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Lot #587
Emile Zola Autograph Note Signed on Personal Visiting Card

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Prolific French journalist, novelist, and activist (1840–1902) best known as one of the leading figures of naturalism and for his inflammatory 1898 open letter, 'J'Accuse!,' which exposed the anti-Semitism of the French press and government in the infamous Dreyfus Affair. ANS in French, signed “Emile Zola,” penned on one of his 4 x 2.5 personal visiting cards, to "Mon cher Jourdain," carrying an invitation to join him that evening. In fine condition, with two small pieces of tape on the back.

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