BABBAGE, Charles (1791-1871). The Exposition of 1851. London: John Murray, 1851. 8° (227 x 140mm). (Spotting to edges and the half-title and a few margins.) Original cloth (spine and edges evenly faded, faint ring on upper cover). Provenance: Edward Strutt, first Baron Belper (1801-1880, politician; signature, bookplate).
FIRST EDITION, containing a valuable description of Babbage's Difference Engine which was not put on display at the Great Exhibition in Crystal Palace despite being arguably the finest product of precision mechanical engineering yet made. Sold with the same author's A Comparative View of the Various Institutions for the Assurance of Lives (London, 1826). Origins of Cyberspace 67; Norman 95; Van Sinderen 1980, no. 61.
BABBAGE, Charles (1791-1871). The Exposition of 1851. London: John Murray, 1851. 8° (227 x 140mm). (Spotting to edges and the half-title and a few margins.) Original cloth (spine and edges evenly faded, faint ring on upper cover). Provenance: Edward Strutt, first Baron Belper (1801-1880, politician; signature, bookplate).
FIRST EDITION, containing a valuable description of Babbage's Difference Engine which was not put on display at the Great Exhibition in Crystal Palace despite being arguably the finest product of precision mechanical engineering yet made. Sold with the same author's A Comparative View of the Various Institutions for the Assurance of Lives (London, 1826). Origins of Cyberspace 67; Norman 95; Van Sinderen 1980, no. 61.
