FEMINA. Paris: P. Laffite, 1901-1939. - 28 volumes in-4. Blue percale, with small shades according to volume, smooth spine, silver title and date on spine. Very famous women's fashion magazine, founded in 1901. Femina became the star magazine after the war, with covers by Lepape, Marty, Benito, Lorenzi, Ch. Martin, Z. Brunner and others. Brunner, etc. Initially published twice-weekly, the magazine was discontinued in August '14. It resumed quarterly in 1917 (4 issues) and 1918 (4 issues) ("Numéros de Guerre"), then monthly in March 1919, stopping in September 1939. This collection covers the years 1901 to 1939. Fewer than ten issues are missing from the collection. It includes two Agenda Femina, a small encyclopedia of women, for the years 1921 and 1922. One in the publisher's decorated cloth binding, the other in an imitation Bradel binding (covers retained) by Virginie Fonlupt. Attached to the 1922 issue is a small culinary booklet entitled Recettes d'exécution rapide.