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Lot 86

BOOK 'NATURWISSENSCHAFTLICHE VOLKSBUCHER' BEARING SIGNATURE READING 'ALBERT EINSTEIN'

Estimate: $15,000 - $35,000
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A volume from Aaron Bernstein's 'Naturwissenschaftliche Volksbucher' (People's Books on Natural Science). These volumes are generally German or English editions dating from the late 19th or early 20th centuries, featuring their original cloth bindings with gilt-stamped titles. The interior bears a signature reading 'Albert Einstein'.

Note: These books represent the genesis of modern physics, famously known to have profoundly inspired a young Einstein and influenced his early thoughts on the nature of light and space, eventually leading to his theory of relativity.