About the cover:

Hardcover with open hinge Both covers are covered and mirrored with whitish, aniline-dyed calf parchment, printed by Fanny Boucher in the heliogravure workshop using a gravure printing process based on drawings by Julie Auzillon, and finished by Julie with cotton wool and ink to create blue clouds. These covers are connected with blue titanium rods with backs made of the same calf leather. Blue metallic embossed longitudinal title. Top gold edging, hand-carved capital, fly leaves made of Vietnamese unbleached paper striped with iridescent white ink. Half parchment chemise with dark blue cover and spine title, lined with light blue velour material. Original copper plate mounted on page 3 of a folder made in the same style as the chemise.

About the content:

No. 9 of 30 copies printed on Vélin d'Arches 250 gm2, Édité par Renaud Vincent pour les Éditions d'Art de la Galerie du Bourdaric à Vallon Pont d'Arc, 2020.

A poetic ensemble of six quatrains, created by François Cheng in direct collaboration with and with the permission of Gallimard for this book – a typical format that Cheng likes to use to formulate big ideas in a condensed form. Illustrations: Two original copperplate engravings and two colour drawings by Loïc Le Groumellec.

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About the artist: Julie Auzillon was born in the Paris region. She belongs to a new generation of artisans between tradition and innovation. After graduating from the prestigious École Estienne in 2003, she initially worked with artists and luxury brands before opening her own studio in Paris in 2013. Today, she often works for institutions, bookshops and bibliophiles who give her free rein. Her current studio, also known as “laboratory”, is located in the remote commune Geishouse in the Vosges mountains. Her work is characterised by constant research and development of new binding techniques. One of her specialities is the titanium rod binding, a technique that allows the book to open perfectly and whose visible hinge rod represents a graphic element in its own right.