Kingdom * Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass 1566: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree Julius II (1443-1513); info: Pope (1503-1513); patron of the arts 1503 : Italy * Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon Justinian I (c.482-565); info: Eastern Roman Emperor 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Juvenal, Decimus Junius Juvenalis (c.55-c.140); info: Roman lawyer; satirist 1501: Italy Vergilius 1503: Italy * Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon Juxon, William (1582-1663); info: Bishop of London (1633-1649); Archbishop of Canterbury (1660-1663) 1637: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree Kalkbrenner, Friedrich (1785-1849); info: composer; pianist 1838: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey Kames, Henry Home, Lord (1696-1782); info: Scottish jurist; legal historian; philosopher 1762: United Kingdom * Tonson v. Collins 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Kamptz, Karl Albert von (1769-1849); info: jurist; Prussian Director of Police; Prussian Minister of Justice 1832 1774: Germany * Pütter: The Reprinting of Books 1832: Germany * Gans: On the right to perform published stage plays Kane, John Kintzing (1795-1858); info: American judge 1853: USA * Stowe v. Thomas Kant, Immanuel (1724-1804); info: philosopher 1785: Germany * Kant: On the Unlawfulness of Reprinting 1794: Germany * Prussian Statute Book (ALR) 1799: Germany * Kehr: Apology of the Reprinting of Books 1821: Germany * Hegel: Remarks on Intellectual Property 1824: Germany * Neustetel: The Reprinting of Books 1832: Germany * Gans: On the right to perform published stage plays Karl Friedrich (1728-1811); info: Grand Duke of Baden 1809: Germany * Baden Civil Code Karl Ludwig Friedrich (1786-1818); info: Grand Duke of Baden (1811-1818) 1809: Germany * Baden Civil Code Karl X Gustav (1622-1660); info: King of Sweden (1654-1660) 1659 : Germany * Schupp: The Book Thief Katharina of Saxony (1468-1524); info: Duchess of Braunschweig-Calenberg 1513: Germany * Imperial privilege for Eucharius Rösslin Kaunitz, Anton Wenzel, Prince Count of (1711-1794); info: diplomat; statesman; Austrian State Chancellor (1753-1792) 1790: Germany * J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire Kayser, Albrecht Christoph (1756-1811); info: author; librarian 1790: Germany * J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire Kay, Edward Ebenezer (1822-1897); info: judge 1835: United Kingdom * Publication of Lectures Act Keaton, Buster (1895-1966); info: American actor; filmmaker 1892 : Germany * Bilateral treaty between the German Reich and the U.S.A. Keere, Pieter van der (1571-1646); also: Petrus Keerius; info: printer; engraver 1624: United Kingdom * Statute of Monopolies Kehr, Ludwig Christian (1775-1848); info: bookseller; reprinter; pamphletist 1785: Germany * Kant: On the Unlawfulness of Reprinting 1790: Germany * J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire 1799: Germany * Kehr: Apology of the Reprinting of Books Kempe, John (fl.1331); info: weaver 1624: United Kingdom * Statute of Monopolies Kent, James (1763-1847); info: American jurist; legal scholar; Chancellor of New York (1814-) 1789: USA * The Constitutional Copyright Clause Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron (1732-1802); info: Lord Chief Justice (1788-1802) 1790: USA * Copyright Act 1798: United Kingdom * Beckford v. Hood 1814: United Kingdom * Copyright Act 1833: United Kingdom * Dramatic Literary Property Act Kilburn, William (1745-1818); info: artist; calico printer 1787: United Kingdom * Calico Printers' Act Killigrew, Thomas (1612-1683); info: dramatist; theatre manager 1833: United Kingdom * Dramatic Literary Property Act Kircheisen, Karl David (1704-1770); info: Chief Constable of Berlin 1765: Germany Reich v. Pauli 1765: Germany * Philipp Erasmus Reich and the Leipzig publishers' cartel 1766: Germany Prussian Cabinet Order 1794: Germany * Prussian Statute Book (ALR) Kirnberger, Johann Philipp (1721-1783); info: composer 1511: Germany * Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick Klein, Ernst Ferdinand (1743-1810); info: jurist; editor of the 1794 Prussian Statute Book (ALR) 1794: Germany * Prussian Statute Book (ALR) Kleist, Ewald Christian von (1715-1759); info: soldier; poet 1809 : Germany * Baden Civil Code Klopstock, Friedrich Gottlieb (1724-1803); info: poet 1794: Germany * Prussian Statute Book (ALR) Klostermann, Rudolf (1828-1886); info: jurist 1878: