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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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We have, by these presents, signed with our hand
& with our certain knowledge, full power &
Royal authority, Said, decreed & commanded: & We hereby do Say,
decree, command & desire the following, so it pleases us.
ARTICLE I.
[TIT. 1. & 2.: On the Franchises, Exemptions & Immunities of the Printers & Booksellers
of Paris, & of Master Artisans in general]
Printers & Booksellers will always be deemed [censez]
considered & regarded as belonging to the body corporate & staff [supposts] of
the University of Paris, in all respects distinguished and separated
from the mechanical Arts & in this capacity maintained
& protected in the enjoyment of all the rights, franchises
& prerogatives granted to them by our Royal
predecessors & by Us.
II. No Printer will be allowed to exercise the Profession of
Printing unless he has two Presses which belong to him,
& unless these are equipped with good fonts, without it being
allowed that several Printers should associate themselves into a
single Printing-shop.
III. All Printers & Booksellers must print, &
cause to be printed, Books using elegant Types,
on good-quality Paper & with accurate proof-reading, with
the Name & Trade-mark of the Printer who has carried out
the impression, & when the said Books are printed
at the expense of Booksellers & on their account,
the Printer who carries out the impression is obliged
to put his Name at the end of the said Books, as well as
the Name & Trade-mark of the Bookseller having to be
put on the first page of the said Books – all this on pain
of confiscation & fines, & of even greater penalties if
the offence is repeated.
IV. Printers & Booksellers are likewise
obliged to include, at the end or at the beginning
of the said Books, the Privileges, or Extracts from the
Privileges & the Permits which they have obtained,
on pain of confiscation & punishment.
V. We also forbid all Printers &
Booksellers to fraudulently use [supposer] any other Printer
or Bookseller's name, & to put it instead of their own
on any Book, & to affix to it the trade-mark of any
other Printer or Bookseller, on pain of being punished
as forgers [faussaires], of being charged a fine of three thousand livres, &
confiscation of the Copies.
VI. All Printers & Booksellers are hereby forbidden
to print or cause to be printed any privileged Books [Livres de Privilege] outside
of the Kingdom, on pain of confiscation of all Copies that are discovered,
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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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We have, by these presents, signed with our hand
& with our certain knowledge, full power &
Royal authority, Said, decreed & commanded: & We hereby do Say,
decree, command & desire the following, so it pleases us.
[TIT. 1. & 2.: On the Franchises, Exemptions & Immunities of the Printers & Booksellers
of Paris, & of Master Artisans in general]
Printers & Booksellers will always be deemed [censez]
considered & regarded as belonging to the body corporate & staff [supposts] of
the University of Paris, in all respects distinguished and separated
from the mechanical Arts & in this capacity maintained
& protected in the enjoyment of all the rights, franchises
& prerogatives granted to them by our Royal
predecessors & by Us.
II. No Printer will be allowed to exercise the Profession of
Printing unless he has two Presses which belong to him,
& unless these are equipped with good fonts, without it being
allowed that several Printers should associate themselves into a
single Printing-shop.
III. All Printers & Booksellers must print, &
cause to be printed, Books using elegant Types,
on good-quality Paper & with accurate proof-reading, with
the Name & Trade-mark of the Printer who has carried out
the impression, & when the said Books are printed
at the expense of Booksellers & on their account,
the Printer who carries out the impression is obliged
to put his Name at the end of the said Books, as well as
the Name & Trade-mark of the Bookseller having to be
put on the first page of the said Books – all this on pain
of confiscation & fines, & of even greater penalties if
the offence is repeated.
IV. Printers & Booksellers are likewise
obliged to include, at the end or at the beginning
of the said Books, the Privileges, or Extracts from the
Privileges & the Permits which they have obtained,
on pain of confiscation & punishment.
V. We also forbid all Printers &
Booksellers to fraudulently use [supposer] any other Printer
or Bookseller's name, & to put it instead of their own
on any Book, & to affix to it the trade-mark of any
other Printer or Bookseller, on pain of being punished
as forgers [faussaires], of being charged a fine of three thousand livres, &
confiscation of the Copies.
VI. All Printers & Booksellers are hereby forbidden
to print or cause to be printed any privileged Books [Livres de Privilege] outside
of the Kingdom, on pain of confiscation of all Copies that are discovered,
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