Le Monde illustré, journal hebdomadaire. Tome XV, second semestre complet 1864. Du n°377 du 2 juillet 1864 au n°403 du 31 décembre 1864

First edition.
Half sea-green cloth binding, covers scratched, spine lightly sunned, upper joint of upper board slightly split, publisher's binding. Complete volume with its volume cover page; each issue contains eight pages.
Contributions by Alexandre Dumas, Paul Féval, Méry and Charles Yriarte among others, drawings by Bayard, Cham, Gustave Doré and Edmond Morin notably.
Review illustrated with numerous full-page engravings in black and white.
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...