Accession number
PML 141823
Published
Paris : F.-L. Schmied ; Lausanne : MM. Gonin et Cie, 1928.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Translation of the first three books of Genesis by J.-C. Mardrus.
Illustrated with 12 full-page color wood engravings (numbered I-XII) and numerous color printed textual illustrations and decorations by F.L. Schmied throughout.
"Le compositions qui ornent cet ouvrage sont de F.-L. Schmied qui achevé la maquette en mai 1926 et exécuté la gravure, et le tirage sur ses presses, avec le concours de ses élèves, Théo Schmied fils étant chef d'atelier."--Colophon.
Edition of 175 numbered copies.
Library has copy no. 159, signed.
Illustrated with 12 full-page color wood engravings (numbered I-XII) and numerous color printed textual illustrations and decorations by F.L. Schmied throughout.
"Le compositions qui ornent cet ouvrage sont de F.-L. Schmied qui achevé la maquette en mai 1926 et exécuté la gravure, et le tirage sur ses presses, avec le concours de ses élèves, Théo Schmied fils étant chef d'atelier."--Colophon.
Edition of 175 numbered copies.
Library has copy no. 159, signed.
Description
2 volumes ([12], 16, LxxxIV, [14] pages + portfolio of color illustrations; separate portfolio of illustrations printed from key blocks in black and white only) : color illustrations (wood engraving) ; 37 cm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Black, blue, gold and red morocco with tan calf doublures and gray moiré silk flyleaves by F.L. Schmied, with chemise of black morocco and wood veneer in matching slipcase; original wrappers bound in.
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