HOMER. The Odyssey. Translation by Victor BERARD. S. l. [Par - Lot 188

HOMER. The Odyssey. Translation by Victor BERARD. S. l. [Paris], La Compagnie des Bibliophiles de l'Automobile-Club de France, n. d. [1930-1933]. 4 volumes in-4°, red morocco, broad geometric mosaic decoration of gilded fillets and pieces of gilded, black and cream morocco on boards and spines, black silk lining and endpapers with gilded decoration, vellum covers preserved, publisher's slipcases (Trinckvel). Page layout, lettering, frames and 101 color compositions by François-Louis SCHMIED (including a double-page map and 75 full-page illustrations), wood-engraved by Théo SCHMIED and stencilled by Jean SAUDÉ. ISSUED AT 145 COPIES, ALL ON VELIN LEATHER, including 73 nominative, this one (no. 78). MAGNIFICENT & LUXURIOUS EDITION, based on Victor BÉRARD's translation for the Société des Bibliophiles de l'Automobile-Club de France, presided over by the Vicomte de Rohan. Spine very slightly darkened. Cichocka, Gustave Miklos, pp. 134-137 (where some of Miklos' preparatory compositions for this work are reproduced).