Revue L'IMAGE, 1896-1897. Revue artistique et littéraire ornée de figures sur bois (Paris, Floury, December 1896-December 1897). 12 issues in one in-4 paperback volume (spine worn, ex. partly a little uncropped). Complete collection of this important monthly journal of modern art founded by the French wood engravers' guild and published under the literary direction of Roger Marx and Jules Rais and the artistic direction of Tony Beltrand, Auguste Lepère and Léon Ruffe. L'Image aimed to bring together "writers, designers and engravers, and to achieve absolute unity between illustration and text"... Some of the great names of the time contributed to the magazine, including George Auriol, Mucha, Maurice Denis, Daniel Vierge, Lucien Pissarro, Pierre Louÿs, Helleu, Rémy de Gourmont, Jules Renard, Vallotton, Maurice Barrès, Victor Prouvé, Gustave Kahn, Lucien Descaves, Puvis de Chavannes, Auguste Rodin, Degas, Luc-Olivier Merson and others. In addition to the general cover, the copy includes the covers of each issue (including No. 1 by Mucha and No. 11 by Toulouse-Lautrec).