This is a modern binding for a facsimile edition of Dante's Divine Comedy. The binding combines blind and gold tooling. Its headbands were embroidered with silk threads in two colours. It has a case made with the same calf leather and burlap.
Andrés Alés learnt the basics of bookbinding from his father, in whose workshop he trained from 1977 to 1987. During this time, Andrés went through al ...