[RELIURE YSEUX]FOUREST, La Negresse Blonde, 1920 ill. Villa
FOUREST, Georges.
La Negresse blonde.
Paris, La Connaissance, 1920.
8vo, 64-(6) pages. binding : Contemporary half morocco, gilt-decorated flat spine, headedge gilt. Original printed wrappers have been bound in. Binding slightly rubbed.
Fine binding signed by Yseux.
Louis Yseux is one of the most talented bookbinders of the early 20th century, bringing to life a tradition of French binding and gilding dating back to the 18th century, it is indeed he who takes over the workshop of his master Thierry himself. heir to Simier and Petit. All his bindings bear his signature Yseux successor Thierry-Simier.