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Einstein, Albert and Leopold Infeld
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5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description
- paper and ink
The Evolution of Physics. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1942
8vo (8 x 5 1/2 in.;202 x 136 mm). Publisher's blue cloth with gilt-lettered spine, dust jacket. Presentation copy from the physicist to the translator Eleanor Wolff. "To Miss Eleanor Wolff / Albert Einstein / 1944."
With a typescript letter signed ("A. Einstein"), in German, thanking Miss Wolff, 17 January 1951. 1 page (11 x 8 1/2 in.; 280 x 215 mm). "I found your translation excellent and thank you for having done it."
8vo (8 x 5 1/2 in.;202 x 136 mm). Publisher's blue cloth with gilt-lettered spine, dust jacket. Presentation copy from the physicist to the translator Eleanor Wolff. "To Miss Eleanor Wolff / Albert Einstein / 1944."
With a typescript letter signed ("A. Einstein"), in German, thanking Miss Wolff, 17 January 1951. 1 page (11 x 8 1/2 in.; 280 x 215 mm). "I found your translation excellent and thank you for having done it."
Condition
very good condition
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Eleanor L. Wolff was a scholar and a publisher. In the mid-1940s, she developed the project of a book compiling testimonies about Erich Kahler by important scholars and personalities like Thomas Mann, John Berryman, Hermann Broch and Albert Einstein with whom Kahler wrote an essay about Israel. Eleanor Wolff met Einstein in 1944 to talk to him about this project and the physicist inscribed his Evolution of Physics to her.