About the cover:
Full-grain binding Fawn calfskin binding hung on folds, on both covers an 8-9 cm wide diagonal braid of fawn leather and strips of paper dyed different shades of grey, partially bordered with thin black cord, black embossed title on smooth spine, hand-stitched capital, bord-à-bord mirror brown calfskin, flyleaf grey suede, half-leather hinged case with round spine, lined with grey suede and covered with light grey laid paper, black embossed spine title.
About the content:
Victor Segalen: Briques et Tuiles
With an original etching by André Masson Ex. H.C. next to 50 copies on Japon Nacré and 500 copies on Ingres
Éditions fata morgana, Paris 1967 Victor Segalen wrote interesting short stories of his journey to China at the beginning of the 20th century as a kind of diary entry under the title Bricks and Tiles. Apparently mostly in the evening to relax after a strenuous day's riding. The places mentioned can hardly be found today, as most of the names have changed in the meantime.
About the artist: After studying and marrying in Japan, Nobuko Kiyomiya went to Angers to study French and become a translator. Shortly after her divorce, she unexpectedly came across a modest bookbinding workshop in the town in 1993: “A world without sound!” Her fascination with how a book can be experienced with all senses led her to learn bookbinding in this very workshop. Two years later, Kiyomiya moved back to Tokyo and opened her own workshop. After a few years, she realized that, unlike in France, there was no culture of collecting fine bindings in Japan and she could not earn a living from her work.
So she returned to France in 2000 and ran her flat studio in Paris with great success. She decided to move again back to her native Japan at the beginning of 2021.
