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

The first separate edition of Einstein’s general theory of relativity. This offprint from Annalen der Physik incorporates textual revisions, the addition of a table of contents on pp. 3-5, and Einstein's introduction on pp. 5-6. Norman 696; Weil 80a. Exhibited: "The Heavens Revealed," Chapin Library, Williams College, 2003.

Octavo (240 x 160mm). Original printed wrappers (glue dried and text block nearly detached, split at upper hinge, some pencil marks, light wear to backstrip with loss of two letters). Custom clamshell box.

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