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Die Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie

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Sale 488: Rare Books & Manuscripts: The Property of Jane Hohfeld Galante & Other Owners (#488) 09/13/2012 11:00 AM PDT Closed
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Lot #49 Die Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$2,500

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Title:

Die Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie

Author:

Einstein, Albert

Place Published:

Leipzig

Publisher:

Johann Ambrosius Barth

Date Published:

1916

Description:

64 pp. 23x16.4 cm. (9x6½"), original printed wrappers. First Edition in book form, with an original preface by Einstein - the preferred collector's format; preceded only by its journal appearance in Annalen der Physik.

With "Druck von Metzger & Wittig in Leipzig" on the title-page verso and "Metzger & Wittig" on back wrapper. The first separate edition of a cornerstone of Einstein's research. "The authorized version of Einstein's general theory of relativity. The theory's impact upon twentieth-century science and thought can hardly be overstated" (Norman). Norman 696; PMM 408; Weil 80a.

Condition:

Some darkening and a few stray fox marks to wrappers, wrappers and text block trimmed about 1.5 cm. at lower edge, slightly uneven, not close to any text, old ink signature to top of title-page; very good.

Item#:

229304

Headline:

Einstein's Theory of Relativity 1916
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