France * Morillot on the author's right Knapton, John (1696-1770); info: bookseller 1741: United Kingdom * Pope v. Curl 1747: United Kingdom * Warburton's Letter from an Author Kneller, Sir Godfrey (1646-1723); info: court painter 1798: United Kingdom * Models and Busts Act Knigge, Adolph Baron von (1752-1796); info: Freemason; author 1785 : Germany * Kant: On the Unlawfulness of Reprinting Koberger, Anton (c.1445-1513); info: printer 1479: Germany * Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg 1501: Germany * Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica 1531: Germany * Basel Printers' Statute Kohler, Josef (1849-1919); info: German comparative jurist; Professor of law at Berlin; translator 1738: Germany * Thurneysen: On the Illicit Reprinting of Books 1832: Germany * Gans: On the right to perform published stage plays 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Kolb, Anton (fl.1500); info: Nuremberg merchant 1486: Italy * Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege Kollmann, Christian Ernst (1792-1855); info: publisher 1846: Germany * Bilateral Treaty between Prussia and Britain Konrad, Humprecht (fl.1571); info: lawyer 1660: Germany * Frankfurt Printers' Ordinance Köpfel, Wolfgang (1478-1541); also: Capito; info: religious reformer 1531: Germany * Basel Printers' Statute Kramer, Wilhelm August (1798-d.a.1846); info: jurist 1827: Germany * Kramer: Rights of Writers and Publishers 1832: Germany * Gans: On the right to perform published stage plays Krug, August Otto (1805-1867); info: Saxonian delegate to the Bundestag 1876: Germany * Copyright Acts for the German Empire regarding works of art, photography, and designs Krug, Traugott Manfred (1770-1842); info: Professor of Philosophy at Leipzig 1837: Germany * Directive for reciprocal copyright protection within the German Confederation Kummer, Paul Gotthelf (1757-1835); info: publisher 1815: Germany * Annotated Publishers' Petition to the Congress of Vienna Kühnel, Ambrosius (1770-1813); info: organist; music publisher 1830: Germany * Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy Kühns, Friedrich Julius (1830-1869); info: German jurist 1876 : Germany * Copyright Acts for the German Empire regarding works of art, photography, and designs La Chalotais, Louis-René de Caradeuc de (1701-1785); info: lawyer; philosophe (French Enlightenment) 1776: France * Fragments on the Freedom of the Press La Fontaine, Jean de (1621-1695); info: author 1761: France * La Fontaine case 1799: Germany * Kehr: Apology of the Reprinting of Books 1809: Germany * Baden Civil Code La Rochefoucauld, Sosthène de (1785-1864); info: statesman; Director of Fine Arts under Charles X 1826: France * Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission La Vigne, André de (d.1515); also: Lavigne; info: poet; playwright 1507: France * Eloy d'Amerval's privilege Labitzky, Joseph (1802-1881); also: Josef Labicky; info: composer; violinist; conductor 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey Labouchere, Henry, 1st Baron Taunton (1798-1869); info: politician; President of the Board of Trade 1847: United Kingdom * Foreign Reprints Act 1852: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act Laboulaye, Édouard René de (1811-1883); info: jurist; politician 1515: France * Galliot Du Pré's Privilege 1869: France * Court of Cassation on originality Lachner, Wolfgang (c.1465-1518); info: publisher; bookseller 1531 : Germany * Basel Printers' Statute Lagarde, François Theodore de (1756-c.1800); info: publisher 1785 : Germany * Kant: On the Unlawfulness of Reprinting Lakanal, Joseph (1762-1845); info: politician 1777: France * Linguet's memorandum Lamartine, Alphonse Marie Louis de (1790-1869); info: poet; statesman; historian 1814: France * Court of Cassation on compilations 1841: France * Report of Lamartine and parliamentary debates on literary property 1842: France * Court of Cassation on artistic property 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey 1869: France * Court of Cassation on originality Lambard, William (1536-1601); info: jurist 1586: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree Lambert, George (1700-1765); info: painter 1735: United Kingdom * Engravers' Copyright Act Lamb, George (1784-1834); info: politician; writer 1833: United Kingdom * Dramatic Literary Property Act Lamoignon, Guillaume II, seigneur de Blancmesmil et de Malesherbes (1683-1772); info: judge; Chancellor of France 1750 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade