About the cover:

Full parchment binding with rod hinges.

Spine, both covers and bord-à-bord mirror made of goat parchment, glued with contact adhesive. Decoration on covers made of dark tanned goat parchment; the special shape is cut out, the back is very thinly sanded and applied to the cover with contact adhesive; bar hinges, leather capitals, natural cut; fly leaf made of dark blue velour material. Full parchment folding case with bar hinge and round spine, box base made of dark red velour material. Lightweight storage bag made of dark red velour fleece with Velcro fastener.

About the content:

Michel Tournier: Vendredi ou la vie sauvage H.C. edition of 800 copies on Vélin d'Arches paper, with illustrations by Claire Illouz and photography by Gil Formet. Edition reserved for participants in the 13th Biennales Mondiales de la Reliure d'Art, 2014.

Michel Tournier writes a modern Robinson Crusoe story for young readers. The novel tells the story of Robinson, a sailor who is shipwrecked on a desert island after a shipwreck. There he meets the native Vendredi, who teaches him how to survive in the wilderness. In the course of the story, a friendship develops that changes Robinson's view of civilisation and freedom.

About the artist: Edgard Claes OSC was born in Hamot, Belgium, in 1954. He began attending drawing lessons at the age of 12. At 16, he trained as a window dresser and advertising designer. In 1976, aged 22, he joined the Order of the Crosiers in the Sint Agatha Monastery in the Netherlands, where his great passion for painting, sculpture and, in particular, bookbinding flourished. Since 1990, he has been devising binding techniques using polycarbonate, which he fashions with a computer-aided milling machine and an airbrush. He is a long-standing member of the MDE, the International Association of the Masters of the Art of Bookbinding, and is regarded as one of the most original binding artists of our time. He teaches courses in the Netherlands and other countries.