38 x 28 cm. 193 pages. With 55 original etchings by Pierre Bonnard. Original multicolored morocco binding with abstract figurative leather applications on both boards and laid paper endpapers. In a lined, heavy half-leather case with an embossed title. (Signed: (Jean-Luc) Honegger 2004). One of 30 numbered copies of the special edition in Japon ancien (ancient Japanese). Only this edition included an extra suite of the 14 full-page etchings. The novel's main character is the dog Dingo, who is trained to attack people Octave Mirbeau hates—clergymen, officers, politicians, bankers, and so on. Mirbeau was the most scandalous author of his time. This copy is in a master binding by the Swiss bookbinder Jean-Luc Honegger. Immaculately preserved. - The Artist and the Book 30. - Carteret IV,282. - Mahé III,955. - Monod 8199. - Skira 26.