First offprint of Einstein’s pioneering paper about quantum conditons and field equations, 1924

Albert EINSTEIN: BIETET DIE FELDTHEORIE MÖGLICHKEITEN FÜR DIE LÖSUNG DES QUANTENPROBLEMS? [Does Field Theory Offer Possibilities for Solving the Quantum Problem?] Sitzungsberichte der Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, XXXIII (1923). Sitzung der physikalisch-mathematischen Klasse vom 13. Dezember. Sonderabdruck [Offprint]). Berlin: Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften (in commission at Georg Reimer [Reichsdruckerei]), 15th January 1924.

Imperial 8vo (25,4:18,2 cm). 6 pages, numbered 359-364. Letterpress on machine paper, in original publisher’s brochure on orange stock with black title printing.

First offprint in the original wrappers, of this programmatic article by Einstein about deducing the quantum conditons from his field equations.

Condition: Fine.

Rarity: ABPC (1973ff.) and APO (1988ff.) record only 2 copies of this edition at auction (2012, 1984).

Reference: Boni-Russ-L. 142; Schilpp-Shields 176; Weil 137.