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LOT 30:
The Dreyfus Affair - Early Album Edition - Many Photos. Milan 1899
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The Dreyfus Affair - Early Album Edition - Many Photos. Milan 1899
IL DRAMMA Alfredo Dreyfus NARRATO DA FORTUNIO ILLUSTRATO DA 124 DISEGNI - Alfred Dreyfus' Drama of Dreyfus by Fortunio Published by SOCIETA EDITRICE SONZOGNO, Milan 1899. An early album edition with 124 large Illustrations from the period of the Dreyfus affair, Describing the affair from its inception to its final stages towards Dreyfus' final acquittal.
Among other in the photos - an extensive overview of Alfred Dreyfus from his enlistment in the French army, His accusation of treason for no wrong in his palm, the sword-breaking ceremony in the courtyard of École Militaire, his sentencing, and the retrial after his appeal, scenes from the court, many photos of the defense and the prosecution at trial, Heroes of the affair for and against Dreyfus and more. Towards the end of the book, for the first time in print- appeared postcards distributed during the Dreyfus affair, and more. Cover with illustration of the figure of Dreyfus.
VIII, 590 p. 30 cm. Good condition.
