An ordinance ordained, devised, and made by the Master, and Keepers or Wardens, and commonalty of the mystery or art of Stationers of the City of London : for the well governing of that society.

Format:

Microformat

Author/Creator:

Stationers' Company (London, England)

Contributor:

Guilford, Francis North, Baron, 1637-1685.

Pemberton, Francis, Sir, 1624-1697.

Saunders, Edmund, -1683.

Series:

Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1931:27.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Censorship--England--Early works to 1800.

Censorship.

Publishers and publishing--England--History--Early works to 1800.

Publishers and publishing.

Booksellers and bookselling--England--History--Early works to 1800.

Booksellers and bookselling.

Press law--Great Britain--Sources--Early works to 1800.

Press law.

History.

Great Britain.

England.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages, 6 pages

35 mm

monochrome

service copy

positive

Place of Publication:

London : printed for the Company of Stationers, 168[3]

Notes:

An ordinance approved by the Keeper of the Great Seal, the Lord Chief Justice of Kings Bench, and the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for the registration of all publishing with the Stationers Company "to prevent the printing and publishing of treasonable, seditious, and scandalous books, .. ".

Signed at end: F. North, C.S. Edm. Saunders. Fr. Pemberton.

Dated at end: Tenth day of February, .. 1682 [i.e. 1683]. North was made Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, 20 Dec. 1682; Sauders was made Lord Chief Justice in Jan. 1683.

Wing gives date: 1682.

Imprint year probably given according to Lady Day dating; copy cataloged has torn title page affecting imprint date.

Copy filmed has torn title page affecting imprint.

Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1989. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700; 1931:27). s1989 miun a

Cited in:

Wing (2nd ed.) O411.

OCLC:

55723087