"the tempter must bear the blame of the broken resolution"

Babbage, Charles, mathematician and computer pioneer (1791-1871). Autograph letter signed ("C. Babbage").

Dorset Street, [London], 2. VII. 1840.

8vo. 1 p.

 3.500,00

To Mrs Horner, accepting an invitation: "I had resolved to be very industrious and dine out no more but the tempter must bear the blame of the broken resolution [...]".

Old folds and traces of former mounting. The year supplied in another hand.