Le Monde illustré, journal hebdomadaire. Tome XXIII, second semestre complet 1868. Du n°586 du 4 juillet 1868 au n°611 du 26 décembre 1868

First edition.
Half aqua green cloth binding, covers scuffed, spine slightly sunned, head slightly split, publisher's binding. Complete volume with its title page; each issue contains eight pages.
Contributions by Gustave Aimard and Charles Yriarte among others, illustrations by Cham, Gustave Doré and Edmond Morin notably.
Journal illustrated with numerous full-page engravings in black and white.
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...