Paris au Hasard

Rather than creating a purely decorative design, Émile Carayon devoted this binding's entire front cover to creating a picture that directly reflects the contents of the book. Using a technique called cuir incisé, or incised leather, he brought artist Auguste Lepère's (1849–19...

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Acquired by Henry Walters, Baltimore, before 1931; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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