La Vie Populaire : année 1886 complète

First edition of this bi-weekly illustrated magazine publishing in serial form either unpublished works or previously published texts by the most illustrious authors of this fin de siècle period.
Half cherry red shagreen bindings, spines with five raised bands decorated with blind fillets showing minor rubbing, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, illustrated front covers preserved, contemporary bindings.
Rich literary contributions including those of F. Dostoevsky with "Crime and Punishment" and "The House of the Dead", G. de Maupassant including "Monsieur Parent", A. Villiers de l'Isle Adam, T. de Banville, P. Loti with "An Iceland Fisherman" and "The Romance of a Spahi", E. Zola, P. Arène, E. & J. de Goncourt with "Madame Gervaisis", A. Assollant, Champfleury, O. Mirbeau, E. Goudeau, E. Dujardin, C. Mendès with "Zo'har", E. Renan "L'abbesse de Jouarre"...
Handsome and rare set despite some light foxing of no consequence.