Beschreibung:

Collection of books by or about Albert Einstein, invitation to a lecture he gave during his visit to Jerusalem, and two photographs. 1-2. Über die spezielle und die allgemeine Relativitätstheorie [on the special and general theory of relativity], by Albert Einstein. Published by Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn, Braunschweig. Two editions, from 1918 and 1920. German. 3-5. On the special and general theory of relativity (popular lecture). Hebrew translation: Ya'akov Greenberg. Published by Dvir, Tel Aviv, 1929. Three copies. One hard copy. 6. Heavens and Earth, explanation of Albert Einstein's theory of relativity, by Chaim Kalman Itonin. Buenos Aires, 1926. Hebrew and Spanish. 7. Die Grundlagen Der Einsteinschen Gravitationstheorie [Basics of Einstein's theory of gravitation], by Erwin Freundlich. With introduction by Einstein. Published by Julius Springer, Berlin, 1916. German. 8. Gelegentliches von Albert Einstein. The book was printed in honor of Einstein's 50th birthday in 800 numbered copies. 9-10. Einstein, Einblicke in Seine Gedankenwelt by Alexander Moszkowski. Book about Einstein. Two different editions (1921-1922). German. 11. Why war? Correspondence. Response of Z. Freud to Prof. A. Einstein. Printed by "Aretz", Tel Aviv, [1930s]. 12. Invitation on behalf of the Zionist Leadership in Eretz Israel to Albert Einstein's lecture on his theory of relativity, in the "Hebrew College on Mount Scopus", Jerusalem. Hebrew, English and Arabic. [1923?] 13-14. Two photographs of Einstein. One portrays Einstein during a television interview by the NBC American network. Varied size and condition. From the collection of Arnie Druck.