Charles Babbage
6 copies for sale · $500–$18,000 · 1 first edition · 3 signed
Notable copies for sale
On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures (signed) — Burnside Rare Books$7,500
Autograph Manuscript. Footnotes from The Ninth Bridgewater Treatise; A Fragment (signed) — Heritage Book Shop$2,850
OBSERVATIONS ON THE NOTATION EMPLOYED IN THE CALCULUS OF FUNCTIONS (signed) — Type Punch Matrix$18,000
A Chapter on Street Nuisances. Extracted from “Passages from the life of a philosopher.” — Manhattan Rare Books$3,900
An essay towards the calculus of functions — Manhattan Rare Books$3,000
‘Observations on the notation employed in the calculus of functions,’ pp. 63-76 in: Transa (first edition) — Sophia Rare Books$500
Works on the market
OBSERVATIONS ON THE NOTATION EMPLOYED IN THE CALCULUS OF FUNCTIONS2 copies · $500–$18,000
On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures1 copy · $7,500
A Chapter on Street Nuisances. Extracted from “Passages from the life of a philosopher.”1 copy · $3,900
An essay towards the calculus of functions1 copy · $3,000
Market context
2 copies of Charles Babbage's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $42,550 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
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