A Treatise On the Law of Copyright in Books Dramatic And Musical Compositions

opyright law. A comprehensive and scholarly treatise that considers the history and theory of the subject, it summarizes all of the English and American statute enacted since the Act of Queen Anne of 1709-10, the first formal recognition of a law of literary property separate from the law of censorship. Curtis [1812-1894], an eminent patent attorney, was renowned for his intellect and literary skill. He is also the author of the important Constitutional History of the United States, which is available as a Lawbook Exchange reprint.