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CONDILLAC, Étienne Bonnot de.
La langue des calculs, (The language of calculations).
Paris: Charles Houel, 1798. FIRST EDITION TP + [1]-484 + [485] = Errata, Octavo. The rare first issue of Condillac's last major work. These sheets were also re-issued in the Oeuvres de Condillac but with "Oeuvres de Condillac …" printed at the head of a cancelled half title sheet and a 3-page errata (for the whole Oeuvres) included at the rear. This book - with its famous opening sentence: "Toute langue est une méthode analytique, et toute méthode analytique est une langue" (Any language is an analytical method, and any analytical method is a language) - is of considerable importance on two fronts. The emphasis on mathematical formalism and algebraization was not only the keystone to the pioneering linguistics and the analytical theory of language as developed by Carnap and the Vienna logicians but it also served as an important step in the mathemetizing of language which became the cornerstone of modern computing. Later marbled boards with leather spine and gilt lettering. TP with waterstain to upper right quadrant and worn top corner. Otherwise, a lovely, uncut copy of this important work. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.
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