Prague: Státní Nakladatelství Krásné Literatury, Hudby a Uméní, 1956. First edition. Small 4to. 232, (6) pp. Profusely illustrated with photogravures, including six fold-out plates. Tan cloth stamped in black; top edge stained black; white silk ribbon marker; previous owner's inscription on title-page; printed dust-jacket, lightly soiled, variously chipped, with reinforcement to folds on verso.

Josef Sudek's (1896–1976) first monograph, designed by Františka Tichého, with poems by Vladimíra Holana and Jaroslava Seiferta, and with a portrait of Sudek by Josefa Ehma. Published by the State Belles Lettres Music and Art Publishers to commemorate Sudek's sixtieth birthday. "One of the finest books of photography ever made" (Roth, p. 144).