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Half title with a comprehensive list of other books in this series on the verso + TP + [5] = Note page + 7-23 = Bertrand Russell's "Introduction" + [25] = half title + 26-189 + 1 blank leaf + 1-[20] = Publisher's advertisements dated 1935. Octavo. Second Edition (Fr/McG: Tract., p. 42).The Scarce Second [Definitive] Edition of the Tractatuswith Wittgenstein's Final Corrections to the TextThis second edition is the definitive text of the Tractatus, and the one most commonly used by scholars today. Published in an edition of just 1,000 copies, this 1933 edition of the Tractatus is the most notoriously difficult to find. Note that this edition also did not sell well� as evidenced by the inclusion of 20 pages of publisher's advertising dated 1935 (two years after the book was published).The corrections were made by Wittgenstein himself, changing the wording of a sentence or a phrase to make it clearer or more precise, clarifying the text and removing any ambiguities. One typical example would be:5.152: "Von einander unabh�ngige S�tze (z. B. irgend zwei Elementars�tze) geben einander die Wahrscheinlichkeit �." (Independent sentences (e.g., any two elementary sentences) give each other the probability �.) was changed to "Zwei Elementars�tze geben einander die Wahrscheinlichkeit �." (Two elementary sentences give each other the probability �.).[See our Catalog 24: Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Man and His Thought for a collection of 81 books and pamphlets by and about Wittgenstein.] Publisher's original dark green boards with bright gilt lettering to the spine. There is a London bookseller's (H. K. Lewis & Co.) ticket to the lower side corner of the front cover. As fine a copy as one could ever hope to find - as if the original buyer bought it and wrapped it in tissue paper, never to touch it again. ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.