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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.


Stationers' Company British  

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

Nor had he abandoned his connexion with the book trade, and in 1578 he was admitted a freeman of the Stationers’ Company.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various

In this history of the progress of the press in our country, the Stationers’ Company now appears.

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

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)

There are several versions, the earliest known English one bearing date 1620, but the Stationers' Company registers show it as entered in 1568-9.

From Gammer Gurton's Needle by Art, Mr. S. Mr. of

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