To the honorable, the members of Congress of the United States
Publisher: [publisher not identified]
Published: 1861
Place of publication: United States]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 12
Subjects: Type and type-founding; History; Counterfeits and counterfeiting; Copyright
Other titles: Protection for type designs, 1861
Description: Petition presented to members of Congress by type founders, artists, and others proposing modifications to copyright law to protect their designs from counterfeiting. Includes a report from the International Assocation of Typographical Engravers & Founders, dated February 20, 1859, Paris.
Notes: Caption title

Date inferred from annotation on cataloger's copy

Rare Book copy: Annotation on page [1]: "Petition presented to Congress by John Cochran, [M.?]C. about Jany. 1861."

Rare Book copy: From the Typographic Library and Museum of the American Type Founders Company, with its bookplate.

Rare Book copy: Bound in half brown leather with marbled paper sides; smooth spine with gilt lettering; marbled endpapers.