Bonet Paul ( 1899-1972 )
An artisan and bibliophile who turned to the art
of creating designs, Bonet was probably the most
influential French designer of bookbindings of his
day. He was at first influenced by the bindings of
PIERRE LE GRAIN .
While his early work was in purely geometrical
gold fillet design, his later creations were
related more closely to the spirit and theme of
the book being decorated. Bonet had available to
him the best bookbinders and gilders in Paris, and
with them he concentrated on the contrasting
textures of leathers, wood, and even metals, with
surfaces scultptured and pierced, achieving nearly
mathematical repetition of linear forms and even
surrealist effects produced by collage and
photography. See PLATE IX . (104 , 347 )
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