Landseer, Charles (1799/1800-1879); info: historical painter; genre painter 1862: United Kingdom * Fine Art Copyright Act Landseer, Sir Edwin (1802-1873); info: painter 1862: United Kingdom * Fine Art Copyright Act Lao-Tzu; also: Laozi; Laotze; info: Chinese philosopher; sage 1880 : Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Laporte, Pierre François (1799-1841); also: Peter Francis; info: actor; theatre manager 1833: United Kingdom * Dramatic Literary Property Act Lassus, Orlande de (1532-1594); also: Orlando di Lasso; Roland Delattre; info: Netherlandish musician; composer 1498: Italy * Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent 1511: Germany * Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick 1552: France * General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard Laud, William (1573-1645); info: prelate; Archbishop of Canterbury (1633-1645) 1637: United Kingdom * Star Chamber Decree Lavisse, Ernest (1842-1922); info: historian 1762: France * Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors Lawler, Dennis (fl.1803-1819); info: playwright 1833: United Kingdom * Dramatic Literary Property Act Lawrence, Soulden (1751-1814); info: judge 1798: United Kingdom * Beckford v. Hood Law, Andrew (1749-1821); info: American composer; preacher; singing teacher 1781: USA * Andrew Law's Petition Law, Jonathan (1674-1750); info: Governor of the Colony of Connecticut (1741-1750) 1781: USA * Andrew Law's Petition Law, Rt Rev Edmund (1703-1787); info: Bishop of Carlisle (1768-1787) 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1814: United Kingdom * Copyright Act Law, William (fl.1781-1796); info: American printer 1781: USA * Andrew Law's Petition Le Bé, Guillaume (1523-1598); info: typographer 1552: France * General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard Le Bé, Henri (fl.1581); info: printer 1552: France * General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard Le Blanc, Sir Simon (1748/49-1816); info: judge 1814: United Kingdom * Copyright Act Le Breton, André François (1708-1779); info: publisher 1507 : France * Eloy d'Amerval's privilege 1759: France * Sieur d'Anville's contract 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade Le Camus de Neville, François Claude Michel Benoît (fl.1775-1800); info: director of the Librairie (1775-) 1778: France * Pluquet's letters 1869: France * Court of Cassation on originality Le Chapelier, Isaac René Guy (1754-1794); also: Jean Le Chapelier; info: lawyer; Jacobin; politician 1814: France * Court of Cassation on compilations Le Cop, Guillaume (fl.1504); info: physician; almanac writer 1507 : France * Eloy d'Amerval's privilege Le Maire de Belges, Jean (c.1473-1524); also: Lemaire; info: humanist; poet 1507: France * Eloy d'Amerval's privilege Le Noir, Michel (fl.1486-1520); info: bookseller; printer 1507 : France * Eloy d'Amerval's privilege 1515: France * Galliot Du Pré's Privilege Le Roy, Adrien (c.1520-1598); info: lute-player; composer 1515 : France * Galliot Du Pré's Privilege 1552: France * General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard Le Sage, Alain René (1668-1747); info: novelist; dramatist 1845: France * Court of Appeal on translations Leblanc, François (1648-1698); info: numismatist 1762 : France * Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors Leclerc (fl.1814); info: publisher 1814: France * Court of Cassation on compilations Leclerc, Charles-Guillaume (fl.1778); info: bookseller 1862: France * Court of Cassation on photography 1869: France * Court of Cassation on originality Ledyard, John (1751-1789); info: American explorer; sailor; adventurer; author of "Captain Cook's Last Voyage" (1783) 1781: USA * Andrew Law's Petition 1783: USA * Connecticut Copyright Statute Leo X (1475-1521); also: Giovanni de Medici; info: Pope (1531-1521) 1498 : Italy * Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent 1503: Italy * Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon 1538: United Kingdom * Henrician Proclamation Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519); info: Italian painter; sculptor; architect; engineer; inventor; poet; writer 1474: Italy * Venetian Statute on Industrial Brevets Leopold I (1640-1705); info: Holy Roman Emperor (1658-1705) 1549 : Germany * Electoral Saxon Printing and Censorship Acts from 1549 to 1717 Leopold II (1747-1792); info: Holy Roman Emperor (1790-1792) 1790: Germany * J.F.F. Ganz's draft for a general ban on reprinting within the whole Empire Lerminier, Eugène (1803-1857); info: