LE TAPIS DE PRIÉRES
LE TAPIS DE PRIÉRES
LE TAPIS DE PRIÉRES

LE TAPIS DE PRIÉRES

(Paris: Pour les Amis du Docteur Lucien-Graux, 1938).

FIRST EDITION AND AN ART DECO MASTERPIECE, beautifully produced and published. F.-L. Schmied's beautiful illustrations were all engraved and printed, as was the text, in the premises of his son, Theo Schmied, on October 1st of 1938. At that time Schmied was living in Morocco. This is one of the fine series of works produced by French doctor, entrepreneur, collector, bibliophile, writer, publisher and Nazi-resister Dr. Lucien Désiré Prosper Graux. He had created one of the largest and most beautiful private collections of manuscripts and books of his time. He also created the small publishing house called "The Friends of the Doctor" which produced these high-bibliophile press books, typically printed in less than 150 copies.
François-Louis Schmied is considered one of the most important of the Art Deco artists, particularly in the area of book illustration, design and publishing. Schmied's books were very expensive to produce and were always printed in a very limited number, usually consisting of no more than 100 - 200 copies. An experienced wood engraver, he practiced the delicate technique of multiple monochrome overprints in order to obtain color illustrations. Item #29060

FIRST AND LIMITED EDITION, ONE OF ONLY 125 COPIES. This copy being Number 14. Printed on Fine Arches paper Illustrated with ten very fine art deco colour illustrations by F.-L. Schmied and a large colour engraved cover vignette, all engraved on wood and printed by Theo Schmied, each page of text ruled and numbered in red. Folio, as issued in unbound sheets contained within printed paper portfolio wrapper in original glassine, housed in brown textured paper chemise and brown paper-board slipcase, chemise with morocco label gilt lettered and with silk ties. 76, [1] pp. A pristine and perfect copy of the portfolio of sheets and engravings, the wrappers with a very light touch of the toning to which they are prone and a bit of minor age to the slipcase.

Price: $4,500.00