SCHMIED (François-Louis) - HOMER. The Odyssey. Translation by Victor Bérard. Paris: La Compagnie des Bibliophiles de l'Automobile club de France, 1930-1933. - 4 volumes in-4, 288 x 240: 115 pp., (4 ff. 2 last blanks), printed cover; 169 pp., (5 ff. 3 last blanks), printed cover; 175 pp., (6 ff. 3 last blanks), printed cover; (4 ff. 2 first blanks), XIX, 163 pp., (10 ff. 3 last blanks), 1 map, printed cover. In sheets, filled parchment cover, publisher's folder and hard parchment case. A luxurious publication of Homer's Odyssey in the French translation by Victor Bérard (1864-1931 ) first published in 1924, it is illustrated with superb compositions and ornaments by François-Louis SCHMIED, reproduced in woodcuts by Théo Schmied and coloured by the art illuminator Jean Saudé, on the initiative of the Automobile Club de France under the direction of Pierre Bellanger. The set includes a portrait of Ulysses in a medallion, 73 full-page compositions, 24 in the text, 2 decorative chapter headings, 10 headbands, 11 ornate lettering, 23 small blue and gold lettering and 1 double-page card. Edition of 145 numbered imitation copies on calfskin. Specially printed copy for the politician Pierre de Courtois (1878-1946), especially for the first volume, which includes a Greek translation by Bérard, and a note indicating "For transfer // Pierre de Courtois // Senator". Victor Bérard added the following after the printed name: "Pierre de Courtois, who, on February 11, 1931, transferred ownership to his friend Alfred Willard, of this transfer being the benevolent witness, the eminent renovator here reproduced from the great Homer, Senator Victor Bérard ". Exemplary in flamboyant colours, perfectly preserved. Provenance: Pierre de Courtois. - Alfred Willard.