AFFAIRE DREYFUS - Abraham DREYFUS journalist and playwright (1847-1926) Signed autograph card enriched with 2 autograph drawings by the painter Paul Renouard, bearing the signature of his monogram P.Rd , addressed to Mrs Halévy. Rennes, hôtel Lemoine, 17 August 1899. 1 pp. in-8 oblong. Beautiful document written the day after a poignant session during the Rennes trial, on which the painter represented Captain Dreyfus in opposition to the military and statesman then Minister of War, Auguste Mercier, the first public accuser of the captain, and coordinator of the antidreyfusards at the Rennes trial. This is not a postcard that I had announced to you," the journalist told the lady. "It is not in the prescribed format and the philatelists would certainly not accept it without the original stamp. .... I am sending you this vivid reminder of the poignant session I attended yesterday, Dreyfus on the right, Mercier on the left...that's the whole trial!.... . Attached are two beautiful autograph letters signed by Abraham Dreyfus relating to this card and the Rennes trial.