Reference
W1/3054
Title
Thomas Fisher, Hoxton, to Samuel Whitbread II
Date free text
1 June 1814
Production date
From: 1814 To: 1814
Scope and Content
Protest against provisions in the Bill on copyright which would result in his having to supply eleven copies of his work (value 96 guineas) to public bodies [the deposit libraries]. Suggests amended clauses. His recent book on Guilds, which he is still preparing, will have to have the letterpress suppressed, & only be issued as plates, as he has already transgressed the Act.
Level of description
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