MARDRUS (Jacques-Charles). The Muslim Paradise. - Lot 575

MARDRUS (Jacques-Charles). The Muslim Paradise. According to the text and translation of Dr. J. C. Mardrus. Paris, F. L. Schmied, 1930. Large in-4° sheets, illustrated cover, publisher's blue folder and slipcase. Typography, composition, ornamentation and 31 color woodcuts, by François Louis SCHMIED, enhanced with gold and silver, including seven full-page woodcuts. Issued in an edition of 177 copies on japon, signed by the artist, this one (n° IX), ONE OF 20 COLLABORATORS with TWO ADDITIONAL SUITES OF ILLUSTRATIONS. EXEMPLAIRE DE L'ARTISTE, the suites of which are marked, in his hand, in graphite "Suite[s] pour l'exemplaire de F. L. Schmied". Moisture stains on jacket and slipcase. Cichocka, Gustave Miklos. Un grand œuvre caché, 2013, pp. 130-133.