Stationers' Company

noun

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

Stationers' Company

noun

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

Example Sentences

The books of the London stationers company record the names of 59 persons exercising the trade as master printers.

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The Stationers Company, founded in 1555, obtained its monopoly at the price of severe restrictions.

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On the score of antiquity the Stationers Company may be first mentioned.

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Until 1779 the printing of almanacks was also restricted to the universities and the Stationers Company.

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