L'Image. Revue littéraire et artistique ornée de figures sur bois. 2 different sample issues (ed. G. d'Hostingue and R. Blum) and nos. 1 to 12. Paris, Floury, December 1896 to September 1897. Chromolithographed covers by or after Mucha (no. 1), Auriol (no. 2), P. Berthon (no. 8), Marcel-Lenoir (no. 12). Publisher's blue cloth boards, decorated in black by G. Auriol on the boards. Joint: Montmartre et le Sacré-Cœur. Booklet published by the Société de l'Image. In 1896, the French Corporation of Wood Engravers decided to publish a monthly magazine entitled L'Image, a monthly literary-artistic review designed to promote their art and spark a revival in the publishing world. On the cover of a sample issue, the magazine advertises "the preservation of an art that mechanical processes are tending to eradicate". One of the specimens reads: "The art of wood engraving is currently undergoing a crisis that is worrying for the artist, the amateur and the enlightened public. On all sides, whether from Vienna or America, chemical and mechanical processes are invading the most estimable and best-conducted publications, having [for] only serious advantage absolute cheapness". The magazine had only 12 issues. The managing director, Tony Beltrand, was also responsible for artistic direction, in collaboration with Auguste Lepère and Léon Ruffe; literary direction was entrusted to Roger Marx and Jules Rais. Authors included Arsène Alexandre, G. Courteline, A. Daudet, P. Loüys, S. Mallarmé, O. Mirbeau, É. Zola... Artists included Chéret, Cottet, M. Denis, Grasset, Helleu, Laboureur, Mucha, Lucien Pissarro, Toulouse-Lautrec, Vallotton...