La République des Lettres. Deuxième Série. Volume II. Sixième livraison. 5 novembre 1876

First edition.
In blue paper wrappers, printed in red and black.
Contributions by: Victor Hugo: "La sieste de Jeanne", Alphonse Daudet: "Moeurs provinciales. I- Le cercle", Théodore de Banville: "Homère", Léon Cladel: "Bêtes et gens", Léon Dierx: "Croisée ouverte", Victor Hugo: "La sieste de Jeanne (autographe)", François Coppée: "Fin d'année", Ernest d'Hervilly: "Il faut des époux assortis", Sully-Prudhomme: "Les Infidèles", Jean Richepin: "Le Lâche", Adelphe Froger: "La Fleur divine", Henry Laujol: "Les Abeilles", Catulle Mendès: "Le mauvais guide".
Pre-original publication of the poem "La sieste de Jeanne" by Victor Hugo, which would later appear in the collection "L'art d'être grand-père", published by Calmann-Lévy in 1877. The poem was entrusted to the review at the request of its director, Catulle Mendès, as Hugo's contribution to a fundraising effort for an impecunious artist.
A handsome copy.