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Lot n° 85

SCHMIED (François-Louis).

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Brown skin. From St Nazaire to La Ciotat. Journal de bord. Lyon, Société des XXX de Lyon, 1931. In-4, in sheets, cover. Book decorated with 118 original woodcuts in colours by François-Louis Schmied, including a headband on the cover, 2 hors texte and 115 headbands, line ends and endpapers, engraved and printed in his workshop and under his direction, Theo Schmied being the workshop manager. Edition of 135 copies, this one printed especially for Robert van Auwermeulen, with a letter from the author. Some spotting on the cover.