Le Journal illustré, douzième année complète (1875), du n°1 du 3 janvier 1875 au n°52 du 26 décembre 1875, soit 52 numéros

First edition.
Publisher's binding in full cream boards, smooth spine decorated with cold-stamped fleurons, important plate designed by Delannoy and engraved in red, representing a pediment framing a bull's-eye window on the first cover and architectural element stamped in red as central ornament with double fillet frame designed by Delannoy on the second cover.
Handsome copy.
Le Journal illustré was a French weekly newspaper created in February 1864. It was conceived on the model of the Penny Illustrated Paper published in 1861 in England. It was illustrated with large wood engravings and covered magazine subjects in eight pages measuring 27 x 37.5 cm. A few years later, it was integrated into the press group of Le Petit Journal.
Designed to compete with L'Illustration which sold for 75 centimes, Le Journal illustré was sold for 10 centimes. It disappeared in 1899 when the illustrated supplement of Le Petit journal, illustrated in color, belonging to the same group and sold since 1890, supplanted it.
Numerous collaborations, including Aristide Roger, Charles Darcours,... Compositions and drawings by Giacomelli, Méaulle, Meyer, Clerget, Kauffmann, Alphonse de Neuville, among others.