Description
Karl Heinrich Klingert, Citizen of Wroclaw
Karina Kowalska and Justyna Wasiak
SIGNED COPY
219 years ago, in the village of Opatowice, now a district of Wrocław, Karl Heinrich Klingert demonstrated to crowds of spectators how to immerse a person in a diving suit. The diver walked along the Oder River, from the riverbank to the river’s center, and cut down a tree protruding from the bottom. These few steps, made possible by Karl Heinrich Klingert’s brilliant invention, forever cemented Wrocław’s place in diving history.
Hardback with printed cover. As new condition. Decorative endpapers. Half title page dedicated to Reg Vallintine by the author, Karina Kowalska. Beautifully designed, lavishly illustrated book.
128 pages
Colour throughout
270 mm x 212 mm (approx. 10.5 in x 8.3 in)
2016, Muzeum Nurkowania