Zola - 32 Caricatures de Lebourgeois

AUCTION 43 | Thursday, April 02nd, 2009 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Lot 100

(DREYFUS AFFAIR).

Zola - 32 Caricatures de Lebourgeois

32 loose multicolor illustrated plates, measuring 63/4 x 10 inches ff. (1), 32. Original boards with ties. Lg. 4to

Paris: E. Bernard et Cie 1898

Est: $2,000 - $3,000

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 villification 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