The Book of Goyard

I saw a copy at one of the antique booksellers I pass on my way to the gym. Fine archive books have been getting fancier and more elaborate as of late. This probably takes the cake. This post is taken from www.acontinuouslean.com

Goyard partnered with the storied Parisian publisher Devambez to release 233 editions, priced at €6000 (excluding shipping, VAT and personalisation). The number 233 is symbolic because it is the address of the original Goyard store on rue Saint-Honoré in Paris. Each book is painstakingly made by hand in France and comes in its own individually numbered, fully custom Goyard case.

The book contains a massive amount of documents and images from Goyard’s nearly 160 year history. Of course there is a section for man's four legged friends.

Below is a photo of the trunk conveyor system at the Gare d'Orsay (now the Musee d'Orsay) train station in the early 1900s

Below a shoe case that probably is causing a Japanese shoe lover sleepless nights