Le Courrier Littéraire. 1877-1878

First editions of the 24 issues of the second year of publication, from no. 1 of 10 March 1877 to no. 24 of 25 February 1878, bound together in one volume with continuous pagination.
Half cream vellum binding, smooth spine, black shagreen title and volume labels. Spine soiled, corners rubbed.
Contributions by: J. Aicard, Sully-Prudhomme, Marc-Monnier, A. Lefèvre, A. Lemoyne, M. Rollinat, A. Pigeon, E. des Essarts, F. Coppée, Th. de Banville...
The review published the columns "Quinzaine littéraire", on the history and current affairs of letters, "Etudes" devoted to a particular work or author, short stories and poetry, as well as an important "Bibliographie" presenting contemporary works covering such varied fields as Poetry, the Novel, History, the Arts, Geography, Philosophy, Social Sciences, Literary Criticism and the Sciences.
Copy from the André Vasseur collection bearing his bookplate.
Minor marginal tears, some foxing at beginning and end of volume, otherwise a rare and handsome copy.