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Royal letters patent, Paris (1701)

Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France : Mss. Fr. 22071 n°195

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Royal letters patent, Paris (1701), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org

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LETTERS PATENT
AND RULING OF THE
KING'S COUNCIL OF STATE,

concerning the regulation of Bookselling.


      From Louis by the grace of God King of
France and of Navarre, to all who shall see
the present Letters, hail. The abuses perpe-
trated in recent years by Booksellers, Print-
ers and other Individuals, in the printing
and reprinting of Books having obliged Us to
seek the means of re-establishing order and
discipline therein, We have by a ruling of our
Council made this last 7 September given the
orders that We would have observed in future
in these matters, which have always seemed to
Us sufficiently important to the Public to
merit our particular attention; And this
because it is absolutely essential that this
Ruling be put into execution in all its pro-
visions, and that none of those who have
hitherto exempted themselves from previous
Rulings, or have

    

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