[COMMUNE]. - Lot 63

[COMMUNE]. Le Père Duchène. Paris: imprimerie Sornet, 16 ventôse an 79 [6 mars 1871] au 2 prairial an 79 [22 mai 1871]. - 68 issues bound in one volume, in-8, 233x160, red half-maroquin with corners, gilt fillets and printed paper on boards, ribbed spine, gilt head, untrimmed, covers preserved (contemporary binding). Complete collection of one of the most important fighting magazines published during the Commune. It was edited by Eugène Vermersch, Alphonse Humbert and Maxime Vuillaume, whose names only appear in the last three issues. Each issue comprises 8 pages; the first is illustrated with a woodcut captioned "La République ou la mort", drawn by Frédéric Régamey. An interesting copy, with the rare yellow front cover for the first 10 issues, and 27 black or colored portrait plates of historical figures of the period, including some taken from the magazine La Ménagerie impériale. Used rubbing to corners and headpieces, which have been re-stained. The cartoon added after number 59 is torn at the bottom edge.