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A lightning visit to Switzerland

Lucerne, 1 October 1924

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    A lightning visit to Switzerland

    Lucerne, 1 October 1924

    Price Realised USD 5,000
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    Albert Einstein (1879-1955). Autograph correspondence card signed (‘Albert’) to Michele Besso, Lucerne, 1 October 1924.

    In German, one page, 140 x 90mm. Curiously, the post office has marked the addressee as ‘unknown’ and the card to be returned to sender.

    Please note this lot is the property of a private consignor.
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    Apparently unpublished: not in Pierre Speziali (ed.) Albert Einstein. Michele Besso. Correspondance 1903-1955. Paris: Hermann, 1972
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    A lightning visit to Switzerland.

    Einstein has just arrived in Lucerne, and is to lecture on the Saturday; he has then to ‘steam off’ to Leiden, so will not have time to visit Berne, but ‘I would be very happy if I could see you’.
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