The Decision of the Court of Session, Upon the Question of Literary Property; in the cause John Hinton of London, Bookseller, Pursuer; against Alexander Donaldson and John Wood, Booksellers in Edinburgh.
by COPYRIGHT Boswell (James)
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BOSWELL, James (1740-1795). The Decision of the Court of Session, Upon the Question of Literary Property; in the cause John Hinton of London, Bookseller, Pursuer; against Alexander Donaldson and John Wood, Booksellers in Edinburgh. Edinburgh: printed by James Donaldson for Alexander Donaldson, 1774.
The Decision of the Court of Session upon the Question of Literary Property, in the cause of John Hinton of London, Bookseller, Pursuer; against Alexander Donaldson and John Wood, Booksellers in Edinburgh and James Meurose, Bookseller in Kilmarnock, Defenders. Published by James Boswell, Esq., Advocate. Edinburgh: for James Donaldson, Alexander Donaldson, 1774. 4to, pp. [2], iv, 37; modern half morocco over marbled boards, minor soiling to lower margins of most leaves.st leaves.)
First edition, 2nd state, with "Shop" in imprint Initially the costs of processing amounting to £119-16-6, whereby each defender payed £38, but on 22nd February 1774 the House of Lords reversed the Chancery decree against the Donaldsons. The Statute of Anne was thereby upheld, and perpetual copyright under common law ruled out. This allowed reprinting throughout Britain.
AN IMPORTANT EARLY COPYRIGHT CASE. Rothschild 451.
BOSWELL, James (1740-1795). The Decision of the Court of Session, Upon the Question of Literary Property; in the cause John Hinton of London, Bookseller, Pursuer; against Alexander Donaldson and John Wood, Booksellers in Edinburgh. Edinburgh: printed by James Donaldson for Alexander Donaldson, 1774.
The Decision of the Court of Session upon the Question of Literary Property, in the cause of John Hinton of London, Bookseller, Pursuer; against Alexander Donaldson and John Wood, Booksellers in Edinburgh and James Meurose, Bookseller in Kilmarnock, Defenders. Published by James Boswell, Esq., Advocate. Edinburgh: for James Donaldson, Alexander Donaldson, 1774. 4to, pp. [2], iv, 37; modern half morocco over marbled boards, minor soiling to lower margins of most leaves.st leaves.)
First edition, 2nd state, with "Shop" in imprint Initially the costs of processing amounting to £119-16-6, whereby each defender payed £38, but on 22nd February 1774 the House of Lords reversed the Chancery decree against the Donaldsons. The Statute of Anne was thereby upheld, and perpetual copyright under common law ruled out. This allowed reprinting throughout Britain.
AN IMPORTANT EARLY COPYRIGHT CASE. Rothschild 451.
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- The Decision of the Court of Session, Upon the Question of Literary Property; in the cause John Hinton of London, Bookseller, Pursuer; against Alexander Donaldson and John Wood, Booksellers in Edinburgh.
- Author
- COPYRIGHT Boswell (James)
- Format/Binding
- Modern half morocco over marbled boards, minor soiling to lower margins of most leaves.
- Book Condition
- Used
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- First edition, 2nd state with "Shop" in imprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- printed by James Donaldson for Alexander Donaldson
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1774
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