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Book trade regulations, Paris (1686)

Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France : Mss. Fr. 22061 n° 120

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Book trade regulations, Paris (1686), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

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& a fine of fifteen hundred livres the first time
round, half of which is to be used for the benefit of the Guild [Communauté].
Only Printers shall have Presses & Types
which can be used for printing. We prohibit all other
persons from having or keeping the latter in any place
whatsoever, & under whatever pretext might be claimed,
on pain of exemplary punishment, confiscation
of the Presses & Types, & a fine of three thousand
livres. We likewise forbid all persons,
other than Printers & Booksellers,
to put up for sale & sell any Books, & to have them
advertised in order to sell them in their own names, regardless
of whether they claim to be the authors of these or not, on pain
of a fine of five hundred livres to be levied from those who
infringe this article, & confiscation of the said Books.

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