 | 5.1. Henri Marius Michel, binding decorated with floral
design, on Joris Karl Huysmans, À rebours, illustrated by
Auguste Lepère (Paris: Les Cent Bibliophiles, 1903). |
 | 5.2. Charles Meunier,
doublure depicting a Parisian bookstall, in Octave Uzanne,
Physiologies des quais de Paris, illustrated by Émile Mas
and with an engraving by Georges Henri Manesse (Paris:
Libraires-Imprimeurs Réunies, 1893). Reproduced by permission of
The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
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 | 5.3. Émile
Maylander, upper cover and spine of binding decorated with center and
corner ornaments within a border, on Franz Toussaint, Le jardin des
caresses, illustrated by Léon Carré (Paris: H. Piazza,
1914). Reproduced by permission of The Pierpont Morgan Library, New
York, Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987. |
 | 5.4. Charles Meunier,
upper cover and spine of binding (1924) decorated with a panel based on
one of Louis Legrand's etchings, on Erastène Ramiro, Faune
parisienne, illustrated by Legrand (Paris: Gustave Pellet, 1901).
Reproduced by permission of The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York,
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987. |
 | 5.5. Pierre Legrain,
upper covers of four bindings with lettering, executed by René
Kieffer in 1916-19 for Jacques Doucet, on André Suarès,
"Sur la vie: Latin et Sorbonne" (manuscript of 13 leaves), Georges
Duhamel, L'Homme en tête (Paris: Vers et Prose, 1909), Paul
Claudel, Le pain dur (Paris: Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue
Française, 1918), and Paul Claudel, L'Annonce faite à
Marie (Paris: Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française,
1912). Reproduced from Pierre Legrain relieur (Paris: Auguste
Blaizot, 1965), plate 3. |
 | 5.6. Pierre Legrain,
upper cover of binding decorated with circles and curved lines, executed
by René Kieffer, on Maurice Maeterlinck, Serres chaudes
(Bruxelles: P. Lacomblez; Paris: Calmann-Lévy, 1910).
Reproduced from Pierre Legrain relieur (Paris: Auguste Blaizot,
1965), plate 18 (upper right). |
 | 5.7. Pierre Legrain,
upper cover of binding decorated with a black cross (1922), on Roland
Dorgelès, Les croix de bois, illustrated by André
Dunoyer de Segonzac (Paris: La Banderole, 1921). Reproduced from
Pierre Legrain relieur (Paris: Auguste Blaizot, 1965), color
plate C. |
 | 5.8. Pierre Legrain,
maquette with a fountain design, for a binding for René
Boylesve, Nymphes dansant avec les satyrs (Paris:
Calmann-Lévy, [1920]), to be rendered in 1921 by René Kieffer.
Preserved in an album of Legrain maquettes, Spencer Collection,
New York Public Library. Reproduced by permission of the Spencer
Collection, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden
Foundations. |
 | 5.9. Pierre Legrain,
maquette with a design of crossed chains, for a binding for Oscar
Wilde, Ballade de la géôle de Reading, translated by
Henry-D. Davray and illustrated by Jean-Gabriel Daragnès (Paris:
L. Pichon, 1918), to be rendered in 1921 by René Kieffer.
Preserved in an album of Legrain maquettes, Spencer Collection,
New York Public Library. Reproduced by permission of the Spencer
Collection, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden
Foundations. |
 | 5.10. Pierre Legrain,
upper cover of binding decorated with a buckle design and
mother-of-pearl inlay (1925), on André Gide, La porte
étroite (Paris: Société du Mercure de France,
1909). Florence Blumenthal copy, George Blumenthal Collection, New York
Public Library. Reproduced by permission of the Rare Books Division,
The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations.
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 | 5.11. Pierre Legrain,
upper cover and spine of binding decorated with a central oval of wood
(1925), on André Gide, Isabelle ("4th édition";
Paris: Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française, 1911).
