BABBAGE, Charles.
On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures.
London: Charles Knight & Company , 1832.
$22,500.00
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Item Number: RRB-133831
+$450
First Edition of Charles Babbage's On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures; Inscribed by Him
First edition, large paper edition, one of 3000 examples of Babbage's hugely influential work on operations research. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For the Rev. Ch. Currie from the author." In very good condition, rebacked with the original spine, embossed stamp of Unitarian College to the dedication page. Exceptionally rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures.
$22,500.00
In Stock




