[REVUE]. - Lot 86

[REVUE]. Gil Blas illustré hebdomadaire. Paris, 1891-1895 and 1899. - 288 folio issues, of which 236 bound in 2 volumes, contemporary red half-basane, smooth spine decorated; and 52 in sheets. Crauzat, 660. Set of 6 of the 10 years of this famous late 19th-century illustrated journal. The daily Gil Blas was founded by Auguste Dumont in 1879, during the Third Republic, and featured numerous serialized novels, including works by Zola, Maupassant, Courteline and Jules Renard. After Dumont's death in 1885, the magazine was taken over by Éloi Dubuisson, who created this 8-page illustrated weekly supplement from May 30, 1891, offering a similar content, not only with songs by Aristide Bruant, Léon Xanrof or Yvette Guilbert, but also novels by Alphonse Allais, Lavedan, Maupassant, Félicien Champsaur, Villiers de L'Isle Adam, Zola, etc., and poems including those by Paul de L'Isle Adam. and poems including those by Paul Verlaine, Jean Richepin and Arthur Rimbaud'sPremière soiréed in the Sunday November 29, 1891 issue. Illustrations were entrusted to the most fashionable illustrators of the time, the main one being STEINLEN. Also featured were Job, Albert Guillaume, Balluriau, Louis Legrand and Henri Gerbault. The set includes the first 5 years bound in 2 volumes, and the ninth year preserved in sheets. Missing are the first 4 unnumbered issues, respectively entitled "Supplément au Gil Blas du 30 Mai 1891"; "du 7 Juin 1891"; "du 14 Juin 1891" and "du 21 Juin 1891", as well as the years 1896, 1897, 1898 and 1900. Includes issue no. 444 of the journalLes Annales politiques & littérairesof December 27, 1891, with one page of illustrations by STEINLEN. Spine faded, wear rubbed. Restored tear to first leaf of issue 23 of the second year. A few tears.