1559 | Day's The Cosmographical Glass |
1559* | Day's privilege for The Cosmographical Glass Commentary: [1] |
1624* | Statute of Monopolies Commentary: [1] |
1643* | The Humble Remonstrance of the Stationers' Company Commentary: [1] |
1644 | Milton's Areopagitica |
1647 | Ordinance against Unlicensed or Scandalous Pamphlets |
1663 | L'Estrange's Considerations and Proposals |
1690* | Locke's Second Treatise on Government (selected extracts) Commentary: [1] |
1693 | Locke's Memorandum on the 1662 Act |
1695 | Reasons for objecting to the renewal of the Licensing Act |
1704* | Defoe's Essay on the Press Commentary: [1] |
1709 | Reasons Humbly Offer'd for the Bill for the Encouragement of Learning |
1710* | Statute of Anne Commentary: [1] |
1737* | Booksellers' Bill Commentary: [1] |
1737 | An Act for the Encouragement of Learning (Draft) |
1761 | Tonson v. Collins |
1762* | An Enquiry into Literary Property Commentary: [1] |
1762 | A Vindication of the Rights of Authors |
1766 | Blackstone's Commentaries, Vol.II (selected extracts) |
1773 | Information for Alexander Donaldson |
1774* | Donaldson v. Becket Commentary: [1] |
1774 | Hargrave's Argument in Defence of Literary Property |
1774 | Enfield's Observations |
1774 | Macauley's A Modest Plea |
1787* | Calico Printers' Act Commentary: [1] |
1787 | Calico Printers' Act (parchment copy) |
1801* | Copyright Act Commentary: [1] |
1801 | A Bill for the Further Encouragement of Learning |
1818 | Select Committee Report: Minutes of Evidence |
1828* | Maugham's Treatise Commentary: [1] |
1832 | Select Committee Report: Dramatic Literature |
1832 | Parliamentary Debates on Drama and Dramatic Literature (31 May) |
1838 | Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (20 March) |
1841 | Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Bill (5 Feb.) |
1842* | Lowndes' Historical Sketch of the Law of Copyright Commentary: [1] |
1842 | Parliamentary Debates on the Copyright Act (9 May) |
1852 | Parliamentary Debates on the International Copyright Act (13 Feb.) |
1854* | Jeffreys v. Boosey Commentary: [1] |
1858 | Report of the Artistic Copyright Committee |
1861 | Fine Art Copyright Bill |
1862* | Fine Art Copyright Act Commentary: [1] |
1862 | Parliamentary Debates on the Fine Art Copyright Act (28 Feb.) |
1862 | Fine Art Copyright Bill (27 Feb.) |
1862 | Fine Art Copyright Bill (20 March) |
1869 | Artistic Copyright Bill, London Commentary: [1] |
1870* | Copinger's Law of Copyright Commentary: [1] |
1872 | Correspondence and Papers on Colonial Copyright |
1878* | Royal Commissioners' Report Commentary: [1] |
1878 | Royal Commission on Copyright: Minutes of Evidence |
1879 | Copyright Consolidation Bill |
1899 | Artistic Copyright Bill, London |
1900 | Artistic Copyright Bill, London |