About the cover:
Full-grain binding Silk-coloured boxcalf ribbon binding stitched to folds, on both covers a double-line structure burnt in different directions with a laser, emphasised by individual painted bold bars, blind-stamped title on smooth spine, bord-à-bord mirror blue laid paper, flyleaf dark blue suede, boxcalf hinged case with round spine and beige suede lining, blind-stamped spine title.
About the content:
Paul Éluard: Poèmes
With 10 etchings by Paul Delvaux
Ex. No. 109 of 200 on B F K Rives for M. Guy Vienot
Les Bibliophiles du Palais, Paris 1970 Twenty-one love poems.
About the artist: The bookbinder of Spanish origin, who works in France, trained at the Ana Ruiz-Larrea School in Madrid and at the École Estienne in Paris. After working as an assistant to the art bookbinders François Brindeau and Florent Rousseau, he is now a teacher of binding design at the Ateliers d'Arts Appliqués du Vésinet.
