Full-grain binding
Dark blue marocco binding, between two centre bands a wide, nine-ribbed light brown leather band runs horizontally over the covers to the inside pages, vertical and horizontal linear surface division, emphasised by a historical volute stamp; title distributed over two binding fields; gilt head edge, hand-stitched capital, standing and inner edge gilding; mirror and flyleaf light brown silk; leather-bound slipcase covered with dark green Ingres laid paper.
About the content:
Anatole France: Les désirs de Jean Servien
With 19 lithographs by Fernand Siméon Ex. No. 158 of 1'000
La société d'édition ‘Le Livre’, Paris 1924 The French writer Anatole France (1844-1924) was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1921. This first true novel by Anatole France tells the adventures of Jean Servien from his birth to his death. He was the son of a Parisian bookbinder and lost his mother when he was still an infant.
About the artist: Grew up in Winterthur. Apprenticeship as a bookbinder, later managing his parents' cardboard packaging and bookbinding company in Winterthur. After marrying a French woman, he moved to Lausanne in 1967, where he worked as technical director at Mayer & Sutter SA. Presumably in the 1970s, he became self-employed and ran his own bookbinding studio with a few employees and apprentices. In addition to regular translations for the trade journal Binding Technology, the accomplished expert was involved in introductory courses for assistants and master craftsmen's examinations in the design trade and as a part-time specialist teacher.
