KIPLING Rudyard - SCHMIED François-Louis.Livre Rare Book
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réf. 6863Lausanne, Gonin et Cie, 1930-32. 2 vol. in-4°, 31,5 x 26 cm et 1 un volume in-4° [31 x 26,5 cm] supplémentaire pour les suites. - Tome I : 267-[1] pp, (1) f. de table des illustrations - Tome II : 263 pp, (1) page, (1) f. blanc, (2) ff. de table des illustrations et achevé d'imprimer, (1) f. blanc. Reliures plein box anthracite pour les deux volumes de texte illustrés, dos lisses avec auteur, artiste et millésime dorés, titre mosaïqué de box rouge serti dor à la chinoise, contre-plats et gardes de papier bois, toutes tranches dorées, couvertures et dos conservés, étuis bordés et papier bois, chemises de même box et papier bois, titrées à la chinoise à loser rouge. Et un volume de Suite(s) : Reliure demi-box à bandes, dos lisse titré comme les chemises des deux volumes de texte, plats de papier bois, contre-plats et gardes de papier bois, tête dorée, étui bordé et papier bois.Reliures non signées mais de remarquable facture. Le titrage a été réalisé par les Ateliers Devauchelle [Paris]. Quelques frottements sans gravité aux étuis, minime frottement sur une des coupes du Tome I, 2 coins inférieurs légèrement comprimés au Tome 2, coins très légèrement émoussés au volume de Suite(s), quelques taches claires au dos des illustrations de la suite en noir dans ce volume. Magnifique ouvrage Art Déco illustré de 56 compositions d'après François-Louis SCHMIED dont un frontispice (relié ici dans le second tome), 14 planches hors-texte, 15 grands en-têtes, 15 lettrines, 12 culs-de-lampe dont un à lachevé dimprimer, lensemble gravé sur bois par Philippe Gonin. Tirage limité à 140 exemplaires sur papier Japon, numérotés et signés par léditeur (et 20 H.C. numérotés en chiffres). Celui-ci est un des 100 exemplaires du tirage normal (n°83) mais considérablement enrichi de suites montées sur onglet au sein dun 3ème volume. Il comporte : - une suite en noir de toutes les illustrations tirées sur vélin (30 planches) - une suite dessais et décompositions de couleurs de certaines illustrations, la plupart remontées sur papier japon ( 35 planches) - une seconde suite dessais et décompositions de couleurs sur papier japon de toutes les illustrations (30 planches) - une suite en couleurs sur Japon nacré de toutes les illustrations(30 planches) En 1932, F.-L. Schmied compléta l'édition en dessinant une série supplémentaire de 15 planches, intitulée Suite pour Kim, portant le nombre d'illustrations à 45. Elle fut tirée à 160 exemplaires sur Japon. Cette suite est ici directement insérée au sein des 2 volumes de textes. Magnifique exemplaire de cet ouvrage magistral dans le plus pur style Art Déco propre à François-Louis Schmied.
