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Book trade regulations, Paris (1686)
Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France : Mss. Fr. 22061 n° 120
Citation:
Book trade regulations, Paris (1686), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org
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-men [Compagnons] Printers may not sell & deal in [negocier]
any books on their own private account, on pain of
confiscation of the Books, & a fine of five hundred livres the
first time round, & exemplary punishment in case the
offence is repeated.
LXIV. Master Printers & Booksellers, or
their Widows, shall not lend their Names to anyone
whomsoever for running Printing-works or Bookshops,
selling or dealing in books, on pain of confiscation
of the Printing-works & books, to the benefit of the Guild [Communauté]
& a fine of five hundred livres, as well as a similar
sum to be levied from those who avail themselves of the name
of the said Printers & Booksellers.
[TIT. 14.: On Privileges & prolongations]
LXV. We forbid all Printers & Booksellers
to counterfeit books for which Privileges have
been granted, or prolongations of such Privileges,
to expose for sale & sell books which have been counterfeited, on
pain of the penalties specified in the said Privileges, which may
not be moderated or mitigated by the Judges; & in
case of a repeated offence those who violate this Article will be
subjected to corporal punishment, & will forfeit their Mastership [Maîtrise],
whereby they may no longer become involved, directly or
indirectly, in Printing or trading with books.
LXVI. No Printer or Bookseller is allowed
to print, or cause to be printed, any book without
Letters Patent signed & sealed with the Great Seal, which
letters cannot be requested or issued
until our beloved & loyal Chancellor of France has
received a manuscript copy of the book
for the printing of which the said Letters are being
requested; & the said letters are to be mentioned at
the beginning or at the end of said books. The said
books may not be printed anywhere else other than
the place of residence of the Booksellers or Printers
who have obtained these letters, even if they happen
to have ceded & transferred the Privilege, & in case
this Article is violated, the said books, which are printed
outside of the place of residence of those who had
obtained the said letters for them, may be printed, exposed
for sale & sold by all other Booksellers, just as if no
Privilege had been granted for them at all.
LXVII. The said Printers, Booksellers, & anyone
else, may not obtain any Privileges for the printing
of Polemical pamphlets [factums], Requests, Petitions [Placets], Death notices
[Billets d'enterrement], Pardons, Indulgences, Letters requesting payment [Monitoires],
Theses & suchlike works [ouvrages], & the said Works [ouvrages] may be printed
indiscriminately by any Printers whom private
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Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France : Mss. Fr. 22061 n° 120
Citation:
Book trade regulations, Paris (1686), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org
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-men [Compagnons] Printers may not sell & deal in [negocier]
any books on their own private account, on pain of
confiscation of the Books, & a fine of five hundred livres the
first time round, & exemplary punishment in case the
offence is repeated.
LXIV. Master Printers & Booksellers, or
their Widows, shall not lend their Names to anyone
whomsoever for running Printing-works or Bookshops,
selling or dealing in books, on pain of confiscation
of the Printing-works & books, to the benefit of the Guild [Communauté]
& a fine of five hundred livres, as well as a similar
sum to be levied from those who avail themselves of the name
of the said Printers & Booksellers.
[TIT. 14.: On Privileges & prolongations]
LXV. We forbid all Printers & Booksellers
to counterfeit books for which Privileges have
been granted, or prolongations of such Privileges,
to expose for sale & sell books which have been counterfeited, on
pain of the penalties specified in the said Privileges, which may
not be moderated or mitigated by the Judges; & in
case of a repeated offence those who violate this Article will be
subjected to corporal punishment, & will forfeit their Mastership [Maîtrise],
whereby they may no longer become involved, directly or
indirectly, in Printing or trading with books.
LXVI. No Printer or Bookseller is allowed
to print, or cause to be printed, any book without
Letters Patent signed & sealed with the Great Seal, which
letters cannot be requested or issued
until our beloved & loyal Chancellor of France has
received a manuscript copy of the book
for the printing of which the said Letters are being
requested; & the said letters are to be mentioned at
the beginning or at the end of said books. The said
books may not be printed anywhere else other than
the place of residence of the Booksellers or Printers
who have obtained these letters, even if they happen
to have ceded & transferred the Privilege, & in case
this Article is violated, the said books, which are printed
outside of the place of residence of those who had
obtained the said letters for them, may be printed, exposed
for sale & sold by all other Booksellers, just as if no
Privilege had been granted for them at all.
LXVII. The said Printers, Booksellers, & anyone
else, may not obtain any Privileges for the printing
of Polemical pamphlets [factums], Requests, Petitions [Placets], Death notices
[Billets d'enterrement], Pardons, Indulgences, Letters requesting payment [Monitoires],
Theses & suchlike works [ouvrages], & the said Works [ouvrages] may be printed
indiscriminately by any Printers whom private
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