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[BABBAGE AND HERSCHEL] MEMOIRS OF THE ANALYTICAL SOCIETY, CAMBRIDGE, 1813, NINETEENTH-CENTURY HALF MOROCCO
估價
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
招標截止
描述
- Memoirs of the Analytical Society 1813. Cambridge: printed by J. Smith, sold by Deighton & Sons [&c.], 1813, FIRST EDITION, errata leaf at end of preface
Agnesi, Maria Gaetana (1718-1799). Analytical institutions... translated into English by John Colson... volume the second. London: printed by Taylor and Wilks, 1801, vol. 1 lacking 2 works in one vol., 4to (270 x 208mm.), nineteenth-century half morocco, both title-pages cut down at head and restored, lacking upper endleaf, slightly spotted, binding slightly rubbed
來源
bought from Elgen Books, Rockville Centre, NY, 1994
出版
Tomash & Williams B67 and A41; Origins of Cyberspace 17-18 (lacking two leaves of the Babbage paper); Van Sinderen 1-2
Condition
the condition of this lot is as described in the catalogue description
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
拍品資料及來源
RARE. "Driven by their desire to modernize the teaching of mathematics at Cambridge when they were undergraduates there, Babbage, Herschel and Peacock founded the Analytical Society in 1813. The contents were of surprisingly high quality (often written by the founders and their friends). This volume contains a preface and three articles. Babbage was certainly the author of the preface and the first article, and he might well have written the second" (Tomash & Williams).