Zola, Emile. “J’Accuse…!” L’Aurore.

Estimate: $2,000–$3,000
Hammer price: $3,500

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author

(DREYFUS AFFAIR)

Place

Paris

Publication

13th January, 1898

Description

Broadsheet, complete in two printed leaves.

references

See N.L. Kleeblatt, The Dreyfus Affair: Art Truth & Justice (1987) pp.268-9 (illustrated)

summary

Celebrated crie-de-couer addressed to the President of the Republic, in which Zola accused the French General Staff of creating a plot against Alfred Dreyfus. If the agitation of Drumont’s La Libre Parole articles helped send Dreyfus to Devil’s Island, this widely circulated defense of Dreyfus helped effect his release.

Browned, trace foxed on first leaf. Folds. Folio

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