MORIN (Louis).Livre Rare Book
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Raparlier Binding Les Cousettes: Physiologie des CouturiËres de Paris
18956998Paris: L. Conquet 1895. Tall 8vo approx. 10 1/2 x 6 1/4 in. 26.5 x 16 cm 166pp 2pp contents. 100 Copies Only Printed on Japan Vellum this is copy #93 signed by publisher with initials. Beautifully bound by Paul-Romain Raparlier in crushed dark blue morocco with lavish all-over design on both covers framed by double gilt fillets with dotted inner rules and small floral corner tools. On the center field repeating floral motifs with alternating rose and blossom forms form a vertical rectangle all set within a gilt foliate border. Spine with five raised bands gilt compartments and floral inlays; turn-ins decorated with gilt rules floral rolls and corner ornaments. Pale blue silk moirÈ doublures and endpapers. Original wrappers bound in. All edges gilt. Signed ìP. R. Raparlierî at the foot of the front turn-in. Edges of boards strikingly adorned with closely spaced gilt dots. Binder: Paul-Romain Raparlier 1858ñ1900 trained at the .cole des Beaux-Arts and earned a gold medal at the 1892 Exposition Internationale du Livre distinguishing himself for refined painterly surface design rather than heavy architectural tooling. His signed bindings from the fin-de-siËcle period are prized for their disciplined ornament subtle color inlay and precise finishing placing him among the more accomplished Parisian decorative binders of the 1890s. A very attractive binding. In fine condition. L. Conquet unknown
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