Full-grain binding

Printed sheets mounted on coloured folds. Brown goatskin, playful decoration of leather overlays, blind-stamped lines, blue, glued-in narrow leather strips, blue and ochre-coloured title stamping on smooth spine; barbed edge, hand-stitched capital; bord-à-bord mirror and flyleaf marbled paper Montxe Buxò; sturdy buckram case lined with fawn suede, blue embossed spine title on brown leather label, original cover glued to the front of the case.

Gilt work: José Luis Garcia Rubio

Exhibited at the Forum International de Reliure d'Art at the Château de Nyon, February 2020.

About the content:

Tirso de Molina: Los tres maridos burladdos

(The three mocked husbands)

With 8 etchings by Jaime Pla in the text and a two-colour suite at the end

Ex. No. 61 of 650

Ediciones Armino, Editorial Gustaco Gili S.A., Barcelona 1951 Novel that takes place in the noble neighbourhood of Cigaral, south of the Spanish city of Toledo.

About the artist: Gonzaga Gil-Delgado Friginal lives and works in Madrid in his own studio. In 1991 he began his training as a bookbinder and book restorer on the second career path. From 1991 onwards, he actively and repeatedly attended a whole series of training and further training courses, some with prominent trainers, especially in France with François Brindeau, Ana Ruiz Larrea, Florent Rousseau, Godelieve Dupin De Saint Cyr and Carlos Sanchez-Alamo. His participation in national and international exhibitions and competitions confirms his skills as a binding artist. In addition to his studio in Madrid, he maintains an impressive collection of playing cards.