HOMER. The Odyssey. Translation by Victor Bérard. Paris, La - Lot 333

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HOMER. The Odyssey. Translation by Victor Bérard. Paris, La - Lot 333
HOMER. The Odyssey. Translation by Victor Bérard. Paris, La Compagnie des Bibliophiles de l'Automobile Club de France, 1930-1933. 4 volumes in-4, vellum, painted with a decorative ochre and red band on the covers and spine, the title painted black in the Chinese style, the vellum cover of each volume mounted in lining and set with a gold thread, vellum folder and slipcase (Amateur binding signed by S. Leygonie). MONUMENTAL AND VERY LUXURIOUS EDITION PRINTED ON VEHICLE, and illustrated with 100 colour compositions, including 73 double-page spreads, and a double-page Telemaque travel map. The illustration and ornamentation (gold and blue lettering and fillets) are by F.-L. Schmied, with the collaboration of Gustave Miklos, whose exact role (inspired performer or true creator) is still under discussion since the discovery of his sketchbooks, and the commissions from F.-L. Schmied (cf. Danuta Cichocka, Gustave Miklos. A Great Hidden Work). The illustrations were engraved on wood by Théo Schmied and coloured with stencils, with gold and silver highlights, by Jean Saudé, the famous art illuminator. 6,000 stencils were needed to produce this sumptuous illustration. The book was printed by Maurice Darantière using typefaces created and cast by the Fonderie Typographique de France. The edition raised to the glory of Homer, begun in November 1929 in the midst of the economic crisis, was not completed until June 1933. It was printed in 145 copies, all on vellum. BOUND IN VELLUM, PAINTED WITH DECORATIVE MOTIFS FROM GREEK ANTIQUITY, IN THE OCHRE AND BLACK COLOURS OF THE CRATERS. Transpositions of 2 notebooks in volume IV which is, however, quite complete. A case completely demolished but without missing.
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