I always like to say that 18th century print in London alone featured more piracy and theft then any actual pirate did. Its insane. Not to mention how many reprints or slightly reworded titles would appear even centuries later. There are chapbooks in the 1810s that are word for word taken from knock offs of A General History.
I always like to say that 18th century print in London alone featured more piracy and theft then any actual pirate did. Its insane. Not to mention how many reprints or slightly reworded titles would appear even centuries later. There are chapbooks in the 1810s that are word for word taken from knock offs of A General History.