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Documents for France (* indicates core document)

1507 : * Eloy d'Amerval's privilege

1515 : * Galliot Du Pré's Privilege

1531 :   Francis I's letter patent to Pierre Attaignant

1547 : * Censorship Act

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

1586 : * Simon Marion's plea on privileges

1607 :   General privilege granted to Pierre Ballard

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

1649 :   Book trade regulations

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

1660 : * Decree on Engravings

1665 : * Book trade regulations

1676 : * Decree on Sculptures

1686 : * Book trade regulations

1690 : * Memorandum on the opposition between the Parisian and the provincial booksellers

1701 : * Royal letters patent

1714 : * Decree on Fine Arts

1723 : * Code de la Librairie

1725 :   Book trade regulations

1725 : * Pierre-Jacques Blondel's memorandum

1725 : * Louis d'Héricourt's memorandum

1749 : * Crébillon's case

1759 : * Sieur d'Anville's contract

1761 : * La Fontaine case

1762 : * Royal declaration on privileges granted to inventors

1763 : * Diderot's Letter on the book trade

1764 :   Parisian Booksellers memorandum

1769 :   Avis aux gens de lettres

1770 : * Luneau de Boisjermain's case

1776 : * Gaultier's memorandum for the provincial booksellers

1776 : * Fragments on the Freedom of the Press

1777 : * King's declaration on sculpture and painting

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

1777 : * Linguet's memorandum

1778 : * Pluquet's letters

1778 :   Decree on counterfeitings

1779 :   Séguier's report

1780 :   Beaumarchais's report

1780 :   Decree on Dramatic Literary Property

1780 : * Dramatic Act

1786 : * Decree on Musical publications

1790 : * Sieyès' report

1790 :   Boufflers' report

1791 : * Le Chapelier's report

1791 : * Report of François Hell to the National Assembly

1791 :   Beaumarchais's petition

1793 : * Literary and Artistic Property Act

1810 :   Imperial decree on the book trade

1814 : * Court of Cassation on sculptures

1814 : * Court of Cassation on compilations

1825 :   Merlin on counterfeiting

1826 : * Minutes of the 1825-1826 Commission

1828 :   Court of Appeal on moral rights

1834 : * Balzac's letter to authors

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

1841 :   Court of Cassation on artistic property

1842 : * Court of Cassation on artistic property

1844 :   Act on the property right of playwrights' widows and children

1845 :   Court of Appeal on moral rights

1845 : * Court of Appeal on translations

1851 : * SACEM's act of constitution

1852 : * International Copyright Act

1853 :   Court of Cassation on translations

1854 :   Literary and Artistic Property Act

1857 :   Court of cassation on originality

1861 : * Court of Cassation on telegraphic news

1862 : * Court of Cassation on photography

1862 : * Proudhon: "Les Majorats littéraires"

1866 :   Reports of Riché, Perras, Sainte-Beuve.

1866 : * Literary and artistic property act

1867 :   Cour de Cassation on moral rights

1869 : * Court of Cassation on originality

1872 :   Morillot on the personal right of publication

1878 : * Morillot on the author's right

1887 : Court of Cassation on international copyright

1902 : * Court of Cassation on moral rights

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