réf. 6863Lausanne, Gonin et Cie, 1930-32. 2 vol. in-4°, 31,5 x 26 cm et 1 un volume in-4° [31 x 26,5 cm] supplémentaire pour les suites. - Tome I : 267-[1] pp, (1) f. de table des illustrations - Tome II : 263 pp, (1) page, (1) f. blanc, (2) ff. de table des illustrations et achevé d'imprimer, (1) f. blanc. Reliures plein box anthracite pour les deux volumes de texte illustrés, dos lisses avec auteur, artiste et millésime dorés, titre mosaïqué de box rouge serti dor à la chinoise, contre-plats et gardes de papier bois, toutes tranches dorées, couvertures et dos conservés, étuis bordés et papier bois, chemises de même box et papier bois, titrées à la chinoise à loser rouge. Et un volume de Suite(s) : Reliure demi-box à bandes, dos lisse titré comme les chemises des deux volumes de texte, plats de papier bois, contre-plats et gardes de papier bois, tête dorée, étui bordé et papier bois.Reliures non signées mais de remarquable facture. Le titrage a été réalisé par les Ateliers Devauchelle [Paris]. Quelques frottements sans gravité aux étuis, minime frottement sur une des coupes du Tome I, 2 coins inférieurs légèrement comprimés au Tome 2, coins très légèrement émoussés au volume de Suite(s), quelques taches claires au dos des illustrations de la suite en noir dans ce volume. Magnifique ouvrage Art Déco illustré de 56 compositions d'après François-Louis SCHMIED dont un frontispice (relié ici dans le second tome), 14 planches hors-texte, 15 grands en-têtes, 15 lettrines, 12 culs-de-lampe dont un à lachevé dimprimer, lensemble gravé sur bois par Philippe Gonin. Tirage limité à 140 exemplaires sur papier Japon, numérotés et signés par léditeur (et 20 H.C. numérotés en chiffres). Celui-ci est un des 100 exemplaires du tirage normal (n°83) mais considérablement enrichi de suites montées sur onglet au sein dun 3ème volume. Il comporte : - une suite en noir de toutes les illustrations tirées sur vélin (30 planches) - une suite dessais et décompositions de couleurs de certaines illustrations, la plupart remontées sur papier japon ( 35 planches) - une seconde suite dessais et décompositions de couleurs sur papier japon de toutes les illustrations (30 planches) - une suite en couleurs sur Japon nacré de toutes les illustrations(30 planches) En 1932, F.-L. Schmied compléta l'édition en dessinant une série supplémentaire de 15 planches, intitulée Suite pour Kim, portant le nombre d'illustrations à 45. Elle fut tirée à 160 exemplaires sur Japon. Cette suite est ici directement insérée au sein des 2 volumes de textes. Magnifique exemplaire de cet ouvrage magistral dans le plus pur style Art Déco propre à François-Louis Schmied.
réf. 06181Lahore: "The "Civil and Military Gazette" Press 1884. First Edition of Kipling's Very Rare Second Book "Echoes" KIPLING Rudyard and Alice. Echoes. By Two Writers. Lahore: "The "Civil and Military Gazette" Press 1884 First edition. Small square octavo 6 x 4 1/2 inches; 154 x 115 mm. 2 blank 2 title verso blank 2 index 1-72 2 blank pp. Some light foxing throughout first blank leaf with early ink signature. Publisher's light brown wrappers front wrapper with tile design printed in black. lower corner 1 1/8 x 3/4 inch; 28 x 19 mm. torn away spine expertly and invisibly restored still a near fine copy. Housed in a red cloth chemise within a full red morocco velvet lined 'jewel-case'. Spine with five raised bands lettered in gilt in compartments brass lock. First edition of Kipling's very rare second book; the "two writers" of the title were Kipling and his sister Alice "Trix". Of the 39 poems mostly "echoes" or imitations of well-known poets 32 are ascribed to Kipling and 7 to his sister. First published in Lahore in August 1884 the volume appeared when Kipling then 18 years old had been living in India for nearly two years. It was printed by the Civil and Military Gazette Press where Kipling served as sub-editor and he personally oversaw its production. In December 1883 Kipling's mother brought his 15-year-old sister Trix from England to join him. Together they engaged in a series of literary experiments and playful compositions producing a substantial collection of poems-primarily parodies of well-known poets-by the spring of 1884. Encouraged by their efforts Rudyard published a selection of these works in August of that year under the title Echoes by Two