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Ordinances : Ordinance 1694.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Literary Print Culture : The Stationers' Company Archive, 1554-2007
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2017.
- Summary:
- Description: Ordinances enacted at a meeting of the Common Hall, 14 May 1694: (1) Whereas divers Company members have great part of their estates in copies entered in the register books which is and always has by ancient usage of the Company been taken to be the right and property of such persons (members of the Company) for whom such copies are duly entered in the register and constantly bargained and sold among Company members as their property, and devised to children and others for legacies and to their widows for their maintenance, And that they to whom such copies are entered purchased or devised ought to have the sole printing thereof Wherefore for the better preservation of this ancient usage from being invaded And to prevent the abuse of trade by violating the same, after any entries of copies are made in the register books by any members of the Company, If any other member shall without licence or consent of the member by whom the entries are made, or his assignees print or import any such copies whereof such.
- Notes:
- Please note: Some of the metadata for this document has been taken from the Stationers' Company archival catalogue.
- AMDigital Reference: TSC/1/A/02/01/05.
- Description based on online resource (viewed on October 18, 2017).
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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