Babbage (Charles).- Menabrea (Luigi-Federico) 'Notions sur la machine analytique de M. Charles Babbage' in Bibliotehèque Universelle de Genève, no.41, pp. 352-376, first edition, journal issue, half-title, ink stamps to title, occasional light spotting and damp-staining, nineteenth century calf-backed boards, spine gilt, upper joint split at foot, 8vo, Paris, 1842.*** First edition, journal issue, of the first published account of Babbage's Analytical Engine, and the first computer programs ever published; drawn up from his notes by Luigi Federico Menabrea (later Prime Minister of Italy), who had attended Babbage's lecture in Turin in 1840, which was Babbage's only public presentation concerning the design and operation of the Analytical Engine.