jurist 1832: Germany * Gans: On the right to perform published stage plays Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim (1729-1781); info: author; critic 1774 : Germany * Pütter: The Reprinting of Books 1794: Germany * Prussian Statute Book (ALR) 1809: Germany * Baden Civil Code Leverson, Montague Richard (1830-1925); info: legal writer; patent agent; author of "Copyright and Patents, or Property in Thought" 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Leveson-Gower, George, 2nd Earl Granville (1815-1891); info: statesman; Foreign Secretary (1870-1874, 1880-1885) 1847: United Kingdom * Foreign Reprints Act 1886: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act Lewis, John Frederick (1804-1876); info: painter; President of the Society of Painters in Water Colours 1862: United Kingdom * Fine Art Copyright Act Lewis, John Harvey (1814-1888); info: MP 1862: United Kingdom * Fine Art Copyright Act Lichtenberg, Johannes von (d.1503); also: Claromontanus; Johannes Grümbach; info: German astrologer 1545: Italy * Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations Lichtenstein, Petrus (d.1547); also: Liechtenstein; info: printer 1479 : Germany * Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg Lichtenthal, Pietro (1780-1853); info: censor; composer; author 1840 : Germany * Bilateral Treaty between Austria and Sardinia Limnaeus, Johannes (1592-1603); info: jurist; legal historian 1690: Germany Beier: On the Book Trade and its Privileges Lingard, John (1771-1851); info: Catholic priest; historian 1844: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act Linguet, Simon Nicolas Henri (1736-1794); info: lawyer; journalist 1515 : France * Galliot Du Pré's Privilege 1586: France * Simon Marion's plea on privileges 1749: France * Crébillon case 1759: France * Sieur d'Anville's contract 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade 1776: France * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers 1777: France * Linguet's memorandum 1778: France * Pluquet's letters 1791: France * Report of François Hell to the National Assembly 1814: France * Court of Cassation on compilations 1862: France * Court of Cassation on photography 1869: France * Court of Cassation on originality Linnell, John (1792-1882); info: painter 1862: United Kingdom * Fine Art Copyright Act Littledale, Joseph (1767-1842); info: judge 1833: United Kingdom * Dramatic Literary Property Act Livingston, William (1723-1790); info: American lawyer; Governor of New Jersey (1776-1790) 1783: USA * Connecticut Copyright Statute Livy (59 B.C.-17 A.D.); also: Titus Livius; info: Roman historian 1503 : Italy * Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon 1515: France * Galliot Du Pré's Privilege Lobethan, Friedrich Georg August (1753-c.1804); info: Professor of Law in Zerbst 1796: Germany Lobethan: On Publishers' Privileges Locke, John (1632-1704); info: philosopher 1586: France * Simon Marion's plea on privileges 1662: United Kingdom * Licensing Act 1667: United Kingdom * Milton's Contract 1690: United Kingdom * Locke's Second Treatise on Government (selected extracts) 1704: United Kingdom * Defoe's Essay on the Press 1710: United Kingdom * Statute of Anne 1737: United Kingdom * Booksellers' Bill 1761: France * La Fontaine case 1762: United Kingdom * Tonson v. Collins 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1785: Germany * Kant: On the Unlawfulness of Reprinting 1794: Germany * Prussian Statute Book (ALR) 1821: Germany * Hegel: Remarks on Intellectual Property 1838: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright 1880: Germany * Kohler: Author's Right Lockhart, Alexander (fl.1751); info: lawyer 1762: United Kingdom * Tonson v. Collins Longman, James (b.1740); info: music publisher 1498: Italy * Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent Longman, Thomas Norton (1771-1842); info: bookseller; publisher 1814: United Kingdom * Copyright Act Longman, Thomas, IV (1804-1879); info: bookseller; publisher 1847: United Kingdom * Foreign Reprints Act Lorenz of Bibra (1459-1519); info: Prince-Bishop of Würzburg 1495 1479: Germany * Privilege of the Prince-Bishop of Würzburg Lotrian, Alain (fl.1520-1543); info: printer 1507: France * Eloy d'Amerval's privilege Louis IX (1215-1270); also: St Louis; info: King of France (1226-1270) 1762: France * Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors Louis XII (1462-1515); info: King of France (1498-1515) 1486 : Italy * Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege 1507: