About the cover:

Full-grey binding Dark grey oasis goatskin; on the front cover a prominently placed (writing) pen on recessed, red suede, framed by a white leather line and purple, frayed leather, accompanied by blind-stamped lines unbroken by gold dots; hand-gilt title à la chinoise on a smooth spine; punched gilt top edge, hand-stitched capital, gilt standing edges; mirror with small feather and gold and silver stain on grey suede with frayed, purple leather edge and blind edge lines; grey leather case, from which the binding slides out of a centrally mounted slipcase covered with silver leather when opened. Folding case with round leather spine and grey fabric.

About the content:

Johann Caspar Lavater: Instructions for writing letters to Anna Luisa Lavater

Ex. No. 7 of 100 on Ingres laid paper, special edition Kranich-Verlag, Zollikon 1982 Written down by father Lavater for his daughter in 1794.

About the artist: Hugo Peller, the son of a master bookbinder, was born in 1917 in Solothurn, where he began his bookbinding apprenticeship in 1934. Even then, he was interested in artisan craftwork. After his apprenticeship, he worked abroad in Strasbourg. After active service in the Second World War, the renowned Swiss bookbinder Altermatt helped him to find work and training in Paris. At the École Estienne, he was able to significantly broaden his skills in binding techniques, gilding, and decoration with distinguished teachers. Back in his studio in Solothurn in 1946, he benefited from the intensive and enriching cooperation with the bibliophilic association Vereinigung Oltner Bücherfreunde. From 1946 to 1967, he also worked as a specialist teacher at the Solothurn Trade School and taught various evening classes. From 1955, he was a member of the association MDE – Meister der Einbandkunst, where he also served on the board; he also gave gilding courses.

Following the bankruptcy of Joseph Stemmle, Hugo Peller was appointed as the new head of the Centro del libro in Ascona in 1978.