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Schmied (François-Louis-.- Mardrus (Joseph Charles, translator) Histoire Charmante de l'Adolescente Sucre d'Amour, number XIV of XXV copies on Japon signed by the artist/designer, this copy for Madame Louis Solvay, half-title printed in gold, title in black and gold with decorations in pink and green, 9 full- or almost full-page plates, one large and folding in three, and numerous illustrations, head-& tail-pieces, initials and decorations by Schmied throughout, all wood-engravings printed in colours, coloured by pochoir and finished by hand by Jean Dunand many heightened with gold or silver, tissue guards, loose as issued in original pictorial wrapper with gold band, dust-jacket with glacine wrapper, contemporary half roan chemise, joints slightly rubbed, small scuff to spine, corners repaired, slipcase (slightly rubbed), 4to, Paris, 1927. ⁂ Magnificent Art Deco book, designed and illustrated by Schmied and with the plates superbly hand-coloured by Jean Dunand One of Schmied's rarest works.