Transcriber note: This e-text edition of "Of the Injustice of Counterfeiting Books" is, essentially, with some changes or clarifications by the e-text preparer, based on a translation of this essay, from German into English, that was published in 1798 in: Essays and Treatises On Moral, Political and Various Philosophical Subjects, by Immanuel Kant, M.R.A.S.B., and professor of philosophy in the university of Koenigsberg; From the German by the Translator of The Principles of Critical Philosophy; IN TWO VOLUMES; Vol. 1; London: Sold by William Richardson Under the Royal Exchange, 1798; This e-text was prepared by John Mamoun in 2014. This e-text is not in copyright and is public domain.

CONTENTS

OF THE INJUSTICE OF COUNTERFEITING BOOKS

I. Deduction of the Editor's Right against the Counterfeiter

Proof of the Major

Proof of the Minor

II. Refutation of the Counterfeiter's pretended Right against the Editor.

Proof of the Major

Proof of the Minor

Universal Observation