143. JOTAU. Set of 12 Jotau bindings, hinged resin, black, garnet, green or beige, gilt metal title-piece, some with inlaid title or decoration on upper board, polychrome silk endpapers. Interesting set of resin bindings signed JOTAU Breveté S.G.D.G. (JOseph TAUpin). Anticipating the work of Jean de Gonet, industrialist Joseph Taupin developed a new resin resembling bakelite and produced a few specimens. Industrial production never materialized. We have the following works: O. MIRBEAU. Le Jardin des supplices. 1927. Good condition. M. PRÉVOST. Les Demi-Vierges. 1930. Title piece missing. J. CHARDONNE. Pauline. 1934. Missing title page. E. PEISSON. Gens de mer. 1934. Missing title-piece, top cap missing. T. GAUTIER. Mademoiselle de Maupin. 1928. Title on front cover missing. G. FLAUBERT. Madame Bovary. 1927. Title on spine and cover missing. A. MAUROIS. Ariel ou la vie de Shelley. 1929. Title on spine (detached but attached) and on front cover missing. E. VERHAEREN. Les Heures. 1930. Fine condition. M. MAETERLINCK. La Vie des abeilles. 1928. Missing title on front cover. A.? MAUROIS. Les Silences du colonel Bramble. 1929. Title on spine and front cover missing. F. JAMMES. Le roman du Lièvre. 1924. Title missing from front cover. F. de CROISSET. La Féerie cinghalaise. 1929 (large paper). Title on spine missing.