The Sleepers

a poem by Walt Whitman

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A gorgeous edition of a poem by one of my favourite poets:  Walt Whitman.  From the French press of François Bernouard, (thought the text is in English) it is illustrated with woodcuts by Marcel Gaillard.  I have uploaded a slideshow of them below so you can enjoy them.  It is an absolute beauty of a book and as soon as I saw it in the wonderful antique bookstore of Pierre Coomans I wanted it! I blogged about this while I was making it because I was so excited about it.  And now that it is finished and beautifully gilded by Patrick Prouteau I remain just as excited.  Hope you like it too.

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The sleeve being pulled out of the slipcase, all in very sober textured Japanese paper

A peek inside the sleeve reveals the slender and elegant (if I say so myself) volume - the colour is slightly yellow here.

Ta- daa! This is more true to the colour. I love the rombus of stingray skin inset into the pale goatskin.

The title page. I love the character chosen.

Close-up of the headband. I so enjoy making these.

The volume standing. This pale leather is just gorgeous.

The three elements - volume, slipcase and sleeve standing together.

A different views

Me!

Photos by Nikolaus van der Pas

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