Easton Press leather edition of Douglas Cooper's "Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec," one of the Art series, published in 1982.  Bound in burgundy leather, the book has decorative paper end leave, satin book marker, gold gilt on three edges---in near FINE condition---except for an attached bookplate on inside paper fly leaf.  Comte Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa, who lived from 1864 –1901, was a French painter, printmaker, caricaturist and illustrator whose immersion in the colorful and theatrical life of Paris in the late 19th century allowed him to produce a collection of enticing, elegant, and provocative images of the sometimes decadent affairs of those times. Born into the aristocracy, Toulouse-Lautrec broke both his legs around the time of his adolescence and, due to an unknown medical condition, was very short as an adult due to his undersized legs. In addition to his alcoholism, he developed an affinity for brothels and prostitutes that directed the subject matter for many of his works recording many details of the late-19th-century bohemian lifestyle in Paris. Toulouse-Lautrec is among the painters described as being Post-Impressionists, with Cezanne, Van Gogh, Gauguin and Seurat also commonly considered as belonging in this loose group. In a 2005 auction at CHRISTIE'S auction house, "La Blanchisseuse," his early painting of a young laundress, sold for US $22.4 million, setting a new record for the artist for a price at auction. 128 pages.  I offer combined shipping.