Doskonała próżnia by Stanisław Lem (Czytelnik)
First edition of Stanisław Lem’s Doskonała próżnia, published by Czytelnik in 1971, with dust jacket and cover designed by Andrzej Heidrich. From Wikipedia:
A Perfect Vacuum (Polish: Doskonała próżnia) is a 1971 book by Polish author Stanisław Lem, the largest and best known collection of Stanisław Lem’s fictitious criticism of nonexisting books. It was translated into English by Michael Kandel. Some of the reviews remind the reader of drafts of his science fiction novels, some read like philosophical pieces across scientific topics, from cosmology to the pervasiveness of computers, finally others satirize and parody everything from the nouveau roman to pornography, Ulysses, authorless writing, and Dostoevsky.
The book contains reviews of 16 imaginary books and one real book: itself.
The author’s name is shown in Davida. Note the congenial design of the kreska ukośna in the Ł as well of the framing ornaments. Davida is paired with Berling, mostly using its italic style.
Dust jacket with art by Andrzej Heidrich
Cover
Title page
