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This cover is inspired by an original design attributed to Le Gascon, a legendary but little-known 17thcentury bookbinder. Le Gascon was the inventor of the pointillé and fanfare styles, and his influence is felt throughout the rich bookbinding history that follows him.<#13>If this cover was not created by Le Gascon, it is certainly in his style and was made by another French master. Le Gasconstyle bindings first appeared near the end of the reign of Charles IX and were revered for the sophistication and intricacy of their ornamentation. Le Gascon's fanfare bindingsfeatured gilt decoration that spread out in repeated fanfare patterns, as well as pointillé tooling bordered by bands.<#13>The original cover was made of red morocco leather embossed and gilded with rosettes, spirals anddotted lines. It also featured Le Gascon's emblematic small compartments which were created bycarving ridges into the leather.<#13>No matter who created the original binding, our cove

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    Publisher: Paperblanks
    Publication Date: 07/01/2022
    ISBN13: 9781439793428, 978-1439793428
    ISBN10: 1439793425

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    Book Synopsis
    This cover is inspired by an original design attributed to Le Gascon, a legendary but little-known 17thcentury bookbinder. Le Gascon was the inventor of the pointillé and fanfare styles, and his influence is felt throughout the rich bookbinding history that follows him.<#13>If this cover was not created by Le Gascon, it is certainly in his style and was made by another French master. Le Gasconstyle bindings first appeared near the end of the reign of Charles IX and were revered for the sophistication and intricacy of their ornamentation. Le Gascon's fanfare bindingsfeatured gilt decoration that spread out in repeated fanfare patterns, as well as pointillé tooling bordered by bands.<#13>The original cover was made of red morocco leather embossed and gilded with rosettes, spirals anddotted lines. It also featured Le Gascon's emblematic small compartments which were created bycarving ridges into the leather.<#13>No matter who created the original binding, our cove

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