Auction 50 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Albert Einstein – Three Papers – First Publication of the Theory of Relativity
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1. Die Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie, Albert Einstein. Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1916. German.
First publication in book form of Einstein's paper presenting his general theory of relativity. The paper was published the same year in the journal Annalen der Physik, and the book publication is in fact a reprint of the article, retaining the original typesetting but with different page numbers. The first edition differs from the following ones in that the verso of the title page bears the printed inscription "Druck von Metzger & Wittig in Leipzig", and the back wrapper bears the printed inscription "Metzger & Wittig, Leipzig". 64 pp., 24 cm. Good condition. Tears to corners. Tear to back wrapper. Bound in hard binding, with original wrappers.
2. Das Relativitatsprinzip. Eine Sammlung von Abhandlungen, H. A. Lorentz, A. Einstein & H. Minkowski. Leipzig and Berlin: Teubner, 1913. German.
First edition of anthology including two papers by Einstein, published earlier in the journal Annalen der Physik and appearing here for the first time in book form. 89 pp., 25 cm. Good condition. Bound in hard binding, with original wrapper.
3. Über die Interferenzeigenschaften des durch Kanalstrahlen emittierten Lichtes, A. Einstein, Berlin: Sitzungsberichte der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1926. German.
Printout from the report of the Prussian Academy of Sciences 1926 convention, including two papers, the first by Einstein. 334-351 pp., 25 cm. Good condition.
First publication in book form of Einstein's paper presenting his general theory of relativity. The paper was published the same year in the journal Annalen der Physik, and the book publication is in fact a reprint of the article, retaining the original typesetting but with different page numbers. The first edition differs from the following ones in that the verso of the title page bears the printed inscription "Druck von Metzger & Wittig in Leipzig", and the back wrapper bears the printed inscription "Metzger & Wittig, Leipzig". 64 pp., 24 cm. Good condition. Tears to corners. Tear to back wrapper. Bound in hard binding, with original wrappers.
2. Das Relativitatsprinzip. Eine Sammlung von Abhandlungen, H. A. Lorentz, A. Einstein & H. Minkowski. Leipzig and Berlin: Teubner, 1913. German.
First edition of anthology including two papers by Einstein, published earlier in the journal Annalen der Physik and appearing here for the first time in book form. 89 pp., 25 cm. Good condition. Bound in hard binding, with original wrapper.
3. Über die Interferenzeigenschaften des durch Kanalstrahlen emittierten Lichtes, A. Einstein, Berlin: Sitzungsberichte der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1926. German.
Printout from the report of the Prussian Academy of Sciences 1926 convention, including two papers, the first by Einstein. 334-351 pp., 25 cm. Good condition.