(9 3/4 " x 7 ") 114pp. 73 illustrations.
(10 hors text, 63 in text.)
Tetes de Tirage: 7 Watercolor Suites.
General condition: Pristine. Exterior: Fine. Interior: Clean. Plates bound in full leather binding, contained in slipcase and chemise.
Ex. no.: 64/110.

Binder: George Crette. Full leather black binding with design by Schmied and Dunand lacquer on front. Star of David leather inlay design inside front and rear cover.

Superb example of Schmied's "Cantique Des Cantiques", with 7 original watercolors and a Jean Dunand lacquer design (signed by Schmied) on the front of the George Crette leather binding. With a watercolor to serve as frontispiece, dedicated to Henri Piccard.

6 of the 7 watercolors are signed by Schmied.
The one in the front, to serve as frontispiece, is not signed. The arrangement, the ornamentation and the composition of this work are by Schmied, who equally executed the woodblocks. Pierre Bouchet collaborated on the engraving and the printing.