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EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955). Die Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitatstheorie. Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1916. FIRST EDITION.
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EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955). Die Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitatstheorie. Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1916.

8vo. Contemporary cloth-backed boards, hand-lettered label on spine (some wear). Provenance: Unidentified library stamp on verso of title.

FIRST EDITION, later issue, without the printer's imprint "Druck von Metzger & Wittig in Leipzig" on the verso of the title.  It differs from the journal issue by the incorporation of textual revisions, the addition of a table of contents on pp. 3-4 and Einstein's introduction on pp. 5-6. According to Norman, there were several reprints and facsimiles. An early issue of Einstein's fundamental general theory of relativity, , which "transformed astrophysics, and indeed the whole scientific outlook" (PMM). Grolier/Horblit 26c; Norman 696; PMM 408; Weil 80.

Property from the Collection of Mr. Felix Brejente, Schaumburg, Illinois
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