SCHMIED, Francois Louis (illustrator); MARDRUS, Joseph Charles.
La Creation.
Les Trois premiers livres de la Genèse, suivis de la Généalogie adamique.
Description
Limited edition, one of 175 copies signed by the artist, this being no. 169, from a total edition of 195, 4to (34 x 23.5 cm); text printed in black and colours throughout, 41 woodcut compositions in colour after Schmied, 12 of which are full-page, most plates and illustrations heightened in gilt or silver; loose as issued in the original printed wrappers, minor creasing to spine, protected in later black cloth chemise and slipcase, a fine example.
Bibliography
Carteret, Illustrés, IV, 263.
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