SCHMIED (François-Louis). -HOMÈRE. L'Odyssée. Paris, La Comp - Lot 132

SCHMIED (François-Louis). -HOMÈRE. L'Odyssée. Paris, La Compagnie des bibliophiles de l'Automobile-Club de France, 1930-1933. 4 volumes in-4, each volume in leaves in printed filled parchment wallets placed in a printed stiff parchment folder lined with white leather cold-stamped with Greek friezes, and in a cardboard slipcase also covered with parchment; wallets, folders and covers tarnished and a little stained, angular spotting on the first 6 leaves of vol.III (publisher's wallets, folders and slipcases). I: lvii [of which the first 4 blank]-(3d of which the 3rd blank)-115-(9, the last 5 blank)pp. -II: 169 [of which the first 4 blank]-(11, the last 7 blank)pp. -III: 175 [of which the first 4 blank]-(13, of which the 3rd and last 7 blank)pp. -IV: (8of which the first 4, third and last blank)-xix-(one blank)-163-(21of which the 3rd, 5th, 9th and last 7 blank)pp. Edition of only 145 numbered copies on vellum, this one no. 16 for Hugues Citroën, brother of André Citroën (F.-L. Schmied, le texte en sa splendeur, bpa de Genève, 2001, no. 47). Elegant typographic layout designed by François-Louis Schmied. Splendid color illustrations by François-Louis Schmied, comprising 99 wood-engraved compositions by his son Théo, stenciled by Jean Saudé, including: a double-page map out of the text, and 73 full-page compositions and 25 vignettes in the text. The typographic ornamentation was also designed by François-Louis Schmied. The rebirth of a universal epic, or the rhythmic prose of Victor Bérard. This translation of the Odyssey stands out for its faithfulness to the letter and spirit of the aedic text. A graduate of the Ecole Normale Supérieure and a professor who directed excavations in Greece from 1887 to 1895, Victor Bérard was one of the greatest specialists in ancient Greece, devoting more than twenty years to the study of Homer. In his translation work, he chose to render the reality of the discourse, while giving his prose an antique rhythm by making the Homeric hexameter resonate once again. First published in 1924-1925, this version is still considered the standard.