Gil Blas, illustré hebdomadaire, du 6 juillet 1900 au 27 décembre 1901

First edition.
Half beige cloth binding, marbled paper boards, corners slightly bumped, leading edges scuffed. Contemporary binding.
Each issue contains its full four pages, some light marginal tears not touching text.
Contributions by Willy [Ernest Willy], Edmond Char, Jules Lévy, Tristan Bernard, Maurice Leblanc and J.-H. Rosny ("Le Baiser de la Reine") notably; drawings by Sandy-Hook, Jacques Villon, Steinlen, Weiluc, Moriss, Georges Redon, Gottlob, Prejelan among others.
Journal illustrated with numerous drawings in color and black and white, sometimes full-page, 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).