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ZOLA, ÉMILE. "J'Accuse...! Lettre au Président de la République." In: L'Aurore, deuxième année, no. 87. Paris, 13 January 1898. 4 pages on single folded folio sheet, some light browning at edges and along folds, a few tears at folds and small holes at fold intersections (affecting some letters). Sold as a periodical, not subject to return.
ARGUABLY THE MOST FAMOUS POLITICAL PAMPHLET IN FRENCH HISTORY. Zola's open letter to the President of the Republic was the virtual turning-point in the Dreyfus Affair, responsible for bringing it into the political arena. In it Zola accused the War Office of a cover-up and named individual officers involved in the forgery of papers on which Dreyfus had been convicted.
In 1894, Captain Alfred Dreyfus was convicted of treason and imprisoned on Devil's Island. Later investigation uncovered that officers Maj. Esterhazy and Lieut. Col. Henry forged the papers on which Dreyfus had been convicted. Zola, became involved and campaigned vigorously for the trial of Esterhazy and used all his powers in attempts to secure a new trial for Dreyfus. Two days after Esterhazy was acquitted, Zola printed this open letter. Zola was sentenced to imprisonment and fined for libeling (in this journalistic attack under the heading "J'Accuse") the court-martial which tried and acquitted Major Esterhazy. He appealed and had had to leave the country for nearly a year. In 1906, the original verdict against Dreyfus was set aside, and Dreyfus was restored to rank in the army and given the decoration of the Legion of Honor.
[Accompanied by:] Two other issues of L'Aurore (deuxiéme année, no. 178, 14 April 1898 and troisiéme année, no. 694, September 12 1899) with headlining contributions from Zola relating to the Dreyfus Affair; five issues of Le Figaro (21 April 1899, 18 August 1899, 21-22 August 1899 and 23 September 1899) all with headline stories concerning the Dreyfus Affair; fourteen issues (or supplements) of Le Siècle (vd, 1898-99) covering the Dreyfus Affair; and another. Together 25 issues, folio sizes, condition varies, but generally very good. (23)
ARGUABLY THE MOST FAMOUS POLITICAL PAMPHLET IN FRENCH HISTORY. Zola's open letter to the President of the Republic was the virtual turning-point in the Dreyfus Affair, responsible for bringing it into the political arena. In it Zola accused the War Office of a cover-up and named individual officers involved in the forgery of papers on which Dreyfus had been convicted.
In 1894, Captain Alfred Dreyfus was convicted of treason and imprisoned on Devil's Island. Later investigation uncovered that officers Maj. Esterhazy and Lieut. Col. Henry forged the papers on which Dreyfus had been convicted. Zola, became involved and campaigned vigorously for the trial of Esterhazy and used all his powers in attempts to secure a new trial for Dreyfus. Two days after Esterhazy was acquitted, Zola printed this open letter. Zola was sentenced to imprisonment and fined for libeling (in this journalistic attack under the heading "J'Accuse") the court-martial which tried and acquitted Major Esterhazy. He appealed and had had to leave the country for nearly a year. In 1906, the original verdict against Dreyfus was set aside, and Dreyfus was restored to rank in the army and given the decoration of the Legion of Honor.
[Accompanied by:] Two other issues of L'Aurore (deuxiéme année, no. 178, 14 April 1898 and troisiéme année, no. 694, September 12 1899) with headlining contributions from Zola relating to the Dreyfus Affair; five issues of Le Figaro (21 April 1899, 18 August 1899, 21-22 August 1899 and 23 September 1899) all with headline stories concerning the Dreyfus Affair; fourteen issues (or supplements) of Le Siècle (vd, 1898-99) covering the Dreyfus Affair; and another. Together 25 issues, folio sizes, condition varies, but generally very good. (23)