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597 - DEFUISSEAUX, Alfred *The People’s Catechism*. Brussels: Le Peuple [printed by É. Maheu] 1886. In-8°: 18 pp. Red percaline cardboard binding of the time, with a blind-stamped border around the covers; on the front cover, the gilt title “Cour d’assises du Brabant. May–June 1886 Session. The Defuisseaux-Maheu Case (The People’s Catechism)” (gilding worn, inner joints split). Interior fresh, untrimmed. A rare first edition of this famous pamphlet by the Belgian socialist and republican politician A. Defuisseaux (1843–1901), which begins with these words: “1. Who are you? A. I am a slave.” Ultimately distributed in 300,000 copies, this text left its mark on Belgium’s social history. Includes: Id. – Autograph letter to “My dear Hallaux.” No place, November 27, 1894. 1 p., letterhead of the Chamber of Representatives (small tear at the folds). Regarding the salaries of staff at district attorney’s offices and prisons. - 2. Vintage illustrated postcard of the flag of the “Disciples of A. Defuisseaux” of Boussu-centre. Brussels, 1909. Pin holes, stains, handwritten note on the reverse. Bound with: 1. Defuisseaux, Léon—Deuxième catéchisme du peuple. Ibid., 1886. 8 pp. - 2. Defuisseaux, Alfred—*My Trials*. [Ibid., 1886]. 16 pp. Bound together under a cover relating to one of the lawsuits brought against the author and his printer for the avant-garde ideas defended in the “Catechism.” Enclosed: Defuisseaux, Léon—*The Shames of Censitary Suffrage*. Brussels: Plapied, 1887. In-4°. Bradel half-rexine, blue, modern. Numerous illustrations in the text. (2 vols.)
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DEFUISSEAUX, Alfred *The People’s Catechism*. Brussels: Le Peuple [printed by É. Maheu] 1886. In-8°: 18 pp. Red percaline cardboard binding of the time, with a blind-stamped border around the covers; on the front cover, the gilt title “Cour d’assises du Brabant. May–June 1886 Session. The Defuisseaux-Maheu Case (The People’s Catechism)” (gilding worn, inner joints split). Interior fresh, untrimmed. A rare first edition of this famous pamphlet by the Belgian socialist and republican politician A. Defuisseaux (1843–1901), which begins with these words: “1. Who are you? A. I am a slave.” Ultimately distributed in 300,000 copies, this text left its mark on Belgium’s social history. Includes: Id. – Autograph letter to “My dear Hallaux.” No place, November 27, 1894. 1 p., letterhead of the Chamber of Representatives (small tear at the folds). Regarding the salaries of staff at district attorney’s offices and prisons. - 2. Vintage illustrated postcard of the flag of the “Disciples of A. Defuisseaux” of Boussu-centre. Brussels, 1909. Pin holes, stains, handwritten note on the reverse. Bound with: 1. Defuisseaux, Léon—Deuxième catéchisme du peuple. Ibid., 1886. 8 pp. - 2. Defuisseaux, Alfred—*My Trials*. [Ibid., 1886]. 16 pp. Bound together under a cover relating to one of the lawsuits brought against the author and his printer for the avant-garde ideas defended in the “Catechism.” Enclosed: Defuisseaux, Léon—*The Shames of Censitary Suffrage*. Brussels: Plapied, 1887. In-4°. Bradel half-rexine, blue, modern. Numerous illustrations in the text. (2 vols.)
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