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Documents for Italy (* indicates core document)

1469 : * Johannes of Speyer's Printing Monopoly

1474 : * Statute on Industrial Brevets

1486 : * Marco Antonio Sabellico's Printing Privilege

1498 : * Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent

1502 :   Aldus Manutius' Petition Against Counterfeiters

1503 : * Warning of Aldus Manutius against Lyonese Typographers

1503 :   Scotto v. Benalio

1504 :   A woodcut by Albrecht Dürer plagiarized by Marcantonio Raimondi

1515 : * Ludovico Ariosto's Printing Privilege

1516 : * Appointment of Literary Censor, Andrea Navagero

1516 :   Ugo da Carpi's Patent

1517 : * Decree on Press Affairs

1526 :   Sigismondo Fanti's Triompho di Fortuna

1527 :   Decree on Pre-publication Censorship

1531 : * Antonio Blado's Privilege for Works by Machiavelli

1531 : * Bernardo Giunti's Privilege for Works by Machiavelli

1532 :   Antonio Blado's Edition of Machiavelli's Historie

1534 :   Melchiore Sessa's Privilege for Works by Machiavelli

1545 : * Decree on Author-Printer Relations

1545 : * Antonio Catalano's Teaching Licence

1549 : * Decree Establishing the Guild of Printers and Booksellers

1549 :   Minute Book of the Guild of Printers and Booksellers

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

1596 : * Motu proprio controversy

1603 : * Decree on Privileges for New Books and Reprints

1740 :   Decree Against Unauthorized Printing of Songs

1780 : * Niccolo Pezzana's Case

1780 :   Reprint of the Decree of the French King on Duration of Privileges

1781 : * Pezzana's case: Sentence in Favour of the Author

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