Author: SIMMEN, R. (COMPILER),
Title: Mens & Machine. Teksten en documenten over Automaten, Androïden en Robots. Translated into dutch after the orig. english by H. Wagemans. First dutch edn.
Description: Amsterdam, IBM/Van Lindonk, 1968. large square 8°, original cloth, dustjacket. 107pp. Black/white frontispiece tipped-in, many black/white ills. and plates, of which 1 large folded, being designs of early robots after drawings, another fold. plate printed in ms. with illustrations after drawings, register of personal names, bibliography, table of contents. Reviews the history and development of Automatons, Androïds and Robots, the most astonishing of the inventions of mankind..(Edgal Allan Poe). Published by command of International Business Machines, IBM, Amsterdam, celebrating the opening of the new factory at Amsterdam, May 8th, 1967. Fine copy.

Keywords: ibm robot automaton androïd history development celebration commemmoration gedenkboek