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Mémoire sur l'étude optique des mouvements vibratoires by Jules Antoine Lissajous, 1857

Mémoire sur l'étude optique des mouvements vibratoires Book

Pendulum Autographs, vol. 1 (album of harmonograph drawings) by Henry Procter, 1870 (ca)

Pendulum Autographs, vol. 1 (album of harmonograph drawings) Drawing

Pendulum Autographs, vol. 2 (album of harmonograph drawings) by Henry Procter, 1870 (ca)

Pendulum Autographs, vol. 2 (album of harmonograph drawings) Drawing

Les Tableaux tissés de la Fabrique lyonnaise (Société des Dessinateurs Lyonnais, 1922), 1922

Les Tableaux tissés de la Fabrique lyonnaise (Société des Dessinateurs Lyonnais, 1922) Book

Radio-Craft, Vol. 10, No. 1 (July 1938) by C. E. Burnett, 1938

Radio-Craft, Vol. 10, No. 1 (July 1938) Ephemera

Encounter, vol. III, no. 4 by Christopher Strachey, 1954

Encounter, vol. III, no. 4 Book

augenblick (journal, 1955–1961) by Max Bense, 1958-1961

augenblick (journal, 1955–1961) Ephemera

The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution: The Rede Lecture by Charles Percy Snow, 1959

The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution: The Rede Lecture Book

Almanacco Letterario Bompiani 1962: Le applicazioni dei calcolatori elettronici alle scienze morali e alla letteratura by Nanni Balestrini, 1961

Almanacco Letterario Bompiani 1962: Le applicazioni dei calcolatori elettronici alle scienze morali e alla letteratura Book

Recreational Mathematics by Ben Francis Laposky, 1961

Recreational Mathematics Book

rot 6 by Theo Lutz, 1961

rot 6 Prose/Poetry

Reid Gallery Invitation (One Man Show) by Desmond Paul Henry, 1962

Reid Gallery Invitation (One Man Show) Ephemera

"Ideographs" Exhibition Brochure by Desmond Paul Henry, 1962

"Ideographs" Exhibition Brochure Ephemera

rot 11 - Monolog der Terry Jo by Max Bense, 1963

rot 11 - Monolog der Terry Jo Prose/Poetry

rot 19 - computer-grafik by Georg Nees, 1965

rot 19 - computer-grafik Book

Computer Generated Three Dimensional Movies (monograph) by A. Michael Noll, 1965

Computer Generated Three Dimensional Movies (monograph) Ephemera

1 sammelband futura 1 bis 13 by Frieder Nake, 1967 (ca)

1 sammelband futura 1 bis 13 Ephemera

Computer Stimulated Sculpture: Johan Severtson by Johan Severtson, 1967 (ca)

Computer Stimulated Sculpture: Johan Severtson Ephemera

bit international 1-7 by Dimitrije Bašičević, 1968

bit international 1-7 Book

Computer-Drawn Dragonfly Pattern (cover of Kagaku Asahi, October 1968) by Naomasa Nakajima, 1968

Computer-Drawn Dragonfly Pattern (cover of Kagaku Asahi, October 1968) Ephemera

Cybernetic Serendipity: the computer and the arts by Jasia Reichardt, 1968

Cybernetic Serendipity: the computer and the arts Book

Computer Art and the Human Response by Lloyd Sumner, 1968

Computer Art and the Human Response Book

Arte y Cibernética (Galería Bonino, Buenos Aires, 1969) by Computer Technique Group (CTG), 1969

Arte y Cibernética (Galería Bonino, Buenos Aires, 1969) Ephemera

Artificiata I by Manfred Mohr, 1969

Artificiata I Book

Computer-Drawn Ukiyo-e Courtesan and Dragonfly (Foto-Yaponiya, No. 8) by Naomasa Nakajima, 1969

Computer-Drawn Ukiyo-e Courtesan and Dragonfly (Foto-Yaponiya, No. 8) Ephemera

Philharmony フィルハーモニー, twenty-eight issues by Computer Technique Group (CTG), 1969-1971

Philharmony フィルハーモニー, twenty-eight issues Ephemera

tendencije 4 / tendencies 4: zagreb, 1968–1969 by Boris Kelemen, 1970

tendencije 4 / tendencies 4: zagreb, 1968–1969 Book

Computer Creations (catalog) by Lloyd Sumner, 1970 (ca)

Computer Creations (catalog) Book

Munich Round Up (MRU) No. 119 by Herbert W. Franke, 1971

Munich Round Up (MRU) No. 119 Ephemera

arte y cibernética: san francisco, londres, buenos aires (CAyC catalog, 1971) by Grupo de Arte y Cibernética Buenos Aires, 1971

arte y cibernética: san francisco, londres, buenos aires (CAyC catalog, 1971) Ephemera

CAyC at Camden Arts Centre, London (box of cards, 1971) by Grupo de Arte y Cibernética Buenos Aires, 1971 (ca)

CAyC at Camden Arts Centre, London (box of cards, 1971) Ephemera

Arte y computadoras en latinoamérica / Art and Computers in Latin America (CAyC, 1973) by Computer Technique Group (CTG), 1973

Arte y computadoras en latinoamérica / Art and Computers in Latin America (CAyC, 1973) Book

Real-Time Film Animation (Annual Report to the National Science Foundation, 1972) by Charles "Chuck" Csuri, 1973

Real-Time Film Animation (Annual Report to the National Science Foundation, 1972) Book

Computer Lib / Dream Machines by Ted Nelson, 1974

Computer Lib / Dream Machines Book

Soft Where Inc. by Aaron Marcus, 1975

Soft Where Inc. Book

Computer Graphics and Art (set of 13 issues) by Grace C. Hertlein, 1976-1980

Computer Graphics and Art (set of 13 issues) Ephemera

Working Information 3 by Peter Beyls, 1978

Working Information 3 Book

The First Artificial Intelligence Coloring Book by Harold Cohen, 1983

The First Artificial Intelligence Coloring Book Book

Tree by Eiichi Izuhara, 1983

Tree Book

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