The charter and grants of the Company of Stationers : of the city of London, now in force, containing a plain and rational account of the freemen's rights and privileges, Fairly produced, and, where necessary, impartially explain'd. In order To ascertain the Authority annexed to the Office of Master and Wardens, And To redress the Hardships and Miseries of the injured and oppressed Freemen. To which is added, an appendix: shewing, that the court of assistants was imposed upon the freemen by a charter granted by Charles II. Which, because It was found unreasonable, oppressive and illegal, Was Revoked, and made null and void By An Act of Parliament in the 2 W. & M. So that Upon the whole, it will be found to be expresly ordain'd and granted, That the said Company must be governed by Master and Wardens only: That the Master and Wardens must be elected and removed at Pleasure by the Freemen for ever: And, That the Profits of the English Stock must be for the Help and Relief of the Poor Freemen, and not for the Support of the Master, Wardens and Assistants, and their Relations and Dependents.

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Printing--England--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([2],xvi,65,[1],28,[2]p.,plate )

Other Title:

Charter and grants of the Company of Stationers

Place of Publication:

London : printed by R. Nutt, in the Old Baily, MDCCXLI. [1741]

Notes:

Includes: 'The charter granted .. in the third and fourth of Philip and Mary', 'Letters patents granted .. in the first year of King James I.', 'Letters patents granted .. in the thirteenth year of King James I.', and 'The charter granted .. in the thirty sixth year of King Charles II.', each with a divisional titlepage.

Published by Thomas Osborne and his son as a protest against the officers of the Stationers' Company.

Price from imprint: price Two Shillings and Six-Pence.

Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, N14721.

OCLC:

642141262