BABBAGE, A COLLECTION OF FIVE TRANSLATIONS OF ON THE ECONOMY OF MACHINERY AND MANUFACTURES

i. Friedenberg, Gottfried [translator; preface by K.F. Klöden]. Ueber Maschinen un Fabrikenwesen. Berlin: Stuhrschen Buchhandlung, 1833, FIRST GERMAN EDITION, 8vo, contemporary calf-backed boards, spine gilt in compartments, (bought from Bernard Quaritch, London, 1991), [T&W B31; Van Sinderen 45 (cited)], browning, bumpedii. Biot, Édouard [translator]. Traité sur l'économie des machines et des manufactures. Paris: Bachelier, 1833, FIRST FRENCH EDITION, 8vo, contemporary green parchment-backed boards, marbled endpapers, (bought from Pickering & Chatto, London, 1994), [T&W B62], spotting and browning, loss and chipping to marbled section of boards, rubbed iii. [Anonymous translation]. Sulla economia delle macchine e delle manifatture. Florence: Presso Guglielmo Piatti in Vacchereccia - Luigi Casini in Via Martelli e al Gabinetto Scientifico Lettrario di Vieusseux, 1834, FIRST ITALIAN EDITION, 8vo, original wrappers, housed in a modern folding cloth box (bought from Pickering & Chatto, London, 1994), [T&W B15; Van Sinderen 45 (cited)], spotting and browning, rubbed iv. Isoard, J.E. [translator]. Science économique des manufactures. Paris: A la Librairie Orientale de Doney - Dupré, 1834, FRENCH EDITION, 8vo, contemporary sheep, spine gilt, marbled endpapers [T&W B53; Van Sinderen 45 (citing edition printed "Brussels" 1834)], spotting and browning, some water damage, small loss to upper right corner of half-title and title-page, rubbed and bumped, loss to head of spine v. Imbrechts, José Díez [translator]. Tratado de mecánica práctica y economia politica. Madrid: [I. Sancha], 1835, FIRST SPANISH EDITION, 8vo, engraved portrait frontispiece, contemporary calf, spine gilt, powder endpapers, (bought from Bernard Quaritch, London, 1996), [T&W B63; Van Sinderen 45 (cited)], spotting, rubbed

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