About the cover:

Full-grain binding Red, coarsely grained marocco leather, a large centre frame with ornamental stamps on both covers, spine with four sturdy bands and hand-gilt title in the second band, squares in the other bands with multi-part Art Nouveau stamp, gilt head edge, hand-stitched silk capital. Gilt inner edges, dark-blue silk mirror on all sides, folded and recessed, flyleaf with the same silk.

Slipcase with leather-lined opening, lined with molleton, covered with grey Romabütten. Perfect classical craftsmanship.

About the content:

Alphonse Daudet: Lettres de mon Moulin

With 69 colour etchings by Valentine Dupré Ex. No. 180 of 412 on Vélin de Rives

Se trouve chez l'Artiste, Paris 1944 Daudet's ‘Lettres de mon Moulin’ is a collection of simple stories that describe the lives of some people in the south of France in an entertaining way.

About the artist: Grew up in Winterthur. Apprenticeship as a bookbinder, later managing his parents' cardboard packaging and bookbinding company in Winterthur. After marrying a French woman, he moved to Lausanne in 1967, where he worked as technical director at Mayer & Sutter SA. Presumably in the 1970s, he became self-employed and ran his own bookbinding studio with a few employees and apprentices. In addition to regular translations for the trade journal Binding Technology, the accomplished expert was involved in introductory courses for assistants and master craftsmen's examinations in the design trade and as a part-time specialist teacher.