Catalogue de Musee. Section A. Instruments et machines a calculer

Paris: Cons. Nat. des Arts, 1942. Conservatoire national des arts et metiers. Catalogue du musee. Section A. Instruments et machines a calculer. 135 [1]pp. 25 leaves of plates (including one folding). Paris: Conservatoire national des arts et metiers, 1942. 221 x 156 mm. Original tan printed wrappers, small tear in front hinge. Some browning, otherwise very good. German stamp on front wrapper and title.

First Edition. Catalogue of a French exhibition of calculating machines and instruments, held from May 15 to July 1, 1942, during the Nazi occupation. Included in the catalogue are a brief historical introduction and a bibliography of the principal works on the subject. The catalogue itself is an expansion of an earlier French catalogue published in 1906. Origins of Cyberspace 546. Randell 1982a, 538. OCLC cites six copies of this work.

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