THOMSON, James. A Letter to the Vice-President of the Board of Trade, on protection to original designs and patterns printed upon woven fabrics. , Clitheroe: H. Whalley, 1840.

Cloth. Good. Second edition. (6) + 27 + (i)pp., frontispiece and 14 (ex 15) plates (all printed in colour). Lacks plate 10. together with... A Letter to the Right Honourable Sir Robert Peel on copyright in original designs and patterns for printing. (2) + 54 + (6)pp. together with... Notes on the Present State of Calico Printing in Belgium, with prefatory observations on the competition and tariff of different countries. xvi + 61 + (i) + 14pp appendix. Three items bound together in original blind stamped cloth, rebacked, paper label. Covers very rubbed, some foxing and browning to the text. 8vo. Clitheroe, H. Whalley. [1840-41]. One of the earliest discussions on the problem of copyright for patterns and designs. The author, himself a calico printer, argues for the introduction of similar legislation against foreign competition, as that which already existed to protect London printers from piracy and undercutting by Lancashire mills. The first item is also an attractive pattern book, depicting the possible variants of one calico design in a series of precise colour printed plates. (Book ref. 105473)  £60.00

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