First edition. Half black shagreen binding, corners slightly bumped, edges scuffed, spine decorated in blind, publisher's binding. Complete volume with its volume cover page, each issue contains eight pages. Contributions by Amédée Achard, Alexandre Dumas (serial "Le Capitaine Richard"), Hector Berlioz, Paul Féval, Méry, Emile de Girardin ("La Fille du Millionnaire") and George Sand notably. Magazine illustrated with numerous full-page black and white engravings, some double-page engravings. Le Monde illustré is a weekly news journal published from 1847 to 1940 and from 1945 to 1956, it was directed notably by Paul Dalloz and Charles Yriarte. From its launch Le Monde illustré secured the collaboration of authors and artists such as Alexandre Dumas, Paul Féval, Théophile Gautier, George Sand, Cham, Gustave Doré...