The humble petition of the stationers, printers and booke-sellers of the citie of London, : Shewing, that where a decree was made in the Star-chamber, concerning the ordering of printing and bookeselling..

Requesting "your Honors fauourable furtherance" of a bill to reform abuses in printing by limiting the number of master printers, et cetera--STC addenda.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Stationers' Company (London, England)
Other Authors:	Field, Richard, -1624 (Printer)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[London : R. Field, 1604]
Series:	Early English books online.
Subjects:	Stationers' Company (London, England) > Early works to 1800. England and Wales. > Court of Star Chamber > Early works to 1800. Booksellers and bookselling > England > London > Early works to 1800. Printers > England > London > Early works to 1800. Printing > Law and legislation > England > Early works to 1800.
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Description
Summary:	Requesting "your Honors fauourable furtherance" of a bill to reform abuses in printing by limiting the number of master printers, et cetera--STC addenda.
Item Description:	Title from caption and opening lines of text. Imprint suggested by STC (2nd edition). Refers to the Star Chamber decree (23 June 1586) as "aboue 17. yeares past" and ineffective and is probably related to "an Act for the good of the Company" which R. Field and others were appointed to pursue on 27 March 1604; see Court Book C, p. 6. The "Honors" addressed may have been the Coporation of London. Cf. STC addenda. Reproduction of original in: Society of Antiquaries of London. Library.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 sheet ([1] pages)
Place of Publication:	Great Britain -- England -- London.