Le Monde illustré, journal hebdomadaire. Tome XX, premier semestre complet 1867. Du n°508 du 5 janvier 1867 au n°532 du 22 juin 1867

First edition.
Half chocolate sheep binding, spine uniformly worn, boards lightly scratched, joints scraped, corners slightly bumped, spine decorated in blind, publisher's binding.
Volume complete with its volume cover page, each issue comprising eight pages.
Contributions by Charles Baudelaire, Théophile Gautier ("Goya") and Alexandre Dumas notably, drawings by Cham, Gustave Doré and Edmond Morin among others.
Review illustrated with numerous full-page black and white engravings.
Le Monde illustré was a weekly current affairs 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...