Collectif - La Vie Illustrée - 1901

Album "La Vie Illustrée" - Collection of 26 weekly issues from No. 142 of July 5 to No. 167 of December 26, 1901 - Half-brown leather binding with corners, spine with raised bands with the title and year in gold, brown percaline covers, marbled endpapers and flyleaves, 419 pages, folio format: 28 x 35.5 cm -
Abundantly and richly illustrated with photographs and drawings -
Good overall condition, but given its age, some light wear may appear, though not serious.
La Vie Illustrée is an illustrated weekly founded in October 1898 and discontinued in 1911, which relied heavily on photography in its treatment of current events. This periodical covers French and international news: the haut monde and the crowned heads, national and international politics, military events, travel and explorations, scientific discoveries, Medicine, miscellaneous news, fashion, literature, theater, etc., etc.
Brief summary, among other things....
The Paris-Berlin Automobile Race - Return of the French Troops from China - The Question of Morocco - The New Law on Associations and Congregations - The Plague in Europe, Its Causes and Remedies - Leo Tolstoy - The Assassination Attempt on Pierre Baudin - Siam and the Siamese - In the Conquest of the Air: Santos-Dumont's Aérostats - The End of Francesco Crispi - The Paris-Brest and Return Cycling Race - The Death of Prince Henri of Orléans - The Wards of Ghent's "Vooruit" in Paris - Around the Upcoming Visit of the Tsar in France. The Château de Compiègne - The Colombo-Venezuelan Conflict - The Franco-Turkish Conflict - France: The Great Manoeuvres of the West - The Assassination and Murder of Mr. McKinley, President of the United States - A Chinese Mission in Germany - The Franco-Russian Celebrations - The Tsar's Visit to Denmark - Roosevelt, the New President of the United States
Fontenoy. Episode of the War of 1870-71 - Around the General Strike in Saint-Étienne and Montceau - The death of Li Hongzhang, Prime Minister of the Qing Court in Beijing and Viceroy of Zhili
Marcelin Berthelot's Jubilee at the Collège de France - Political agitation in Spain: Separatists and Carlists - The Anglo-Boer War and President Kruger's Visit to the Netherlands - The Troubles in Athens and the Russian Influence in Greece - Fashion Through the Ages and a Century of Jewelry