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 studied French in Angers to become a translator. Shortly after her divorce in 1993, she unexpectedly came across a modest bookbinding workshop: ‘a world without sound!’ Her fascination with how a book can be grasped with all the senses led her to learn bookbinding in this workshop. Two years later, she moved back to Tokyo and opened her own workshop. After a few years, she realised that, unlike in France, there was no book-collecting culture in Japan and she could not make a living from her work.
So she returned to France in 2000 and ran her flat studio in Paris with great success. Rather unexpectedly, she decided to return to her native Japan at the beginning of 2021.
