Books about the foundations of mathematics

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Hello,

Does anyone know of any good books that covers the foundations of mathematics (i.e. mathematical logic, axiomatic set theory, proof theory, model theory, type theory, recursion theory...)?

Keeping in mind that I'm still in high school. (Although I'm taking math courses at my local university.)

EDIT: Should this be in: "Math & Science Learning Materials"? Mod can move it if he/she thinks so... (This is my first post...)
 
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For axiomatic set theory, an extremely good introduction is "Introduction to Set theory" by Hrbacek and Jech: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0824779150/?tag=pfamazon01-20

A good book on mathematical logic is "Mathematical logic" by Ebbinghaus: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0387942580/?tag=pfamazon01-20
This may be hard for a beginner though, so check it out before buying.

A good introductory book on logic is "A mathematical introduction to logic" from Enderton: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0122384520/?tag=pfamazon01-20
 
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Bourbaki's 'Theory of Sets' covers some of that and is quite a nice book to go through.