PEANO, GIUSEPPE.

La numerazione binaria applicata alla stenografia.

Torino, Carlo Clausen, 1898. Royal8vo. Uncut, unopened in the original blue printed wrappers. In "Atti della R. Accademia delle Scienze di Torino", Vol. XXXIV, Disp. 1a, 1894-95. Small paper label pasted on to lower left part of front wrapper. Wrappers with nicks and lacking lower right corner of front wrapper. Internally with occassional brown spots. Fine. Pp. 20-41. [Entire issue: 78 pp].

First appearance of Peano's important paper in which he presented his "shorthand machine" which worked on the basis of the binary system. Peano was to a very large extend inspired by Leibnitz on this subject.

Order-nr.: 50761