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Lettre autographe signée adressée au grand avocat d'assises Edgar Demange le remerciant pour sa fameuse défense de son ami Félix Fénéon dans le Procès des Trente
S. n.|Paris s. d. [ca 1894]|11 x 17.50 cm|une page
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Autograph letter signed by Octave Mirbeau addressed to the great criminal defense attorney Edgar Demange who is not named explicitly, 12 lines in violet ink.
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Octave Mirbeau thanks Maître Demange warmly and enthusiastically for having so brilliantly defended his anarchist comrade Félix Fénéon: " Je n'ai pas l'honneur d'être connu de vous et je ne sais ce que vous pensez de moi, mais je ne puis m'empêcher de vous remercier pour l'admirable plaidoirie que vous avez prononcée pour Félix Fénéon, que j'aime de tout mon esprit et de tour mon coeur " ("I do not have the honor of being known to you and I do not know what you think of me, but I cannot help thanking you for the admirable plea you delivered for Félix Fénéon, whom I love with all my mind and all my heart").
In 1894, the wavering Third Republic, weakened by anarchist attacks including that of Auguste Vaillant at the Chamber of Deputies on December 9, 1893, launched its campaign of repression and arrests against the anarchists with, as its climax, the illustrious Trial of the Thirty.
The trial opened on August 6, 1894 and among the 30 defendants were Paul Reclus, Sébastien Faure, Jean Grave and Félix Fénéon. Stéphane Mallarmé came to testify in favor of the latter before Maître Edgar Demange defended the famous art collector, journalist, creator of literary reviews Félix Fénéon. This trial ended with the acquittal of almost all the defendants and Maître Edgar Demange would continue his great career as a lawyer by notably taking the defense of Captain Alfred Dreyfus.
Fold traces inherent to postal handling.
Octave Mirbeau thanks Maître Demange warmly and enthusiastically for having so brilliantly defended his anarchist comrade Félix Fénéon: " Je n'ai pas l'honneur d'être connu de vous et je ne sais ce que vous pensez de moi, mais je ne puis m'empêcher de vous remercier pour l'admirable plaidoirie que vous avez prononcée pour Félix Fénéon, que j'aime de tout mon esprit et de tour mon coeur " ("I do not have the honor of being known to you and I do not know what you think of me, but I cannot help thanking you for the admirable plea you delivered for Félix Fénéon, whom I love with all my mind and all my heart").
In 1894, the wavering Third Republic, weakened by anarchist attacks including that of Auguste Vaillant at the Chamber of Deputies on December 9, 1893, launched its campaign of repression and arrests against the anarchists with, as its climax, the illustrious Trial of the Thirty.
The trial opened on August 6, 1894 and among the 30 defendants were Paul Reclus, Sébastien Faure, Jean Grave and Félix Fénéon. Stéphane Mallarmé came to testify in favor of the latter before Maître Edgar Demange defended the famous art collector, journalist, creator of literary reviews Félix Fénéon. This trial ended with the acquittal of almost all the defendants and Maître Edgar Demange would continue his great career as a lawyer by notably taking the defense of Captain Alfred Dreyfus.
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