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The Jon Gilbert Collection
Lot Closed
September 22, 01:03 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Albert Einstein
[The Theory of Relativity]. Die Grundlage der Allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie. Leipzig: Verlag von Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1916
FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM, 4to (244 x 165mm.), original printed wrappers, housed in black buckram collector's folding case with Ian Fleming's crest and motto in gilt to upper cover, case slightly worn at extremities, a near fine copy
FLEMING'S COPY OF THE GROUNDBREAKING WORK OF MODERN SCIENCE.
Gilbert A4a (1.2)
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