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Lot n° 172

Marseille

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Satirical poster illustrating the electoral defeat of the radical Nicolas Estier in the municipal elections of Marseille in the form of a death notice, illustrated by his funeral.c.1904 Anti-republican pamphlet, in which are caricatured and vilified : Emile Combes 'roaster of priests on a spit', Camille Pelletan 'shipwreck contractor', Victor Jean and several Marseilles politicians of the republican bloc : Siméon Flaissières, Bernard Cadenat, Antide Boyer... The lawyer Nicolas Estier (1855-1932) was a city councillor in Marseille and President of the General Council of Bouches du Rhône.