拍品 792
  • 792

CRYPTOLOGY, 4 VOLUMES

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50 - 70 GBP
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描述

  • A collection of 4 volumes, comprising:
i. Hulme, Frederick Edward (1841-1909). Cryptography or the history, principles, and practice of cipher-writing. London: Ward, Lock and Co., [1898], FIRST EDITION, 8vo, original cloth, (bought from Jeff Weber, Glendale, CA, 1999), [T&W H179], some ink stamps, library marking on spineii. [Aktiebolaget Cryptograph]. [Catalogue]. Stockholm: [Aktiebolaget Cryptograph], 1922, 4to, original wrappers, [T&W A53], some minor soiling to wrappersiii. Smith, Laurence Dwight (1895-1952). Cryptography the science of secret writing. New York: Norton, 1943, FIRST EDITION, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket, [T&W Add42], extremities of dust-jacket slightly frayediv. Galland, Joseph S. An historical and analytical bibliography of the literature of cryptology. Laguna Hills, California: Aegean Park Press, [c.1999], 4to, facsimile of 1945 edition, original wrappers, [not in T&W]

拍品資料及來源

Tomash & Williams note, of the first volume, that "the book explores the simple code schemes used by various groups. It discusses little beyond simple substitution ciphers".