de TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, Henri; Lucien Goldschmidt and Herbert Schimmel, editors.

Unpublished Correspondence of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec WITH Lettres 1871 - 1901 [Limited editions leatherbound in slip case for Herbert Schimmel] (Letters in English and French)

New York / Paris: Phaidon Press / Gallimard, 1969 / 1972. Limited edition. Leatherbound. Two volumes:

1. Unpublished Correspondence of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Small 4to. Pp. 320. English text. Illustrated with b&w reproductions and facsimiles of letters on coated paper. Introduction and Notes by Jean Adhémar and Theodore Reff. Letters translated from the French by Edward B. Garside. With bibliography, geneaological chart, chronology and index. First edition, 1969. Calligraphy on a preliminary leaf: "Edition limited to six copies printed for the Editors, this copy bound expressly for Herbert D. Schimmel, December 1980." Black morocco, gilt tooled borders, spine titles and rules in gilt between five raised bands, gilt ruled edges and returns, marbled endpapers, TEG, others untrimmed and signatures uncut, by Morrell.

2. Lettres 1871 - 1901 8vo. Pp. 324. French text. With bibliography, chronology, indices, and a fold-out genealogical chart. Introduction and Notes by Jean Adhémar and Theodore Reff. Translations from English by Annick Baudoin. Edition limited to 50 on Lafuma-Navarre wove rag paper, this copy stamped number 9. Calligraphy on a preliminary leaf: "Number Nine of Fifty Large paper Copies Bound expressly for Herbert D. Schimmel, December 1980." Bound in black morocco in conformance with the Phaidon volume including untrimmed edges and uncut signatures, with original printed wraps bound in.

Slip case covered in black buckram with beige felt lining. Fine / Fine slip case. Item #13053

In the mid-1950s Schimmel and Goldschmidt started an exhaustive search for the painter's widely scattered autograph correspondence. Neurologist Herbert D. Schimmel (1909-2003) held these 230-plus letters and a significant collection of Toulouse-Lautrec art and ephemera. "The letters of Toulouse-Lautrec and those about him have never been assembled before."

Price: $650.00