Le Monde illustré, journal hebdomadaire. Tome LIX, second semestre complet 1886. Du n°1527 du 3 juillet 1886 au n°1552 du 25 décembre 1886

First edition.
Half tan sheep binding, spine rubbed, corners bumped, sheep slightly torn on upper board and some worming, headcaps slightly damaged, publisher's binding. Complete volume with its tome cover page; each issue contains eight pages.
Contributions by Alphonse Daudet, Champfleury, François Coppée, Paul Féval and Charles Yriarte notably, drawings by Karl Bodmer, Caran d'Ache, Dunki among others, engravings by Chapon, Méaulle among others.
Magazine illustrated with numerous full-page black and white engravings, some double-page engravings, as well as one folding plate and one double-page color engraving.
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...