Gil Blas, illustré hebdomadaire, du 6 janvier 1895 au 29 décembre 1895

First edition.
Half brown sheep binding, marbled paper boards, corners slightly bumped, leading edges scuffed, lacks to boards and spine torn. Contemporary binding.
Each issue contains its full four pages, some light marginal tears not touching text, as well as creases.
Contributions by Anatole France ("La Messe des ombres"), Charles Baudelaire (posthumous publication of "La mort des pauvres", "La Corde", "Ciel brouillé", "Chanson d'après-midi"), Georges Courteline, Jules Renard ("Poil de Carotte"), Marcel Prévost ("L'Abbé Pantalon", "Torchonnette", "Jeunes époux"), Edmond and Jules de Goncourt ("Le Passeur de Maguelone", "Le Père Thibaut"), Aristide Bruant ("Fins de siècle", "Souper du Mac", "Coquette", "Crâneuse"), Alphonse Allais ("Bébert"), Emile Zola ("Le Jeûne", "Un hommage éloquent"), Jean Richepin ("L'oublieux"), Paul Verlaine ("Colombine", "Les indolents", "Pantomime"), J.-H. Rosny ("La Sauveuse", "L'immolation", "Le Funéraliste"), Tristan Corbière ("Sainte Anne"), Gyp, Rachilde ("Volupté"), Paul Léautaud ("Elégie"), Willy ("Une passade"), Maurice Leblanc ("L'Oeuvre de Mort"), Jehan Rictus ("Les soliloques du pauvre"); drawings by Sandy-Hook, Abel, Steinlen, Léandre, Carl Hap, Japhet, Gottlob, Prejelan among others.
Journal illustrated with numerous drawings in color and black and white, sometimes full-page or double-page spreads, as well as musical scores.
Gil Blas was a former French weekly newspaper, founded by Auguste Dumont, which appeared from November 19, 1879 to August 4, 1914, then very occasionally from January 20, 1921 to March 1940. For a period, starting November 17, 1909, it was directed by Henri de Noussanne and Pierre de Maroussein. Gil Blas initially positioned itself as a literary publication. Great writers expressed themselves in chronicles that enjoyed great success: Guy de Maupassant (or Maufrigneuse) whose collaboration was the longest (1881-1888), Paul Arène, Émile Bergerat, Clovis Hugues, René Maizeroy, Jean Richepin, etc. Equally important were the serialized novels, signed by Émile Zola, Hector Malot, Théodore de Banville, and Octave Mirbeau notably. For his part, Maupassant published "Une vie" (February-April 1883), "Bel Ami" (April-May 1885), "Mont-Oriol" (December 1886-February 1887), etc. Beyond these chronicles and serialized novels, Zola defended some of his works in the newspaper, through "Lettres au Directeur" (on "le Rêve", November 8, 1888; on "la Bête humaine", November 13, 1889).