Florence Blumenthal copy, George Blumenthal Collection, New York Public
Library. Reproduced by permission of the Rare Books Division, The New
York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations. |
 | 5.12. Pierre Legrain,
upper cover and spine of binding decorated with a pattern of crossing
bars (1922-24), on Octave Mirbeau, Le journal d'une femme de
chambre (Paris: E. Fasquelle, 1900). Reproduced by permission of
The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
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 | 5.13. Henri Marius
Michel, binding decorated with floral ornamentation, on Denis Diderot,
Le neveu de Rameau, illustrated by Bernard Naudin (Paris: Auguste
Blaizot, 1924). Reproduced from Roger Devauchelle, La reliure en
France de ses origines à nos jours (Paris: J.
Rousseau-Girard, 1959-61), 3: opposite page 90. |
 | 5.14. Pierre Legrain,
upper cover of binding decorated with a geometric design, on Denis
Diderot, Le neveu de Rameau, illustrated by Bernard Naudin
(Paris: Auguste Blaizot, 1924). Reproduced from Roger Devauchelle,
La reliure en France de ses origines à nos jours (Paris:
J. Rousseau-Girard, 1959-61), 3: frontispiece. |
 | 5.15. Pierre Legrain,
upper cover and spine of binding decorated with irregularly spaced
parallel lines, on Paul Valéry, Monsieur Teste (Paris:
Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française, 1927). Florence
Blumenthal copy, George Blumenthal Collection, New York Public Library.
Reproduced by permission of the Rare Books Division, The New York Public
Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations. |
 | 5.16. Pierre Legrain,
upper cover and spine of binding decorated with diagonal parallel lines
(1927), on Anna Elisabeth de Brancovan, comtesse de Noailles, Les
forces éternelles (Paris: A. Fayard, 1920). Florence Blumenthal
copy, New York Public Library. Reproduced by permission of the Rare
Books Division, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden
Foundations. |
 | 5.17. Pierre Legrain,
binding decorated with crossing narrow bands (1927), on Oscar Wilde,
Deux contes, translated by Albert Savine (Paris: Schmied, 1926).
Reproduced by permission of The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York,
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987. |
 | 5.18. Pierre Legrain,
upper cover and spine of binding decorated with curved parallel lines
(1926), on René Boylesve, Souvenirs d'un jardin
détruit, illustrated by Maximilien Vox (Paris: J. Ferenczi &
Fils, 1924). Florence Blumenthal copy, Spencer Collection, New York
Public Library. Reproduced by permission of the Spencer Collection, The
New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations.
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 | 5.19. Pierre Legrain,
binding decorated with circular designs (1927), on Charles Baudelaire,
Les paradis artificiels (Paris: Poulet-Malassis et de Broise,
1861). Reproduced by permission of The Pierpont Morgan Library, New
York, Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987. |
| 5.20. Pierre Legrain, binding decorated with serpent-like
curves (1928), on Paul Valéry, La jeune Parque,
illustrated by Jean-Gabriel Daragnès (Paris: Émile-Paul
Frères, 1925). |
 | 5.21. Jean-Gabriel
Daragnès, serpent vignette, in Paul Valéry, La jeune
Parque (Paris: Émile-Paul Frères, 1925), title page.
Florence Blumenthal copy, Spencer Collection, New York Public Library.
Reproduced by permission of the Spencer Collection, The New York Public
Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations. |
 | 5.22. Pierre Legrain,
maquette with an abstract design suggesting flowers, for a
binding for Gérard d'Houville, Le diadème de flore,
illustrated by André-Édouard Marty and engraved by Georges
Beltrand (Paris: Le Livre, 1928). Preserved in an album of Legrain
maquettes, Spencer Collection, New York Public Library.
Reproduced by permission of the Spencer Collection, The New York Public
Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations. |
 | 5.23. Pierre Legrain,
maquette with a design suggesting a barred window, for a binding
for Oscar Wilde, Ballade de la géôle de Reading,
translated by Henry-D. Davray and illustrated by Jean-Gabriel
Daragnès (Paris: L. Pichon, 1918). Preserved in an album of
Legrain maquettes, Spencer Collection, New York Public Library.
