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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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persons may wish to engage for this service. However, Printers
& Booksellers may print the Pardons, Indulgences, & other Works
[Ouvrages] that are proper to each Diocese, under the protection
of special Privileges which the Bishops will have obtained for them.
[TIT. 15.: On Inventories, Appraisals & Sales]
LXVIII. All persons, of whatever rank and position they
may happen to be, are forbidden, if they are not Booksellers or
Printers, to draw up any inventories or appraisals of Printing-
shops & Books which are to be exposed for sale, regardless of the
manner & fashion in which this is done, on pain of the said
inventories & appraisals being rendered void, & a fine of five hundred
livres to be levied from those who violate this Article, & such an
Inventory is instead to be made by two Printers & Booksellers, &
placed & attached by the Notaries together with an inventory
of other movables [meubles]: it will then be mentioned by a single
article in the rough draft & fair copy [minute & grosse] of the
general inventory of other effects which is to be drawn up by
the said Notaries.
LXIX. The Sale or transportation of Presses & Types
for Printing may not be carried out without the
permission of the Lieutenant Général de Police, & in the
presence of the Syndic & Adjuncts, & the Syndic is to keep
a Register of such sales, on which those to whom the said
Presses & Types have been sold or adjudicated are obliged
to have their names recorded, on pain of confiscation & a fine
to be set at discretion & imposed on those who violate this
Article.
THUS, We give as an Order to our beloved & loyal
Counsellors, the People who make up our Court of Parlement,
the Provost of Paris, & our other Officials – each one in accordance
with his obligations [chacun en droit soi] – that what is contained
in these presents is to be executed by them & arranged to be
executed in all its points, according to their form & tenor,
without tolerating any infringements, & putting an end to all
disturbances & hindrances to the contrary: For such is our pleasure,
& so that this might be something which is firm & stable
for all times, We have had our Seal affixed to these presents. Given
at Versailles in the month of August, the year of our Lord one thousand
six hundred and eighty-six, & of our Reign the forty-fourth.
Signed LOUIS. By the King. COLBERT. On
the side is written: Visa BOUCHERAT, for the Letters
Patent concerning Printers & Booksellers.
Registered, yes & requesting this by the Procureur Général of
the King, so that they might be executed in accordance with
their form & tenor; At Paris, in Parlement, the twenty-first of
August, one thousand six hundred and eighty-six. Signed: JACQUES.
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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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persons may wish to engage for this service. However, Printers
& Booksellers may print the Pardons, Indulgences, & other Works
[Ouvrages] that are proper to each Diocese, under the protection
of special Privileges which the Bishops will have obtained for them.
[TIT. 15.: On Inventories, Appraisals & Sales]
LXVIII. All persons, of whatever rank and position they
may happen to be, are forbidden, if they are not Booksellers or
Printers, to draw up any inventories or appraisals of Printing-
shops & Books which are to be exposed for sale, regardless of the
manner & fashion in which this is done, on pain of the said
inventories & appraisals being rendered void, & a fine of five hundred
livres to be levied from those who violate this Article, & such an
Inventory is instead to be made by two Printers & Booksellers, &
placed & attached by the Notaries together with an inventory
of other movables [meubles]: it will then be mentioned by a single
article in the rough draft & fair copy [minute & grosse] of the
general inventory of other effects which is to be drawn up by
the said Notaries.
LXIX. The Sale or transportation of Presses & Types
for Printing may not be carried out without the
permission of the Lieutenant Général de Police, & in the
presence of the Syndic & Adjuncts, & the Syndic is to keep
a Register of such sales, on which those to whom the said
Presses & Types have been sold or adjudicated are obliged
to have their names recorded, on pain of confiscation & a fine
to be set at discretion & imposed on those who violate this
Article.
THUS, We give as an Order to our beloved & loyal
Counsellors, the People who make up our Court of Parlement,
the Provost of Paris, & our other Officials – each one in accordance
with his obligations [chacun en droit soi] – that what is contained
in these presents is to be executed by them & arranged to be
executed in all its points, according to their form & tenor,
without tolerating any infringements, & putting an end to all
disturbances & hindrances to the contrary: For such is our pleasure,
& so that this might be something which is firm & stable
for all times, We have had our Seal affixed to these presents. Given
at Versailles in the month of August, the year of our Lord one thousand
six hundred and eighty-six, & of our Reign the forty-fourth.
Signed LOUIS. By the King. COLBERT. On
the side is written: Visa BOUCHERAT, for the Letters
Patent concerning Printers & Booksellers.
Registered, yes & requesting this by the Procureur Général of
the King, so that they might be executed in accordance with
their form & tenor; At Paris, in Parlement, the twenty-first of
August, one thousand six hundred and eighty-six. Signed: JACQUES.
No Transcription available.