Writers. The Poems: Echoes: Introduction 1. A Vision of India Rudyard Kipling 2. The City of the Heart Rudyard Kipling 3. The Raiyat at Home Rudyard Kipling 4. Children of Nature Alice MacDonald Fleming 1884 5. The Bearing of the Vine Alice MacDonald Fleming 1884 6. Hope Deferred Alice MacDonald Fleming 1884 7. The Flight of the Bucket Rudyard Kipling 8. Laocoon Rudyard Kipling 9. Nursery Rhymes for Little Anglo-Indians Rudyard Kipling 10. Tobacco Rudyard Kipling 11. Appropriate Verses on an Elegant Landscape Rudyard Kipling 12. His Consolation Rudyard Kipling 13. Egoism Alice MacDonald Fleming 1884 14. The Cursing of Stephen Rudyard Kipling 15. On Sorrow Alice MacDonald Fleming 16. Jane Smith Rudyard Kipling/Alice MacDonald Fleming 1884 17. Nursery Idyls Rudyard Kipling 18. Sonnet On Being Rejected of One's Horse Rudyard Kipling 19. Kopra Brahm Rudyard Kipling 20. The Sudder Bazár Rudyard Kipling 21. Commonplaces Rudyard Kipling 22. To You Love Alice MacDonald Fleming 1884 23. On True Friendship Alice MacDonald Fleming 1884 24. Quæritur Rudyard Kipling 25. London Town Rudyard Kipling 26. Himalayan Rudyard Kipling 27. Our Lady of Many Dreams Rudyard Kipling 28. A Murder in the Compound Rudyard Kipling 29. " 'Way Down the Ravee River" Rudyard Kipling 30. Amour de Voyage Rudyard Kipling 31. Failure Rudyard Kipling 32. How the Day Broke The Drawing Room Song Rudyard Kipling 33. A Locked Way Rudyard Kipling 34. Land Bound Rudyard Kipling 35. The Ballad of the King's Daughter Old Ballad Rudyard Kipling 36. How the Goddess Awaketh Rudyard Kipling 37. The Maid of the Meerschaum Rudyard Kipling 38. Estunt the Griff Rudyard Kipling 39. Cavaliere Servente Rudyard Kipling Livingston 14; Stewart 5. Lahore: "The "Civil and Military Gazette" Press, 1884 unknown
réf. 06181Lahore: "The "Civil and Military Gazette" Press 1884. First Edition of Kipling's Very Rare Second Book "Echoes" KIPLING Rudyard and Alice. Echoes. By Two Writers. Lahore: "The "Civil and Military Gazette" Press 1884 First edition. Small square octavo 6 x 4 1/2 inches; 154 x 115 mm. 2 blank 2 title verso blank 2 index 1-72 2 blank pp. Some light foxing throughout first blank leaf with early ink signature. Publisher's light brown wrappers front wrapper with tile design printed in black. lower corner 1 1/8 x 3/4 inch; 28 x 19 mm. torn away spine expertly and invisibly restored still a near fine copy. Housed in a red cloth chemise within a full red morocco velvet lined 'jewel-case'. Spine with five raised bands lettered in gilt in compartments brass lock. First edition of Kipling's very rare second book; the "two writers" of the title were Kipling and his sister Alice "Trix". Of the 39 poems mostly "echoes" or imitations of well-known poets 32 are ascribed to Kipling and 7 to his sister. First published in Lahore in August 1884 the volume appeared when Kipling then 18 years old had been living in India for nearly two years. It was printed by the Civil and Military Gazette Press where Kipling served as sub-editor and he personally oversaw its production. In December 1883 Kipling's mother brought his 15-year-old sister Trix from England to join him. Together they engaged in a series of literary experiments and playful compositions producing a substantial collection of poems-primarily parodies of well-known poets-by the spring of 1884. Encouraged by their efforts Rudyard published a selection of these works in August of that year under the title Echoes by Two Writers. The Poems: Echoes: Introduction 1. A Vision of India Rudyard Kipling 2. The City of the Heart Rudyard Kipling 3. The Raiyat at Home Rudyard Kipling 4. Children of Nature Alice MacDonald Fleming 1884 5. The Bearing of the Vine Alice MacDonald Fleming 1884 6. Hope Deferred Alice MacDonald Fleming 1884 7. The Flight of the Bucket Rudyard Kipling 8. Laocoon Rudyard Kipling 9. Nursery Rhymes for Little Anglo-Indians Rudyard Kipling 10. Tobacco Rudyard Kipling 11. Appropriate Verses on an Elegant Landscape Rudyard Kipling 12. His Consolation Rudyard Kipling 13. Egoism Alice MacDonald Fleming 1884 14. The Cursing of Stephen Rudyard Kipling 15. On Sorrow Alice MacDonald Fleming 16. Jane Smith Rudyard Kipling/Alice MacDonald Fleming 1884 17. Nursery Idyls Rudyard Kipling 18. Sonnet On Being Rejected of One's Horse Rudyard Kipling 19. Kopra Brahm Rudyard Kipling 20. The Sudder