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1637
The Star ChamberDecree Concerning Printing forbade non-members of the Stationers' Company
to sell books retail. This ruling would have barred all women from the publishing business; but it was not observed.
McDowell, Paula. The Women of Grub Street: Press, Politics, and Gender in the London Literary Marketplace, 1678-1730. Clarendon, 1998.
