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 brown shagreen binding, corners slightly bumped, edges scuffed, boards lightly sunned and heavily damaged, edges torn, spine worn and publisher's binding. Volume complete with its volume cover 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 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...