BINDING - André FRÉNAUD (1907-93). Soleil Irréductible, Neuchatel, 1946. 4to, FINELY BOUND BY DANIEL KNODERER in abstract multi-coloured free-form boards in bold relief (extremities lightly rubbed). FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 463 OF 1,057 COPIES.

BINDING - André FRÉNAUD (1907-93).  Soleil Irréductible. Neuchatel & Paris: Ides et Calendes, 1946. 4to (252 x 190mm). Printed in red and black, printer's device at the end. FINELY BOUND BY DANIEL KNODERER in abstract multi-coloured free-form boards in bold relief, with some highlighting in gold, sky blue endpapers (extremities lightly rubbed). FIRST EDITION. NUMBER 463 OF 1,057 COPIES. A characteristically striking avant-garde binding by Daniel Knoderer (b.1948). "I bind only books that I have read, that I like, that interest me. It is when I understand the book and what it contains in text and illustration that my work can begin. [My bindings are] almost completely improvised, like a piece of modern music. The technical and plastic choices - colours, materials - naturally impose themselves on me, so that I do not feel that I am responsible for the choices. It's always the book that inspires me to take this or that direction; without the book, I can do nothing!" (Daniel Knoderer, Arts et Metiérs du Livre, 2005).