[DCRM-L] Leader 008: Gov't Pub.

[Deborah J. Leslie]

Ditto. A very blunt rule of thumb off the top of my head is that if it doesn't have government main entry, it's probably not a government publication. As Jessie says, privileges and imprimaturs mean something else.

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From: DCRM-L <dcrm-l-bounces at lib.byu.edu> On Behalf Of Jessie Sherwood
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Avec approbation & privilege du roi would indicate that the printer/publisher had the right to print/publish a particular book and that said book had cleared the censors, not that the book in question was published by or for the government. If memory serves the Oxford Companion to the Book has entries on privileges and censorship.

Not all art in the Middle Ages was church sponsored (some of it was even produced by and for non-Christians).

Regards,
Jessie

On Mon, 10 Aug 2020 at 12:34, Melissa Harris <melissa at osgf.org<mailto:melissa at osgf.org>> wrote:
Hi,
I am wondering what the consensus is on labeling bibliographic records as a government publication when they are published: "Avec Approbation & Privilege du Roi," and when they are created by royal academies, or by request of the royal leadership or government? It would seem that nearly everything would be deemed a government publication during certain epochs, sort of like all art being church-sponsored during the Middle Ages.
Thank you for your intelligence on this.

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