[ Books ] (SCHMIED, FRAN€OIS-LOUIS.) Wilde, Oscar. Deux Contes. Portfolio with complete text and wood-engravings including 4 color plates and elaborate border designs, highlighted in gold and silver, and a separate suite in black and white, by

[ Books ] (SCHMIED, FRAN€OIS-LOUIS.) Wilde, Oscar. Deux Contes. Portfolio with complete text and wood-engravings including 4 color plates and elaborate border designs, highlighted in gold and silver, and a separate suite in black and white, by Schmied. 4to, both main volume and additional suite loose as issued in pictorial wrappers, heavy offsetting on covers of both; later board chemise and slipcase.Paris, (1926) E3,000/4,000 ONE OF 150 NUMBERED COPIES. The publication of this book was sponsored by Louis Barthou, Foreign Minister of France, Jacques Andr‚, Charles Miguet, and the American, Frank Altschul. Deux Contes was the last work for which Schmied involved himself in the actual production. Soon after, he moved to larger quarters and devoted his time to designing and illustrating hisbooks, employing several young engravers to execute his work. See Ritchie 18.