SCHMIED (François-Louis) - FORT (Paul). The French Ballads. Mountain . Forest. Plain. Mer. S.l. : Cercle lyonnais du livre, 1927. - In-8, 255 x 206 : (78 ff.), illustrated cover. Brown morocco, horizontal golden fillets on the flats and back, vertical golden fatty fillet on the first flat, smooth back, linings and endpapers of Havana deer, golden head, untrimmed, cover and back preserved, back cover and stripes of brown morocco (M.J. Guian-Milliaud). Beautiful and rare edition designed and illustrated by François-Louis SCHMIED (1873-1941) for the Cercle lyonnais du livre, decorated with a composition on the cover, from 26 to full page and 25 in the text, woodcut by the artist with the collaboration of Pierre Bouchet. It was printed in 165 copies on Arches wove paper. This is one of the 120 reserved for members, specially printed for Georges Lang. Beautiful copy, bound by Marie-Josée Guian for her own account. Download some illustrations. Minimal bites without gravity on the first leaves.