Revue illustrée. Sixième année, tome douzième, juin 1891 - décembre 1891
Ludovic Baschet|Paris 1891|23.50 x 32 cm|relié
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First edition. Contemporary half brown shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with small fleurons and gilt fillets, top edge gilt. Some superficial scuffing and spine very lightly sunned. Contributions by Marcel Schwob and Paul Margueritte notably. Drawings and engravings in color and black and white by Godefroy, Grasset, Job and Willette among others. La Revue illustrée is a French publication renowned both for the quality of its illustrations and for its prestigious contributors from 1885 to 1912: Guy de Maupassant, Emile Zola, Maurice Barrès, Anatole France and many others. René Baschet, director of the Revue Illustrée, already prefigures in this publication what L'Illustration magazine would become, which he would later direct: a fabulous vehicle for the text-image relationship and an impressive rigor in the quality of illustration. Rare and sought after.