About the cover:
Full-grain binding Coarse-grained black marocco leather with two large dark red leather overlays as well as gold and platinum lines running across both covers and spine and depicting the sun and the Seine, spine title in gold, gilt head edge, hand-stitched endpapers, mirror and flyleaf of grey-coloured comb marble, slipcase with leather-lined opening and covered with brown wooden paper.
About the content:
Pierre Mac Orlam: Images de Paris
With 12 hand-coloured drypoint engravings by Charles Samson
No. 702 printed on vellum from a total of 712 copies with an uncoloured suite
Édition Les Heures Claires, Paris 1950
About the artist: After studying at the École Estienne, including in the class of Raymond Mondange, Daniel Henri Mercher worked from 1964 in the studio of his father Henri Mercher (1912–1976), probably one of the most innovative binding artists of the 20th century. In 1972, Daniel set up his own business before taking over his father's workshop in 1976 after his father's death.
He particularly favoured hand gilding and gave lessons. In 1994, he left Paris and settled in Wissous, 15 kilometres south of Paris. He retired from his work in 2015.
