RICHARD WHATELY COOKE TAYLOR (1842-1918), AUTOGRAPH THE MODERN FACTORY SYSTEM 1 VOLUME. FIRST EDITION 1891. IN ENGLISH. WITH AN AUTOGRAPHED DEDICATION IN FRENCH.

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Co, Ltd, 1891. First edition with handwritten note in French: ‘James Lesbre, / de son ami très affectionné / l'Auteur’ [‘James Lesbre, / de son ami très affectionné / l'Auteur’] 1 volume in-8, bound in publisher's red percaline, VII - 476 pages. Small stains on spine not serious. A pioneering historical and legal analysis of the rise of the industrial system, the development of the Factory Acts, and the impact of industrialisation on labour in Britain and around the world. Richard Whateley Cooke Taylor (1842-1918) Irish factory inspector, writer. Wrote about the factory system in his books: ‘Introduction to a History of the Factory System’ (1886), The Modern Factory System’ (1891) and ‘The Factory System and Factory Laws’ (1894). Son of William Cooke Taylor (1800-1849), an Irish writer, known as a journalist, historian and Anti-Corn Law propagandist.