. Modern book-bindings & their designers. DESIGNED AND EXECUTED BY WIENER 61 French Bookbindiiiiys. ) AND EXECUTED BY A. CUZIN M. \iclur Prouvc, his tViciid and collaborator, hascarried on the tradition, and preserved it with allhonour. Painter, scul])t(ir, etcher, leather-worker,M. Prouve, who seems better endowed than an\other artist of the da\ with genius of ornamenta-tion, lost for so long, had done much remarkablework. Ihe Fciiiinc an Jaaii which adorned theco\er of LHistoirc dc iart (iiwratif, hx ArseneAlexandre, together with the designs for theSyin/id/ishS, Sa/amiiiln\

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. Modern book-bindings & their designers. DESIGNED AND EXECUTED BY WIENER 61 French Bookbindiiiiys. ) AND EXECUTED BY A. CUZIN M. \iclur Prouvc, his tViciid and collaborator, hascarried on the tradition, and preserved it with allhonour. Painter, scul])t(ir, etcher, leather-worker,M. Prouve, who seems better endowed than an\other artist of the da\ with genius of ornamenta-tion, lost for so long, had done much remarkablework. Ihe Fciiiinc an Jaaii which adorned theco\er of LHistoirc dc iart (iiwratif, hx ArseneAlexandre, together with the designs for theSyin/id/ishS, Sa/amiiiln\ Lc paradis perdu, and /c[apnii, by Cionse, are wholly his. He also had ashare in the Livrc dor, [iresented by Lorraine tothe liniperor of Russia. It was under the auspices of MM. Prouve andMartin that INL Rene Wiener made his first ap-pearance at the SaU^r du Champ cle Mars, ini8i),:;. Since that date his success has been greateach )ear, whether working alone or in labouring indepentlently for some timeJ\L ^\iener made an open re([uest for designs forbindings to several modernist

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