Le Monde illustré, journal hebdomadaire. Tome VII, second semestre complet 1860. Du n°169 du 7 juillet 1860 au n°194 du 29 décembre 1860

First edition. Half spinach green sheep binding, corners slightly bumped, headcaps split, edges scuffed, publisher's binding. Volume complete with its title page for the volume. Contributions by Alphonse Daudet, Joseph Doucet, Paul Féval, Théophile Gautier ("Le Baptême de la Neva") and Méry among others, drawings by Carjat, Gustave Doré and Edmond Morin notably. Review illustrated with numerous full-page black and white engravings. Le Monde illustré is a weekly news 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...