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BRIN, Erwana (d. 1963). Exposition de la Société de la Reliure Originale, accompagnée d'une présentation de reliures ayant apparentu à Jean Grolier . Paris: Tourno et Cie for the Bibliothèque nationale, 1959. 4 o (200 x 148 mm). NO. 1 OF 71 COPIES RESERVED FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY. 42 plates. BINDING FOR JACQUES MILLOT, DESIGNED BY GERMAINE DE COSTER AND EXECUTED BY HéLèNE DUMAS in the year of the exhibition: grey and orange crushed morocco, inlaid and gold-tooled with the cypher of the Society, top-edges gilt, original wrappers preserved. Matching chemise and slipcase. Provenance : Prof. Jacques Millot (president of the Société de la Reliure Originale), with a four-line autograph presentation inscription by the designer. Exhibition invitation and large fold-out poster inserted. A fine binding by the two artists, to whom a chapter of the catalogue is devoted. Thirty-nine of their bindings were shown in the exhibition.