. Modern book-bindings & their designers. led on thesame lines as the ateliersalread)- in existence in Iaris, 71 Bclgia/i Bookbi//di//gs LDinlon, l-iciiiii, and (diicnhaycii. With a \icw t(.)the of this most wortln aniljition, thewcH-kmiwn liiiidcr yiM-s up ah liis L\cnin!j;s to aninstitution ol the kind which is still in its inianc),and is, of coiusc, set ahout h\ ah the difheultiesinseparable honi the inauguration of any enter-prise. From It, ho\ve\er, great things are hoped,alike for the leaders and the eraftsmen of whatma) now he justh called the profession ofbiiKhng. It is o
. Modern book-bindings & their designers. led on thesame lines as the ateliersalread)- in existence in Iaris, 71 Bclgia/i Bookbi//di//gs LDinlon, l-iciiiii, and (diicnhaycii. With a \icw t(.)the of this most wortln aniljition, thewcH-kmiwn liiiidcr yiM-s up ah liis L\cnin!j;s to aninstitution ol the kind which is still in its inianc),and is, of coiusc, set ahout h\ ah the difheultiesinseparable honi the inauguration of any enter-prise. From It, ho\ve\er, great things are hoped,alike for the leaders and the eraftsmen of whatma) now he justh called the profession ofbiiKhng. It is onh fair to aekl in this connection that the([Uestion ot the giving of competent instruction tobinders has long occupiied the attention of anothergreat Belgian master of the craft, the well-knownE. ISosquet, who won uni\-ersal recognition at theIndustrial J^xhihition of JSrussels in 1S74, and atthat of Paris in iSyiS, b\- the \er\ fine examplesshown by him of bindings ])roduced in his devoteil himself especialh to the technical. DESICXEU nv !•. 72 difficulties connected \\ith the j)roduction of goodwork which are, as every ])ractical binder knows,man\- and great, though few outsiders, who onh-see the decorati\e designs shown under glass atexhibitions, realise what skill is needed to producea thoroughly satisfactory |)iece of work. M. \\.Bosquets two books LArt dii Relieiir, publishedbv the l(.)lytechnic Librar), and La Reliiiri\with the sub-title Jitiide (fun Praticien sur Fartdu rcliciii- d<irei/i\ are ranked h\ specialists as the\e-r)- best w(jrks of the kind which have hithertobeen issued. The son of this ac(;omplislied scholar and crafts-man, AT. P. Bosquet, has, since 1SS5, successfullycarried on the atelier founded b\ his father,and at the Antwerp Exhibition of 1885, and that ofIhussels of 1S97, it was \er\ well re])resentecl b\some twent\- volumes in di\erse styles, the beau-tiful designs and fine wcjrkmanship of which were most justh
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