Reproduced by permission of the Spencer Collection, The New York Public
Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations. |
 | 5.24. Pierre Legrain,
maquette with a geometric design, for the upper doublure of his album of
ninety-six original designs and maquettes covering 1917-29. Preserved
in the album, Spencer Collection, New York Public Library. Reproduced
by permission of the Spencer Collection, The New York Public Library,
Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations. |
 | 5.25. Pierre Legrain,
maquette with a geometric design, for the lower doublure of his
album of ninety-six original designs and maquettes covering
1917-29. Preserved in the album, Spencer Collection, New York Public
Library. Reproduced by permission of the Spencer Collection, The New
York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations. |
 | 5.26. Pierre Legrain,
lower doublure decorated with a geometric design, in his album of
ninety-six original designs and maquettes covering 1917-29.
Spencer Collection, New York Public Library. Reproduced by permission
of the Spencer Collection, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox,
and Tilden Foundations. |
 | 5.27. Pierre Legrain,
upper cover of binding decorated with parallel bands crossed with
parallel lines, on Paul Verlaine, Parallèlement,
illustrated by Pierre Bonnard (Paris: Ambroise Vollard, 1900).
Reproduced from Pierre Legrain relieur (Paris: Auguste Blaizot,
1965), plate 30 (upper right). |
 | 5.28. Pierre Legrain,
binding decorated with interlocking circles, on Longus, Daphnis et
Chloè, translated by J. Amyot and illustrated by Pierre
Bonnard (Paris: Ambroise Vollard, 1902). Reproduced from Pierre
Legrain relieur (Paris: Auguste Blaizot, 1965), plate 63 (lower
half). |
 | 5.29. Pierre Legrain,
upper cover and spine of binding decorated with an angular geometric
design, on Le cantique des cantiques, translated by Ernest Renan
(Paris: Schmied, 1925). Reproduced from Rose Adler, Reliures
présenté par Rose Adler (Paris: Éditions d'Art
Charles Moreau, [1929]), plate 10 (right). |
 | 5.30. Pierre Legrain,
upper cover and spine of binding decorated with a vertical geometric
design with circles, on Le cantique des cantiques, translated by
Ernest Renan (Paris: Schmied, 1925). Reproduced from Rose Adler,
Reliures présenté par Rose Adler (Paris:
Éditions d'Art Charles Moreau, [1929]), plate 40 (lower right).
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 | 5.31. Pierre Legrain,
upper cover and spine of binding decorated with a stylized moon against
the sky, on Georges Rouault, Paysages légendaires (Paris:
Porteret, 1929). Florence Blumenthal copy, George Blumenthal
Collection, New York Public Library. Reproduced by permission of the
Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and
Tilden Foundations. |
 | 5.32. Pierre Legrain,
upper cover of binding decorated with a diagonal scallop design, on Paul
Valéry, Poésies (Paris: Éditions de la
Nouvelle Revue Française, 1929). Florence Blumenthal copy,
George Blumenthal Collection, New York Public Library. Reproduced by
permission of the Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library,
Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations. |
 | 5.33. Rose Adler,
binding decorated with angular vertical panels, gilded by Adolphe Cuzin,
on Frédéric Charles Longchamp, Les vices capitaux,
illustrated by Vassiliaky Photiadès and with calligraphy by
Charles Ducret (Paris and Lausanne: Librairie des Bibliophiles, 1922).
