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Language: Italian

1474 : * Venetian Statute on Industrial Brevets (Italy)

1498: * Ottaviano Petrucci's Music Patent ( Italy)

1501: Le Cose volgari. (Italy)

1502: Aldus Manutius's Petition against Counterfeiters (Italy)

1503: Durante v. Torresani (Italy)

1503: Scotto v. Benalio (Italy)

1515: * Ariosto's Printing Privilege (Italy)

1516: Ugo da Carpi's Patent (Italy)

1516: * Appointment of Andrea Navagero as Literary Censor (Italy)

1527: * Venetian Decree on Pre-publication Censorship (Italy)

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

1545: * Antonio Catalano's Teaching Licence ( Italy)

1545: * Venetian Decree on Author-Printer Relations (Italy)

1549: * Decree Establishing the Venetian Guild of Printers and Booksellers (Italy)

1549: * Statutes of the Venetian Guild of Printers and Booksellers (Italy)

1568: * Giorgio Vasari, Life of Marcantonio of Bologna and Other Engravers of Prints (Italy)

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

1596: * Motu proprio controversy (Italy)

1603: * Venetian Decree on Privileges for New Books and Reprints (Italy)

1740: Venetian Decree Against Unauthorized Printing of Songs (Italy)

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

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

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

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