Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativit‰tstheorie by EINSTEIN, Albert - 1916

Einsteinís Theory of Relativity in Original Wrappers EINSTEIN, Albert. Die Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativit‰tstheorie. [Sonderdruck aus den Annalen der Physik, Band 49, 1916]. Leipzig: Verlag von Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1916. First separate printing, with significant additions and revisions to the edition printed in the Annalen der Physik. With printerís imprint ìDruck von Metzger & Witting in Leipzigî on the verso of the title, and the shorter imprint ìMetzger & Witting, Leipzigî on the back wrapper. Octavo (9 1/2 x 6 3/8 inches; 240 x 160 mm). 64 pp. Original tan printed wrappers. Some light browning around the edges of the wrappers. Overall, an excellent copy with none of the spine erosion or soiling usually found with this fragile item. ìThe authorized version of Einsteinís general theory of relativity. The theoryís impact upon twentieth-century science and thought can hardly be overstatedî (Norman Library 695, describing the first printing). ìThis separate edition is printed on good, strong paper, the wrappers are of strong material too...and it is described now as ëthe original editioní of this classic paperî (Weil). Grolier/Horblit 26c (describing the first printing). Norman Library 696. Printing and the Mind of Man 408. Weil 80a. HBS 67998. $7,500