Montana-Vermala, 31 July 1926

Name: The 'incredibly boring' League of Nations
Brand: Montana-Vermala, 31 July 1926
Price: 3000.00 USD
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The 'incredibly boring' League of Nations

Montana-Vermala, 31 July 1926

Price Realised USD 3,750

Closed: 13 Jul 2017

Price Realised USD 3,750

Closed: 13 Jul 2017

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Albert Einstein (1879-1955). Autograph correspondence card signed (‘Albert’) to Michele Besso, Montana-Vermala, [postmarked 31 July 1926].

In German, in pencil on one page, 148 x 105mm. Brief greeting from Eduard Einstein on verso, also with a short pencil annotation by Besso.

Please note this is the property of a private consignor.

Published in Pierre Speziali (ed.) Albert Einstein. Michele Besso. Correspondance 1903-1955. Paris: Hermann, 1972. No. 85

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Einstein is delighted to be rid of another League of Nations meeting in Geneva, which he condemns with the Berlin phrase 'zum Auswachsen' ('incredibly boring'). It is much more pleasant, if rather cold, to be in the mountains with his younger son Eduard: he suggests Besso come and join them, quoting the price for his hotel, the Terminus, just next to the funicular railway.