Gil Blas illustré, tête de collection, du n°1 de 1891 au n°52 de 1894 avec les 4 suppléments de 1891, soit en tout les 187 premiers numéros

First edition.
Contemporary half dark red shagreen, spine in six compartments with gilt fleurons (scratched, corners bumped), marbled paper endpapers and pastedowns. Each issue of eight pages has a large color illustration on the first and last pages (a song with musical notation).
Contributions by Paul Adam, Jules Barbey D'Aurevilly, Stéphane Mallarmé, Alphonse Allais, Paul Arène, Baudelaire, Jules Bois, Georges Clémenceau, Courteline, Alphonse Daudet, Lucien Descaves, Gyp, Maurice Leblanc, Jean Lorrain, Guy de Maupassant, René Maizeroy, Catulle Mendès, Edgar Quinet, Jules Renard, Jean Richepin, Albert Samain, Marcel Schwob, Paul Verlaine, Emile Zola, and others.
Illustrated by Steinlen, Balluriau, Caruchet, Chéret, Gerbault, Gottlob, Guillaume, Louis Legrand, and so on.
A rare and attractive tête de collection.