Between Privileges and the Market. Government Printing Companies in the Nineteenth Century

This essay is a contribution to the history of governmental printing houses in Italy in the nineteenth century. These, born in the eighteenth century, maintain privileges and property rights for the publication of laws, official acts and school books; however, they progressively decline with the ris...

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Main Author: Maria Iolanda Palazzolo
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Language:English
Published: University of Bologna 2021-04-01
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Online Access:https://teca.unibo.it/article/view/12464
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Between Privileges and the Market. Government Printing Companies in the Nineteenth Century
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nineteenth century
book trade
governmental printing companies
privileges
title Between Privileges and the Market. Government Printing Companies in the Nineteenth Century
title_full Between Privileges and the Market. Government Printing Companies in the Nineteenth Century
title_fullStr Between Privileges and the Market. Government Printing Companies in the Nineteenth Century
title_full_unstemmed Between Privileges and the Market. Government Printing Companies in the Nineteenth Century
title_short Between Privileges and the Market. Government Printing Companies in the Nineteenth Century
title_sort between privileges and the market government printing companies in the nineteenth century
topic nineteenth century
book trade
governmental printing companies
privileges
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