Bazár Rudyard Kipling 21. Commonplaces Rudyard Kipling 22. To You Love Alice MacDonald Fleming 1884 23. On True Friendship Alice MacDonald Fleming 1884 24. Quæritur Rudyard Kipling 25. London Town Rudyard Kipling 26. Himalayan Rudyard Kipling 27. Our Lady of Many Dreams Rudyard Kipling 28. A Murder in the Compound Rudyard Kipling 29. " 'Way Down the Ravee River" Rudyard Kipling 30. Amour de Voyage Rudyard Kipling 31. Failure Rudyard Kipling 32. How the Day Broke The Drawing Room Song Rudyard Kipling 33. A Locked Way Rudyard Kipling 34. Land Bound Rudyard Kipling 35. The Ballad of the King's Daughter Old Ballad Rudyard Kipling 36. How the Goddess Awaketh Rudyard Kipling 37. The Maid of the Meerschaum Rudyard Kipling 38. Estunt the Griff Rudyard Kipling 39. Cavaliere Servente Rudyard Kipling Livingston 14; Stewart 5. Lahore: "The "Civil and Military Gazette" Press, 1884 unknown books
1913réf. 141035London: Macmillan & Co. 1913-38. A handsomely bound set signed by the author on the half-title The Bombay Edition one of only 500 possible complete sets signed by the author on the half-title. The Bombay edition was initially published in 20 volumes and limited to 1000 copies. Kipling continued to write and the edition eventually grew to 31 volumes but the last 11 volumes were limited to 500 copies only. Because later volumes were issued separately and at a lower limitation complete sets such as this one are rare. 31 vols octavo. Attractively bound in recent burgundy morocco green morocco labels centre tool to spines gilt raised bands roll to boards gilt marbled endpapers top edges gilt others untrimmed. Mild partial toning to a couple of the half-titles an excellent set. hardcover
1937réf. BIBLIO-13244Macmillan and Co. Ltd London Sussex Edition 1937-39. Limited edition of 525 sets of which 500 signed by the author were for sale. However many of these were destroyed when the publisher's warehouse was bombed in 1941. 35 vols royal 8vo full russet Niger morocco handmade paper top edges rough-gilded other edges untrimmed. several thousand pages. The Sussex edition is the definitive edition of Kipling's works splendidly produced and much sought after by collectors. Some contemporary Macmillan advertising material described it thus: "The Sussex Edition had been planned some years before the author's death and was designed to rank as the definitive edition of all his works in prose and verse in the most complete and handsome form. Kipling had undertaken a detailed revision of the text for this purpose and had autographed and numbered the first volume of each set. He left behind him careful instructions regarding the unpublished or uncollected writings which are so conspicuous and interesting a feature of the Sussex Edition. This material includes over sixty stories articles and speeches besides such groups of papers as The War in the Mountains Eyes of Asia and Brazilian Sketches none of them previously published in book form if at all in this country and the whole of his early or uncollected verse." From a contemporary review in the TLS: "The publishers are justified in the use of the epithet "superb" to describe this edition. The fine hand-made paper and Bembo type are equally satisfactory : but perhaps the binding is still more notable. It is . Niger leather lettered and simply ornamented in gold. The volumes though ten inches by six and three quarter inches in size are comparatively slim and so easy to hold; and they have an air of durability and of being meant for reading as well as for keeping which is not always the case with éditions de luxe. Set No. 15 signed by Kipling. Unobtrusive 1 cm scratch to spine of volume 7 some spine bands just a trifle rubbed otherwise a splendid Fine set. Contents exceptionally clean with many volumes largely unopened. Macmillan and Co. Ltd, London, Sussex Edition, 1937-39 unknown
réf. 65418London: Macmillan and Company 1937-39. LIMITED EDITION 119/525 SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. 35 vols 8vo. 24 x 16 cm. Titles printed in white within russet frames printed on handmade paper with watermark Ganesha original saddle tan morocco by James Burn & Co. covers with double gilt-fillet border spines gilt-lettered in six compartments marbled endpapers top edges gilt on rough others uncut Presentation inscription to first blank "Darling Rick /from /Mummy & Daddy with best love/ Anberley Court/Stroud/ Gloucestershire/ May 1937-38" Very slight variable fading to spines as uual. A fine set. The ulitimate deluxe and definitive edition of Kipling's works including two volumes of previously unpublished prose and verse. Supposedly many unbound sets of the text were destroyed during the Blitz further reducing the actual limitation. Richards D23 London: Macmillan and Company, 1937-39. unknown
