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Counterfeited Privilege in Grimmelshausen's 'The Magic Bird's Nest', N.N. (1675)

Source: Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna 1447-A.Alt Mag

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Counterfeited Privilege in Grimmelshausen's 'The Magic Bird's Nest', N.N. (1675), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

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great King of Selene,* hereby
confer on all those / who deal in
paper / and all that belongs onto
the pages of this worthy material /
the general and full power, / complete
liberty, / full discretion and
legitimate right / to reprint this
little treatise in German everywhere, /
offer it for sale, /sell it, / exchange
it for another book at some fair, /
transfer their ownership of it, / and
in general to make use of it in the
most profitable way for them, /
whenever and as often as they wish, /
albeit on the following express
reservation and proviso: / namely,
that such a reprinter must be willing
to explain publicly - / and,
accordingly, to give a sufficient
security -** / why he had made no


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* the Moon
** i.e. until the case is resolved

    

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