SCHMIED (François-Louis) - VIGNY (Alfred de). - Lot 266

SCHMIED (François-Louis) - VIGNY (Alfred de). Daphné. Paris: F.L. Schmied, 1924. - In-4, 302x246: (94 ff.), illustrated cover. Chestnut-brown morocco, decorated in the purest Art Deco style with wide bands covering part of the left and top edges on the first cover, made of brown and olive morocco decorated with parallel or crossed cold fillets, a vertical frieze separates the large brown morocco band in two, decorated with pieces of black, brown, orange, olive and beige morocco, with highlights of palladium fillets, second plate decorated with rectangular bands and pieces of black and brown morocco, smooth spine decorated with pieces of morocco in different shades, one of which bears the title of the book in capital letters in palladium, framed in morocco of different shades inside, brown silk lining edged with a black morocco listel, same silk endpapers, cover preserved (G. Cretté succ. de Marius Michel - F. L. S[chmied]). Superb edition published at the expense of Dr. Amédée Baumgartner, illustrated with 50 color compositions drawn and wood-engraved by François-Louis SCHMIED (1873-1941), including one on the cover, 5 full-page, 25 bands and culs-de-lampe, and 19 ornate letters. Edition of 140 copies on Arches vellum, signed by F.L. Schmied at the justification, this one specially printed for Georges Faist. A magnificent copy in a period Art Deco binding, designed by master bookbinder Georges Cretté and adorned with a decoration specially designed by François-Louis Schmied. The original mock-up of the binding, designed by the artist, has been mitered at the end of the volume. Woodblock transfer to facing leaves, as always. Without jacket or slipcase. Provenance: Georges Faist. - Maurice Houdayer (sale I, March 9, 2021, n°354, without mention of the original binding design).