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 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

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

He became a freeman of the Stationers’ Company in 1588.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various

It occurred to my subtlety, that the Stationers' Company, or any other company, could not possibly demand the money until they had delivered the volumes.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 by Various