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Driving in Van Gogh’s footsteps: the 1907 book that imagined a dream art pilgrimage

Writer Octave Mirbeau, an early owner of a Sunflowers painting, titled his fictional travelogue "628-E8"—after his car’s own licence plate

Martin Bailey
5 December 2025
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Octave Mirbeau’s La 628-E8 (1907), in a unique bookbinding designed by Pierre Bonnard