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Softcover. Condizione: Near Fine. 3" horizontal crease ablove leading lower corner of front cover, mainly visible on inside cover. ; Exhibition Catalog; 48 unnumbered pages; card covers; illustrations. ; 14.0 X 5.0; Unpaginated pages.

Printed wrappers, folio, 36 x 13 cm [52] pp, black-and-white ills. 160 entries. Preface and introduction in English and French. From the introduction - "The astonishing examples in this exhibition will show that French bookbinding is still unexcelled. Contemporary French bindings have reached a height of creative expression comparable in history only to the great Renaissance tradition of binding in France. Like those works of the past, these books are decidedly "in the French style," both in the manner of design and in the refinement of craftsmanship which they display. In France the term "binder" (relieur) may refer either to the creator of the original design for a binding or to the craftsmen who execute the finished work. In several other countries the creation of a design is not necessarily considered part of the discipline, and with few exceptions "binder" is used to refer only to a craftsman who executes all the steps of the binding process. France remains the only country where a binding is executed by a group of craftsmen, each performing a special function. After the artist has created the original design, the individual craftsmen execute the sewing, headbanding, forwarding, gilding the edges of the paper, covering the book with leather, until finally the finisher carries out the design in gold tooling, onlays, or any other form conceived by the artist. This happy alliance of highly skilled craftsmen produces superlative works and has brought the technique of the bookbinding craft to its present height." Very Good.…

First Edition. Very good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges slightly nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 27 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. Subjects; Francia Exposiciones. Bookbinding France. Exhibition. catalogues. Coptic Stitch. Vellum. Grain Direction. Headband. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. Very good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges slightly nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 27 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. Subjects; Francia Exposiciones. Bookbinding France. Exhibition. catalogues. Coptic Stitch. Vellum. Grain Direction. Headband. 1 Kg.…