Le Monde illustré, journal hebdomadaire. Tome XVIII, premier semestre complet 1866. Du n°456 du 6 janvier 1866 au n°481 du 30 juin 1866

First edition.
Half pale green cloth binding, corners bumped, edges scuffed, publisher's binding. Complete volume with its volume title page, each issue containing eight pages.
Contributions by Gustave Aimard, Charles Baudelaire, Alexandre Dumas, Paul Féval and Charles Yriarte among others, drawings notably by Cham, Gustave Doré and Edmond Morin.
Magazine illustrated with numerous full-page black and white engravings.
Le Monde illustré was 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...