Le Monde illustré, journal hebdomadaire. Tome XXXII, premier semestre complet 1873. Du n°821 du 4 janvier 1873 au n°846 du 28 juin 1873

First edition.
Half sea-green cloth binding, corners bumped, covers scuffed, spine lightly sunned, publisher's binding. Volume complete with its title page; each issue contains eight pages.
Contributions by Amédée Achard, Champfleury, François Coppée, Paul Féval and Charles Yriarte among others, drawings by Cham and Gustave Doré notably.
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...