STERN, Alfred. 18226

£65

Description

Autograph Sentiment, mentioning Ranke, signed ‘Alfred Stern’. Written in German on decorated card, for a collector or for display, overall 12 x 9 inches, in good condition. Zurich, 12 February 1895. Alfred Stern (1846-1936), German Jewish historian, author of a History of Europe since the treaties of 1815 to the Frankfurt Peace of 1871 (10 volumes, Stuttgart, Berlin 1894-1925). In 1887 he moved to Zurich. There he made friends with Albert Einstein.