CHALON, Jean "La Chambre des représentants", in... Lot 25

CHALON, Jean "La Chambre des représentants", in La Raison. Bulletin officiel de la Fédération nationale des libre penseurs belges. 9th year, no. 11. Brussels November 20, 1897 In-8°. Br. on publisher's pink paper (crease from mailing). Virulent commentary on "a tumultuous and scandalous incident" that occurred at the start of the parliamentary session concerning a fifteen-year-old girl who died in Ghent and was buried without the assistance of the clergy. The Namur botanist and writer J. Chalon (1846-1921), cousin of Renier Chalon, was a very active secular activist. In his novel "Le trou des chiens" (1895), inspired by an expression attributed to certain village priests and recalled in this brochure, he was already defending the principle of civil burial. Also by the same author: Mademoiselle Houtart. Namur, Nestor Colin, December 1875. In-8° oblong (20.5 x 42.5 cm). On ff. (edges chipped, russ.). Extract from the "Organe de Namur" where it had appeared in serial form. Edition of 50 hand-numbered copies, initialled by the author (no. 15). Early work honored with a silver medal in the 1874 competition of the Société des sciences, des lettres et des arts du Hainaut. Ref. Bibliogr. nat. I:232 (2 pcs)