MIRBEAU, Octave. BONNARD. - Lot 199

MIRBEAU, Octave. BONNARD. La 628-E8. Paris, Eugène Fasquelle, 1908. In-4, (4)-XX-416 pp. Contemporary hardcover in vellum, smooth spine with handwritten title in ink, flapped cover preserved (one joint slightly split, ink from the illustrations has bled onto the pages, cover slightly soiled but a good copy). A deluxe edition illustrated with about a hundred black-and-white drawings by Pierre Bonnard in the margins of the pages. One of 200 numbered copies on Arches vellum paper, the only print run following 25 Japanese-style prints. This one is No. 82 Full margins. Untrimmed. A fine copy. Enriched with an autograph dedication signed by Octave Mirbeau to Francis Jourdain, the modern painter and illustrator (1876–1958). Included: MIRBEAU, Octave. "End of 628-E8—by O. Mirbeau" A typewritten reproduction of the text on Balzac’s death that was censored in *La 628-E8*. Octave Mirbeau was forced to remove it due to its iconoclastic nature. In-4. (1)-36 pp. on laid paper, printed in blue, with a handwritten leaf serving as a half-title bound at the front. Contemporary Bradel-style vellum binding with bands, title label on the spine (binding slightly soiled, traces of water damage on the first two folios, but a fine copy). Very rare.