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1661 - Engineering Commemorative volume marking the 95th birthday o…
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Estimate €200 - €300
Description
Engineering Commemorative volume marking the 95th birthday of Prof. Dr Konrad Zuse. Hünfeld, Konrad Zuse Society, 22 June 1995. 150 pp. 4°. Illustrated. Octavo (slightly stained, rubbed and bumped). Konrad Zuse (1910–1995) was the inventor of the computer, a civil engineer and a painter. – A personal copy belonging to Zuse’s friend Paul Adam, bearing his bookplate. – Pre-mounted: invitation and programme of events. - Includes numerous messages of congratulations from politicians, computer scientists, academics, etc.; Paul Adam’s words appear on a mounted colour-illustrated page in facsimile handwriting, accompanied by his name label: ‘Dipl.-Ing. Paul Adam, former Finance President, Mainz’. - Enclosed: an advertisement and newspaper articles on Zuse’s death. - Paul Adam. The Book Cover. With an afterword by Walter Berger (reprint). Munich et al., KG Saur, 1993. 8°. Cloth. – With an ex-libris by Paul Adam and a handwritten note: ‘on 10 August 1995 from Jost’.
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Auction time 10/24/2026 at 10:00 AM
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