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Identifier: cu31924020571497 (find matches)
Title: Modern book-bindings & their designers
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Wood, Esther Strange, Edward Fairbrother, 1862-1929 Uzanne, Octave, 1852-1931 Frykholm, Sunny Brochner, Georg Khnopff, Fernand, 1858-1921 Mourey, Gabriel, 1865-1943
Subjects: Bookbinding Book covers Bookbinding
Publisher: New York and London, John Lane
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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Antwerp Exhibition of 1885, and that ofIhussels of 1S97, it was \er\ well re))resentecl b\some twent\- volumes in di\erse styles, the beau-tiful designs and fine wcjrkmanship of which were most justh admired.Amongst other finedesigns M. P. pjosiiuethas produced man\bindings with what istechnicall) known aspyrographic ornamen-tation, notably those ofthe cover of La Dameaiix Camtlias and ofthe album presented toM. .Seguin, the popularactor of the part ofWotan in the \\al-kiire at the Theatrede la Monnaie. ^Vnother ver) cele-brated binder of Bel-gian nationalit\ is 1 )e-samblanx, who boundthe beautiful edition ot Salam m bo illus-trated b\ the equalhwell-known artist Tit/,,which is now in the finelibrary of the American1 )eEorest,and is alludedto in terms of the highestpraise b\ H. Bene iluBois in his\er\ interest-ing and brightly writtenbook, Fouy PrivateLiliraritS of .^<?( ) art;.As will be readilyKxiicuTEi) i;v I,. ei.AiissK.xs, IERE remarked in the illus- Bc/gia/i Bookbiiidi //gs
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skill i)) l-i)ckcrs fcjr.M. J. Claretic, theIVench flag, wurkcdin mosaics, formingthe design, after adrawing h)- the painterH. Ottevaere, whomade the cartocjns fortwf) volumes (jf theworks of the eccentricgenius Kdgar Aflan\ou, which were boundin morocccj leather,with mosaic designs inrelief The painterhimself executed thel\\Tographic W(jrk, inwhich the to(jling isdone with a heatedtool to ()uote his ownwords : with an elec-tric ))encil connectedb\ a copper wire witha battery, and insulatedby means of a glasstube. A later cartooni)\- ()tte\-aere for thebinding of Blancln\Claire ct Caiiditii\illustrated b\ Am.L)nen, was recentl)exei.Uted b\jacol). Anillustration of thiss( )mewhat remarkablebin ding appears on p. 70.trations accompan_\ ing this article, what .s))eciall\ In concluding this hastil) written irsiiine of distinguishes the work of these tw(; skilled craftsmen the ))rinci))al art binders of lielgium, 1 mustis the appropriatenesN of the design to the book to ipiote \-et another

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