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BABBAGE, LETTER...TO THE MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE, 1839. ORIGINAL WRAPPERS
估價
700 - 900 GBP
招標截止
描述
- Letter from Mr Babbage to the members of the British association for the promotion of science. London: Richard Clay, 1839
FIRST EDITION, 8vo (214 x 136mm.), original wrappers, slight browning, some soiling to wrappers
來源
bought from Bernard Quaritch, London, 1993
出版
Tomash & Williams B28; Van Sinderen 53
拍品資料及來源
Babbage had let his name stand for President of the British Association for the Promotion of Science. At the same time John Herschel had also been asked. Both therefore withdrew their names and this pamphlet sets forth Babbage's account of the circumstances.