1913réf. 187925New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1913-1926. A stately array of bindings The Seven Seas Edition number 63 of 1050 sets printed on watermarked paper and signed by the author on the half-title of Volume I. Intended as the American counterpart to Macmillan's Bombay Edition this deluxe signed limited edition was issued in 27 volumes. This set has been finely bound likely by the publishers in 51 slimmer and more readable volumes. 27 vols expanded to 51 octavo. Title pages printed in red and black rubricated initials in some vols illustrations to text of children's works. Likely publisher's deluxe red crushed morocco spines lettered in gilt compartments and corners of boards richly gilt wide turn-ins with multiple gilt rolls dark blue crushed morocco doublures with richly gilt frames cream silk flyleaves top edges gilt fore and bottom edges uncut cream bookmarkers. Bookplate of John Francis Neylan 1885-1960 attorney to William Randolph Hearst to first blanks. Spots of rubbing hear hinge of From Sea to Sea volume I part II cracked. Overall a fine set. Richards D15; Stewart pp. 573-4. hardcover
1907réf. 896Q1New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1907 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 6". None. The first edition of Kipling's book of collected verse with the author's ink annotations and edits. Bound in the publisher's original burgundy cloth. An extremely scarce-to-see copy of this collection of Rudyard Kipling's poetry with annotations and edits by the author throughout. This work was originally published in October 1907. From the library of A. P. Watt & A. S. Watt of A. P. Watt and Son literary agent of Rudyard Kipling.Throughout this copy of collected verse Kipling reworked the order layout contents and the occasional wording of the poems. Some of the changes to wording such as substituting "hansoms" for "traffic" in the final verse of 'The Broken Men' made the final version of the poem however others such as changing the name "Mary Pollock" to "Margaret Pollock" in 'The Derelict' did not showing Kipling's thought process in his editing. Annotations include: A line through the publisher on the title page. A line through the page opposite the title page entitled "Other Books by Rudyard Kipling". The third verse of "The Fires" has been removed xi. Punctuation amendments to most pages substituting comas exclamation marks and semi-colons. The occasional change to the wording used such as alternating "hansoms" for "traffic" in the final verse of "The Broken Men". On page 85 Kipling has written "To printer smaller type for all these sub-heads of song of the English R. K." "The Sacrifice of Er-hets" has a vertical line through it p168. "Service Songs" has been crossed out p190. The second verse of "The Gift of the Sea" has been crossed out p248.Pencil annotation not in Kipling's hand to p1 with "Dedication from "Barrack Room Ballads"" crossed out. On page 8 "Song of the Wise Children" is directed "To follow Sestina of the Tramps Royal" with similar directions given to "Buddha at Kamakura" p10 "The Broken Man" p13 "The "Mary Gloster"" p45 "South Africa" p118 "Dirge of Dead Sisters" p126 "Cleared" p132 "General Joubert" p145 "Before a Midnight Breaks in Storm" p193 "The Lesson" p200 "Rimmon" p210 "The Three-Decker" p220 "The Rhyme of the Three Captains" p222 "The Conundrum of the Workshops" p227 "Evarra and his Gods" p229 "In the Neolithic Age" p231 "The Story of Ung" p233 "The Fires" p236 "The Legends of Evil" p238 "Tomlinson" p241 "The Explanation" p246 "The Answer" p247 "The Gift of the Sea" p248 "The King" p250 and "The Last Rhyme of True Thomas" p252. Bound in the publisher's original burgundy cloth. Externally very good with light bumping to the extremities and a little rubbing to the head and tail of the spine. The occasional mark to cloth mainly to the rear board. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright with the author's ink edits and annotations throughout. Very Good Doubleday, Page & Company hardcover
