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From Frege to Gödel: A Source Book in Mathematical Logic, 1879-1931 (Source Books in the History of the Sciences)

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This book seems to me an absolute standard for those interested in present day logic and mathematics. Even if understanding the content of the papers is somewhat out of your grasp (as it is for me!), van Heijenoort assists by presenting many fantastic introductory pages.

Interestingly, this tome was also the first (only?) place to publish Russell's letter to Frege (re: Russell's Paradox) and Frege's response.

In response to Jay Miller's question below there is a book titled "Philosophical and Mathematical Correspondence. Gottlob Frege" that has 21 letters between Russell and Frege over a period of 10 years beginning with Russell's observation of his famous paradox in 1902. This wonderful collection of correspondence was published 20 years before "From Frege to Godel" and includes letters from many of the same mathematicians and logicians.

"Philosophical and Mathematical Correspondence" was published 13 years after Heijenoort's.