Le Monde illustré, journal hebdomadaire. Tome IV, premier semestre complet 1859. Du n°90 du 1er janvier 1859 au n°115 du 25 juin 1859

First edition.
Half green cloth binding, covers scratched, corners slightly bumped, headcaps torn, cloth detached at foot of spine, publisher's binding. Complete volume with its title page; each issue contains eight pages.
Contributions by Amédée Achard, Hector Berlioz ("Mémoires d'un musicien"), Alexandre Dumas, Paul Féval, Emile de Girardin, Méry and George Sand among others.
Review illustrated with numerous full-page black and white engravings, some double-page engravings.
Le Monde illustré is a weekly current affairs journal published from 1847 to 1940 and from 1945 to 1956, 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...