France * Eloy d'Amerval's privilege 1515: France * Galliot Du Pré's Privilege Louis XIII (1601-1643); info: King of France (1610-1643) 1552 : France * General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard 1618: France * Book trade regulations and incorporation of the Parisian book trade Louis XIV (1638-1715); also: Le Roi Soleil; info: King of France (1643-1715) 1552: France * General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard 1650: France * Vitré's memorandum on the prolongation of privileges 1686: France * Book trade regulations 1701: France * Royal letters patent 1723: France * Code de la Librairie 1762: France * Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors Louis XV (1710-1774); info: King of France (1715-1774) 1552: France * General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard 1723: France * Code de la Librairie Louis XVI (1754-1793); info: King of France (1774-1793) 1780: France * Dramatic Act Louis XVIII (1755-1824); info: King of France (1814-1824) 1814 : France * Court of Cassation on sculptures Lowndes, John J. (fl.1840); info: legal writer 1798: United Kingdom * Beckford v. Hood 1842: United Kingdom * Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Loyd, Samuel Jones, 1st Baron Overstone (1796-1883); info: banker; art collector 1862: United Kingdom * Fine Art Copyright Act Loyseau, Charles (1564-1627); info: lawyer; judge 1515: France * Galliot Du Pré's Privilege Lucan (39-65); also: Marcus Annaeus Lucanus; info: Roman poet 1503 : Italy * Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon 1517: Italy * Venetian Decree on Press Affairs Luden, Heinrich (1780-1845); info: Professor of History at Jena 1837: Germany * Directive for reciprocal copyright protection within the German Confederation Lully, Jean Baptiste (1632-1687); also: Giovanni Battista; info: Italian-born French composer 1552: France * General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard Lully, Jean-Louis (1667-1688); info: French composer; Superintendent of the King's Music 1552: France * General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard Lully, Louis (1664-1734); info: French composer 1552: France * General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard Luneau de Boisjermain, Pierre-Joseph-Francois (1732-1801); info: author; editor 1507: France * Eloy d'Amerval's privilege 1552: France * General privilege granted to Adrien Le Roy and Robert Ballard 1749: France * Crébillon case 1759: France * Sieur d'Anville's contract 1761: France * La Fontaine case 1763: France * Diderot's Letter on the book trade 1770: France * Luneau de Boisjermain's case 1777: France * Linguet's memorandum Luther, Martin (1483-1546); info: author; religious reformer; translator 1503: Italy * Aldus Manutius's Warning against the Printers of Lyon 1511: Germany * Imperial Privilege for Arnolt Schlick 1513: Germany * Imperial privilege for Eucharius Rösslin 1525: Germany Luther's "Admonition to the Printers" 1531: Germany * Basel Printers' Statute 1538: United Kingdom * Henrician Proclamation 1541: Germany * Luther's "Warning to the Printers" 1659: Germany * Schupp: The Book Thief 1660: Germany * Frankfurt Printers' Ordinance Lyon, Gardner P. (fl.1841); info: American bookseller 1841: USA * Folsom v. Marsh Lyon, James (1735-1794); info: American religious composer 1781: USA * Andrew Law's Petition Lytton, Edward George Lytton Bulwer, 1st Baron (1803-1873); info: novelist; playwright; essayist; poet; politician 1833: United Kingdom * Dramatic Literary Property Act 1838: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report L'Estrange, Sir Roger (1616-1704); info: press censor; author 1662: United Kingdom * Licensing Act Maboul, Jean-François (d.1757); info: director of the Librairie (1740-) 1723: France * Code de la Librairie Macaulay, Catherine (1731-1791); info: historian 1762: United Kingdom * An Enquiry into Literary Property Macaulay, Thomas Babington (1800-1859); info: historian; essayist; poet 1667: United Kingdom * Milton's Contract 1842: United Kingdom * Copyright Act Macé, Jean (fl.1561-1582); info: bookseller 1515: France * Galliot Du Pré's Privilege Macfie, Robert Andrew (1811-1893); info: politician; sugar refiner; author of "Copyright and Patents for Inventions" (1879) 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report Machiavelli, Niccolo (1469-1527); info: Italian statesman; writer; political philosopher 1486: Italy * Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege 1531: Italy * Bernardo Giunti's