Le Journal illustré, quatrième année complète (1869), du n°256 du 3 janvier 1869 au n°307 du 26 décembre 1869, soit 51 numéros

First edition.
Publisher's binding in full cream paper boards, smooth spine decorated with fleurons stamped in blind, important plate designed by Delannoy and engraved in red, representing a pediment framing a bull's eye on the first cover and architectural element stamped in red as central ornament and double fillet frame designed by Delannoy on the second cover, publisher's binding.
Handsome copy.
Le Journal illustré is 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 is illustrated with large wood engravings and covers magazine subjects in eight pages in 27 x 37.5 cm format. 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 Francisque Sarcey, Jules Moinaux... Compositions and drawings by L. Breton, Gustave Janet, Riou, Cicéri, Bayard, Gustave Doré, Gavarni, Bertall, Edmond Morin, among others.