Le Monde illustré, journal hebdomadaire. Tome XIV, premier semestre complet 1864. Du n°351 du 2 janvier 1864 au n°375 du 18 juin 1864

First edition.
Half red cloth binding, corners slightly bumped (lower corner of upper cover torn away), spine partially torn, publisher's binding. Volume complete with its tome cover page.
Contributions by Joseph Doucet, Champfleury, Paul Féval, Méry and Alexandre Dumas notably, drawings by Gustave Doré and Honoré Daumier among others.
Review illustrated with numerous full-page black and white engravings.
Le Monde illustré was a weekly news magazine published from 1847 to 1940 and from 1945 to 1956, notably directed 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...