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Exempla literarum augustalium quibus comprobatur Ius Familiaritatis Augustalis ac Privilegium, quo cavetur, ne inscio Heroldo, quae scribat aut è tenebris eruat, à quoquam imprimatur : Insuper & Ius aurei annuli, cum insigniis, quib. à Ferdinando P. F. Aug. Desideratiss. Basil. Joannes Herold, donatus est
This document reveals the birth of intellectual property rights in the sixteenth century. It shows how the Emperor used legal privilege and noble status to protect a historian from unauthorized printing.