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Entries of copies are dated 7 Apr 1687-21 Nov 1695; information given includes name of property owner, name of person/s under whose hand/s the copy is entered, title of work, name of author, amount paid (usually 6d per title) and signature of property owner; there are a few cross references in the margins to entries elsewhere in the volume.

Front cover reads 'The Wast Register booke for entring of Coppies begun the vii th day of Aprill 1687'.

On the inside cover is a pencil note in a 20th century hand: 'These are the Original Entries. Those in the large volume 'Coppies' 1682 are copied in', and beside it in a contemporary hand, 'Jos Younge' and 'Younge'; on reverse of front fly leaf is a note in biro: 'See Court minute of 4 April 1687'.

At the rear of the volume (pages 252-257) are six pages of memoranda principally relating to caveats restricting the entering of specified works, 4 Aug 1684-12 Apr 1695. Memoranda predating the use of this volume for entries of copies appear to have been copied from entries in earlier volumes.

Myers notes: 'The Court ordered, 4 April 1687, that a Wast Entry Book be kept; it ceased to be used after the Licensing Laws Lapsed, 1695.' (Myers:1990, p. 25)

William Herbert's manuscript transcriptions of the Stationers' entries of copies and apprenticeships from 1571 to 1620.

William Herbert's transcript and paraphrase of Register A, including of accounts for entries of copies 1571-1576, with additional annotations by him in red ink.

William Herbert's transcription of Liber B.

Transcripts from Liber C, with annotations and memoranda in William Herbert's hand.

Title indices to the new sequence of copyright registers produced subsequent to the Copyright Act 1842. The registers themselves were transferred to The National Archives in 1916, pursuant to the Copyright Act 1911. The indices cover entries in volumes 1-20, and literary entries in volumes 1-53.

Hand-written title indexes to volumes 1-20 of the post-1842 copyright registers.

Hand-written entries.

Hand-written entries.

Hand-written entries.

Hand-written entries.

Title indexes to literary works in volumes 1-53 of the copyright registers; at back of index volumes 2-6 are indexes of authors and publishers.

Covers literary and commercial works in registers 1-29.

Covers registers 1-28, commercial works only.

Covers registers 30-41.