SCHMIED, FRANÇOIS-LOUIS. Chateaubriand, René de. Les Aventures du Dernier Abencérage. 37 color wood engravings including 15 elaborately decorated initials in text by Schmied. 4to, contemporary Art Deco binding of brown morocco by Jean Lambert after a design by Schmied, the covers decorated with horizontal gilt fillets and dots, central rectangular panel of coral, green and brown morocco inlaid geometric designs, gilt-lettered spine, silk moiré endleaves and calf doublures, joints a little tender and very lightly rubbed; original wrappers bound in; scattered foxing, affects title-page spread and a few additional leaves with plates; board morocco tipped slipcase, edges scuffed. Paris: Les Bibliophiles de l'Amerique Latine, 1930
a beautiful production by schmied in a fine art deco binding by lambert. number 77 of 100 copies signed by schmied for members of the Bibliophiles de l'Amérique Latine; this copy for Guillaume Grandidier. The total edition was 140. "The layout for each Schmied book presents a new and novel concept in book design. This one is particularly attractive with curious innovative initial letters and a flow of rules that carry the text from page to page into which both the initials and the illustrations are integrated. He achieves an oriental elegance with a lavish use of many shades of gold"--Ritchie 39.