Spencer Collection, New York Public Library. Reproduced by permission
of the Spencer Collection, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox,
and Tilden Foundations. |
 | 5.34. Rose Adler, two
bindings, the first decorated with a streaming band and the second with
a grid panel, on Philippe Auguste Mathias, comte de Villiers de L'Isle
Adam, Trois contes cruels (Paris: Société de la
Gravure sur Bois Originale, 1927) and Prosper Mérimée,
Carmen (edition not identified). Reproduced from Rose Adler,
Reliures présenté par Rose Adler (Paris:
Éditions d'Art Charles Moreau, [1929]), plate 37. |
 | 5.35. Rose Adler,
binding decorated with kicking limbs, on Colette, L'Envers du music
hall, illustrated by Jean-Émile Laboureur (Paris: Au Sans
Pareil, 1926). Reproduced from Rose Adler, Reliures
présenté par Rose Adler (Paris: Éditions d'Art
Charles Moreau, [1929]), plate 49. |
 | 5.36. Pierre Legrain,
binding decorated with spotlights and light-beams, on Colette,
L'Envers du music hall, illustrated by Jean-Émile
Laboureur (Paris: Au Sans Pareil, 1926). Reproduced from Rose Adler,
Reliures présenté par Rose Adler (Paris:
Éditions d'Art Charles Moreau, [1929]), plate 42. |
 | 5.37. Rose Adler, upper
cover and spine of binding decorated with a panel of short bands (1931),
on Tristan Bernard, Tableau de la boxe, illustrated by
André Dunoyer de Segonzac (Paris: Éditions de la Nouvelle
Revue Française, 1922). Spencer Collection, New York Public
Library. Reproduced by permission of the Spencer Collection, The New
York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations. |
 | 5.38. Rose Adler, upper
cover and spine of binding decorated with spaced horizontal and slanting
lines (1948), on Paul Jean Toulet, Les contrerimes, illustrated
by Jean-Émile Laboureur (Paris: H.-M. Petiet, 1930). Reproduced
by permission of The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, Bequest of
Gordon N. Ray, 1987. |
 | 5.39. Germaine
Schroeder, upper cover and spine of binding decorated with a ribbon
title over a check pattern, on Jean Giraudoux, Juliette au pays des
hommes, illustrated by Charles Laborde (Paris: Émile-Paul
Frères, 1926). Reproduced by permission of The Pierpont Morgan
Library, New York, Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987. |
 | 5.40. Andrée and
Jeanne Langrand, upper cover and spine of binding decorated with a
geometric band at foot, on Alfred de Vigny, Daphné (Paris:
Schmied, 1924). Reproduced by permission of The Pierpont Morgan
Library, New York, Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987. |
 | 5.41. Mme. Marot-Rodde,
upper cover and spine of binding decorated with parallel vertical lines
massed at right, on Gustave Geffroy, L'Apprentie, illustrated by
Auguste Brouet and printed at Imprimerie Lahure (Paris:
Frédéric Grégoire, 1924). Reproduced by permission
of The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, Bequest of Gordon N. Ray,
1987. |
 | 5.42. François
Louis Schmied, maquette with a design of vertical panels, for a
binding for La création: les trois premiers livres de la
Genèse suivis de la généalogie adamique,
translated by J.-C. Mardrus (Paris: Schmied, 1928). Reproduced from
the original in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale
University. |
 | 5.43. François
Louis Schmied, upper cover of binding decorated with vertical panels,
executed by Georges Cretté with panel lacquered by Jean Dunand,
on La création: les trois premiers livres de la Genèse
suivis de la généalogie adamique, translated by J.-C.
Mardrus (Paris: Schmied, 1928). Reproduced from the original in the
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. |
 | 5.44. François
Louis Schmied, maquette with a depiction of King Solomon, for
upper cover of binding for Le cantique des cantiques, translated
by Ernest Renan (Paris: Schmied, 1925). Reproduced from the original in
the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
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 | 5.45. François
Louis Schmied, upper cover of binding decorated with a geometric pattern
and a depiction of King Solomon on a panel lacquered by Jean Dunand, on
Le cantique des cantiques, translated by Ernest Renan (Paris:
Schmied, 1925). Reproduced from the original in the Beinecke Rare Book
and Manuscript Library, Yale University. |
 | 5.46. François
Louis Schmied, maquette with a design of a stylized garden, for
lower cover of binding for Le cantique des cantiques, translated
by Ernest Renan (Paris: Schmied, 1925). Reproduced from the original in
the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
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 | 5.47. François
Louis Schmied, lower cover of binding decorated with a geometric pattern
and a stylized depiction of a garden on a panel lacquered by Jean
Dunand, on Le cantique des cantiques, translated by Ernest Renan
(Paris: Schmied, 1925). Reproduced from the original in the Beinecke
Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. |
 | 5.48. François
Louis Schmied, upper cover and spine of binding decorated with geometric
forms and vertical line of bubbles, on La création: les trois
premiers livres de la Genèse suivis de la
généalogie adamique, translated by J.-C. Mardrus
(Paris: Schmied, 1928). Reproduced by permission of The Pierpont
Morgan Library, New York, Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987. |
 | 5.49. Georges
Cretté, upper cover and spine of binding decorated with floral
corner-pieces, on Marcel Proust, À l'ombre des jeunes filles
en fleur ("37th édition"; Paris: Éditions de la
Nouvelle Revue Française, 1920). Reproduced by permission of The
Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
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 | 5.50. Georges
Cretté, upper cover and spine of binding decorated with bands at
head and foot, on Émile Verhaeren, Les campagnes
hallucinées, illustrated by Frank Brangwyn (Paris: Helleu &
Sergent, 1927). Reproduced by permission of The Pierpont Morgan
Library, New York, Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987. |
 | 5.51. Georges
Cretté, upper cover and spine of binding decorated with floral
enamel by Jean Goulden, on Marceline Desbordes Valmore, XII
élégies, illustrated by Charles Guérin and
printed by Marius Audin (Paris: Cercle Lyonnais du Livre, 1925).
