| We start this page with another binding that is referenced in Barber's FL 32 shown on the previous page. This binding incorporates Barber's PAL 36 (Comparative Diagram 1) as well and so we can add it to our comparative spine diagram shown as Comparative Diagram 2. |
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Now I have to mention my favorite theory when it comes to bookbinding research, and that is "nothing happens by accident". I was laying in bed pondering what I might do next in trying to find more of these Delorme bindings with this combination of FL 32 and PAL 36. and an idea popped into my mind that I should check the online catalogues of Camille Sourget.
mainly due to the fact that these catalogues often present a collective photograph of important spines at the beginning of the catalogues, thus you can quickly browse though them and review hundreds of important bindings. Starting with their most recent catalogue I immediately came across exactly what I was searching for. |
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This was no small discovery, Delormes tools on a binding bearing the arms of the Countess of Provence - Marie Joséphine of Savoy.
Delorme could hardly find a more prestigious client, one with such a large collection of books that she needed to employ more bookbinders than just one. Cette princesse, qui possédait une bibliothèque à Versailles mais également dans sa résidence de campagne à Montreuil, partageait, avec son époux, le goût des lettres et des arts. Sa bibliothèque comptait plus de 1600 volumes, dispersés pendant la Révolution. Versailles et Fontainebleau se partagèrent les plus importants, d'autres furent vendus ou volés. This could be a most important source to clues pertaining Delorme's work, his tools and their chronology. How many bindings had he made for wife of the future King of France? and so I started searching with Google for bindings aux armes de la Comtesse de Provence, and fortunately I found plenty, due to the fact that Sotheby's had a recent auction that featured many books from her collection. Sotheby's online catalogues are one of the best if not the best for high resolution images of their items. Livres et Manuscrits : de Cervantès à Houellebecq 25 June 2021 After looking through this 25 June 2021 auction of Sotheby's I found many important Delorme examples. On the next page I want present a few of the best that follow in our line of research of FL 32 and or PAL 36. |
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| Even experts are sometimes wrong, before you spend thousands on a book, please do your own research! Just because I say a certain binding can be attributed to le Maitre isn't any kind of guarantee, don't take my word for it, go a step further and get your own proof. In these pages I have provided you with a way of doing just that. |
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