Yuliy (Jules) Stepanovich Meyer (+ 1914) was a bookbinder of French origin who worked in St. Petersburg. His figure stands somewhat apart among the renowned capital bookbinders of the late 19th and early 20th centuries: while Shnel, Kirchner, and other major masters primarily lived off private commissions, Meyer was almost entirely associated with the imperial court throughout his career.

For 35 years - from 1879 to 1914 - he was listed as the imperial bookbinder, and from the end of 1906, he worked exclusively for the court, including fulfilling personal orders for Nicholas II. The bindings he created for non-titled clients are extremely rare, which is why his signed works almost always have court origins - a circumstance that is important for attribution and for assessing the surviving copies.

The master’s production base was the bookbinding workshop at the correctional detention department of the St. Petersburg city prison, which he managed: such workshops, relying on the labor of prisoners, were a common part of the capital's printing industry and allowed for the combination of state volumes with high-class work. The reputation of one of the best bookbinders in the capital earned Meyer an invitation to the Expert Commission of the First All-Russian Exhibition of Printing, where he served as an expert member in 1895.

In 1906, Meyer was recommended to the library of His Imperial Majesty, managed by V. V. Shcheglov, after which private practice finally gave way to court work. He worked until his death in 1914; his bindings are now mainly found in palace book collections and museum funds.