Stationers' Company

American  

noun

1. a company or guild of the city of London composed of booksellers, printers, dealers in writing materials, etc., incorporated in 1557.

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Stationers' Company British  

noun

1. a guild, established by Royal Charter from Queen Mary in 1557, composed of booksellers, printers, etc

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Example Sentences

Written with astonishing speed and intensity, the work was registered with the Stationers’ Company on 9 January 1624 and published without delay: rarely has such a dramatic affliction had such an immediate literary outcome.

From The Guardian • Dec. 4, 2017

The great treasure of the Stationers' Company is its series of registers of works entered for publication.

From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter

He gave pictures to adorn the City Council Chamber, the Court Room of the Stationers' Company, and the dining-room of the Sessions House.

From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter

Penalties were provided, which could not be exacted unless the books were registered with the Stationers' Company, and which must be sued for within three months after the offence.

From Copyright: Its History and Its Law by Bowker, Richard Rogers

Charles II in 1684 renewed the charter of the Stationers' Company, approved its register, and confirmed to proprietors of books "the sole right, power, and privilege and authority of printing, as has been usual heretofore."

From Copyright: Its History and Its Law by Bowker, Richard Rogers