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Louise Genest — Bookbinder

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CD9704-3261-2796-005 Julius Baltazar Sous le Ciel de Montréal (detail), bound 1996
(Authors: Arrabal, Butor, Delaveau, Déon, Guillevic, Giovanni, Massé, Masson, Mizon, Topor and White; Artist: Julius Baltazar; Publisher: Galerie Simon Blais, Montréal, 1994)
Full goatskin, laced-in binding with partially exposed spine; cut-out boards, recessed onlays in patinated bronze leaves, tooled onlays in patinated bronze leaves, blind and gold tooling, insertations of 10K gold plated wire; Doublures: Patinated bronze leaves
17 cm x 15.8 cm x 1 cm
Image used with permission of the artist
Archives - Box 608, F8

CD9704-3261-2796-006 Le barbare au paradis, bound 1997
(Author: Michel Déon; Artist: Julius Baltazar; Publisher: P.A. Nicaise, Paris, 1997)
Full goatskin binding with exposed spine and sewing on copper wires; cut-out boards, insertions of copper wires and inlays of copper rods; Doublures: Patinated copper leaves
33.2 cm x 24 cm x 3 cm
Image used with permission of the artist
Archives - Box 608, F8

CD9704-3261-2796-007 Infinito, bound 1998
(Author: Giacomo Leopardi; Publisher: Edizioni I.S.A., Urbani, 1997)
Full half-tanned parchment, laced-in binding with partially exposed spine; cut-out and in relief boards; partial board covering with tanned carp leather; inlayed 18K gold rods; cold pressing with ferns; Doublures: coloured Roma paper by Fabriano with onlays in patinated bronze leaves and 23K gold leaves
32.3 cm x 23.5 cm x 4.2 cm
Image used with permission of the artist
Archives - Box 608, F8

CD9704-3261-2796-008 Maria Chapdelaine (detail), bound 1998
(Author: Louis Hémon; Artist: Clarence Gagnon; Publisher: Mornay, Paris, 1933)
Full goatskin, laced-in binding; sanded leather, tooled onlays in same covering leather and in gold leaf; inlayed strips of tooled onlays in various goatskins and gold leaf; Doublures: Japanese paper partially covered with gold leaf and tooled onlays in gold leaf
25.5 cm x 21 cm x 3.2 cm
Image used with permission of the artist
Archives - Box 608, F8



Louise Genest