BABBAGE, C. SEVEN MATHEMATICAL PAPERS

i. "Demonstration of a theorem relating to prime numbers", [in:] The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal, Vol. 1, No. 1, June 1819, pp.46-49, Edinburgh: Archibald Constable, 1819, contemporary half calf, wear to edges of binding, (Ferdinand Meath McVeagh (1789-1866), armorial bookplate; bought from Yelm Books, Whitestone, NY, 2001), [T&W B12; Origins of Cyberspace 25; Van Sinderen 12]ii. "Demonstrations of some of Dr. Matthew Stewart's general theorems; to which is added, an account of some new properties of the circle", [in:] the Journal of Science and the Arts Vol. I, Art II, 1817, pp.6-24. New York: James Eastburn, 1816, original boards, spotting, rebacked (Phi Sigma Nu Society Library, book-label; bought from Sarrazin, 1998), [T&W B13; Shaw & Shoemaker 37974; Van Sinderen 5]; together with volumes II and III, London: John Murray, 1817, reboundiii. [Anonymous]. On the determination of the general term of a new class of infinite series [in:] The Philosophical Magazine and Journal, Vol. 67, No. 336, April 1826, pp.259-265. London: Richard Taylor, 1826, contemporary half calf, (bought from Yelm Books, Whitestone, NY, 2000), [T&W B14; Van Sinderen 29 (cited)]iv. On the influence of signs in mathematical reasoning. Cambridge: Cambridge Philosophical Society, 1826, disbound, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED ON TITLE PAGE ("W.R. Grove Esq. | from the author"), staining to title, (Sir William Robert Grove (1811-1896), British physicist; bought from Pickering & Chatto, London, 1983), [T&W B26; Van Sinderen 30]v. On some new methods of investigating the sums of several classes of infinite series. [from:] Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 109, pp.249-282. London: Royal Society of London, 1819, disbound, (bought from Biblion, 1983), [T&W B35; Origins of Cyberspace 24; Van Sinderen 11](7 volumes, 4to and 8vo)

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