Apie Petro Jakšto "Knygas"

The author of the review on the publication “Knygos“ (“Books”) reviews the history of the first personal Lithuanian library, which was written by the author Petras Jakštas (1899–1988) himself, who was the officer of the Lithuanian armed forces, the participant of the association of the 17th century book lovers and bibliophile. The reviewer notes that the destiny of P. Jakštas library was very dramatic, full of painful losses, as the life of the bibliophile himself, of which it would be interesting to learn more. The author’s text is supplemented and revised by the comments of Prof. Domas Kaunas, which also enable to better perceive the biography of the author. Prof. Domas Kaunas was the initiator of this book’s publishing. The reviewer observes that there are many things still to be explained or revised, however she acknowledges, that the facts provided by her are more of the minutiae, the lapses of the memory of the author or the oversight of the comment writer. The impression of the whole publication is that on the efforts of Prof. D. Kaunas we have the bibliophilically published work of P. Jakštas “Knygos” (“Books”). It is a beautiful monument to the merits of the man of the book and Lithuanian bibliophilia in general