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Deux Contes. Le Prince heureux. Le Rossignol et la rose.
Oscar WILDE illustrated by François-Louis SCHMIED
Paris - F.-L. Schmied - 1926
- Format : In-4.
- Number of volumes : 1 volume.
- Binding : Sheets.
- Collation : XXIV pp, XXIV pp.
Undercover filled, slightly browned. The book is stored in a blue percaline-backed shirt with a tawny and tan morocco slide case by G. Cretté.
Edition of Le Prince heureux and Le Rossignol et la rose, 2 tales by Oscar Wilde in translation by Albert Savine.
Edition illustrated with colour compositions by François-Louis Schmied who engraved and printed them on his hand presses. Collaborators: Pierre Bouchet and Théo Schmied fils, engravers and press operators.
Apart from the illustration of the cover and the 5 woodblocks out of text, the edition is illustrated by 27 thin vertical bands in the first tale and 23 horizontal ones in the second, plus a starting letter for each tale and monochrome line ends. Far from being considered decorative by Schmied, these abstract banners are for him a true illustration, for which he gives the table and the caption at the end of each part.
The illustration also includes 2 small woods and 4 vertical woods for the tables, and a small colour banner for the achevé to print.
LIMITED PRINTING of 162 copies on wove paper, signed by the artist on colophon.
Copy enriched with A FOLLOW-UP OF THE ILLUSTRATIONS IN BLACK on japan and the following pieces:
- L.A.S. by François-Louis-Schmied, 2 pages in-12, 14.7.26, addressed to his "Dear great friend". His correspondent, certainly Louis Dupont, has been ill and Schmied hopes that he will recover quickly,
- invitation card of the Dunand-Goulden-Jouve-Schmied group addressed to Maurice Keller for the group's 5th exhibition at the Georges Petit galleries
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- subscription form for the book, dated May 7, 1925, in the name of Louis Dupont,
- 2 receipts of 200 francs and 2 of 400 francs for the subscription of the book in the name of Louis Dupont and Maurice Keller, all signed by François-Louis Schmied
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- printed leaflet informing of the completion of the work
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Nice condition.
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