Before Copyright
Subtitle: The French Book-Privilege System 14981526 (Cambridge Studies in Publishing and Printing History)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: May 9, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 335
ISBN-13: 9780521893152
Subjects: Printing, packaging & reprographic industry; Publishing industry; Social history; c 1500 to c 1600; Publishing; Language Arts & Disciplines; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; Language; Language Arts & Disciplines / Publishing
First sentence: THE CONCEPT OF COPYRIGHT was unknown in the manuscript era, and was slow to develop even when printing with movable type had revolutionised the rate at which copies of a book could be produced.