{"id":"01KG8B0T47KQV0PAMRZS5KF12F","cid":"bafkreic6lecl5sjsyc46nj7u7grlkjwpywlt2k3u537t22pn6cinq4rag4","type":"file","properties":{"cid":"bafkreie5khezc47jxuqdoghzibovoaqmy2nimorpmcmbdfrg4now526u74","content_type":"image/jpeg","filename":"02_venus_and_adonis_1905_facsimile_page_0053.jpg","height":2400,"key":"pdf-page-1769806521479-fjs7ka8uup9","label":"02_venus_and_adonis_1905_facsimile_page_0053.jpg","page_number":53,"pdf_type":"born_digital","size":594009,"text":"VENUS AND\nADONIS\n47\njointly.\nThe\nofficial\nentry\nin\nthe\nStationers'\nCompany's\nJohn\nRegister\nruns\nthus\n:\n—\nWright,\n■» r • • Sixth owners,\n7\"\nMaiJ\n1616\nMzy7,i6i6\nAssigned over unto them [i.e. to John Haviland and John \"'^^° ^'^'\nWright] by master Parker and by consent of master Islip\nwarden A Booke called Venus and Adonis vjd.\nJohn\nHaviland\nwas\na\nprinter,\nnot\na\nbookseller,\nand\nhe\nalone actively\ncontrolled\nthe\nnewly-purchased copyright.\nAt\nleast\ntwo\neditions\n—\nthose\nof 16^0\nand\n16^6\n—\ncame\nfrom\nhis\npress,\nand\nthe\nbookseller\nwhom\nhe\nemployed\nto\ndistribute\nthe\ncopies\nwas\n<\nFrancis\nCoules\nin\nthe\nOld\nBailey without\nNewgate\n'.\nOn\nSeptember\n4,\n1(^38,\nthe\ntitle\nof\nHaviland and\nhis\npartner\nWright\nto\nthe\npoem\nwas\nconfirmed\nanew\nby\nthe\nofficers\nof\nthe\nStationers'\nCompany's\nRegisters.\nAfter\n1\n64.0,\nEdward\nthe\ncopyright passed\nto\nEdward\nWright.\nHe\nhad\nbegun\nlife\nYJ£^ll\nAugust\nd,\n1(^04, as\napprentice\nto\nHaviland's\npartner,\nJohn\no^ner,\nWright,\ndoubtless\nhis\nuncle.\nEdward Wright\ndid not\nadhere\nipn^i^)\"\nto\nthe\nvolume\nlong.\nOn\nApril\n4,\nidj-j-,\nhe assigned\nit\nto\none\n^^^J-\nWilliam\nGilbertson,\nwho\nacquired\nat\nthe\nsame time\na\nshare in\nWilliam\nLucrece,\nGilbertson was the last\npublisher\nto\nclaim\nany\n9'^^^\"'*^\">\nexclusive\nproperty\nin Venus and\nAdonis.\nIt\nis\nlikely\nenough\nowner,\nthat\nboth he\nand\nhis\nimmediate\npredecessor\nEdward Wright\n^f^\\\n'^'\nissued\nnew\neditions,\nbut no\ncopies survive\nto\nconfirm\nthe\nsuggestion\n;\nand\nthe\ntwo\nmen\nhave\nleft\nsmall\nimpression\non\nthe\nhistory\nof the\nbook.\nThere\nwere thus eight\nformal\ntransfers of the\ncopyrightof the\npoem\nwith due\npayment\nof\nfees in\nthe course of\nsixty-\ntwo years\n—\na\nproof\nthat the\nvolume\nretained\nthroughout\nthat\nlong period\na\nmarketable\nvalue in the sight of publishers.\nThe authorized\nLondon\neditions\nnumbered\nat least\neleven\n;\na\nserious\nattempt was\nmade\nto infringe the copyright\nin\nLondon\nin\ni<^o7,\nand there was\na\nsurreptitious\nissue at\nEdin-\nburgh in\n1\n527. In\nidjf\na rough reprint was\nissued\nby","text_extracted_at":"2026-01-30T20:55:21.479Z","text_extracted_by":"pdf-processor","text_has_content":true,"text_source":"born_digital","uploaded":true,"width":1632},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KG89K4X0DM39SSQK43XXG34R","predicate":"derived_from"},{"peer":"01KG89JREDR8WY5QQGYR5FZRDY","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"}],"ver":2,"created_at":"2026-01-30T20:55:22.503Z","ts":"2026-01-30T20:55:25.152Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFFH6ETXGRVD10WPNP3007D6"}}