[ANTIMAÇONISM] Lot composed of: Rare series of 8 postcards (in new condition) of anti-masonic caricatures concerning Brother Henri BRISSON (1835 - 1912), by ORENS, ROSTRO, ROSE... Henri BRISSON was elected to the National Assembly as a representative of the Seine on February 8, 1871, he sat on the extreme left. Deputy of Cher and Bouches du Rhône. President of the Chamber of Deputies and President of the Council. Co-founder of the Radical and Radical Socialist Republican Party in 1904. Leader of the anticlerical struggle. Member of the lodge "Justice" at the Grand Lodge of France. 5 numbers of the anti-masonic catholic newspaper "Le Pellerin" (1897 / 98 / - 1903/04/05). Beautiful political caricatures in color on Henri BRISSON (back cover).

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