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SCHMIED, François-Louis -- Comtesse de NOAILLES. Les Climats. Paris: Sociéte du Livre Contemporain, 1924.
4° (305 x 228mm). 7 woodcut plates and 74 illustrations printed in colours and heightened with gold and silver, all by Schmied. EXTRA ILLUSTRATED WITH 3 ORIGINAL WATERCOLOURS SIGNED BY SCHMIED. Pale brown morocco, covers with gilt symetrical sprays of fillets and circles, spine with fillets, title and author tooled in gilt, turn-ins with gilt and blind fillets, doublures and liners of gilt moiré cloth, original wrappers bound in, g.e., half-morocco chemise, slip-case, by Cretté. Provenance: Comte du Bourg de Bozas (morocco booklabel and long dedication from the artist).
One of 125 copies on Japan paper, this copy with three original watercolours bound in.
4° (305 x 228mm). 7 woodcut plates and 74 illustrations printed in colours and heightened with gold and silver, all by Schmied. EXTRA ILLUSTRATED WITH 3 ORIGINAL WATERCOLOURS SIGNED BY SCHMIED. Pale brown morocco, covers with gilt symetrical sprays of fillets and circles, spine with fillets, title and author tooled in gilt, turn-ins with gilt and blind fillets, doublures and liners of gilt moiré cloth, original wrappers bound in, g.e., half-morocco chemise, slip-case, by Cretté. Provenance: Comte du Bourg de Bozas (morocco booklabel and long dedication from the artist).
One of 125 copies on Japan paper, this copy with three original watercolours bound in.