DEROME (DE ROME). – Family of Parisian bookbinders active from the 17th century onward, of whom 14 members are known.
The most famous is NICOLAS-DENIS, known as D. le Jeune, born on 1 October 1731 and died in 1790 or 1791. He continued the decorative style of the Padelouq family, from whose workshop he acquired all the tools for gilding.
The D. bindings, executed with great precision, are distinguished by their floral ornamentation. Among the preferred leathers was red morocco; among the tools, a small bird with outspread wings (bindings « au petit oiseau »), which appears on the spine and at the corners of the board. Also noteworthy are certain types of mosaic binding with gilt filleting. The Mortimer L. Schiff Collection in New York possesses about fifty D. bindings.