- Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
- Author: Jules Renard
- Publisher: Henri Floury
- Printer (prints): Henry Stern
- Printer (text): Charles Renaudie
Histoires Naturelles
1898
Physical Qualities
Bound volume with transfer lithographs (including front cover), letterpress and text, Case: 347 × 250 × 27 mm. (13 11/16 × 9 13/16 × 1 1/16 in.)
Book: 323 x 232 x 15 mm. (12 11/16 x 9 1/8 x 9/16 in.)
Sheet: 316 x 225 mm. (12 7/16 x 8 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
The Ryda Hecht Levi Collection of Illustrated Books, Gift of Ryda H. Levi, Baltimore
Object Number
2001.447
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2001; Mrs. Ryda H. Levi, Lutherville, Maryland; Lucien Goldschmidt, New York; Henri Saffrey, Paris; the artist
Susan Dackerman, BMA (only), "Toulouse-Lautrec: Master of the Moulin Rouge," February 15 - May 23, 2004.
BMA, "Baltimore Collects: Illustrated Books From the Collection of Ryda and Robert H. Levi," September 6- October 16, 1988.
Rena Hoisington, BMA, "Off the Shelf: Modern and Contemporary Artists' Books," May Gallery 2, March 12 - June 25, 2017.
BMA, "Baltimore Collects: Illustrated Books From the Collection of Ryda and Robert H. Levi," September 6- October 16, 1988.
Rena Hoisington, BMA, "Off the Shelf: Modern and Contemporary Artists' Books," May Gallery 2, March 12 - June 25, 2017.
Signed: 1
Inscribed: PAGE i: URQ (ink): 'a Henri Saffrey/ tres flat[illegible]/ thLautrec/ a m. Henri Saffrey/ ea -- --- admiration/ f--- l'oeuvre de Lautrec/ Jules Renard/ --- 1904'; C: 'HISTORIES NATURELLES'; LRQ: [elephant drawn in ink with THL in a circle]; PAGE ii: C: 'Edition a cent exemplaires numerotes/ No 33'; PAGE iii: 'JULES RENARD/ Histoires/ Naturelle/ Edition ornee de vingt'deux lithographies originales de/ H. de Toulouse-Lautred/ H. FLOURY, EDITEUR/ 1899'
Markings: none - none
