Books & Works on Paper, to include the Boxing Collection of Brian and Debbie Watkins,

24th Aug, 2023 10:00

17 Darwin. The Descent of Man, first Yiddish ed. NY 1921 [Darwin (Charles)

The Descent of Man, trans. Jacob Merison]

Opshtamung Fun Menshen un der Opklayb Beshaykhes Tsu Geshlekht

3 volumes, first Yiddish edition, portrait frontispiece in volume one, illustrations, original blue cloth, lettered in black on spine vol 2 only with the original printed dust-jacket, [Freeman 1138]; New York: Max N. Meisel, 1921

£400-600

18 Einstein. On the Special and General Theories of Relativity, first ed. in Hebrew, Tel Aviv 1928 Einstein (Albert) On the Special and General Theories of Relativity, trans by J. Greenberg into Hebrew from the original German Über die spezielle und die allgemeine Relativitätstheorie (Gemeinverständlich) first translation in Hebrew, from the 10th ed., portrait frontispiece, foreword by Einstein, original cloth-backed printed boards, ex-library stamps to verso of frontispiece title and last page of text, 8vo, Tel Aviv, 1928

Al Torath ha–Yahasiuth ha– Peratith weha– Kelalith (Harzaah Popularith).

***Einstein states in the foreword: 'The appearance of my book in the language of our fathers fills me with special joy…’

£600-800

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