Émile ZOLA, - Lot 573

Émile ZOLA, Writer and journalist (Paris 1840-1902) Autograph letter signed "Émile ZOLA" from MEDAN (Yvelines) on August 1st 1899, to the Italian journalist and columnist Jacopo CAPONI (1832-1909). 1p in-8°. freckles. "My dear CAPONI. Here is the recommendation you are asking me for Mr. BELEREDI. It is useless for her to walk around and recommend to the Correspondent of "LA TRIBUNA" (Italian newspaper) to show her only to the recipient. Yours sincerely." The Italian newspaper "LA TRIBUNA" published the translation of the ROUGON-MACQUART in serials. When in September 1892 Emile ZOLA and his wife Alexandrine visited Italy for the first time, they were received with great pomp by Count BERTOLELLI, Administrator of "LA TRIBUNA". During the DREYFUS Case, "LA TRIBUNA" supports Émile ZOLA and of course Alfred DREYFUS. ZOLA returned from exile in June 1899 when the decision was taken to review DREYFUS' trial. ZOLA writes here to CAPONI to recommend Mr. BELEREDI to the editorial staff of "LA TRIBUNA". BELEREDI will be the Italian correspondent for the newspaper that covered DREYFUS' trial in Rennes. BELEREDI appears in the photo of the foreign correspondents of the Rennes Trial published in the English newspaper "Illustrated London News" of September 1899.