TWO ALBUMS, COLLECTION OF ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINES FANTASIO. 1916-1917. No. 227 TO No. 250 LES BELLES IMAGES. 1922-1923. No. 927 TO No. 977 IN FRENCH. 1) FANTASIO. 1916-1917 - 11th Year 2) ALBUM DES BELLES IMAGES. 1922-1923.

1) FANTASIO. 1916-1917 - 11th Year N°227 to n°250. Paris. Félix Juven. July 1st 1916 - June 15th 1917. Fascicles bound in 1 volume of 30x22x4cm. Half cloth with corners. Tape reinforcement, foxing, spotting. Numerous illustrations in black and in colour in and out of the text. Main illustrators: Auguste ROUBILLE, Louis ICART, Adrien BARRERE as well as Henry Gerbault, Albert Guillaume, Chéri Hérouard, André Foy, Torné-Esquius, Raoul Vion, SAT, René Préjelan, Julien Jacques Leclerc, Joseph Kuhn-Régnier, Edmund Blampied, Armand Vallée, Ben-Sussan, William Heath Robinson, Jean Ray, F. Roy, etc.... Fantasio, subtitled "Magazine gai", was a French bimonthly illustrated satirical periodical, published on the 1st and 15th of each month, by Félix Juven, from 1906 to 1937. A large part of the articles concerns the world of theatre, music-hall, the fanciful aspects of the stage and letters, but also political and public life in general. All the covers were made by Auguste Roubille (1872-1955), a French painter, draughtsman, poster artist, decorator and caricaturist. 2) ALBUM DES BELLES IMAGES. 1922-1923. "Les Belles Images", 19th and 20th year. N°927 to n° 977 from 22 June 1922 to 7 June 1923. Paris, Librairie Arthème Fayard. 8 pages per issue, colour and black and white cartoons, text passages on 3 columns. 1 Vol. Publisher's hardback. 37,5 x 26,5 x 2 cm Spine damaged, tears, foxing, stains, spotting, spine and second cover detached. The weekly illustrated magazine for young people "Les Belles Images", was launched on 21 April 1904 and was published until 1936. The Fayard publishing house, founded in 1857 by Joseph-François Arthème Fayard, played a pioneering role in the promotion of French comics in the early 20th century.