Patrick Modiano, Pour que tu ne te perdes pas dans le quartier
The soft cover of this novel by Patrick Modiano is bound with a full leather binding, in the great French tradition of this craft. The novel is sewn with five hemp cords and linen thread. The interior is finished with leather end bands and pearl grey goatskin suede flyleaves. All edges are gilt on deckle edges with white gold. The book is covered in natural calf leather, dyed in various shades of blue and embossed.
Louise Bescond is orthodox in technique but daring in decoration. For her, binding a book is not just an aesthetic feat, it means valuing its content ...