About the cover:
Full-grain binding Bright green maroquin leather, drawing after Picasso on the spine and both covers with narrow white sheepskin strips inlaid in hand blind-stamped lines, hand-stitched capital, gilt edges on three sides, green suede mirror, light green Ingres paper on the flyleaf, half-leather chemise with the same leather, covered and lined with light green Ingres paper, gilt-stamped spine title, slipcase with leather edging and cover of Ingres paper.
About the content:
Ovid: Les Metamorphoses
With etchings by Pablo Picasso
Ex. No. 2687 A of Édito Service SA, Genève Facsimile of the Skira edition of 1931 The Metamorphoses are a mythological work about metamorphoses written in hexameters. They range in content from the creation of the universe and the Flood to the sagas of the gods, heroic epics, mythical stories about Troy and Rome and the death, eulogy and deification of Caesar. The work influenced literature and the visual arts from the Middle Ages to the Baroque period.
About the artist: François Bernaschina grew up in Geneva, where he completed a manual bookbinding apprenticeship at Reliure Vermeille. This was followed by 5 successful years as a creative bookbinder at Bubu AG Mönchaltorf, interrupted by a year of practical training in Boston, USA. In the 1980s, he successfully took part in several professional competitions. After a number of non-professional activities in French-speaking Switzerland, including teaching at the vocational school in Lausanne, he began studying psychology at the University of Geneva, which he completed in 2003 with a doctorate. From 2004-2006 he was responsible for internet communication at Compusoft SA and since 2007 he has been a partner at the Francfort communications agency in Lausanne.
