Brevis descriptio machinae arithmeticae, cum figura

by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

$35,000 · Offered by Sophia Rare Books

First edition

Berlin: Johann Christian Papen, 1710. First edition, the Macclesfield copy, of this milestone in computer history, Leibniz’s description of his famous calculating machine, the first stepped-drum calculator, and the first machine that could perform multiplication and division. “Leibniz studied Morland’s and Pascal’s various designs and set himself the task of constructing a more perfect and efficient machine. To

• Binding: Hardcover

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