MIRBEAU (Octave). Le Jardin des Supplices. With a color draw - Lot 118

MIRBEAU (Octave). Le Jardin des Supplices. With a color drawing by Auguste Rodin. P., Fasquelle, 1899. In-8, maroq. havane, nerves extended in cold on the boards, spine decorated with a mosaic floral motif, lined with light fawn maroq. covered with a large mosaic decoration, moiré silk endpapers, double endpapers, gilt on witnesses, cover, slipcase (Ch. Meunier). ORIGINAL EDITION of this contemporary novel of the Dreyfus Affair. ONE OF 20 EXEMPLIES SPECIALLY PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY "LES XX", on Arches, text reprinted and signed by Mirbeau, in double cover with a fine frontispiece printed in color by A. Clot and initialled by Rodin, present only in the deluxe copies, MAGNIFICENT MOSAIC BINDING BY CH. MEUNIER (dated 1901) IN THE "ART NOUVEAU" STYLE, with an undeniable place in the history of bookbinding. Attached: a l. a. s. from the author, half-page in-8 (approx. dated Oct. 1906), addressed to René Blum and concerning censorship and the mo rt penalty.