Sale 15BP02 | Lot 507

[SCHMIED, FRANCOIS-LOUIS] MARDRUS, JOSEPH-CHARLES VICTOR. Le Livre des Rois

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[SCHMIED, FRANCOIS-LOUIS] MARDRUS, JOSEPH-CHARLES VICTOR. Le Livre des Rois

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Lot 507
[SCHMIED, FRANCOIS-LOUIS] MARDRUS, JOSEPH-CHARLES VICTOR. Le Livre des Rois. Paris: F. L. Schmied, 1930. This is example 101...
. Paris: F. L. Schmied, 1930. This is example 101 from the edition of 175 signed copies. Full white vellum by G. Cendron, inlaid with a panel of salmon levant with gold tendrils and onlaid green leaves, all edges uncut, slipcased. 10 x 7 1/2 inches (25.5 x 19.5 cm); [30] ff..; With 26 colored initials, 15 colored wood-engravings in text, 5 full-page colored wood-engravings, all after Schmied's designs, the book printed by Phillipe Gonin. Some discoloration (a paper flaw?) to the first free leaves, just affecting the first illustration.

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Estimate: $800 - $1,200
Sold for $1,062 (includes buyer's premium)

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Estimate: $800 - $1,200
Sold for $1,062 (includes buyer's premium)
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