About the cover:

Bright green cowhide with polished surface, applied relief of raspberry-coloured, 3 mm thick cowhide embossed with a fine woven pattern, accentuated by small, thin, green cowhide overlays in stripes and triangles as well as thin orange-coloured, perforated triangles, spine with raspberry-coloured embossed title, spine cut, hand-stitched endpapers, mirror and flyleaf in brown suede, green cloth flap case with relief negative form and brown suede lining, green leather label with raspberry-coloured embossed title.

About the content:

Gabriel Mourey: Fêtes foraines de Paris

With 30 colour lithographs by E. Grau Sala

Ex. No. XIII of XXVIII on Rives with b/w suite and 9 coloured original lithographs signed by the artist E.A., 250 copies in total.

Édition Droin-Labastie, Paris 1947 ‘A harlequin whose high, snoring sound mingles with the nasal banging or sluggishly slurps after the trail of obstinate drum rolls, a mishmash of tumbling melodies or whining, whistling or sentimental ditties that jump after each other without ever catching up’

The beginning of this work draws the reader into the heart of the Parisian funfair. A parade with shooting galleries, lotteries and mannequins. The wheels of chance, winning numbers or attractions such as the three-legged woman, etc. The crowd has fun.

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!”