Auction 58 - Rare and Important Items
"Dreyfus Affair" - Broadside with Court of Appeals Verdict, 1899 / Issue of a Parody Paper, 1898
Opening: $2,500
Sold for: $3,125
Including buyer's premium
A broadside and a newspaper printed by supporters of Dreyfus. Paris, 1898-1899. French.
1. Arret De La Cour De Cassation (Affaire Dreyfus) [verdict of the Court of Appeals (Dreyfus Affair)]. Large broadside on behalf of "Comité pour propager la Verité", with the verdict of the Court of Appeals in France which annuls the verdict against Alfred Dreyfus from 1894 and orders to conduct a revised trial in Rennes. Paris: Valery press, 1899.
62.5X84 cm. Printed on thin paper. Good condition. Folding marks and creases. Some tears at margins and folding lines.
2. Issue of the paper "Le Transigeant", edited by Henri Rochevoort (pen name of Henri Dagan). Paris, November 25, 1898.
A single issue paper printed as a parody of the paper "L'Intransigeant" edited by the count Henri Victor Rochefort, a prominent anti-Dreyfusard.
[4] pp, 59.5 cm. Fair condition. Folding marks, creases and stains. Tears (some repaired with adhesive tape, some affecting text).
1. Arret De La Cour De Cassation (Affaire Dreyfus) [verdict of the Court of Appeals (Dreyfus Affair)]. Large broadside on behalf of "Comité pour propager la Verité", with the verdict of the Court of Appeals in France which annuls the verdict against Alfred Dreyfus from 1894 and orders to conduct a revised trial in Rennes. Paris: Valery press, 1899.
62.5X84 cm. Printed on thin paper. Good condition. Folding marks and creases. Some tears at margins and folding lines.
2. Issue of the paper "Le Transigeant", edited by Henri Rochevoort (pen name of Henri Dagan). Paris, November 25, 1898.
A single issue paper printed as a parody of the paper "L'Intransigeant" edited by the count Henri Victor Rochefort, a prominent anti-Dreyfusard.
[4] pp, 59.5 cm. Fair condition. Folding marks, creases and stains. Tears (some repaired with adhesive tape, some affecting text).