• 144 pages
• 100 illustrations
• in English
• Released in February 2013
• W 39.4 x L 47.3 x D 7.2 cm
• Limited edition hand-bound in a linen clamshell case
• ISBN: 9781614280583
• 9.07 kg

About the Author

Vivienne Becker is an award-winning journalist, jewelry historian, and author of several books on the history of jewelry design. Based in London, she is the editor of the Financial Times' How To Spend It magazine and writes regularly for the Saturday Telegraph magazine and for newspapers and magazines around the world. She organized and wrote the catalog for the first major exhibition of René Lalique's jewelry and curated Jewels of Fantasy, a traveling exhibition of 20th-century costume jewelry. She also gives lectures and broadcasts regularly on her subject.

Craftsmanship

Assouline's ultimate collection is a tribute to the art of luxury bookmaking. Hand-bound using traditional techniques, with hand-stamped color plates on artist-quality paper, each page of this limited edition series bears the unique imprint of the artisan. Covering a range of subjects from jewelry and fashion, to fine art and “impossible collections,” the ultimate collection curates culture from around the world and across the ages. Nestled in linen clamshell boxes, these books attract collectors, lovers of the printed page, and those who devour the culture of our time. Signifying a new level of sophistication for true connoisseurs, these unique books are works of art in their own right.