13 Issues of the Successful French Humorous Magazine Le Rire, Early 20th Century.
Each satirical issue is filled with many excellent illustrations by prominent artists and two color illustrations on the front and back covers.
Including:
1. Issue 19.08.1911- front cover illustration: Abel Faivre (1867-1945) - Petites Plage,
back cover illustration: Jean Villemot (1880-1958) - Au Theater du Casino.
2. Issue 27.02.1915 - front cover illustration: Adolphe Willette (1857-1926) - Au Seuil du Vatican,
back cover illustration: Jean Baptiste Augustin Nemoz (1899-1934) - Chez LHomme Malade.
3. Issue 13.03.1915- front cover illustration: Charles Leandre (1862-1934) - Le Menteur Officiel
back cover illustration: Claude Bils (1884 - 1968) - Sur le Front.
4. Issue 26.06.1915 - front cover illustration: Adolphe Willette (1857-1926) - Comme LEmpereur,
back cover illustration: Fabien Fabiano (1882-1962) - Campagne DEte.
5. Issue 12.02.1916- front cover illustration: Adolphe Willette (1857-1926) - La Classe 17,
back cover illustration: Charles Genty (1876-1956) - Inquitude.
6. Issue 22.06.1912- front cover illustration: Auguste Roubille (1872-1955) - A Neuilly,
back cover illustration: Umberto Brunelleschi (1879-1949) - Encore un Paradis Perdu.
7. Issue 15.07.1911- front cover illustration: Abel Faivre (1867-1945) - Les Innocents,
back cover illustration: Pierre Lissac (1878-1955) - Histoire Republicaine.
8. Issue 29.04.1911- front cover illustration: Henri Gerbault (1863-1930) - Heureux Hasard,
back cover illustration: Leonce Burret (1866-1915) - Les Gardes du Corps Presidentiel.
9. Issue 16.04.1910- front cover illustration: Albert Guillaume (1873-1942) - En Maniere DExcuse,
back cover illustration: Charles Pourriol (1873-1910) - Le Bon Temps.
10. Issue 25.07.1908- front cover illustration: Charles Lucien Leandre (1862–1934),
back cover illustration: FloraneL Louis Blanchard (1871-1939) - Lheure du Bain.
11. Issue 08.01.1910- front cover illustration: Louis Morin (1855-1938) - Rare Modestie,
back cover illustration: Georges Delaw (1871-1938) - Les Purs.
12. Issue 9.04.1910 - front cover illustration: Charles Pourriol (1910-1873) - Marivadage,
back cover illustration: Jehan Testevuide (1873-1922) - Mieux Sensible.
13. Issue 2.10.1909- front cover illustration: Abel Faivre (1867-1945) - Le Portrait,
back cover illustration: Georges Delaw (1871-1938) - Verriere pour Museum Histoire Naturelle.

Le Rire was a successful French humor magazine published from October 1894 until its final issue in April 1971. Founded in Paris during the Belle Epoque by Felix Juven, Le Rire appeared as typical Parisians began to achieve more education, income and leisure time. Interest in the arts, culture and politics intensified during the Gay Nineties. Publications like this helped satisfy such curiosity. It was the most successful of all the Journaux Humoristiques. The Dreyfus Affair occurred in 1894 and Le Rire was one of many publications to tap anti-Republican sentiment in wake of that scandal. It was a time in which French governance was frequently characterized by corruption and mismanagement. Government ministers and military officials became frequent targets. The satirical journal was filled with excellent drawings by prominent artists. It featured full-page chromotypographs on both covers and in the centerfold. Many of these pieces are now highly desirable collectibles. The most prominent contributor was Theophile Steinlen. His illustrations were biting caricatures of the political jackasses of the day. Illustrations were contributed by artists such as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Georges Goursat, René Georges Hermann-Paul, Juan Gris, Lucien Metivet, Georges Meunier, Jean-Louis Forain, Adolphe Willette, Joaquín Xaudaro, Leonetto Cappiello, Albert Guillaume, Manuel Luque, Jules Grandjouan, Abel Faivre, and Jules-Alexandre Grun. During the music hall era, cabarets and cafes were crowded with personalities and Parisians could catch glimpses of the stars of the day. Le Rire was there to capture scene for its readers. Its pages depicted the likes of Yvette Guilbert, Polaire, Jane Avril, Rejane and even those of popular visitors to the theaters such as Severine. The magazine was published for almost sixty years, closing down in the 1950s and later reappearing for a short time in the 1970s.