On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures
London: Charles Knight, 1833.
Third edition, revised and enlarged, presentation copy, inscribed by Charles Babbage on the front free endpaper verso: "H. J. Bowditch Esq from the Author.' Bound in tan moire cloth binding, engraved title page with portrait of Roger Bacon. Very Good, rebacked to style. Printed ex-libris of Lewis A. Dyer to front pastedown; ensheets glued in to gutter at pastedowns, contents lightly toned. A study of the economics and technology of the early industrial era, a popular work written while the author was working on his famous proto-computer the "Difference Engine." Signed to Henry Ingersoll Bowditch (1808-1892) a prominent physician and abolitionist. He played an essential role in assisting freedom seekers escaping slavery through Boston. He was longtime friends with Frederick Douglass and other members of the freedom movement. Signed.
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