Le Galata /
Marinus, Albert, 1886-
Camp, Jan,binder.
National Library of Scotland.
Elizabeth Soutar Bookbinding Competition(2003)
Bruxelles : Moens,
1947.
In portfolio constructed with purple card, backed with soft grey leather, tied with blue thread. Title in gilt on front cover.
Binding by Jan Camps, overall winner of the Elizabeth Soutar Bookbinding Competition 2003.
Presented under the terms of the competition to the National Library of Scotland.
Bound in full leather french binding in dark blue Nyassa with blind tooled vertical decoration wherein lies the title. The headbands are in hand worked silk in four colours. The title is coloured with pink enamel paint and the same vertical decoration is repeated on the inside but painted using more colours going from pink to blue. Endpapers are made from dark red Ingres paper.