réf. 122541London Macmillan and Co. 1902. . First edition first impression second issue binding; large 4to 240 x 190 mm; 22 full-page illustrations by the author faint partial offsetting to endpapers faint contemporary gift inscription to front flyleaf discreet bookseller's label to front pastedown occasional minor thumb-soiling to blank fore-margins a hint of spotting to fore-edge of text block; publisher's red decorated cloth lettered in white minor rubbing to spine tips and corners front cover only slightly bowed pictorial dust-jacket a few closed tears and nicks to extremities loss to head of spine panel costing two letters small triangular area of loss to centre of spine panel long closed tears to head of front and rear panels discreetly repaired on verso traces of earlier repair to corners and head and foot of spine early inscription in black ink to front panel; a very good copy in the rare dust-jacket. A lovely copy in the exceptionally rare dust-jacket which unusually for the period reproduces an image different from that of the blocking on the boards. With a contemporary gift inscription to the front flyleaf: 'Alice M. L. Russell / from / John S. Russell / October 1902'. Followed by another endearing inscription presumably from the mother of the recipient to the front panel of the dust-jacket: 'This is the first edition of / Just So Stories / Dad went to great trouble to get it / therefore keep carefully'. Kipling's famous stories include: How the Whale Got His Throat How the Camel Got His Hump How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin How the Leopard Got His Spots The Elephant's Child The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo The Beginning of the Armadilloes How the First Letter Was Written How the Alphabet Was Made The Crab that Played with the Sea The Cat that Walked by Himself and The Butterfly that Stamped. The Chinese white pigment commonly used for the decorative blocking on the first issue binding famously tended to flake off and a new ink was used for the more commonly encountered second issue. Richards A181. London, Macmillan and Co., 1902. hardcover
1888réf. 05443RARE TYPESCRIPT COLLECTION being 17 typed manuscripts with the authors own hand corrections 11 of which were originally published in "TURNOVERS" and the Civil and Military Gazette 1 from the St. James Gazette and 5 that have just been recently published for the first time in 1986. They total 74 leaves with the upper right corner of some of them exhibiting wear and tear never entering anywhere near the text. All were published initially in the period 1884 thru 1891 these being later typed copies and represent a truly rare opportunity of acquisition for the serious collector. They are: A DAY OFF A SELF MADE MAN HOT WEATHER COUNCILS TILL THE DAY BREAK THE BURDEN OF NINEVEH THE HOUSE OF SHADOWS AN INTERESTING CONDITION THE PIT THAT THEY DIGGED AN IMPORTANT DISCOVERY THE LONGEST WAY ROUND THE OLD STATION THE KILLING OF HATIM-TAI IN GILDED HALLS HIMALAYAN COUNCILS THAT DISTRICT LOG BOOK THE CASE OF ADAMAH and THE HILL OF ILLUSION. An historic gathering which at one time was sent by the authors British agency to his American publisher in an attempt to thwart another piracy by the Dodge Publishing Co. e.g. ABAFT THE FUNNEL. Authors photograph included. Housed in most handsome custom made tray-case. More information available upon request. N.p. unknown
1888réf. 05443RARE TYPESCRIPT COLLECTION being 17 typed manuscripts with the authors own hand corrections 11 of which were originally published in "TURNOVERS" and the Civil and Military Gazette 1 from the St. James Gazette and 5 that have just been recently published for the first time in 1986. They total 74 leaves with the upper right corner of some of them exhibiting wear and tear never entering anywhere near the text. All were published initially in the period 1884 thru 1891 these being later typed copies and represent a truly rare opportunity of acquisition for the serious collector. They are: A DAY OFF A SELF MADE MAN HOT WEATHER COUNCILS TILL THE DAY BREAK THE BURDEN OF NINEVEH THE HOUSE OF SHADOWS AN INTERESTING CONDITION THE PIT THAT THEY DIGGED AN IMPORTANT DISCOVERY THE LONGEST WAY ROUND THE OLD STATION THE KILLING OF HATIM-TAI IN GILDED HALLS HIMALAYAN COUNCILS THAT DISTRICT LOG BOOK THE CASE OF ADAMAH and THE HILL OF ILLUSION. An historic gathering which at one time was sent by the authors British agency to his American publisher in an attempt to thwart another piracy by the Dodge Publishing Co. e.g. ABAFT THE FUNNEL. Authors photograph included. Housed in most handsome custom made tray-case. More information available upon request. N.p. unknown books