privilege for Machiavelli's works 1545: Italy * Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations Mackenzie, Sir George (1636/38-1691); info: lawyer; politician 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Mäcken, Johann Conrad (1791-1872); info: publisher; reprinter 1830: Germany * Amended music publishers' agreement against piracy Mäcken, Johann Jakob, Jr. (fl.1801-1822); info: publisher; reprinter 1815: Germany * Annotated Publishers' Petition to the Congress of Vienna Mackintosh, Sir James (1765-1832); info: political writer; politician 1833: United Kingdom * Dramatic Literary Property Act Macklin, Charles (c.1697-1797); info: actor; dramatist 1833: United Kingdom * Dramatic Literary Property Act MacLaurin, John (1734-1796); info: judge; writer 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson MacMillan, Alexander (1818-1896); info: publisher 1847: United Kingdom * Foreign Reprints Act Maconnochie, Allan (fl.1773); info: lawyer 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson Madin, Henry (1690-1748); info: French composer 1498: Italy * Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent Madison, James (1751-1836); info: American politician; U.S. President (1809-1817) 1784: USA Letter from Noah Webster to James Madison 1789: USA * The Constitutional Copyright Clause Maillet, François (fl.1661); info: inventor 1762: France * Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors Malapert, Frédéric (d.1890); info: jurist; historian of literary property in France 1761: France * La Fontaine case Malassis, Clement (fl.1650-1665); info: publisher 1665: France * French book trade regulations Malesherbes, Chrétien Guillaume de Lamoignon de (1721-1794); info: lawyer; statesman; director of the Librairie (1750-1763) 1723: France * Code de la Librairie 1749: France * Crébillon case 1761: France * La Fontaine case 1776: France * Fragments on the Freedom of the Press Mallet, Sir Louis (1823-1890); info: civil servant; economist 1847: United Kingdom * Foreign Reprints Act 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report Malmesbury, James Howard Harris, 3rd Earl of (1807-1889); info: statesman; Foreign Secretary (1852, 1858-1859) 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey Mandry, Johann Gustav Karl von (1832-1902); info: jurist; Professor of law at Tübingen 1857: Germany * Wächter: "Publishing Right" 1867: Germany * Mandry: Commentary on the Bavarian Copyright Act of 1865 Manfré, Marcantonio (fl.1743-1780); info: Venetian printer; Prior of the Venetian Guild of Printers and Booksellers 1780: Italy * "Pezzana e Consorti" case: supporting documents Manilio, Sebastiano (fl.1493); info: Italian physician; philosopher; translator 1486: Italy * Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege Manners, Lord John James Robert (1818-1906); info: politician; Postmaster General 1878: United Kingdom * Royal Commissioners' Report Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl (1705-1793); info: judge; politician 1667: United Kingdom * Milton's Contract 1741: United Kingdom * Pope v. Curl 1747: United Kingdom * Warburton's Letter from an Author 1762: United Kingdom * Tonson v. Collins 1769: United Kingdom * Millar v. Taylor 1773: United Kingdom * Hinton v. Donaldson 1774: United Kingdom * Donaldson v. Becket 1777: France * Linguet's memorandum 1777: United Kingdom * Bach v. Longman 1778: France * Pluquet's letters 1798: United Kingdom * Beckford v. Hood 1831: USA * Copyright Act 1833: United Kingdom * Dramatic Literary Property Act 1838: United Kingdom * International Copyright Act 1854: United Kingdom * Jeffreys v. Boosey 1862: United Kingdom * Fine Art Copyright Act 1870: United Kingdom * Copinger's Law of Copyright Manutius, Aldus (1449/50-1515); also: Aldo Romano; Aldo Manuzio; info: printer; publisher 1469: Italy * Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly 1474: Italy * Venetian Statute on Industrial Brevets 1486: Italy * Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege 1498: Italy * Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent 1501: Germany * Imperial Senate privilege to the Sodalitas Celtica 1501: Italy Vergilius 1517: Italy * Venetian Decree on Press Affairs 1531: Germany * Basel Printers' Statute 1545: Italy * Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations Marchant, John (fl.1751); info: publisher 1667: United Kingdom * Milton's Contract Marcolini da Forlì, Francesco (c.1500-1559); info: Italian printer; publisher; stamp-cutter 1498: Italy * Ottavian | ||||||
