[RELIURE YSEUX] DUBOSCQ, Sous le Ciel de Pékin, 1919
DUBOSCQ, André.
Sous le Ciel de Pékin.
Paris, Crès et Cie, 1919.
Small 12mo, 161 pages. binding : Contemporary half morocco, gilt-decorated spine in five compartments, headedge gilt. Original printed wrappers bound in.
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.