VIGNY, Alfred de (1797-1863). Daphné. Paris: F.L. Schmied, 1924.
VIGNY, Alfred de (1797-1863). Daphné. Paris: F.L. Schmied, 1924.

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VIGNY, Alfred de (1797-1863). Daphné. Paris: F.L. Schmied, 1924.

4o (300 x 250 mm). 49 color wood engravings by François-Louis Schmied, consisting of frontispiece, head- and tail-pieces, large decorative initial letters and several small illustrations and 3 full-page illustrations (offsetting as usual). Contents loose as issued in original pictorial wrappers by Schmied. Provenance: Pierre Bouchet (printed for him as stated on the limitation page).

LIMITED EDITION, number 109 of 140 copies signed by Schmied. Ritchie 15.

[With:] RAPIN, Henri. La sculpture decorative. Paris: Ch. Moreau, 1929. 2o (408 x 309 mm). 31 (of 32) plates (lacking plate 31). Contents loose as issued in cloth portfolio (backstrip broken, some wear).

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