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- Lot 450
[BINDING] [ARCHIVES MALCORPS ]- Diplomas, decorations, small equipment, correspondence from and about the Brussels bookbinder Louis Malcorps. 20th c. Louis Malcorps (?-1972), master bookbinder, was professor of bookbinding at the Institut des arts et métiers in Brussels from 1936 to 1952. Most of the photos and documents are identified, probably by his daughter Henriette Vinck-Malcorps. Contains: - 14 diplomas, including his certificate of completion of studies at the professional school of bookbinding and gilding of the City of Brussels (15-05-1906), honorary diplomas received at exhibitions, for the awarding of decorations... - Correspondence : 15 letters of thanks, greeting cards, etc. from his students, including Marc Beenkens, some sent from Germany where they were deported during the Second World War. - +/- 50 letters or cards of congratulations from his clients (including the House of Queen Elisabeth of Belgium, the Francqui Foundation, the Princess of Merode, Lucien Solvay, the publisher A.A.M. Stols, etc.) + qqs press clippings (exhibitions of Brussels 1935, New York 1939, etc.). - Several letters of condolence addressed to his daughter, 1 invoice with his lithographed letterhead, a copy of a correspondence held following a request for information on the bookbinder by the Bibliothèque municipale de Vichy in 1976. - 1 photo of his class in March 1944 (Sipho studio, Brussels), 10 photos of bindings made by his students, ca 1930 - ca 1945. - +/- 20 models or projects of bookbinding decorations, on paper, tracing paper, with some photographic prints. 5 professional books or brochures (exhibition catalogs, book on leather and skins...). - Material : professional copper plate engraved by G. Janssens, 35 x 22 cm; gilding cushion with drawer, 5 plates and 3 small gilding irons, 2 gilding knives + qqs samples of gold leaves, small hammer, set of bone folders... + small batch of beige morocco skins and lavaliere. - 9 medals, plaques and decorations received: medals for work, exhibitions, etc. - Book of hours bound by him for his daughter (monogram HM mosaic), souvenir of first communion, April 25, 1920 (ex-dono gilded on the upper guard). In a case with brass clasp.
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