SCHMIED (François-Louis). Les Cent frontispices. [Paris, Meynial et Schmied, 1918]. - 6 fascicules in-4, 308 x 234, each containing a printed table leaf and 10 matted engravings. In sheets, in black and gold decorated paper folders, all preserved in a modern black box by Hugo Guillotin, spines of folders covered with canvas. Monod, Manuel de l'amateur de livres illustrés modernes, no. 10209: "Extremely rare original edition and first printing." Exceptional and very rare complete collection of 60 original woodcuts, created on the initiative of François-Louis Schmied. They were engraved in black and color by "the best modern artists": George Barbier (5), Émile Bernard (2), Robert Bonfils (6), Louis Bracons (3), Brandel (2), Georges Bruyer (1), Jean Buhot (1), Constant Le Breton (1), Victor Goloubew (1), Valentine Henches (2), Louis Jou (3), Andrée Karpelès (1), Jean-Émile Laboureur (4), Georges Lepape (1), Auguste Lepère (1), Charles Martin (3), Siméon (7), Ch. Stern (1), H. Tirman (1), Maximilien Vox (11) and Paul Welches (3). This publication offers a charming panorama of wood engraving at the beginning of the 20th century. Only 6 of the 10 issues announced by the publisher have been published. Limited edition of 50 copies on 18th-century wove paper. Each engraving is signed in the plate and justified by hand (n°47/50). A very fine copy.