ZITKA, VRATISLAV JAN — Prometheove a Ikarove

Prague and Smena, Bratislava, Knihovny Maj. 1972, 1st CZECH EDITION. French Wraps. Book, Do nevelké publikace, v ní hlavní roli hraje 125 fotografií opatrených popisem, snesl autor rozlicné doklady clovekova úsilí vyporádat se se svým postavením ve svete a ovládnout prírodní síly, a to jak ve sfére technických objevu a vynálezcu, tak i v obrazné podobe umení. Stopy civilizace a kultury vyhledával v nej irím rozpetí casu od nejstar ích dob a po soucasnost s ambicemi meziplanetárních kontaktu. Kní ka je jakousi antologií dokumentu lidské dovednosti.= In a small publication featuring 125 photographs with descriptions, the author has presented various evidence of man's efforts to cope with his position in the world and to dominate the forces of nature, both in the field of technical discoveries and inventors, and in the figurative form of art. He searched for traces of civilization and culture in the widest range of times from ancient times to the present with ambitions of interplanetary contacts. The book is a kind of anthology of human skill documents." Unaginated. [76p] Text complete and unmarked in French wraps, but some pages loose where glue has dried out. [Only 3 copies in WordCat]. Good - Very Good.