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Record Nr.

UNISA996387363903316

Titolo

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 [[electronic resource] ] : for the well governing of that society

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

Descrizione fisica

[2], 6 p

Altri autori (Persone)

GuilfordFrancis North, Baron,  <1637-1685.>

PembertonFrancis, Sir,  <1624-1697.>

SaundersEdmund, Sir,  <d. 1683.>

Soggetti

Censorship - England

Publishers and publishing - England - History

Booksellers and bookselling - England - History

Press law - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

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.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018