DEROME (Leopold). The Deluxe Binder. The Book and the Amateur. Unpublished illustrations, reproduced from the original types by Aron Frères and Drawings by G. Fraipont, C. Kurner, M. Perret. Frontispiece Binding Painted by J. Adeline. Paris: Édouard Rouveyre, 1888. - In-8, 264 x 180. Dark brown morocco, gilt fillets and castors in the frame and long stem with gilt flowers and red, green and havana mosaic in the centre of the dishes, spine ribbed with gilt fillets and mosaic flowers, gilt lace in the frame inside, brocaded silk lining and endpapers with floral motif, double endpapers, gilt edges on witnesses, cover and spine preserved (P. Ribbon). Original edition illustrated with numerous reproductions of full page bindings . One of the 900 numbered copies on vellum paper from the factories of Messrs Gerbault and Barnéoud. Copy of the bookbinder Pétrus Ruban, superbly bound by him . Skillfully restored hinges . Provenance : Pétrus Ribbon, with its ex-libris stamp.