About the cover:

Full-grain binding Olive-coloured box calf, abstract decoration on both covers and spine consisting of several dark brown overlays of ostrich leather, decorated with pink and light green serpentine lines embossed into the leather. In addition, brown embossed dots and small, pink and light green embossed arrow shapes, pink and light green embossed spine title, natural cut, hand-stitched silk capital, mirror and endpapers in light brown suede, half-leather chemise with the same embossing on the spine, rough fabric cover (like sandpaper...!), leather-bound slipcase, covered with dark fawn paper.

About the content:

Pascal Quignard: Ethelrude et Wolframm

With eight partly multicoloured aquatints by Maria Sepiol

Ex. No. 62 of 135 on Vélin Johannot as a one-off special edition by Claude Blaizot for the cover competition of the Société des Amis de la Reliure Originale, Paris 1986

The story was written in 1985, when Ethelrude and Wolframm are wondering about the emotions common to all human beings: Envy, trepidation and fear.

About the artist: François Brindeau trained as a graphic designer. After studying at the École Estienne, he implemented the designs of renowned artists such as Georges Leroux, Monique Mathieu and Jean de Gonet. Today, he is teaching at the École Estienne and is himself a talented, inventive and curious binding artist exploring new design paths. As a self-confident personality with an “assertive” character, he helps his students to find their artistic identity and sets high standards for them as well as for himself.

He compares decorative binding to luxury packaging used to showcase a product. “The technique must enable creative designs!”