1927réf. 1833Paris, François-Louis Schmied, 1927. Un volume in-4, reliure plein maroquin bleu, doublure et gardes de soie brochée gris-bleu sertie d’un jeu de filets dorés, dos lisse orné, couverture, tranches dorées, étui bordé de même maroquin (G. Cretté succ. de Marius Michel). Édition originale et tirage unique de ce conte oriental de Joseph Charles Mardrus magnifiquement illustrée et ornementée par François-Louis Schmied qui assura lui-même la mise en page et l'impression de ce chef d'œuvre du livre Art déco : le trait des planches a été gravé sur bois, la peinture en a été exécutée à la main, d'après les originaux, dans les ateliers de laquage de Jean Dunand. Cette illustration se compose d'une couverture illustrée, un frontispice, 7 illustrations à pleine page, une grande planche dépliante formant un triptyque, 29 bandeaux horizontaux dont 22 grands, la plupart en-tête, 32 lettrines ornées ou petites vignettes dans le texte, 6 petits bandeaux verticaux et de nombreux bandeaux et lettres mis en couleurs et dorés. TIRAGE UNIQUE À 25 EXEMPLAIRES SUR JAPON, SIGNÉS PAR SCHMIED. Celui-ci (n° XXV) comporte l’une des rares suites des bois tirés en noir sur Japon. L'ouvrage est entièrement monté sur onglet.
1926réf. 1290Paris, [Schmied], 1926. Un volume in-4 (27,7 x 20 cm), en feuilles, 102 pages, n.ch., couverture rempliée, chemise et étui décoré de l’éditeur, emboîtage de maroquin vert doublé de maroquin jonquille, dos titré (G. Cretté succ. de Marius Michel). Édition originale de la plus grande rareté, tirée à seulement 20 exemplaires numérotés sur japon. Splendide illustration en couleurs de François-Louis Schmied: environ 50 bois dont 18 de très grande taille, dans le texte, TOUS ENTIÈREMENT PEINTS À LA MAIN dans les ateliers de laquage de Jean Dunand ; près de 300 lettrines et bouts de lignes peintes à la main dans le texte, dans des harmonies de couleurs variant selon les pages, avec rehauts d'or, d'argent ou de blanc, traçant des motifs géométriques ou érotiques. Tirage unique à 20 exemplaires numérotés et signés du monogramme en rouge de FLS, tous sur papier Japon, celui-ci n° 13. Conservé à l'état d'origine dans un splendide coffret en maroquin doublé de Cretté. - Notes bibliographiques (pour ceux qui prennent le temps): « La Princesse Boudour est regardée par ceux qui savent voir, comme le livre capital de ce premier quart de siècle. Par sa graphie et sa technique générale, elle est une exception préméditée dans le faire de son auteur. Pour la réaliser, il s’est véritablement amusé, cette fois – en tant que lecteur enthousiaste des Mille nuits et une nuit - à commenter graphiquement le texte qu’il connaît si bien et dont il est comme imbibé [...]. Il nous a [...] octroyé le délectable cadeau de trois cent quatre-vingt-dix vignettes et en couleur, et toutes différentes, et qui se rapportent au texte [...]. Et cette munificence schmiedienne n’est-elle pas, en définitive, l’exaltation de notre modernité, et en conformité avec nos goûts, du faire des imagiers incomparables de l’Orient ? [...]. Avec quel attendrissement, avec quelle passion sourde et contenue, qui n’appartient qu’à lui, il a rendu, au moyen des fragiles outils du graveur et du coloriste, la grâce masculine des adolescents, et la tendre chair de banane des radieuses jouvencelles ! [...] Je pense que s’il fallait absolument appliquer une épithète au sourire des adolescentes schmiediennes, et même à celui des adolescents, rien ne leur conviendrait mieux que le mot ambigü... Une atmosphère de pures délices enveloppe cette oeuvre boudourienne, multiple, voluptueuse, spirituelle, et d’une telle essence d’authentique Orient qu’elle nous fait vraiment respirer tous les parfums de l’Arabie. » (Préface du catalogue de l’exposition Schmied à la galerie Arnold Seligmann Rey à New York, mars 1927, pp. 34-37).
1892Kipings
