SCHMIED (François-Louis) - CHATEAUBRIAND (François René de). The Adventures of the Last Abencérage. Paris: Les Bibliophiles de l'Amérique latine, 1930. - In-4, 253 x 218: (80 ff. first 3 and last 3 blanks), printed cover. Blue morocco, first course decorated with vertical and horizontal gold fillets, cut from two rectangular pieces of white bakelite and three pieces of dark blue lizard skin, smooth back, gilded fillet framed on the inside, lining and endpapers of blue suede, head gilded, untrimmed, cover and back preserved, shirt with blue morocco overlapping bands, case (M. J. Guian-Molliaud 2014 - C. Ribal). Illustrated edition of 38 very beautiful compositions by François-Louis SCHMIED (1873-1941), engraved on wood in colour in his workshop, with the collaboration of his son Theo, including the mark of the Society of Latin American Bibliophiles, a frontispiece, 20 full-page figures and 15 letters extended by decorative bands. Each full-page figure is accompanied by the artist's printed signature . "This is the third book of the Latin American Bibliophilic Society, and was compiled by Count Emmanuel de La Rochefoucauld, President of the Society, Count da Silva Ramos and Edouard Champion (colophon). In addition to the illustration, François-Louis Schmied designed and executed the typographical layout of the book. Edition of 140 numbered copies on Arches wove paper, signed by the artist on colophon. This is one of the 7 reserved for collaborators, enriched with an original gouache signed by Schmied, representing the letter D accompanied by two decorative bands, having been used for one of the illustrations of the book, and one of the 10 suites of the smokes on japan. The cover of the suite is justified and signed by the artist. Very nice copy, mounted on tabs and in a very nice binding by Marie-Josée Guian made for her. The label that was on the publisher's shirt was stuck on one of t