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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Stationers' Company

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

Spoerer, Hans, block-books printed by, 25 Springinklee, Hans, illustrator, 183, 188 Stagninus, Bernardinus, his illustrated service-books, 195 Stanheim, Melchior, arbitrator on book-illustrating, 63, 103 Stationers’ Company, 221 sq.,

From Fine Books by Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William)

In 1557, however, Philip and Mary granted a charter to the Stationers' Company under which no one not a member of the Stationers' Company could legally possess a printing press.

From An Introduction to Shakespeare by MacCracken, H. N.

In 1706 Richardson was apprenticed to a London printer, served a diligent apprenticeship, and worked as a compositor until he rose, late in life, to be master of the Stationers' Company.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 by Rudd, John

The booksellers had become the more prosperous race, and some of these, combining with the Stationers’ Company, opposed the privileged few.

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac