World's first ever computer manual which was written 175 years ago is sold for nearly £100,000

The first ever computer manual which was written by a Victorian woman 175 years ago has been sold at auction for nearly £100,000 - nearly 20 times its expected price. The edition, 'Sketch of the Analytical Engine by by L.F. Menabrea with notes by Ada Lovelace', was snapped up by an anonymous buyer after being sold by Moore Allen & Innocent in Cirencester, Glocestershire. Ada, the only legitimate child of poet Lord Byron, was a maths prodigy who died aged 36. A rare book by Ada Lovelace, the Victorian woman renowned as the world's first computer programmer has sold at auction for £95,000 During her short life, she played a key role in the early development of computer programming, becoming friends with mathematician Charles Babbage over his automatic mechanical calculator, the Difference Engine. Lovelace played a key role in the 1843 book'Sketch of the Analytical Engine', of which just seven copies are thought to exist - one of which sold at auction for £95,000.