Lectures illustrées pour les enfants. Lausanne: Imp. Georges. Bridel., Nouvelle série, Huitième année, No. 1-12, Jan.-Dec. 1878.
(205 x 160 mm) pp. 188. 12 seriesed but continually paginated pamphlets from Jan. to Dec. Of 1878 bound together as bibliographically linked unit. Pages ruled around text; text in two columns. Several pages of musical notation. Bound in dark green cloth textured like leather, with title in gilt on spine. Frontispeices for No. 3 and No 4 have been monochrome tinted (likely by owner). Ownership inscription of Elisabeth Köhler. Overall VERY GOOD condition.
Includes illustrations by Staniland; Holman; C. Hewitt; Butterworth & Heath; S. Muir; C. P. Nichols; H. Weir, among others.
Super charming set of serialized children’s literature, each month containing 16 pages of educational literature accompanied by photogravure illustrations. Published in Lausanne by the Bureau des Lectures illustrées, interstingly, the illustrations primarily come from English artists.