Auction 52 Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Sep 20, 2016 (your local time)
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 8 Ramban St, Jerusalem.
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LOT 178:

Les Remparts d'Israël - Illustrated Anti-Dreyfus Broadside - Paris, Late 19th Century

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Les Remparts d'Israël - Illustrated Anti-Dreyfus Broadside - Paris, Late 19th Century
Les Remparts d'Israël, ou les Douze Apotres de Dreyfus [The Ramparts of Israel, the Twelve Apostles of Dreyfus]. Illustrated broadside - "Image Populaire No. 2". Paris: L. Hayard Press, [ca. 1899]. French
Twelve caricatures mocking politicians and personalities who supported Alfred Dreyfus (Émile Zola, Bernard Lazar, Jean Jaures, George Picard and others). Each caricature accompanied by a rhyming caption in French.
Illustrated broadsides of this kind - paper sheets divided into squares, in the format of comic book pages - were common in France in the 19th century and were called "Image Populaire".
Approx. 47.5X66 cm. Good-fair condition. Folding marks. Tears to margins and folding lines.

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