Lot 860
  • 860

MARTIN, DIE RECHENMASCHINEN UND IHRE ENTWICKLUNGSGESCHICHTE, 1925, GREEN CLOTH

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80 - 120 GBP
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Description

  • Die Rechenmaschinen und ihre Entwicklungsgeschichte. Pappenheim: Johannes Meyer, 1925
FIRST EDITION, 12mo (140 x 109mm.), numerous illustrations, original green cloth, pale green endpapers, all edges green, text-block starting, boards slightly soiled, leaning

Provenance

bought from Günter Pschibl, Vohenstrauß, Germany, 1993

Literature

Tomash & Williams M50; Randell 1979, p.150

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the catalogue, where appropriate.
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Catalogue Note

“The first part of this book is a general survey of the various types of calculating machines that have been developed, and their basic principles of operation. The rest of the book (well over 250 pages) lists, in chronological order, over 200 different calculators, often with illustrations, and in many cases with detailed, well illustrated, accounts of their mechanisms.” (Randell). Translated and edited by Peggy Aldrich Kidwell and Michael R. Williams (Charles Babbage Institute reprint series for the history of computing, vol. 16; Cambridge & London: MIT Press 1992).