About the cover:

Full French binding Green morocco leather, decoration on front and back covers, with multicoloured calfskin leather overlays in yellow, light green and mauve. Gold title on spine, three-sided gold edging, hand-engraved headband; light beige leather mirror bord à bord with light and dark green morocco leather overlays, light beige calfskin endpapers. Very fine signature and date on inside covers. Pages 2 and 3 laminated with decorative Kromecote paper, small leather ex libris label on page 3 with genuine gold embossing ‘Robert Moureau’.

About the content:

Guillaume Appolinaire: Le guetteur mélancolique

About the artist: Micheline de Bellefroid was a Belgian bookbinder and binding artist, known for her modern and innovative cover designs. She studied at the Académie royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels and specialized in cover design. Her works are characterized by precision craftsmanship and creative combinations of materials and have been presented in numerous international exhibitions. For twenty years, she ran the bookbinding workshop at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Visuels de La Cambre in Brussels. She developed Kromekote paper, a new technique for decorating paper.

Micheline de Bellefroid shaped profoundly the art of bookbinding in the 20th century, and her work continues to influence bookbinders and artists worldwide until today. Her partner was Robert Moreau, being also one of her best customers. She was good friends with Mechthild Lobisch.