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

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

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

I had some dim terrors, also, connected with the Stationers' Company.

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

Spoerer, Hans, block-books printed by, 25 Springinklee, Hans, illustrator, 183, 188 Stagninus, Bernardinus, his illustrated service-books, 195 Stanheim, Melchior, arbitrator on book-illustrating, 63, 103 Stationers’ Company, 221 sq.,

From Fine Books by Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William)

In this history of the progress of the press in our country, the Stationers’ Company now appears.

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac