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| Keywords: T. Livii historiarum libri, quot extant, Ex recensione I. F. Gronovii. - Upper cover (c150k19).jpg Style Cornerpiece Panel design; Caption Upper cover; Colour Purple; Edge Unspecified exhibition history Decorative Technique Tooled in gold; Cover Material Goatskin includes morocco turkey etc Part of the Charles Ramsden Collection of Signed Bindings In an early nineteenth century French gold-tooled purple morocco binding signed by Thouvenin Macchi states; 1 Joseph l'Aîné Born 1791 son of a bookseller he learned bookbinding from 1802- 1813 In 1813 he set up an atelier rue Saint-Jacques 75 1815 École de Médecine 1819 Fossés -Saint-Victor 36 1823 Mazarine 29 and 1822 Passage Dauphine 36 See book by L Gruel He started to work with Bozerian and had acquired great competence by 1806 He set up on his own in 1813 apparently to learn the gilding which Bozérian Jeune had been unwilling to teach him His submission of 11 bindings at the Exhibition of 1819 was rewarded with a honourable mention while at that of 1823 he gained a silver medal The signature R ELIÉ P AR THOUVENIN appeared on works produced before 1820; after this date it became THOUVENIN In his Passage Dauphine workshop he achieved a reputation as leading binder of his epoch and social status He was fully aware of the excellence and lasting workmanship of his bindings which he did not hesitate to compare to their credit with the work of Bozérian Jeune who he stated had made a fortune by massacring all the books that had passed through his hands Finally his name has been immortalised by mentions in the pages of Balzac and Stendhal and his connection with Charles Nodier has added a lustre to both their names often inscribed on shields on the sides of books bound for and by them respectively Thouvenin's heyday lasted only four years for he died early in 1834 He admitted that for many years later he was quite incapable of attaining the standard set by many English binders notably C Lewis whose work was brought to him as models by his customers Only by 1830 did he feel that he had obtained the necessary experience and built up a team of binders which enabled him to compete successfully with English binders The workshop became a company Thouvenin J Aîné et Cie because of financial difficulties which continued until his death This business was founded in 1828 at rue Mazarine 34 and continued from 1830 at n 29 and at Passage Dauphine 36 till about 1842 Its manager was M Edouard Ray and it was presumably founded to relieve Thouvenin of much of the financial and business routine with which he seemed to have found difficulty in dealing A price-list issued prior to 1830 appears in L Gruel's article on Les Thouvenins Prices varied from 50 frs for a full rich morocco folio to 1 25 frs For a half-calf plain back in 18° This binder shows first class technical skills he pays attention producing fashionable bindings provided with fillet borders French restoration panel stamps of little middle and big sizes and à la cathédrale He is one of the first workers to adopt the retrospective style which appealed to Nodier Bibliotheca Wittockiana Bruxelles Relieurs 1995 p 560-561; R Devauchelle Joseph Thouvenin J Fléty Dictionnaire p 168; Geneviève Guilleminot-Chrétien Thouvenin aîné p 533 n 40 50 107 109; L Gruel Les Thouvenin p 434-440 508-512; C Ramsden French bookbinders p 204 206 2 Thouvenin Joseph Jeune Brother of Joseph Thouvenin l'Aîné Probably working as early as 1822 as he received an honourable mention in the Paris Exhibition of the following year Figures in the Paris Almanach from 1826-1836 first at rue de la Parcheminerie 2 and later from 1835 at rue de la Harpe 58 He died in 1844 He was an excellent binder in a slightly heavier style than his elder brother C Ramsden French bookbinders p 206 3 Thouvenin François The third brother of the two well-known Joseph Thouvenins is stated to have worked at rue du Plâtre though no authenticated specimen of his work seems to known He died in 1832 C Ramsden French bookbinders p 206 object history Text 1678; Amsterdam; Unspecified object type Cc-zero place of creation Binding France place of discovery PSee Julien Flety Dictionnaire des reliures francais ayant exerce de 1800 a nos jours 1988 Paul Culot Reliures et reliures decorees en France a l'epoque romantique Bruxelles 1995 Paul Culot Relieurs et reliures decorees en France au epoques Directoire et Empire Brussells 2000 British Library image http //www bl uk/catalogues/bookbindings/LargeImage aspx RecordId 020-000002256 ImageId ImageId 40733 Copyright BL T Livii historiarum libri quot extant Ex recensione I F Gronovii Uploaded with GWToolset T Livii historiarum libri quot extant Ex recensione I F Gronovii - Upper cover c150k19 http //www webarchive org uk/bldatasets/bindings/5224_4 jpg 19th-century bookbinding Bookbinding British Library Bookbindings | ||||
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