Schmied, François-Louis--Chateaubriand, René de

4to (255 x 200mm.), copy number 43 from a limited edition of 140 copies, this copy printed for Emilio Brisson, signed by the artist beneath the limitation, pochoir decoration and illustration by Schmied, some heightened in gold and silver, additional suite of 37 plates printed in black within a printed wrapper ("Suite en noir No 4") signed in pencil by the artist, loose as issued in original printed wrappers (with sheet numbers printed in red on the fold of each bifolium), blue buckram folder and slipcase, printed paper label on spine of folder, occasional light spotting or offsetting

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Chateaubriand's tale of a prominent Moorish family in post-1492 Granada was first published in 1826.