Ève style ( È bindings )
A style of decoration executed by the French
bookbinders, Nicholas Eve (fl 1578-1582). and his
son or nephew, Clovis (fl 1584-1635). They were
the Court binders and booksellers to Henri III,
Henri IV, and Louis XIII during the period in
which they flourished. Typical designs of their
bindings included a field powdered with
fleur-de-lis, and, occasionally, a center piece of
the Crucifixion on the Royal Arms, and, while many
bindings in the FANFARE STYLE have
been attributed to them, for only a few extant
fanfares can this be said with certainty. The Eves
were among the first bookbinders to conceive the
pattern on the covers and spine as an integrated
unit. Only three extant bindings are known to be
their work. All three are powdered with
fleurs-de-lis. (132
, 140 ,154 , 169 )
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