Before Copyright: The French Book-Privilege System, 1498-1526

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Year of Publication
1990
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Number of Pages
317 pp.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
City
New York, NY
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ISBN
9780521374088
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Contents: 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 Register of known privileges, with code-numbers.