Le Monde illustré, journal hebdomadaire. Tome XXXIV, premier semestre complet 1874. Du n°873 du 3 janvier 1874 au n°898 du 27 juin 1874

First edition.
Half sea-green cloth binding, publisher's binding. Volume complete with its volume title page.
Contributions by Champfleury, Paul Féval and Charles Yriarte notably, drawings by Gustave Doré and Cham among others, engravings notably by Chapon and Méaulle.
Magazine illustrated with numerous full-page black and white engravings and a folding plate.
Le Monde illustré was a weekly news magazine 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...