BABBAGE

Whole part, 4to. [4], iii, 261pp. 15 engraved plates (I-XIV, two numbered IX, one of which heavily foxed), one foldg, one hand-coloured), 3 fold. tables, Plate XIII out of sequence, text illustrations, Directions to Binders (hf-page bound in at back, and last folding table for Vol.VIII. Pp.259-261 (often omitted), XVIII. Account of the Establishment of a Scientific Prize by the late Alexander Keith [...] In a letter from the Trustees to Sir Walter Scott [..]. Ex lib (Liber Coll Reg Aberdeen in MS on title; bookplate of University College of North Wales).

Good firm signature on slip of paper roughly 2.5 x 10 cm. Laid down on slightly larger rectangle of grey paper cut down from leaf of autograph album. A little ruckled, otherwise very good.

Conveyance of Lands at Stapleton in the County of Leicester, Joseph Knight and John Edwards (the other signatories) to Baroness Noel Byron, widow of the poet, and others (family). A vellum deed, 26" x 20", folded, 2 leaves, with a PL:AN including the land (coloured) involved in the agreement, c. 12 x 12", adjacent to Wigstones Farm Stapleton and Kirkby Lordship.. Good condition although front panel of folded item is stained without loss or obscuring.