Reproduced by permission of The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York,
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987. |
 | 5.52. Georges
Cretté, upper cover and spine of binding decorated with a bird
above dots and lines, on André Suarès, Le livre
d'émeraude, illustrated by Auguste Brouet and printed by
Robert Coulouma (Paris: Éditions d'Art Devambez, 1927).
Reproduced by permission of The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York,
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987. |
 | 5.53. Henri
Creuzevault, upper cover and spine of binding decorated with horizontal
lines, on Gus Bofa, Synthèses littéraires et extra
littéraires, introduced by Roland Dorgelès (Paris:
Mornay, 1923). Reproduced by permission of The Pierpont Morgan Library,
New York, Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987. |
 | 5.54. Henri
Creuzevault, upper cover and spine of binding decorated with a geometric
pattern incorporating lettering, on Paul Valéry, Discours
(Paris: Javal & Bourdeaux, 1928). Reproduced by permission of The
Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
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 | 5.55. Henri
Creuzevault, binding decorated with crossing diagonal lines, on Francis
Carco, Quelques unes, illustrated by Louis Legrand and printed by
Maurice Darantière (Paris: Pro Amicis, 1931). Reproduced by
permission of The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, Bequest of Gordon
N. Ray, 1987. |
 | 5.56. Henri
Creuzevault, upper cover and spine of binding decorated with a panel
containing a stylized landscape, on Maurice Denis, Carnets de voyage
en Italie, 1921-1922, printed at L'Imprimerie Lahure and by Marcel
Lacou and Émile Lainé (Paris: Jacques Beltrand, 1925).
Reproduced by permission of The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York,
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987. |
 | 5.57. Robert Bonfils,
upper cover of binding decorated with letters in a circular arrangement,
on Revue musicale, Special Number for 1921 (Paris: Éditions de
la Nouvelle Revue Française). Morgan A. Gunst Collection, Stanford
University Library. Reproduced by permission of the Department of
Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries. |
 | 5.58. René Kieffer,
upper cover of binding decorated with letters over curved lines (1927),
on Blaise Cendrars, La fin du monde, filmée par l'Agne N.-D.,
illustrated by Fernand Léger (Paris: Éditions de la Sirène,
1919). Morgan A. Gunst Collection, Stanford University Library.
Reproduced by permission of the Department of Special Collections,
Stanford University Libraries. |
 | 5.59. Paul Bonet,
binding decorated with semicircles, on Henri Béraud, Le
martyre de l'obèse, illustrated by Gus Bofa (Paris:
Émile-Paul Frères, 1925). Reproduced by permission of The
Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
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 | 5.60. Paul Bonet, upper
cover and spine of binding decorated with vertical bands containing arcs
and circles, on Colette, L'Envers du music-hall (Paris: Au Sans
Pareil, 1926). Reproduced by permission of The Pierpont Morgan Library,
New York, Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
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