Histoires naturelles. Jules Renard, illustrated by Henri de Toulouse Lautrec

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Limited edition, number 84 of 100 numbered copies.

Lautrec began his preliminary sketches in 1896, at the Jardin d’Acclimatation, but the lithographs were only executed in 1898. Publication was delayed by the author, displeased with the illustrations which did not illustrate the text in every instance. Though today it is seen as one of the most celebrated and sought-after of all livres d’artiste, the book was received poorly when it was issued and did not sell out until 1917.

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