Balloons by Dollfus. Charles,

Hard back book with colour pictorial cover, 107 pages profusely illustrated with colour and B/W plates, 6 chapters, conversion table.

The book is part of the Symbol Series of Science, Arts and History and written by a legendary author.

Something of the Renaissance spirit animates this series. Each author has caught the adventure of the mind's awaking, while the imaginative illustrations explore the creative suggestions of his text. The treatments are historical and draw freely upon the disciplines of science, philosophy and aesthetics to produce an authoritative and stimulating series.

Man's enlarging conception of his environment is the unifying theme of the series. Each subject is treated in terms of this theme so that balloons, clocks, volcanoes originate a fascinating enquiry.

Symbol Series, delightfully illustrated with maps, paintings, drawings and photographs, many in full colour, makes the ideal present for the alert and youthful of every age.