Using the “vellucent” method, it was also possible to incorporate further embellishments such as mother-of-pearl and iridescent shell, and the like, all of which may be covered and permanently protected by the vellum. For the first time in the history of the bibliopegistic art, the actual work of the artist, undiluted by a translation through the hands of a binding technician, was involved in the decoration of the book. The process involved an artist painting on a super-thin surface medium, and a sheet of vellum, shaved to translucent thinness, was laid over it, with the now indivisible pieces bound over boards. Bound in brown French Levant crushed morocco with decorative endpapers, deckled edges and hand-painted watercolors on transparent vellum over gilt tooling.Īround 1903, Cedric Chivers of Bath, England developed a remarkable method of decoration for the binding of books, the transparent vellum or “Vellucent” method.Illustrated binding by Cedric Chivers (English). Finely bound and illustrated copy of Bacon's essays with all 58 essays as originally published.
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