Before Copyright: The French Book-Privilege System 1498–1526 - Rilegato

Armstrong, Elizabeth

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ISBN 10: 0521374081 ISBN 13: 9780521374088

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1990

Riassunto

Details the development of the privilege system, a precursor to copyright, in early sixteenth-century French publishing.

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Descrizione del libro

During the 1480s and 1490s France became one of the Europe's main centres of book production and from 1498, when competition intensified, privileges or special laws protecting books from being reprinted without the consent of the author or publisher were increasingly sought. Although these privileges were to last as long as the Ancien Regime, the period to 1526 is the least-known stage of their development but the most important.

Contenuti

List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; note on transcription; Note on proper names; Sigla and abbreviations; 1. Origins and development of book-privileges in Europe; 2. Privilege-granting authorities in France; 3. Seeking and granting privileges: forms, conditions and procedures; 4. Grounds for seeking and granting privileges; 5. Grant of privilege and permission to print; 6. Dating and duration of privileges; 7. Display and advertisement of privileges; 8. The range of interests reflected in privileged books: analysis by subject; 9. Ownership, enforcement and efficacy of privileges; Conclusion; Select bibliography; Index of publishers, printers and booksellers; General index.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0521374081
• ISBN 13: 9780521374088
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 335
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile