SCHMIED (François-Louis). - MARDRUS (Joseph-Charles).
Charming story of the adolescent Sucre d'amour. Paris, F.-L. Schmied, 1927. In-folio, (12 of which the first 4 are blank)-145-(11 of which the first and last are blank) pp. red morocco, smooth spine, mosaic and threaded polychrome geometric decoration covering covers and spine, gilt edges, covers and spine preserved, red morocco spine and covers folder, bordered slipcase; ink discharges (Alix).
ORIGINAL EDITION of 170 copies on Arches paper, justified and signed by the artist, with a signature at the bottom of the frontispiece.
ONE OF 12 HEADWORKS, ALONE WITH DOUBLE SUITE, each with illustrated folio bearing an autograph title signed and justified in pencil by F.-L. Schmied, one in color (including the 14 full-page compositions and medium-sized vignettes), the other in black (including 3 of the full-page compositions and the medium-sized vignettes).
LUXURIOUS AND CHARMING WOOD ENGRAVED ILLUSTRATION BY F.-L. SCHMIED: 14 full-page color compositions included in the pagination, approx. 130 medium-sized sepia vignettes in the text (including one title vignette repeated inverted on the cover), and approx. 500 line breaks in various colors.
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