NORDAU (Max) Author, sociological critic and one... Lot 31

NORDAU (Max) Author, sociological critic and one of the great leaders of Zionism (1849-1923) Exceptional set of letters to his wife and various people as well as many manuscripts including the famous book Degeneration, remarkable written translated from German ENTARTUNG, very complete of its 2 parts. Archive also made up of many personal papers, of many photographs representing him, as well as his family circle, and of several works or booklets of documentations concerning him. Uncommon, this important correspondence mainly to his wife Anna (approximately 240 letters), spreading out from 1890 to 1920, and to various co-religionists. Several letters are also addressed to Nordau, including the names of the Italian criminologist Scipio Sighele, the Loyson couple, etc. We can see that Nordau was not shy to share his daily life with Anna, his activities and his writings with her. He will mention his numerous trips abroad, during Zionist congresses, in particular that of Basel in 1898, where he was, as he was last year, greeted by cries and trepidations, his interviews, his epistolary exchanges, his feelings (several writings of great tenderness (a beautiful love letter) and his professional impressions, if only for Reinach, whom he considers an idiot. There is also mention of the Dreyfus affair (several letters), where Nordau, present in Rennes for the trial, confessed to him the poignant emotion he felt. Etc. Correspondence that is difficult to detail for each of these letters, so much their content abounds in revelations rich in details and information concerning meetings, publications, congresses with a few anecdotes. Thus, as the months and years go by, the reading of these letters will allow us to appreciate and discover this doctor, who shares a confirmed vocation. 75 autograph manuscripts, often articles of criticism, propaganda and literary orientation, sometimes with a signature affixed later on, have been written for the most part in German or French. A few ma