Die florentinischen Autoren- und Druckerprivilegien während der Herrschaft der Familie Medici

With a printing privilege, the holder was able to prevent others from reprinting a book without his consent for a certain period of time and even enforce sanctions against any person who violated that privilege. This dissertation, which received the 2019 Research Award from the Association of the Research Centre for Industrial Property Rights in Münster, examines over 300 documents from the State Archives in Florence on Florentine printing privileges and the applications of printers and authors for such privileges from the era of the (grand) dukes of the Medici family with regard to the history of copyright law.