de GONCOURT, Edmond

Fac-Similé des Premières Pages de l'édition Originale de La Fille Elisa Ornée d'Aquarelles et Croquis de H. de Toulouse-Lautrec [Facsimile]

Paris: Librairie de France, 1931. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec illustrations. Limited Edition. Stiff printed wrappers in slipcase. 12mo. Two volumes in slipcase. Pp. [6;] 60. French text. "Avant Propos" volume side stapled: staple oxidized, else crisp and bright. Facsimile volume bound in pale yellow wraps, eleven watercolor illustrations and five drawings in text margins. Edition limited to 75, introduction volume signed by the editor and numbered 26. Near Fine / Slipcase: Very Good. Item #13000

Facsimile of the first part of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's copy of the 1877 G. Charpentier first edition, with his 1896 sketches for a proposed illustrated edition of Goncourt's controversial investigation of the lives of Paris prostitutes. Lautrec's friend Maurice Joyant (1864-1930) provided a copy of the book and encouraged the painter to develop illustrations, then sequestered the result following the painter's death. This facsimile was one of his last projects.

Price: $950.00