Day In The Country: Impression And French Landscape, In Full Morocco Binding With Elaborate Gilt

Los Angeles County Museum Of Art / Bernard Chester Middleton, 1984. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine. 375 Pp. First Edition. Finely Bound In Full Morocco By Bernard C. Middleton5 Bands, Gilt Ribs And In Al Compartments, Covers With Three Sets Of Gilt Rules And Three Elaborate Gilt Borders With Four Corner Pieces, All Edges Gilt, Gilt Turns, Beautiful Four Color Marbled Endpapers. A Spectacular Production. In Middleton's Matching Solander Box With Morocco Spine, Heavily Gilt, Black Morocco Spione Label, Felt Lined. Also With A Full Page Letterhead Typed Letter, Signed, From Middleton, Proposing Design Elements For This Binding, With A One Page Copy Of A Design With His Pencil Notes, And A Postcard Discussing The Binding Etc. Per Wikipedia, Bernard Chester Middleton Mbe ( 1924 - 2019) Was A Preeminent British Restoration Bookbinder. He Was Regarded As One Of The Foremost Book Craftsmen And Trade Historians Of Modern Times, Lecturing And Teaching In Europe (Belgium, Switzerland, And The Netherlands) And The Americas (Brazil, The United States, And Venezuela). He Authored Two Major Works, A History Of English Craft Bookbinding Technique (1963) And The Restoration Of Leather Bindings (1972), Which Became Essential Reading For Professional Bookbinders, Scholars And Collectors. In The Trade, He Was Known As "The Great Man". He Was Elected A Fellow Of The Royal Society Of Arts In 1951 And, In 1986, Was Awarded An Mbe For Services To Bookbinding. His Gold-Tooled Bindings May Be Seen In The British Library, The Victoria And Albert Museum, The Royal Library, Windsor, And The Wormsley Library, And In Other Major Libraries Worldwide.