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(DREYFUS AFFAIR). Zola - 32 Caricatures de Lebourgeois. 32 lithographed plates, measuring 63/4 x 10 inches. Loose as issued in original portfolio, with ties. Lg. 4to. Paris: E. Bernard et Cie 1898 After Emile Zola came to the defense of Captain Alfred Dreyfus in his famous ”J'Accuse,” the anti-Dreyfus camp, composed of rabid anti-Semites, pounced upon Zola, portraying him in the most extreme terms. A prime example of this vilification campaign is the present scarce collection of plates by the caricaturist H. Lebourgeois. See J.M. Guieu, ”Les Caricatures Antidreyfusardes de H. Lebourgeois” in: Mimesis et Semiosis: Litterature et representation (1992) pp. 435-46. After Emile Zola came to the defense of Captain Alfred Dreyfus in his famous ”J'Accuse,” the anti-Dreyfus camp, composed of rabid anti-Semites, pounced upon Zola, portraying him in the most extreme terms. A prime example of this vilification campaign is the present scarce collection of plates by the caricaturist H. Lebourgeois. See J.M. Guieu, ”Les Caricatures Antidreyfusardes de H. Lebourgeois” in: Mimesis et Semiosis: Litterature et representation (1992) pp. 435-46.