Zola - 32 Caricatures de Lebourgeois.

Auction 90 | Tuesday, July 21st, 2020 at 1:00pm

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Arts

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Lot 102

(DREYFUS AFFAIR).

Zola - 32 Caricatures de Lebourgeois.

32 lithographed plates, measuring 63/4 x 10 inches. Loose as issued in original portfolio, with ties. Lg. 4to.

Paris: E. Bernard et Cie 1898

Est: $700 - $1,000

After Emile Zola came to the defense of Captain Alfred Dreyfus in his famous "J'Accuse," the anti-Dreyfus camp, composed of rabid anti-Semites, pounced upon Zola, portraying him in the most extreme terms. A prime example of this vilification campaign is the present scarce collection of plates by the caricaturist H. Lebourgeois. See J.M. Guieu, "Les Caricatures Antidreyfusardes de H. Lebourgeois" in: Mimesis et Semiosis: Litterature et representation (1992) pp. 435-46.